Everybody is familiar with Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, which aired from 1968-73. However, NBC revived Laugh-In in 1977 without Rowan or Martin. One of the featured performers was a still-unknown Robin Williams. I recall Williams in one scene exclaiming, “I’m so happy I could drop a log!” I know Laugh-In was noted for pushing the envelope, but still, it was startling to hear someone use such an obvious euphemism for taking a dump in the 1970s.
We said that at school in the 70s.
I believe The Simpsons also had a lemon party reference.
St. Elsewhere had a character tell his wife that while decorating for a party, that she should “put my roses on your piano, and put your tulips on my organ”. It was kind of awkward to get the old joke shoe-horned into the episode.
Another one from THE SIMPSONS:
“I’m Dick Tracy! Take that, Pruneface!”
“Now I’m Pruneface! Take that, Dick Tracy!”
“Now I’m Prune Tracy! Take that, Dick…”
This clip on Top Gear was rare, unscripted hilariousness.
One I caught recently on the kids’ show Wayside:
The main character, Todd, has been left in charge of the class’s pets, which he is terrified about because he blames himself for the death of his pet goldfish, King Arthur.
After accidentally letting the pets loose, he goes to the bathroom and laments his irresponsibility, when the spirit of King Arthur pops out of the toilet.
<KA> Todd, it’s not your fault. Some fish just don’t last that long.
At this point, a clearly female fish pops out (she’s got long, curly hair, and a female voice).
<Girl Fish> That’s for sure.
Another Rowan & Martin one:
Dick: I’m going to the Virgin Islands. Want me to bring you anything?
Dan: Well, a pair of gloves would be my second choice.
Quite risqué for the 1960’s.
Episode of Cheers, Norm and Sam are searching Cliff’s house for some reason. From the bathroom, Norm says, “Hey, Cliff uses lilac hand lotion.” Sam: “He uses that to keep dogs from biting him on his route.” Long pause. Norm comes out of the bathroom. “On his what?”
*Very *much the pause that made it work.
Yeah, and Dick often said, “We could do that on the Smothers Brothers Show.” And Dan and Dick would appear in a snippet, on that show, saying, “We couldn’t do that on * Laugh-In.”*
That girl fish has been spoiled. 
Well, I’ve seen sweatshirts for the University of California at Los Angeles… :eek:
On the original * $10,000 Pyramid,* a celebrity player tried to make a contestant name things you see at a football game.
CP: This is something a cheerleader waves.
CT.: Tampons?
Help a dummy out. I’m not getting this.
On 30 Rock, when Liz had read Jack Donaghy’s book on negotiation, and he realized negotiating with Liz would now be essentially negotiating with himself, he said:
*
It’s gonna be a Jack-off!*
He’d like a virgin… from the Virgin Islands (as his first choice)
An announcer once blooped, “The Virgin of Governor’s Island!”
On the show “Prison Break”, a character is in Las Vegas and has just gotten his hands on a duffel bag full of money. Of course, he hires three hookers (and give the age of the character this was the height of optimism). So they cut back to them and one of the hookers is saying, “A Cleveland what?”. The character replies, “I’ll talk you through it.”
He even makes reference to a glass tabletop.
As far as I’m concerned this one pretty much tops anything else in the thread.
E-DUB: You might as well explain for those of us who aren’t in on the reference. (Please?)
On Will & Grace, middle-aged Karen Walker talking to a young teenaged boy.
Elliot: Hey, do you think I could come back sometime and play with your X-Box? Karen: Anytime, kid. [he walks out] Karen: Would you look at that? This game is called an X-Box.