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100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 1. "Chuckles Bites the Dust," ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show")
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Obi-Wan McCartney
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8/14 12:55pm
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "Opie the Birdman" ("The Andy Griffths Show")
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Great show, good pilot, but I would have listed other episodes of TP over the pilot.
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "Opie the Birdman" ("The Andy Griffths Show")
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THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
September 30, 1963
"This series was at its down-home best when it focused on the sweet relationship between Sheriff Taylor (Griffith) and Opie (Ron Howard), a bond endearingly explored in "Opie the Birdman." After accidentally killing a mother bird with his slingshot, Opie dutifully raises her three nestlings until they are big enough to fly. After releasing them, Opie sadly notes how empty their cage looks. "It sure does," answers his proud and knowing pa as he watches the birds swoop skyward, "but don't the trees seem nice and full?" And aren't our lives nicer and fuller for having dallied in Mayberry?"
My favorite episodes of this show generally involved Barney Fife doing something egregiously stupid.
The pathos of the show hasn't dated well; neither has the downhome 'wisdom' espoused by Andy Taylor. But it could be funny; Anytime Ernest T. Bass was in on the proceedings, you were sure to get a few big laughs.
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Zaz
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THE FUGITIVE
August 29, 1967
"{After a four-year marathon of running and chasing and hiding -- always one step ahead of the tireless Lieutenant Gerard (Barry Morse) and one step behind the nefarious one-armed man (Bill Raisch) -- how would it end for Dr. Richard Kimble? On a warm Tuesday night, 25.7 million American households tuned in to find out. What they got was a flashback to a senseless murder; a cowardly eyewitness who could have cleared Kimble; a suspenseful fight atop a tower in an abandoned amusement park; a confession; and, ironically, Kimble's obsessed pursuer, who becomes his sharpshooting rescuer. "The Judgment, Part II" was one of those rare TV events that the whole country seemed to share."
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "The Fugitive"
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THIRTYSOMETHING
May 15 & 22, 1990
"The signal achievement of "The Towers of Zenith," a two-part episode about a hostile corporate takeover, is that it turns dry boardroom machinations into an electrifying suspense thriller: "All the President's Men" meets "Wall Street." Michael (Ken Olin) and Elliot (Timothy Busfield) are caught up in an age-old play of ambition versus loyalty in their attempts to wrest control of their ad agency from their ingeniously calculating boss, Miles Drentell (David Clennon). It's chilling, unforgettable television with dazzling work on every level."
Not seen this show.
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "The Towers of Zenith" ("Thirtysomething")
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ROSEANNE
October 5, 1993
"When Roseanne finds a baggieful of pot in one of the kids' rooms, she's angry -- and worried about how Dan (John Goodman) is going to react. (He has been in a foul mood since being promoted to foreman.) He does go ballistic -- until he realizes the stash is a 20-year-old relic of his and Roseanne's youth. Inevitably, they roll a joint for old times' sake, and before you can say "Like, wow," Dan, Roseanne, and her sister, Jackie (Laurie Metcalf), are adrift in a Cheech-and-Chong time warp. At first, they have fun sneaking around like they did in the '70s, hoping not to get busted by their children. But then adult realities stick a sharp pin in their buzz. "A Stash From the Past" is a wise, waggish, and exceedingly daring episode from a sitcom renowned for its unflinching audacity."
This could be a funny show before its star acquired megalomania. Don't remember this episode, though.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "A Stash From the Past" ("Roseannne")
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Jackie was pretty funny in that one iirc.
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Zaz
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M*A*S*H
March 18, 1975
"If war is hell, the staff of the M*A*S*H 4077th unit was in the inferno's innermost circle. In "Abyssinia, Henry," the hospital's beloved commander, Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson), is going home to his family in Illinois. After a night of wine, wontons, and song, and a touching good-bye with his surrogate son, Radar, Henry takes off on a plane that is shot down over the Sea of Japan. When Radar stumbles into the operating theater with the news, it is a shattering moment -- a measure of just how precious these characters had become to us."
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "Abyssinia, Henry," ("MASH")
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TAXI
May 21, 1981
"Poor Latka -- sick and tired of being the lovable, but lonely, grease monkey at the Sunshine Cab Co. All he wants is to become "an American fun guy taking each day in high gear" -- which for him would require inventing a whole new type of transmission. And that's just what he does. Laden with copies of Playboy and a tape of a smooth-talking FM DJ, Latka (Andy Kaufman) goes off "to alter my lifestyle to fit the fast lane." He returns with a flashy new lounge-lizard alter ego: Vic Ferrari -- slick, suave, oversexed, and beyond obnoxious. Showing off Kaufman's genius for utilizing multiple personalities (Latka started out as Foreign Man, one of Kaufman's uncanny comedy-club guises), "Latka the Playboy" was an inventive, outrageous episode that led to equally imaginative sequels -- and even more splintering of Latka's breakaway ego. Sharp-eyed viewers will notice a pre-Cheers George Wendt in a bit part as an exterminator in this wonderful episode."
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "Latka the Playboy" ("Taxi")
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I LOVE LUCY
April 16, 1956
"We could describe this episode as the one in which the famous redhead gets into trouble trying to break into show business. But that synopsis would cover almost every I Love Lucy. So let's amend things to say that in this outing Lucy gets into a bunch of trouble. On the train to Rome, site of one of Ricky's European gigs, Lucy is spied by an Italian movie producer who thinks she'd be perfect for a role in his new film, "Bitter Grapes." Determined to research her role, Lucy hies herself to a vineyard where she's assigned the job of stomping grapes. That leads to some uproariously funny folk-dance moves -- and a near stomping by her testy co-worker. "Lucy's Italian Movie" is a vat of fun, stirred up by Ball's inimitable, extravagant flair for slapstick."
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "Lucy's Italian Movie" ("I Love Lucy")
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could we get a full list update please.
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Zaz
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8/20 11:06am
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "Lucy's Italian Movie" ("I Love Lucy")
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I'll give you the list at the end...don't want to spoil it.
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THE SIMPSONS
April 15, 1990
"A Simpsons episode très extraordinaire! Principal Skinner ships Bart off to France as an exchange student because of a cherry-bomb-in-the-toilet incident. ("I have a weakness for the classics," the young vandal explains.) This allows The Simpsons' creative team to deal with a few classics of their own, as Bart rides through a French countryside that looks suspiciously like famous paintings, one after another. "We had to figure out a way to draw those paintings in a Simpson style," recalls director Wes Archer. That eye-popping sequence helped push this episode past all the other crackerjack Simpsons clamoring for a spot on this roster. Even without it, "The Crepes of Wrath" is more savory than Provençal cuisine, as Bart is enslaved by his wine-making sponsors while, back home, an Albanian exchange student-spy relieves Homer of countless nuclear secrets. And while foiling a plot to lace the Beaujolais with anti-freeze, Bart discovers he can speak fluent French! Incroyable! "The Crepes of Wrath" is vintage Simpsons."
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General Kenobi
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8/20 7:54pm
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "The Crepes of Wrath" ("The Simpsons")
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There are some funnier episodes of M*A*S*H, and there are some good 'serious' episodes, but "Abyssinia, Henry" has the best of both. Not to mention that, other than the series finale, it is probably the most significant episode in terms of the arc of the series.
Lucy stomping the grapes is one of the classic comedic scenes in television history.
There are many better Simpsons episodes than this one, but it's pretty good.
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DarthBoba
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "The Crepes of Wrath" ("The Simpsons")
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I think Deep Space Homer is the all-time best, personally.
This one is pretty good, though, with Homer being outsmarted by a 7-year-old Romanian (?) kid.
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "The Crepes of Wrath" ("The Simpsons")
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I've seen "Crepes", and I recall it as good, but I don't think it is the best one.
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Zaz
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: "The Crepes of Wrath" ("The Simpsons")
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COLUMBO
September 15, 1971
"'Uh, sir? There's only one more thing I'm not clear about.' 'Uh, ma'am, I'm making a pest of myself, but.…'" These words were like nails on a chalkboard or, more to the point, nails in the coffin for Lieutenant Columbo's suspects, murderers who constantly made the mistake of overestimating their smarts and underestimating his. Behind the scenes of "Murder by the Book," the first Columbo episode of the regular series (two earlier mysteries starring the disheveled detective were made-for-TV movies), star Peter Falk almost underestimated the talent of his young director (whose scant credits included an installment of Rod Serling's Night Gallery). He was some kid named, uh…uh…Steven Spielberg. But Falk gave him a chance and reaped the reward: Spielberg turned out a sleek, stylishly shot, and suspenseful thriller. The masterful script, written by another kid named Steven Bochco, centers on a smarmy coauthor of best-selling mysteries who kills his more-talented partner to prevent him from going solo. The cunning cat-and-mouse interplay between Falk and Cassidy set the tone for the entire series. Cassidy went on to be the culprit in two other Columbos. As for Spielberg and Bochco -- well, where are they now?"
I don't know whether I've seen this one, but I remember some good ones...one starring Lindsay Crouse, and another in which Columbo is humiliated (temporarily). EDIT: the episode is called "Columbo Cries Wolf"
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