Endora actually did this twice, but Dick Sargent “split” better than Dick York.
Watching this show as a grown-up, I still think Darren is a jerk but have come to appreciate Dick Sargent’s comedic abilities when he was called to do something ridiculous under the influence of some spell or another.
THAT '70s SHOW: the Star Wars episode.
The best “Bewitched” episode was the one where Uncle Arthur convinced Darrin that he could learn to do magic. “Yagga-zuzi, yagga-zuzi, yagga-zuzi, ZIM!”
Nowadays I don’t really get many laughs from that show, but that episode never fails.
The best of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' is without question the Richard Simmons episode.Twilight Zone: “Eye of the Beholder”
All in the Family: Archie trapped in the basement
MASH: “Abyssinia, Henry” or the final episode.
Frasier: “Flour Chiild” or Niles’ scene in “Three Valentines”
Mary Tyler Moore: Chuckles the Clown’s funeral
Everybody Loves Raymond: “P.M.S.” or the cookie war with “Peggy Hitler”
ST:TNG: “The Measure of a Man” or “The Inner Light”
ST:Voyager: The one with “Hugh”
Seinfeld: Soup Nazi
Dick Van Dyke: Rob tries to write a novel.
NYPD Blue: Bobby Simone’s death
Whose Line Is It Anyway: Richard Simmons
ER: “Love’s Labor Lost.” (My grandmother died that way.)
Get Smart - that “clip-clop” sound coming from a girl’s castanets, the captain’s prosthetic leg, and the man on a wheel chair.
30 Rock - Apollo, Apollo (#3.16) (because…Muppets!)
Hard to pick a favorite, but I’d have to go with Irving the Explainer.
Red Dwarf: the one where they discover that the whole series had actually taken place within a virtual reality game and they hadn’t managed to get out of Level 1.
Or the one where they time travel and end up in Dallas in November 1963 looking for a curry shop.
Father Ted: “Good Luck, Father Ted” (the one with the fun fair)
Muppet Show: The one with Alice Cooper
Definitely a strong candidate. I remembered literally laughing out loud the first time I saw that one.
Gotta agree with this one.
Breaking Bad: I’ll also go with Dead Freight (the train robbery)
MST3K: Space Mutiny, although Werewolf and Prince of Space are also very strong contenders.
Frasier: the one where Frasier sings “Buttons & Bows” on the PBS fund-raiser. Perhaps not the best episode, but that scene may be the funniest scene in any sitcom.
Friends: the one with the contest (“Miss Chanondaler Bong”)
Seinfeld: The Contest (ie, “are you master of your domain?”)
X-Files: Home
Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror III (evil Krusty doll, King Homer, zombies)
I’m someone who has difficulty picking a favourite anything. And surely one of the hardest series to pick a favourite from must be The Simpsons. But the only episode of any series I can think of that I’d have to call a favourite (not exactly the same as “best” I know) is Sweet Seymour’s Badasssss Song (The Simpsons, obviously).
I might also pick Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose from the OP, although it faces competition from the also-mentioned Jose Chung’s From Outer Space, which was my first thought for The X-Files. I love the unreliable narration (especially the portrayal of Mulder as a real dick) but Clyde Bruckman must be the better episode.
Picking a best MST3K episode is a pointless task since ther are so many great ones. But I think I will go with “The Final Sacrifice.” Really, how can you say, “Zap Rowsdower” with a straight face?
Twin Peaks: The reveal of Laura’s killer and the killing of Maddy.
Dick Van Dyke: Where the writers have to sing the “Alan Brady” song.
Are You Being Served?: German Week
Wings: Where they play Trivial Pursuit with Roy.
Andy Griffith: The Loaded Goat
All In The Family: Edith goes through menopause.
It really says something when the top two choices on (almost) everyone’s list were written by the same guy.
[QUOTE=Infovore;16999914\The best of ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ is without question the Richard Simmons episode.
I think that’s the funniest TV episode that ever aired
3rd Rock from the Sun: William Shatner’s first appearance as The Big Giant Head
I can definitively state that the single greatest episode of “Heil Honey, I’m home” is the pilot episode. I can also definitively state that that same episode was the worst episode of the entire series. How many other shows can claim that honor!
The Three Stooges - A Plumbing We Will Go, runner up - Boobs in Arms
Personally I like the non-Sci Fi ones the best. It’s hard for me to pin down why though. Maybe because the Sci-Fi ones look cheap, (except the movie natch) have Mike (I love Mike but favor Joel just a teeny bit more) have Pearl and have the different voice for Crow.
Every time I try and watch a late run Sci-Fi ep, I end up not making it. I made it through Manos fine though. I thought that was a classic.