# Recurring sitcom "bits" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477 "2009-11-05T21:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/21 "2009-11-06T19:50:24Z")
> [@HelloKitty](#): > > Joe Sacamano Bob Sacamano, but also (Crazy) Joe Devola. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/22 "2009-11-06T19:51:44Z")
> [@HelloKitty](#): > > Get OUT!!! (accompanied by Elaine pushing someone in the chest) My favorite was when she did it to Bizarro Jerry and he fell over and the other Bizarro guys stared at her as though she’d raped the Pope. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/23 "2009-11-06T20:06:08Z")
> [@fandango](#): > > “Norm!” The gang visits a bowling alley, and Norm goes for a drink. From inside the alley’s bar: “Norm!” This causes all the Cheers regulars to stop what they’re doing. > [@tumbleddown](#): > > On **Will & Grace** : > > - Stories/reports of Karen engaging in desperately outrageous behavior while incredibly intoxicated on pills and liquor > - Jokes about Grace’s lack of manners > - Jokes about Grace’s lack of cleavage/endowment > - “Just Jack!” \*Jokes about Karen’s rather prominent cleavage/endowment. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/24 "2009-11-06T20:36:52Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > “Close the door!!!” - Murphy Brown This was a fairly obvious rip-off of “Norm!”, and it only lasted a few episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/25 "2009-11-06T21:47:06Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Not showing Maris. Initially they weren’t planning on having her never be seen but as the writers kept making her sound more and more outlandish, they realized they could never cast her and so she stayed faceless. Along similar lines, but in reverse order: Peg Bundy’s mom. She was supposed to be played by Divine but Mr. Milstead passed on before this could happen. Then the character’s size started getting larger, as evidenced by her chair and what she did to the Bundy’s railing. Personally, I hoped the ~450lb. porn star Eartha Quake would have been cast in the series finale. Darlene Cates would’ve worked as well. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/26 "2009-11-07T01:58:02Z")
Mary’s awful parties were a recurring bit on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/27 "2009-11-07T02:08:17Z")
The circle from _That 70’s Show_ seems to be in every episode. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/28 "2009-11-07T02:40:58Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > This was a fairly obvious rip-off of “Norm!”, and it only lasted a few episodes. Really? I’m sure I’ve seen at least 20 episodes and I don’t remember it ever not being in any scene in the bar. And if it was a ripoff of Norm! it was a clever one, because the unexplained, never-mentioned presence of the wickedly bright light outside was nicely odd. ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/29 "2009-11-07T07:35:22Z")
‘Ugly Naked Guy’ from _Friends_ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477/30 "2009-11-14T20:25:21Z")
> [@badbadrubberpiggy](#): > > IIRC, there was one episode where the show’s characters all thought she was there, but it turned out to just be a coathanger. I **I** RC, Daphne thought she saw a coatrack. “Is the coatrack breathing?..That’s Maris!” Kotter’s uncle jokes. Smithers pining for/lusting after Burns, or oblique references to his orientation. I liked Flanders better when his appearances were bits, instead of his being the focus of entire episodes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-sitcom-bits/516477.md?page=1)