# Shows where everyone remembers one episode. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055 "2017-02-28T18:55:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/1 "2017-02-28T18:55:05Z")
Assuming you are a of a certain age group…even if you forgot every other episode of a show there is always a certain episode (or group of episodes) that nearly everyone remembers Everyone remembers the Big Foot episodes of the Six Million Dollar Man. Everyone remembers the Space Vampire episode of Buck Rogers. Other examples? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/2 "2017-02-28T18:58:12Z")
WKRP in Cincinnati: the Thanksgiving turkey drop. Newhart: the finale, specifically the final 2 minutes, when Bob’s character Dick wakes up from his dream, to find himself in bed with Suzanne Pleshette. ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/3 "2017-02-28T18:58:17Z")
_WKRP In Cincinnati_ - “Turkeys Away” Yes, the series had other memorable moments…but let’s face it, “Turkeys” is and will always be easily THE episode everyone remembers. Edited to add: LOL…and just as I feared, I was ninja-ed. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/4 "2017-02-28T19:02:43Z")
_Mary Tyler Moore Show_: “Chuckles Bites the Dust.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/5 "2017-02-28T19:03:37Z")
Four words: Chuckles Bites the Dust. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/6 "2017-02-28T19:07:06Z")
All in the Family Rashomon episode. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/7 "2017-02-28T19:09:59Z")
Jonny Quest’s ‘Electrical Monster’ ep. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/8 "2017-02-28T19:10:36Z")
\*Only Fools and Horses \* chandelier drop. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/9 "2017-02-28T19:11:46Z")
The M_A_S\*H finale. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/10 "2017-02-28T19:13:06Z")
How about the _Family Ties_ episode where Alex P. Keaton is visited by the Christmas ghosts like in _A Christmas Carol_. I didn’t watch that show, and only have a passing familiarity with the characters and situations, but I’ve inexplicably seen that one episode - and _only_ that one - three times! “He crushed the wheelbarrow!” “Our only means of transportation …” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/11 "2017-02-28T19:14:36Z")
_ **Gilligan’s Island** _: Toss up: The one with the astronauts, and the one with the cosmonauts. _ **Star Trek** _: “The Trouble with Tribbles.” _ **Bewitched** _: Toss-up: The one where Darrin can only speak Italian, and the one where Darrin can only speak the truth. _ **Wild, Wild West** _: The one where Harvey Korman is an evil Prussian diplomat. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/12 "2017-02-28T19:20:16Z")
_The Carol Burnett Show_: the spoof of “Gone With The Wind,” in which [Carol / Scarlett wears a dress made from curtains, complete with the curtain rod.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBzQ0Lon1g) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/13 "2017-02-28T19:21:02Z")
The Carol Burnett Show: Went With the Wind! I was in middle school when this first aired and I remember laughing so hard I couldn’t breath when Scarlet came down the stairs in that dress and then seeing my whole family around me wiping tears of laughter from their faces. ETA: Beat me by one minute! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/14 "2017-02-28T19:26:13Z")
_ **The Sopranos** _: The one where Paulie and Christopher spend the night in the woods. (Whatever happened to the Russian? 😕 ) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/15 "2017-02-28T19:31:06Z")
_ **Cheers!** _: The one where Coach’s daughter comes to visit. My all-time favorite episode! _ **Frasier** _: The one where Daphne hooks up with Niles’s doppelganger. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/16 "2017-02-28T19:34:15Z")
_Seinfeld_: The Contest ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/17 "2017-02-28T19:38:29Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **Cheers!** _: The one where Coach’s daughter comes to visit. My all-time favorite episode! The other Cheers episode I’d suggest would be “[Thanksgiving Orphans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_Orphans),” the one in which they all gather at Carla’s house for Thanksgiving dinner, which devolves into a food fight. Now, let’s see if this post ninjas someone for the third time in this thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/18 "2017-02-28T19:46:28Z")
Another _ **Gilligan’s Island** _ episode is the one with the Jack-and-the-Beanstalk dream sequence … where Mary Ann wears that French maid’s outfit. :o ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/19 "2017-02-28T19:57:10Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > The M_A_S\*H finale. No way. I know it was watched by 2 billion people at the time but it’s largely forgettable. I would say the one episode people remember is when Henry died. Magnum P.I. “Did you see the sunrise?” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/20 "2017-02-28T20:07:57Z")
_I Love Lucy_ - The Candy Factory episode followed by Lucy at the Italian winery. _The Bionic Woman_ - The one with the fembots _The Twilight Zone_ - Eye of the Beholder _Happy Days_-The one where Fonzie jumps the shark 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055.md?page=2)