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100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 2. "Lucy Does a TV Commercial"
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 51. "The Case of the Deadly Verdict" (Perry Mason)
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I've seen clips, and yes, she is brilliant, and so is he (he was the producer).
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 51. "The Case of the Deadly Verdict" (Perry Mason)
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THE BOB NEWHART SHOW
February 12, 1977
"After a close call in the office elevator shaft, deadpan Bob takes on the panicky manner of his phobic patient Mr. Herd (Oliver Clark). "Death Be My Destiny," a deft blend of the dramatic and daffy, has a great running gag about the correct name of the Grim Reaper, from Uncle Death to Old Father Time. "I felt icy fingers up and down my spine," says Bob of his experience. That wasn't death, wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette) reassures him. "That's old Black Magic."
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Zaz
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7/6 8:55pm
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 50. "Death Be My Destiny" (The Bob Newhart Show)
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HILL STREET BLUES
February 2, 1984
"Henry Goldblume (Joe Spano) is wrapping up the morning turnout when Captain Furillo (Daniel J. Travanti) announces that Sgt. Phil Esterhaus has died of a heart attack at age 55. "This is going to be a difficult day," he says. "I know the caution Phil would urge you: Be careful out there." It would be a terrible day for the grieving officers, especially Joe Coffey (Ed Marinaro), whose girlfriend (guest star Linda Hamilton) is raped. Esterhaus's death was no ratings stunt -- Michael Conrad, who played him, had died just two months before. But "Grace Under Pressure" gives Phil a droll exit: His last act was making love. It's just the kind of offbeat and human touch that made Hill Street one of TV's most inventive cop series.
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"I remember Michael's last day on the set," says Charles Haid, who played Renko. "He was very weak; he worked for about a year with cancer. But we took an event that was sad and profound and got a laugh out of it. That's the way life ought to be."
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 48. "Grace Under Pressure" (Hill Street Blues)
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Zaz posted:
THE BOB NEWHART SHOW
February 12, 1977
"After a close call in the office elevator shaft, deadpan Bob takes on the panicky manner of his phobic patient Mr. Herd (Oliver Clark). "Death Be My Destiny," a deft blend of the dramatic and daffy, has a great running gag about the correct name of the Grim Reaper, from Uncle Death to Old Father Time. "I felt icy fingers up and down my spine," says Bob of his experience. That wasn't death, wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette) reassures him. "That's old Black Magic."
This is a blissfully funny episode. I think Bob Newhart Show is one of the truly great shows of all time. This isn't my favorite episode, but it's a very good one.
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 48. "Grace Under Pressure" (Hill Street Blues)
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BEWITCHED
May 5, 1966
"Facing a tight deadline on the Stern Chemical account, overworked adman Darrin Stephens (Dick York) has to cancel a vacation with his beautiful witch of a wife Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery). Or does he? "It's a pity you can't take the fun side of him and leave the work side at home," ponders Samantha's prankish, Pucci-clad mother, Endora, who promptly splits her son-in-law in two. In an athletic double performance by York, Darrin's hedonistic half becomes a Watusi-ing mass of irresponsibility, while his workaholic half is so all-business he nearly runs client Sanford Stern (Frank Maxwell) and boss Larry Tate (David White) into the ground. "Divided He Falls" was so delicious that when Dick Sargent replaced York on the show in 1969, the first episode he filmed was a remake of this one."
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 47. "Divided He Falls" ("Bewitched")
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ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
July 24, 1994 (U.S.)
"Chanel! Dior!…Gaultier, darling! Names, names, names!" Thus spake Edina (Jennifer Saunders) to Patsy, summarizing the essence of their existences. Not so much victims of fashion as of their own excesses, they are the drunken, drug-soaked detritus of once-swinging London feeding off the rag trade -- Edina as a PR rep, Patsy as a fashion editor. The pilot of this British import sets up Edina's topsy-turvy relationship with her prim daughter (Julia Sawalha): It's Mom who sneaks drinks and drugs behind the teenager's back. Saunders and Lumley are unafraid to look shabby; Edina and Patsy are swaddled in designer labels, but their shriveled souls are laid hilariously bare."
Not seen this show.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 46. "Absolutely Fabulous"
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It was a pretty good show.
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7/10 11:24pm
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 46. "Absolutely Fabulous"
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It was brilliantly funny at times. The main problem I had with it were their accents, they incredibly hard to understand at times.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 46. "Absolutely Fabulous"
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE
September 20, 1991
"Grandpa (Louis Zorich) has been telling whoppers about the old country again. There's nothing uncommon about that in this sitcom about three generations of a Russian-Jewish family assimilating to life in Brooklyn in 1956. But in "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," after Grandpa has bragged to his younger grandson (Matthew Louis Siegel) about how back in Russia he had played baseball against Brooklyn Dodgers star Gil Hodges, the youngster goes to a Hodges autograph session and asks the Dodger about the old Russian Bears. Gil gamely plays along. The grandfather tells the great first baseman, "You should know what a mensch is. Because that's you."
That kind of sweetness and nostal-gia suffused this resonant series, the brainchild of Family Ties creator Gary David Goldberg. The American melting pot has never looked as warm and inviting.?
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 45. "Brooklyn Bridge"
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CHEERS
September 24, 1987
"Home Is the Sailor" begins when Sam Malone (Ted Danson), back from his disastrous attempt to sail around the world, walks into his former bar and barely recognizes it -- most of the regulars are gone. Only Carla (Rhea Perlman) and Woody (Woody Harrelson) are left, uncomfortably outfitted in the polyester uniforms required by Cheers' new owner. Sam wants work, but Carla warns him that the new manager "eats live sharks for breakfast." Enter intoxicating Rebecca Howe, a confident and capable bar belle. Sam brags about his sexual prowess, and she rebuffs him, unable to decide if his lame come-ons are "disgusting or merely pathetic." Sam is momentarily shaken and most definitely stirred. Hey, wait a second, hadn't we already sampled a brew-haha like this? Yeah, but we couldn't wait to be served another round."
This wouldn't be my choice as best "Cheers" episode.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 44. "Home is the Sailor" ("Cheers")
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Definitely not the best Cheers episode, though it did do a good job of transitioning to the post-Diane era. I hope there are some Diane episodes higher in the list. There are so many god ones.
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FRASIER
October 4, 1994
"Deftly using assumptions about sexuality as grist for farce, "The Matchmaker" details a mixed-up first date. Hoping to fix up Daphne (Jane Leeves), Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) invites his station manager, Tom (Eric Lutes), to dinner, unaware he's gay. During the meal, delicately used pronouns fuel Tom's misconception that he's dating Frasier, who misreads Tom's interest for an attraction to Daphne. When Frasier learns the truth, he's stunned. "What on earth could have made him think I was interested in him?" he says. "All I did was ask him if he was attached, and then we talked about the theater and men's fashions.…Oh, my God!"
I liked Niles & Lilith better.
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LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
October 11, 1957
"The gentle tone of this definitive '50s series was already set by its second episode, "Captain Jack." Raw eggs, Mom's beauty cream, and Dad's brandy have been disappearing for weeks before June and Ward Cleaver (Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley) figure out that Wally and "the Beav" are hiding something big -- a pet alligator. The suburbs are no place for the scaly beast, however, so Ward and June make the boys return Captain Jack, as the creature is called, to his namesake, a crusty alligator-farm operator (Edgar Buchanan). And rather than grounding Wally and the Beav for getting a gator behind their backs, Ward and June buy their sons a puppy. So much for pet peeves."
Never actually seen an episode of this show.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 42. "Captain Jack" from "Leave it to Beaver"
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
March 13, 1960
"It's 8 A.M. in Las Vegas, and a desperate gambler (Steve McQueen) is down to $1.86 and one last chip. A strange man proposes an even stranger wager: If McQueen gets his cigarette lighter to ignite 10 times in a row, he wins Lorre's convertible. And if he can't? He forfeits the little finger on his left hand. One. Two. Three. Four. The suspense builds in "Man From the South." Five. Six. Seven. At eight, the Zippo fails. But before Lorre's cleaver falls, his irate wife (Katherine Squire) appears. All bets are off. "He has no car! It is mine. I managed to win it all…in the end," she gloats, brandishing a hand missing three fingers. A deliciously macabre twist, even for the master."
There are some great ones: "Time Enough At Last", "Lamb to the Slaughter" and the nurse one, I forget the name.
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
March 13, 1960
"It's 8 A.M. in Las Vegas, and a desperate gambler (Steve McQueen) is down to $1.86 and one last chip. A strange man proposes an even stranger wager: If McQueen gets his cigarette lighter to ignite 10 times in a row, he wins Lorre's convertible. And if he can't? He forfeits the little finger on his left hand. One. Two. Three. Four. The suspense builds in "Man From the South." Five. Six. Seven. At eight, the Zippo fails. But before Lorre's cleaver falls, his irate wife (Katherine Squire) appears. All bets are off. "He has no car! It is mine. I managed to win it all…in the end," she gloats, brandishing a hand missing three fingers. A deliciously macabre twist, even for the master."
There are some great ones: "Time Enough At Last", "Lamb to the Slaughter" and the nurse one, I forget the name.
That sounds like a great episode, but even for the master, I'm sort of amazed network TV would run that even in 1960. I guess he was warming up for Psycho. "Time Enough At Last" sounds like that Twilight Zone episode with Burgess Meredith.
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