# 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:** 2
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/21 "2017-02-28T20:12:00Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > 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. Beat me to it! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/22 "2017-02-28T20:16:46Z")
I guess I’ll be the naysayer: I’ve seen the vast majority of these shows several times but other than the M_A_S\*H finale I don’t recall seeing any of these. Maybe I have but I don’t remember them which is what counts. Of course I’ve _heard of_ the Lucy chocolate factory scene and “I thought turkeys could fly” and have even seen clips of them but I am not sure if I’ve seen the actual episodes. For the majority of them though, I don’t even remember hearing about the episodes. I guess they were pretty forgettable. ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/23 "2017-02-28T20:19:07Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > _Seinfeld_: The Contest The one with the Seniors has to be a close second. I was laughing out loud the whole time Constanza was telling the old guy there really is no reason to go on living! _ **Fawlty Towers** _: Either “The Germans” or “Basil the Rat.” _ **The Simpsons** _: Either “Bart the Daredevil” or the one where Homer has only 24 hours to live. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/24 "2017-02-28T20:22:06Z")
McMillan and Wife - the one where someone tries to murder them by putting a fumigation bag over the house. ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/25 "2017-02-28T20:24:42Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Jonny Quest’s ‘Electrical Monster’ ep. “Gosh, Dad! You mean it \*\*eats \*\ ***people**?!?” “Not ‘eats,’ Jonny. \*Consumes \*them. For their _energy_.” :eek: The other \*\*\*JQ \*\*\*episode I immediately think of is the one with The Baron and the dogfight over the Andes. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/26 "2017-02-28T20:33:25Z")
Jumps the Shark. ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/27 "2017-02-28T20:36:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > _Seinfeld_: The Contest “There’s the guy that took the bread out of Jimmy’s mouth!” There are so many memorable, quotable scenes from that show, I bet the list of memorable episodes varies by whom you keep company with. Last week, my wife came home from Trader Joe’s with a loaf of fancy, lumpy bread, and we both laughed when she told me she had to fight some old bag for it. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/28 "2017-02-28T20:37:30Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > _Seinfeld_: The Contest This. Master of my domain, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/29 "2017-02-28T20:43:51Z")
_The Brady Bunch_ - the Davy Jones episode (followed closely by the cursed Tiki) _Dallas_ - Either “Who Shot J.R.” or the one where Bobby emerges from the shower, revealing that the whole season was a dream. _Diff’rent Strokes_ - The Nancy Reagan “Just Say No” episode _Ren & Stimpy_ - “Happy Happy Joy Joy!” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/30 "2017-02-28T20:56:14Z")
_Seinfeld_: The Soup Nazi; Elayne dancing; the puffy shirt; sponge-worthy. _Dick Van Dyke_: Babies switched in hospital? Black couple shows up. _Mary Tyler Moore_: “I hate spunk.” _All in the Family_: Sammy Davis, Jr. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/31 "2017-02-28T21:07:14Z")
Is this thread a Ninja record? Hot Damn… I haven’t seen very many of these episodes at all, but I agree with them simply based on the fact that I’ve HEARD of them. MASH, Seinfeld, WKRP in Cincinnatti all fall under this category ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/32 "2017-02-28T21:24:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **Star Trek** _: “The Trouble with Tribbles.” Nah. Mirror Mirror, the origin of the trope that evil twins have goatees. (Even though Mirror Universe Spock wasn’t evil.) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/33 "2017-02-28T21:28:49Z")
I was going to mention “Have you seen the Sunrise”. But the Frasier ep for me is “The Ski Lodge”. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/34 "2017-02-28T21:59:07Z")
_The Ed Sullivan Show_: introducing The Beatles! ---
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_The Twilight Zone_: “It’s a Cookbook!” _The Honeymooners_: “polo ponies” ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/36 "2017-02-28T22:24:47Z")
_ **The Honeymooners** _: “Name That Tune!” _ **Amos ‘n’ Andy** _: “Kingfish Adopts Andy” _ **McHale’s Navy** _: “Tiger of the Pacific” _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _: “Der Krieg Ist zu Ende!” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/37 "2017-02-28T22:27:08Z")
The Greatest American Hero : “Operation Spoilsport” (“Dontcha Know We’re on the Eve of Destruction”) ---
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> [@E-DUB](#): > > I was going to mention “Have you seen the Sunrise”. But the Frasier ep for me is “The Ski Lodge”. For me it’s the one where Niles has the flour baby. Brady Bunch: “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” Dragnet: The one with the kid on LSD (“My hair is green, and I’m a tree!”) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/39 "2017-02-28T22:44:50Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The other \*\*\*JQ \*\*\*episode I immediately think of is the one with The Baron and the dogfight over the Andes. I think of the one with the spider drone. After, of course, the invisible energy monster, which is the greatest JQ episode ever. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055/40 "2017-02-28T22:46:11Z")
The episode of Saved by the Bell where Jesse is taking caffeine pills. Who among us could possibly forget, “I’m so excited! I’m so excited! I’m so…scared!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-remembers-one-episode/781055.md?page=3)