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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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Wilderness_Comedian
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 97. "I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away" Little House on th
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Sounds dull.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 96. Picket Fences "The Heart of Sat. Nite"
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THE MOD SQUAD
Mother of Sorrow
February 17, 1970
Pete, Linc, and Julie (Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, and Peggy Lipton) were the grooviest TV detectives ever -- long-haired hipsters in bell-bottoms who should have been throwing pots in a commune but became crime-solvers instead. In the audaciously Oedipal "Mother of Sorrow," a deranged young man stages a mock murder to gain the attention of his neglectful artist mother (Lee Grant). Film actors Dreyfuss and Grant sizzle as emotional adversaries who share a Victorian house and an intense hatred of the father and husband who walked out on them. Part therapy session, part whodunit, this episode was innovative entertainment for a generation hell-bent on self-discovery.
I have never seen a single episode of The Mod Squad... anybody seen it?
*resists urge to make painfully obvious and predictable "Mod Squad" joke...* 
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harpuah
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: 95: "The Mod Squad" "Mother of Sorrow"
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MORK & MINDY
"Mork's Mixed Emotions."
May 6, 1980
Robin Williams' outrageous, turbo-comic brilliance has never been better showcased than in "Mork's Mixed Emotions."A kiss from Mindy uncorks the entire gamut of the space cadet's long-pent-up feelings. What follows is a dizzying, dazzling display of Williams' unfettered inventiveness and versatility. One after another, Mork's carefully repressed emotions come ricocheting out, each of them punctuated by a different voice. He is by turns loving, fearful, joyful, guilty, envious, hopeful, disgusted, and grateful. And that's the warm-up. Thank goodness for the commercials, or you'd never have a chance to catch your breath.
I remember this episode.. classic and outstanding Robin Williams. I walk by the Mork and Mindy house everyday on my way to work.
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8/12/07 11:34pm
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: # 94 Mork and mindy "Mork's Mixed Emotions"
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Never seen an episode of "The Mod Squad".
Have seen a few of "Mork and Mindy", but alas, not this one...it had Jonathan Winters in it as their son.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: # 94 Mork and mindy "Mork's Mixed Emotions"
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Of the list so far the only one I've seen is the Friends episode. Very funny episode, but the One with the Embryos was the high point of that series.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: # 94 Mork and mindy "Mork's Mixed Emotions"
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I remember watching the Mod Squad when it was syndicated in the mid-70s. Basically, I remember thinking Peggy Lipton was hot. Can't remember a single episode, though, including this one.
As for the M&M episode, I don't remember that one, though I do remember the series seriously jumping the shark when the two hooked up. And wasn't there one where Mork becomes a cheerleader for the Broncos? I remember that being seriously lame.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: # 94 Mork and mindy "Mork's Mixed Emotions"
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Robin Williams' comic genius was evident in many episodes of Mork And Mindy. I remember this episode, though the greatness of the show was generated by Williams and not any given script.
I was just thinking about this show last week as I drove through Boulder for the first time in twenty years.
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Williams was very good when he started, no question. Didn't make me queasy as he does now. Frequently.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: # 94 Mork and mindy "Mork's Mixed Emotions"
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NAKED CITY
Sweet Prince of Delancy Street
June 7, 1961
the sinuous "Sweet Prince of Delancy Street," Richie Wilkins (Robert Morse) has no sooner confessed to killing a factory guard and stealing $15,000 of industrial diamonds than his father (James Dunn) walks into the police precinct. "I don't know what my boy told you," he says. "I killed the guard." The cops don't believe either guy. We soon meet the real culprit, played by a young man with a mop of dark hair and a distinctive, nasal voice.
It was Dustin Hoffman's first major TV role
I haven't even heard of this show.... anybody?
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: # 93 "The Naked City": "Sweet Prince of Delancy St"
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This is the one with the tag-line: "There are eight million stories in naked city, and this has been one of them.
Here's info on the series: The Naked City
It says that this series marked the first appearance of Hoffman, Voigt, Sandy Dennis and Dennis Hopper.
I remember watched old reruns of the original "Perry Mason" and being astonished at who showed up in the casts. Robert Redford, for one.
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8/26/07 10:31am
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: # 93 "The Naked City": "Sweet Prince of Delancy St"
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Wow... probably worth looking into with a cast like that.
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: # 93 "The Naked City": "Sweet Prince of Delancy St"
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They wouldn't be in the regular casts--they would be guest stars. Even James Dean did some television.
I don't know if "The Naked City" is available on DVD--some of the original stuff was live, or they didn't tape it. Never seen an episode that I can recall, but it was an iconic show in its time, and much imitated. It was based on a 1948 movie.
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I only know of this show because of a line on Frasier.
FRASIER: (looking through telescope) There are eight million stories in the Naked City; now, if I can just find a naked one.
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STAR TREK
City on the Edge of Forever
April 6, 1967
Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) travel back to Earth during the Great Depression to correct a temporal anomaly. While there, Kirk falls in love with the altruist Edith Keeler. But a makeshift computer, rigged by Spock from his Tricorder and some vacuum tubes, informs them that Keeler must die or Nazi Germany will prevail in World War II. In the provocative "City on the Edge of Forever," Kirk balances his one true love against the lives of untold millions. No adventure ever affected the captain -- or us -- so deeply
* Waits for all the Trekkies to crawl out of the woodwork... * 
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RE: 100 Greatest TV Episodes Of All Time: #92: "The City on the Edge of Forever" (Star Trek-1967)
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I love this episode. Captain Kirk made a difficult choice; Mr. Spock was cool as usual.
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