Definitive Sitcom Episodes

[ClassyCo]

My wife and I were having a conversation earlier about definitive, or standout, episodes of sitcoms. Our discussion consisted primarily of older sitcoms, but this thread can banner sitcoms from any era.

Some episodes we discussed:

"Chuckles Bites the Dust" - MARY TYLER MOORE
"Turkeys Away" - WKRP IN CINCINNATI
"Vivian's First Funeral" - MAUDE

These are three that I am remembering right now. There were more episodes we discussed, I'm sure, but my mind is slipping at the moment.

What other episodes come to your mind as definitive sitcom episodes?

 

[TaranofPrydain]

"The Lars Affair"/The Mary Tyler Moore Show
" Coast to Coast Big Mouth"/The Dick Van Dyke Show
"It's a Miserable Life"/The Golden Girls
" Atomic Shakespeare "/Moonlighting (an hour long, and no laugh track, but its hilarious)
" Password"/The Odd Couple

 

[ClassyCo]

"It's a Miserable Life"/The Golden Girls

" Password"/The Odd Couple

Two excellent sitcom episodes.

 

[Avery Merry Christmas]

"You Better Watch Out" / Married with Children
"They Shoot Fat Women, Don't They?" / Designing Women

 

[DallasFanForever]

In no particular order here are some of mine...........

1. Theo’s Economic Lesson - Cosby Show (1984)

2. Baggage - Everybody Loves Raymond (2003)

3. The Contest- Seinfeld (1992)

4. I’ll Be Seeing You - Cheers (1984)

5. Edith’s Problem - All in the Family (1972)

6. Job Switching - I Love Lucy (1952)

7. Ladies of the Evening - Golden Girls (1986)

 

[Popular Piggy Defying Gravity]

The wedding episode of "The Nanny" (that scene with CC is a hoot...).

 

[Popular Piggy Defying Gravity]

Also:
"Step by Step": The one guest-starring Susan Blakely and Patrick mentioning Victoria (yes, that Victoria...).
"Soap": The one with Doris Roberts playing the priest´s mother who wants to strangle Corinne.
I´ll think of more...

 

[bchristmastree9]

Barney Miller, "Hash" (OAD Thursday, December 30, 1976 on ABC)

This was one of the defining episodes of that ABC police comedy, because it showed how the detectives working under Capt. Miller (but not Miller himself) got stoned on hashish unknowingly baked into brownies that Wojo brought in; it had so many powerfully funny lines that many fans still remember it to this day, as fans of other shows would remember similar quality episodes.

 

[ClassyCo]

Job Switching - I Love Lucy (1952)

One of the best of the best of I LOVE LUCY, that's for sure.

 

[Soaplover]

Facts of Life - Take my Finals, Please
Growing Pains - Second Chance

 

[lost-in-time]

Friends - The One Where Everyone Find Out
Frasier - Ham Radio
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Striptease for Two
Roseanne - Boo!
Family Matters - Laura’s First Date
Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - Pancake Madness.

 

[DallasFanForever]

Roseanne - Boo!

One of my favorite episodes of the series. Roseanne and Dan continuously trying to upstage one another as the master of pranks right through the end credits scene is pure gold!