# Funniest Sitcom Moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959 "2010-03-10T09:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/101 "2010-03-12T12:54:35Z")
I wish I could find the clip, but another one of my favorites. From 3rd rock. For some reason the gang is convinced one of their friends is on to them. That person is over at their house and says something that makes them totally sure he/she knows they are aliens. They all move over to the other end of the kitchen and form a huddle to decide what to do about the situation. After a few seconds Dick stands up and says, loudly, “We are not killing anyone”. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/102 "2010-03-12T13:23:36Z")
Another moment from _Third Rock from the Sun_ is when Dick gets trapped in a stairwell and starts going stir crazy to the point where he creates a literal sock puppet who sings Danny Boy. Just thinking about it is making me grin. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/103 "2010-03-12T14:18:25Z")
Another 3rd Rock–Harry and Vicky and the Thanksgiving leftovers, When Harry put the turkey carcus on hs head, I thought I was going to bust a gut from laughing. Sexist food scene since Tom Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/104 "2010-03-12T14:31:34Z")
Coupling - the entire time in the fertility clinic and the discussion about porn. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/105 "2010-03-12T19:51:46Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Another 3rd Rock–Harry and Vicky and the Thanksgiving leftovers, When Harry put the turkey carcus on hs head, I thought I was going to bust a gut from laughing. Sexist food scene since Tom Jones. A Mr Bean Xmas programme had Mr Bean cooking a Xmas turkey which somehow ended up on his head! ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/106 "2010-03-12T19:59:52Z")
> [@torie](#): > > I vote for the whole two-parter of Cheers when Woody gets married to Kelly. Everything goes wrong, and the whole cast scrambles to keep everything together. I could watch it a million times. Good one! I was an avid watcher of _Cheers_ almost from the beginning. I remember seeing this one when it originally aired (as an hour-long episode), and thinking it was the funniest episode of the entire series. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/107 "2010-03-12T20:01:10Z")
The _Mr. Bean_ scene where Bean and his girlfriend are snuggling and she’s leafing through a magazine. She sees a picture of a beautiful diamond engagement ring and her eyes light up. She shows it to him hopefully. He looks at it, nods and smiles. She throws her arms around him and gives him a big kiss. Next scene: Bean is walking along an idyllic small-town street, all decorated for Christmas. He sees a jewelry store with gorgeous rings displayed in the window. He looks at them, his eyes light up as he remembers the picture. He goes into the store. Next scene: Bean hands his girlfriend a little box. She’s thrilled and opens it – and there’s the picture of the ring! Just what she asked him for! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/108 "2010-03-12T20:31:37Z")
The most quoted sitcom line in my family comes from Third Rock - a brief moment when Dick opens his mail, reads it, and suddenly throws his hands up and shouts “I’ve got platinum status!”. Everyone else runs over and celebrates madly. We use it a lot when reading junk mail. The DB Cooper scenario in NewsRadio is also _classic_. That show was genius. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/109 "2010-03-12T20:55:31Z")
This is a famous outtake from The Carol Burnett Show with Tim Conway deadpanning his way through a ridiculous story while the rest of the cast desperately tries to not lose it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3qqE_WmagjY/hqdefault.jpg "Carol Burnett Show outtakes - Tim Conway's Elephant Story") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY) ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/110 "2010-03-12T21:56:01Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > THat has become an embedded metaphor in our house when one of us doesn’t want to do something. Great episode. Ha, we do this too! “Baby, I think that can of grease on the sink is turning into a suitcase.” I actually wasn’t a huge Everybody Loves Raymond fan in general, but the turkey scene can still incapacitate me with laughter, every time I watch it: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMuhSKP9Hco](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMuhSKP9Hco) ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/111 "2010-03-12T22:44:50Z")
In Seinfeld, the episode where Kramer turns his apartment into a smoker’s lounge has a hilarious scene where he goes next door to Jerry’s apartment. He’s wearing makeup so that he appears to have been aged several years over a few days due to smoke damage. You can tell Jerry is on the verge of laughter through the whole scene. The outtakes are even funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/112 "2010-03-12T22:45:59Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > And I found the link to that Jackie telephone call!! > It still cracks me up!! > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_zheeF5yPak](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zheeF5yPak) Gold. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/113 "2010-03-12T23:31:15Z")
How I Met Your Mother had slap bet. That was pretty damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/114 "2010-03-12T23:38:06Z")
[Oops forgot a youtube link.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YIAFunCJ0g) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/115 "2010-03-13T01:53:45Z")
> [@Chanteuse](#): > > I agree with that _Golden Girls_ moment–no matter how many times I see it, I laugh myself sick! > > I’ve never seen this show, but your description made me laugh so hard that I just **had** to see if I could find [that clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q81zlawe13M) on YouTube. I gotta say, that is truly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen! Thank you for this link. My SO and I have been laughing our fool heads off over this! This is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/116 "2010-03-13T05:40:49Z")
Not technically a sitcom (though Supernatural has enough humor that it could almost be a hybrid) the scene from this season’s episode “Changing Channels” where the Trickster traps the Winchesters in TV land. Actually the whole episode is hilarious but I nearly fell out of my chair over the back-to-back Nutcracker (Japanese game show) and Herpexia scenes. I’ll try to find the clips. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/117 "2010-03-13T18:46:51Z")
[Dorothy’s Birthday on Golden Girls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDJ9JC-J3tg) ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/118 "2010-03-13T23:26:23Z")
The office, Keith’s appraisal, [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sZBsylPyIz4/hqdefault.jpg "The Office Keith's Appraisel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZBsylPyIz4) ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/119 "2010-03-14T00:40:57Z")
[Mrs Slocombe calls her neighbour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avCJPB2M4Ro) [Anything involving her pussy, really.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19AQgpsIMVY) ---
**Author:** ![Countrypolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959/120 "2010-03-14T02:25:12Z")
More _Are You Being Served?_ The demonstration model of the rubber gloves, and what she does with it. And, “HO HO HO, little boy. Have I got a surprise for you!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-moments/531959.md?page=7)