# Funniest SitCom Scene of all time. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754 "2002-10-31T20:48:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![KXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KXL)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/181 "2002-12-26T18:59:50Z")
A few notes: 1. Someone asked " **What does a blinking yellow light mean? scene from Taxi."** Jim is taking a driver’s license exam, and the others are there to help him cheat. Jim: What does the blinking yellow light mean? Bobby: Slow dow. Jim: What … does … the …blinking …yellow …light …mean? Bobby: Slow dow. Jim: Whhhaaatt… dooessss (etc. ) 1. **Sammy Davis Jr. gives Archie Bunker a big kiss.** For my money, the single best episode of AITF ever. The whole thing is them in their house talking with Sammy. It’s all about the characters. Pricelessly funny. 2. \*\*Fraisier moment - Niles thinks that Maris is cheating on him - in the big scene at the end, first Niles confronts the other man and then the two “talk.” But the other guy doesn’t speak English, Niles doesn’t speak German, and the discussion filters from Niles, to Frasier, who translates from english to spanish, to the maid who translates from spanish to german, and then to the guy. And back. \*\* They did this in an ep. of “Lucy” where they are in Europe. They end of in a French jail, and someone speaks German, who speaks Spanish (via Ricky) etc. Equally funny. 3. My entry: SEINFELD. Elaine is waiting for someone in a theater. In front of her is an obnoxious woman telling her friend all about the “cute thing” her little son did: dressing up her clothes and high heels and lip-synching to her LA CAGE AUX FOLLES cast album. Clearly the kid is going to grow up to be gay, and the woman has no idea. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/182 "2002-12-27T03:26:59Z")
> [@](#): > > The other, Jody hides Bob in the refrigerator one morning. Chuck is obviously distraught, he tries to use various breakfast items as a substitute. Then Burt opens the refrigerator door, shuts it very quickly. The look that Burt then gives us is priceless. You left off the punchline… **Bob:** (after Chuck has rescued him from the fridge) Y’know, that little light _does_ stay on when you shut the door! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/183 "2002-12-28T08:20:39Z")
Waiting for God (?) The old guy is at some county fair and is attacked by a chimpanzee, who reaches into his open fly… ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/184 "2002-12-28T14:24:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Degrance \* > \*\*The one I haven’t seen yet is the Thanksgiving episode from the original Newhart. Where the guys are spending Thanksgiving at Bob’s apartment and the ladies are all out of town. > > “Don’t look in the dishwasher!” \*\* That’s the one I was about to post, the one where they ordered Chinese food, right? That’s the episode I remember laughing the most at. All these years later I still think “moo goo goo goo” when I go to a Chinese restaurant and see moo goo gai pan on the menu. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/185 "2002-12-28T21:21:37Z")
The gay bar scene in Taxi. Or on Barney Miller, after they arrest someone. They are pushing him into the holding cell, when he tells them that he is convinced he is a werewolf. Yamana, absolutely straight-faced, says, “I’ll put down some papers.” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/186 "2002-12-29T07:47:12Z")
I can think of three from Roseanne that haven’t been mentioned yet. The first one is where Roseanne finds pot in the house, accuses David, and then Dan reminds her that it’s theirs from years ago. The two of them, along with Jackie, hide in the bathroom and smoke it. At first you only see Dan and Roseanne talking, and then Jackie’s voice comes from nowhere. They pull the shower curtain back and she’s curled up in the bathtub. At some point she says “Am I shrinking? Is this the SINK???” Another is when Roseanne is on the phone with her mother, I’m thinking it may have been Mother’s Day. Bev asks to talk to Jackie and it’s apparent that she begins harrassing her about when she’s going to find a man. Jackie tries to avoid the situation but finally tells her, (something like this) “Oh go suck an egg…What?..NO, mom!..Why would I tell you to go suck an egg? That’s ridiculous. There must be a bad connection. Uh huh. You too. Talk to you later. Mmmkay. Bite me.” The third one is where Jackie finds out she’s pregnant. When she tells her mother, she is very obviously trying to upset her, but she doesn’t know that Roseanne has already leaked the information. She gets increasingly agitated that Bev isn’t the least bit flustered. The look on Jackie’s face when she says “And if it’s a girl I’m gonna name her GIDGET!” cracks me up every time. And the fact that Jackie is ticked at Roseanne for telling Bev about the pregnancy. “This could’ve been the one to do her in!” ---
**Author:** ![Harry\_Lime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Harry\_Lime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry_Lime)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/187 "2002-12-30T08:43:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Drastic \* > **Frasier** keeps getting mentioned, so why not again? > > I’m thinking of the episode where he’s attempting to convince some possible girlfriend that his family is Jewish. There’s various hijinks involving hiding Christmas trees, etc. At one point, Niles shows up, costumed as Jesus for a play, and bursts out of the bathroom (Christmas tree involved somehow or other) at entirely the wrong moment. > > There was just something about the scene and the way in which Frasier exploded, “JESUS CHRIST!” For a moment or three I thought I was going to die. Earlier, while pretending to be Jewish, Niles dropped about five Yiddish words in two consecutive sentences. Frasier looked at him mildly hard and said “Turn it down a notch, Tevye…” 😃 All that’s great about that show: verbal brilliance and snap timing, was on display in that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Harry\_Lime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Harry\_Lime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry_Lime)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/188 "2002-12-30T08:58:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Raygun99 \* > Ah, Ned and Stacey, you left us too soon. Several episodes written by Charlie Kaufman of Being John Malkovich fame. Infinitely superior to the tiresome and precious _Will and Grace_. _“Christmas time is here/A time for fun and cheer…”_😃 Best moment: when the whole group. Ned, Stacey, Stacey’s sister Amanda and her husband Eric (who Ned incessantly called “Rico”), stayed up until @ 3:00 to watch a local commercial for the muffin shop. (Fuck “Jump the Shark” already.) Eric goes and gets Stacey out of bed and carries her, still drowsy and trying to sleep, into the living room in front of the TV. She’s resting her head on his shoulder, drifting back to sleep, when the ad comes on. Without hesitating or even looking at her, Ned nonchalantly breaks a smelling salt under her nose. Debra Messing did a beautiful, Lucy-quality bicyle kick with her legs. God, it was brilliant! (They ripped off the same bit a year or so ago on _Will and Grace_.) Typical. ---
**Author:** ![Harry\_Lime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Harry\_Lime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry_Lime)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/189 "2002-12-30T09:03:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > The TV show was The Goodies. > [Here’s](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0065296) the imdb listing. > > I remember watching the show on PBS when I was a kid. One bit that still stands out in my mind is the three guys moving into a lighthouse and this bit of dialogue. > > “You said the ad was for light housekeeping, not lighthouse keeping.” _Goooodies/ Goody goody yum yum_ They were inside a prison once, and all the prisoners in one room had headphones on. All at once they all started screaming. One of the guys asked the guards if they were listeing to sonic screeches, and he says “No, it’s little Jimmy Osmond.” Killed me when I was @ 11. ---
**Author:** ![Harry\_Lime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Harry\_Lime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry_Lime)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/190 "2002-12-30T09:06:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > The Young Ones: Rick digging into a party guest (Jennifer Saunders!)'s handbag and pulling out a tampon. "You’ve brought me a present. A telescope! A telescope with a mouse in it! A little while later, she calls Father Christmas a Fascist 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harry\_Lime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Harry\_Lime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry_Lime)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/191 "2002-12-30T09:11:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > > **The John Larroquette Show** : Larroquette’s character eats some pot brownies and literally starts climing the walls. Darryl starts acting like a Praying Mantis. “John, do I look like a Praying Mantis?” John: “No. You look like Urkel.” That show had @ two brilliant years before NBC tried to turn it into Bus Station Improvement ---
**Author:** ![Harry\_Lime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Harry\_Lime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harry_Lime)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/192 "2002-12-30T09:23:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > Another favorite is the on-air drinking test on WKRP, with Johnny and Venus. Each one takes a drink then their reaction time is tested. Venus gets drunker and drunker until he goes and gets a fishing hat from Mr. Carlson and Johnny’s reactions get faster with each drink rather than slower. _“Fish Story”_: One of the great moments in that show’s history. The other story is equally brilliant. Herb in the fish suit (he’s a Carp…). He has to piss and can’t get out of the suit. The sight of him in that stupid suit, standing there as he fans his fins across his groin area, is just unforgettable. Herb, Les and Bailey end up in a full scale war with WPIG’s pig suited guy. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/193 "2002-12-30T10:39:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andymurph64 \* > \*\*Quick off the top pick: > > The ‘Jeopardy’ scene from Cheers. > > 🙂 \*\* LOL, I still laugh at this. “They’re all people who haven’t been in my kitchen.” ---
**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:** [December 30, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/194 "2002-12-30T13:18:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by okielady \* > \*\*The third one is where Jackie finds out she’s pregnant. When she tells her mother, she is very obviously trying to upset her, but she doesn’t know that Roseanne has already leaked the information. She gets increasingly agitated that Bev isn’t the least bit flustered. The look on Jackie’s face when she says “And if it’s a girl I’m gonna name her GIDGET!” cracks me up every time. And the fact that Jackie is ticked at Roseanne for telling Bev about the pregnancy. “This could’ve been the one to do her in!” \*\* And when Jackie opens the door to the men’s room and screams at Fred “I’m pregnant. You’re the father. I’ll be in the kitchen if you want to talk.” And Fred says “Good thing I was sitting down.” ---
**Author:** ![Badge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Badge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badge)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/195 "2002-12-30T15:43:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > **The John Larroquette Show** : Larroquette’s character eats some pot brownies and literally starts climing the walls. That show had some fantastic writers in the first and second season, then they all had their brains sucked out by the suits and the show lost its soul. My favorite scene from that episode: The pot brownies were served at an AA meeting. A friend of John’s tells him that when he stood up and said, “Hi, I’m Dave”, sixty guys yelled, “Dave’s not here, man”! Gotta love writers who can slip in a Cheech and Chong reference, and have enough respect for the audience not to explain it. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/196 "2002-12-30T17:03:22Z")
Another Frasier bit from the episode where the boys open the restaurant. Niles is trying to kill an eel in a tank and doesn’t know how. He keeps prodding them and finally Daphne reaches past him, grabs one and in a smooth motion overhands it and slams it onto a cutting board. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/197 "2002-12-30T17:50:29Z")
The Fraiser where Fraiser is depressed and Niles walks into the kitchen and sees him with his head in the oven. "It’s an electric oven. If I were going to kill myself, I’d choose a less painful method than “broil.” And Drew Carey where he’s talking to the boy who played Pinnochio in the TV-movie (and also was in the Sixth Sense). “One more thing: I see dead people.” The cast obviously didn’t know that was coming. Drew couldn’t even open his mouth for fear of cracking up. ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/198 "2002-12-30T22:08:27Z")
I think the all time best scene in a sitcom is on “All in the Family” when Archie takes a picture with Sammy Davis Jr. , and he kisses him. #2 , I think would be on I love Lucy, where Lucy puts a bunch of eggs in her shirt and then Tangoes with Ricky. I think that goes down as one of the longest recorded audience laughs ever, like 65 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Borusa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Borusa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borusa)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/199 "2003-01-09T15:58:23Z")
The chandelier scene in **Only Fools and Horses.** **Friends:** “Jurassic Park could happen…” ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754/200 "2003-02-23T18:41:45Z")
There is a scene from friends that cracks me up every time I see it. Ross and Monica get to dance on Dick Clark’s Rockin New Year’s Eve and can’t seem to get any attention from the camera guys. Then they break into this dance routine from their high school talent show. I embarass myself by how much I laugh during that scene. The scene with Ross and the leather pants in the bathrrom is pretty funny too! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-sitcom-scene-of-all-time/134754.md?page=11)