# The most memorable episode that never existed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077 "2017-03-01T00:25:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/121 "2017-03-21T00:13:18Z")
“This contains what is widely known as doubtful humor.” --John Held, Jr. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/122 "2017-03-21T00:53:48Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > “Dobie Gillis” Dobie (with a b) marries both Thalia and Zelda after bigamy laws are repealed. They buy out Hugh Hefner and live a life of decadence. Maynard gets hired to sprout poetry during Dizzy Gillespie concerts. Herbert T Gilles turns his store into a Wal Mart sized change. Dobie gets President Chatsworths Osborne Jr to keep Professor Pomfritt and Burkhardt working at minimum wage for life. You left out the best part: Zelda turns out to be a lesbian and manages to convert Thalia with very little effort. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/123 "2017-03-21T00:55:31Z")
…and very little audience. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/124 "2017-03-21T01:18:49Z")
The episode of _ **The Beverly Hillbillies** _ in which the Clampetts discover that a nearby swamp contains lots of little game birds. They tell everyone about the “marsh hens” they saw, and hilarity ensues. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/125 "2017-03-21T02:02:59Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > The episode of _ **The Beverly Hillbillies** _ in which the Clampetts discover that a nearby swamp contains lots of little game birds. They tell everyone about the “marsh hens” they saw, and hilarity ensues. First the Grunions are invading; now it’s the Marsh Hens… :smack: ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/126 "2017-03-21T02:04:08Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > …and very little audience. Art should imitate life. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/127 "2017-03-21T03:12:22Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Art should imitate life. Whatever…:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/128 "2017-03-21T11:13:04Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > “This contains what is widely known as doubtful humor.” --John Held, Jr. “I am not a crook.” --Richard Nixon ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/129 "2017-03-21T14:25:37Z")
“That’s not funny, that’s sick!” --National Lampoon ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/130 "2017-03-21T15:16:47Z")
And, sure, he [Brutus] is an honorable man." --Marc Anthony ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/131 "2017-03-21T15:19:32Z")
‘Big Pussy’ goes public to protect himself from the wrath of the mob, runs for President of the US, and wins! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/132 "2017-03-21T15:20:36Z")
“The band broke up because I couldn’t bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance.” --Sid Vicious ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/133 "2017-03-21T18:19:55Z")
The episode where Col Klink gets tired of Hogan’s shenanigans and turns him over to an SS interrogation squad. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/134 "2017-03-21T18:41:56Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > The episode where Col Klink gets tired of Hogan’s shenanigans and turns him over to an SS interrogation squad. Yes, but were they \*lovable \*Nazis? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/135 "2017-03-21T19:50:30Z")
The lost episode of pretty much any family sitcom with somebody who is college age: the epsiode with the child at a non-local university. One show where they did send somebody off to college: _Kate & Allie_ (Kate’s daughter Emma went off to UCLA - because Ari Meyers left the show when she got accepted into Yale.) Quite a few shows find creative ways to have smart kinds end up going to local junior colleges so they can still live at home; for example, on _ALF_, they had to spend the daughter’s college fund on feeding and hiding ALF. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/136 "2017-03-21T22:16:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Yes, but were they \*lovable \*Nazis? :dubious: Well, what do you want–a sitcom or a documentary? ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/137 "2017-03-22T02:36:25Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > The lost episode of pretty much any family sitcom with somebody who is college age: the epsiode with the child at a non-local university. One show where they did send somebody off to college: _Kate & Allie_ (Kate’s daughter Emma went off to UCLA - because Ari Meyers left the show when she got accepted into Yale.) > > Quite a few shows find creative ways to have smart kinds end up going to local junior colleges so they can still live at home; for example, on _ALF_, they had to spend the daughter’s college fund on feeding and hiding ALF. Eve on Last Man Standing is going off to the Air Force Academy which is a good hours drive from home. ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/138 "2017-03-22T09:27:00Z")
_Thomas the Tank Engine._ Thomas discovers that the island of Sodor was occupied by the Nazis during World War Two. Thomas was built during this time and his name is actually Albrecht. During his youth he carried ammunition to anti-aircraft batteries named Hans and Wilhelm. Thomas had buried these memories, but when they are innocently revealed to him by Toby, Thomas is so forlorn that he loses his steam and falls into a state of locomotive depression. Final closing scene, camera focussed on The Fat Controller’s wooden face: “Yes Thomas. You were once a little too useful.” ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/139 "2017-03-22T18:51:50Z")
Scooby Doo, Where Are You? The gang immediately suspects the ghost is someone running around in a costume. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077/140 "2017-03-23T02:23:40Z")
The episode of _ **The A-Team** _ where B.A. Baracus brutally beat someone who pissed him off, thus justifying the fearsome reputation we otherwise never see any reason for. (Or did Robot Chicken actually do that one?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-memorable-episode-that-never-existed/781077.md?page=8)