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Post by MSBNYY on Oct 31, 2006 10:29:32 GMT -5
It sure spread around the country, and forced Sesame Street to respond.
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Post by kingdzbws on Oct 31, 2006 16:01:22 GMT -5
It was most certainly NOT a legit rumor, but it did make the rounds and was a rumor nonetheless, and CTW did have to issue a statement, which read;
"Ernie is alive and well, and we have no intention of anything happening to him or anyone else," Carolyn Miller, spokeswoman for Children's Television Workshop, New York.
SOURCE: Graham, Jefferson. "Muppet Ernie Is Doing Just Fine." USA Today. 30 April 1992 (p. D3).
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Post by 9 on Oct 31, 2006 16:37:03 GMT -5
Oh my GOD! You killed ERNIE! YOU BASTARD!
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Post by Furious D on Oct 31, 2006 20:51:36 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Apr 19, 2007 14:29:09 GMT -5
Last night was the Tan-N-Wash episode of Cheers....outstanding!!!
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Post by drock2006 on Apr 24, 2007 20:49:10 GMT -5
Homer: Don't cry Lisa, tommorrow we wil go to the pound and get you another jazz man
Or thr Odd Couple Password episode:
Felix: Everyone knows Aristophones wrote a play called the Birds
Oscar: Aristophones is RIDICULOUS!
(The password is...ridiculous)...and on from there
Also, the best ending to a sitcom ever is the Newart ending
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Post by kingdzbws on Apr 25, 2007 14:59:56 GMT -5
"I have a message: Lt. Col. Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. It spun in. There were no survivors."
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Post by IronHorse4 on Apr 25, 2007 15:10:37 GMT -5
So hard for me to call M*A*S*H a sitcom. Yes, it was situational comedy, but there was so much drama in there that existed in almost every episode (not the token "Arnold gets beaten up by the Gooch" every so often) that I don't feel comfortable putting M*A*S*H in this category. It was on such a different level. Not to mention the fact that the funny parts were actually hilarious, as opposed to many sitcoms.
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Post by kingdzbws on Apr 25, 2007 15:18:57 GMT -5
MASH had the great ability to merge real hilarity with some serious issues. It did, after all, premier while there were still troops in Viet Nam and the scars of that war were still very raw.
Until the show 'jumped the shark' as they say, it balanced the two extremes well. After Henry, Trapper, and Ferret Face left the show, and Alan Alda started producing and forcing his views, the show lost that balance and got kind of preachy.
The Henry scene worked so well because it came right after his funny farewell in his zoot suit.
But the first few seasons were true comic genius, more than just a sitcom.
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Post by IronHorse4 on Apr 25, 2007 15:35:32 GMT -5
Forgive me, this is the first time seeing this thread for me. Some random responses.
What stood out for me more than Carlton doing the Tom Jones dance was when Will and Carlton BOTH did the dance in the last episode. Classic if you were a fan of the show.
And I want to say that we did see the inside of the Hungry Heifer once, when they were interviewing Norm for that film they sent to Woody's father to convince him to let Woody stay in Boston.
But we never saw Vera's face.
Agreed on the Newhart ending. Phenomenal.
Another standout moment was whenever Michael and Joey had to deal with a blossoming Nicole on a very special episode of My Two Dads.
Not to mention anytime Six walked into the room on Blossom.
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Post by thecaptain15 on Apr 25, 2007 16:38:55 GMT -5
Odd Couple when Howard Cosell calls Felix an "inane drone"......Too many Odd Couple ones to highlight that and Sanford and Son where my favorites with All in the Family and the Honeymooners growing up..Thank goodness for Channel 11 Alive at dinner time and at 11:00pm!!!!
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Post by drock2006 on Apr 25, 2007 19:15:19 GMT -5
Once there was a man named Oscar..OSCAR OSCAR OSCAR
And he turned on his best friend OSCAR OSCAR OSCAR
OSCAR OSCAR...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Post by 4dogg on Apr 25, 2007 19:20:36 GMT -5
odd couple......episode where felix is dating wife of alex karras........felix..."love has made me strong" oscar"strength has made him stronger"
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Post by 4dogg on Apr 26, 2007 5:40:23 GMT -5
Cheers..............woody..."whats shakin mr peterson?".....norm.."all 4 cheeks and a couple of chins"..........also the "surf & turf" at the heifer "tuna in brown gravy"
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Post by MSBNYY on Apr 26, 2007 7:38:47 GMT -5
I don't think MASH ever jumped the shark, unless you consider AfterMash part of it.
The Colonel Blake death scene was partially so well done because none of the actors knew about it. The final page of the script was only given to Radar right before it was shot, and the actors were blindsided. The idea was to get a genuine reaction. In fact, someone was so shocked they dropped some surgical tool. You can here the sound of it hitting the ground.
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Post by IronHorse4 on Apr 26, 2007 7:48:43 GMT -5
That was probably the best scene ever written and executed, both in how it was done and what it meant. McLean Stevenson was tired of being in Alan Alda's shadow (and was probably bitter on top of that because he tried out for the role of Hawkeye), so he asked to be let out of his contract. The producers saw that as a big fuck you to the show (and worried what would happen with Col. Blake leaving) that they went full boar and gave him a bigger fuck you. And his career was never the same.
His biggest role after that was, of course, Larry Alder in Diff'rent Strokes. And we all know how that went. Goodbye, Larry.
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Post by MSBNYY on Apr 26, 2007 7:54:51 GMT -5
It's interesting how some of the most memorable sitcom moments involved a serious turn like that. Archie saying goodbye to the Meathead was one of the finest acted scenes in All of the Family. And I'm sure we all still feel the sadness of Florida getting the telegram informing her that James was killed.
And by the way, in that calypso episode of the Odd Couple, Oscar was right. Felix was just being a cockblocker.
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Post by 4dogg on Apr 26, 2007 10:44:24 GMT -5
just saw a doobie bros video on VH1 classic which reminded me of the episode of "whats happening!!"when rerun got busted for bootlegging their concert ....this episode also had raj asking one of the band members"which doobie you be?"
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Post by MSBNYY on Apr 26, 2007 11:37:16 GMT -5
I have that special 2 part episode on DVD.
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Post by kingdzbws on Apr 26, 2007 12:27:30 GMT -5
I don't mean to say MASH Jumped the Shark like Happy Days did, but after Radar and Burns and Henry and Trapper left and Klinger started to wear a uniform alot of the old edgy-ness disappeared. It seemed that later, they were reaching by trying to throw in tear jerkers all the time
Later on Larry Gelbart only wrote and produced the season openers and some special episodes, and Alan Alda took over a great deal of control and pushed the serious storylines too much. The early stuff with Hawk, Trap, Hery, Spearchucker and Ugly John is way more preferable to me.
I say this because MASH was and is one of my all-time favorites, if not the favorite. But the episode of Dreams when Hawk lost his limbs and the storyline of Winchester's stuttering sister had almost no laughs at all. Don't get me wrong, I do love MASH. I even have my own Capt Tuttle working in my office so I can pawn off the sales calls and telemarketers - everyone should get one.
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Post by IronHorse4 on Apr 26, 2007 12:33:40 GMT -5
Spearchucker and Ugly John....talk about early....they were only in the first season. That stuff was priceless. That really was more of a sitcom, that first season...funniest sitcom ever written.
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Post by drock2006 on Apr 26, 2007 20:19:31 GMT -5
They actually wrote Spearchuker off the show when they did research and realized there were no black surgeons in the Korean war.
NO ROGER..NO RERUN...NO RENT
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Post by 4dogg on Apr 28, 2007 21:00:04 GMT -5
there was also a charecter on M*A*SH* named capt spaulding,who was played by loudon wainwright III,who had a minor hit single in the 70's entitled "dead skunk in the middle of the road".he is also the father of rufus wainwright
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Post by crazilyz on May 1, 2007 14:11:14 GMT -5
just saw a doobie bros video on VH1 classic which reminded me of the episode of "whats happening!!"when rerun got busted for bootlegging their concert ....this episode also had raj asking one of the band members"which doobie you be?" I can't listen to "Takin it to the Streets" without a straight face. |
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Post by Chrissy on May 1, 2007 15:39:29 GMT -5
One of our mailroom guys just walked by singing a song from one of my favorite Seinfeld episodes:
"Believe it or not George is not home, please leave a message at the beeeep, I must be out or I'd pick up the phone, where could I beeeee, believe it or not I'm not hoooome...."
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Post by MSBNYY on May 3, 2007 6:35:10 GMT -5
That song of course is based on the theme to the Greatest American Hero.  |
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Post by BigAl115 on May 3, 2007 9:25:10 GMT -5
That song of course is based on the theme to the Greatest American Hero. that is a great pic.... I used to love that show |
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Post by $heriff Tom on May 3, 2007 9:32:42 GMT -5
On Reno 911 last year, during a funeral scene, Deputy Junior was dozing in the church, and daydreaming of some hottie. So he gets called up to do a reading, but realizes he has "a boner." He is all flabbergasted, and not moving, and everyone is waiting. He whispers, loudly, to Lt Dangle behind him,
Deputy Junior - "I got a boner..."
Dangle - "A boner boner?"
Deputy Junior - "yeah....a boner boner."
(people in the aisle next to and in front look, appalled)
Dangle - "from the reading?"
He then gets up and does that boner-walk to the front of the church. Trust me, its funny.
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Post by Chris on May 22, 2007 0:35:00 GMT -5
The Cheers episode with Woody's shirt appearing on Spencer For Hire is on right now. Funny stuff!!!!
"Woody, there's an article in here that says your shirt is now dating Morgan Fairchild."
phone rings..."Cheers, this is Woody. Oh Hi Robert Urich. Oh I'm doing fine. Well, I thought your performance was great too. OK, see you around the studio."
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Post by Jackass on May 22, 2007 19:27:12 GMT -5
The classic scene with Julian, Rickey, and Bubbles playing spaceship in the Spaceweed episode of Trailer Park Boys.
THAT is comedy.
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