the episode where larry falls asleep for days after drinking a jar of balki’s medicine is the apex of eighties sitcom art
― barreras, Friday, 22 December 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
i was watching the first season of Newhart (80s innkeeper one) on Hulu when i had the flu and 80s sitcoms are sort of weirder than today's "weird" sitcoms in a way
one episode literally involved them learning their was a witch buried in their basement and hiring Larry Daryl and Daryl to dig up the bones so they could bury them in the church graveyard, but then Joanna decides she likes having the witch in their basement because she was wrongfully accused so they cancel the job and just keep the witch's bones in their basement
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
This was a very relatable scenario in the 80s
― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
Nothing beats the "magic cave" episode of Punky Brewster for sheer bugfuck 80s sitcom weirdness.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Friday, 22 December 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
This is everything. pic.twitter.com/HVtPCkFUd0— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) August 12, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 August 2022 15:01 (one year ago) link
And in sharing it a friend (a published playwright) makes a case
The writers of that show understood farce, which is really rare - and they could act it, which is rarer - in the beginning when the show was basically two rooms, the newspaper and the apartment, it was like a really fun play from the 30s-50s https://t.co/eUWl6i4an1— Justin Sherin (@wychstreet) August 12, 2022
Glad to know my childhood was spent watching quality TV
― Mar - a - Lago, or 120 Days of Sodom (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 August 2022 18:24 (one year ago) link
The episode where they make pastry that explodes unless you burp is a classic
― formerly abanana (dat), Friday, 12 August 2022 22:12 (one year ago) link