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Get ready to laugh out loud as we relive some of the most hilarious TV comedy moments ever! From Lucy’s frantic chocolate factory fiasco to Ned Flanders’ heroic rescue, and iconic scenes featuring the likes of “How I Met Your Mother,” “Seinfeld,” and “Saturday Night Live,” these unforgettable moments have kept us chuckling for decades. Which side-splitting scene made you laugh the hardest? Share your favorite in the comments below!
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00:00If you say fold in one more time...
00:02It says fold it in!
00:04This is your recipe. You fold in the cheese then.
00:08Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:11for the TV comedy moments we're still laughing at years later.
00:15To spread the love, we're only counting one scene per show.
00:18Why don't we get out the deck chairs?
00:20Alrighty.
00:21You get the shiny one.
00:22Okay.
00:29Number 30.
00:30Hello, Ball.
00:31The Honeymooners.
00:38Looking to get a promotion,
00:40Ralph Crampton attempts to bond with his boss over golf.
00:43The problem is that Ralph knows little about the sport,
00:46giving him only two days to work on his swing.
00:48Donning the most cliche golf attire imaginable,
00:51Ralph familiarizes himself with the game,
00:53receiving help from Norton.
00:55In a game that requires the player to be calm and focused,
00:58Norton only adds to Ralph's frustration.
01:00They decide to read up on the subject,
01:02although the language confuses them.
01:05Norton takes things literally when the instructions say to address the ball.
01:09Step up.
01:10Blanch your feet firmly.
01:14Hello, Ball.
01:17Ralph only grows more enraged,
01:19but we suspect he'd have an easier time hitting the ball
01:22if he envisioned it as Norton's head.
01:25Hello, Ball.
01:27Will you get in the book and find out when it starts the swinging?
01:30Maybe it sounds nuts.
01:31I don't know.
01:31That's what they say in golf attire.
01:33Number 29.
01:34Let's go to the mall.
01:35How I met your mother.
01:36I want to stress that I was young.
01:39Yeah, you were.
01:40And I didn't know any better.
01:42They never do.
01:43And it started out as an innocent modeling job.
01:46It always does.
01:48When Robin refuses to reveal why she doesn't like going to malls,
01:52the gang comes up with some wild theories regarding failed marriages and adult films.
01:57The answer wasn't on anyone's bingo card, however.
02:00After Barney tracks down an old tape,
02:02Robin comes clean.
02:03She was once a pop star who went by Robin Sparkles,
02:07forced to sing an 80s-inspired earworm across the malls of Canada.
02:10Let's go to the mall, everybody!
02:13Go!
02:15Come on, Jessica!
02:17Come on, Tori!
02:19I was a teenage pop star in Canada.
02:21This launched not just one of the show's funniest running gags, but two.
02:25Having violated the terms of the slap bet,
02:28Barney is sentenced to multiple slaps that'll follow him throughout the series.
02:31Of course, it's the song that truly slaps,
02:34putting a smile on our faces every time it pops into our heads.
02:37Throw every last care away
02:42Let's go to the mall
02:45Today
02:46Number 28
02:47Zoe Kravitz Tripping
02:49The Studio
02:50Yeah, I'm eating some chocolates.
02:52Yeah, yeah, cool.
02:54Just don't eat too many chocolates.
02:56Excuse me?
02:57I'll eat as many chocolates as I want, okay?
02:59In this satirical exploration of Hollywood,
03:02Seth Rogen's Matt is tasked with putting out fires,
03:04many of which he's kind of responsible for starting.
03:07Just when it seems that a party can't get any more out of control,
03:11Zoe Kravitz shows up,
03:12accidentally consuming mushroom-infused chocolate.
03:15Doing the math with Dave Franco,
03:17they realize that Kravitz is about to start tripping big time.
03:20Am I going to feel right?
03:21I don't know, you could get brain damage maybe, I don't know.
03:23Brain damage? Is that a thing?
03:25I heard that is a thing!
03:26It's not a thing!
03:27It's not a thing!
03:27No, I heard it!
03:28Don't freak her out, dude!
03:29Before the shrooms even kick in,
03:31Kravitz begins freaking out,
03:32as if she's strapped into a roller coaster seat and it's too late to get off.
03:36Taken back to her room,
03:37Kravitz thinks she's powered through her trip.
03:40Unfortunately, what felt like hours to her was actually a few seconds,
03:43meaning the ride is just getting started.
03:47What?
03:47Yeah.
03:48No!
03:48Yes, no!
03:49Yes, I'll be back in several hours.
03:51No, you're good, you're good, you stay here.
03:53You're good, you're good.
03:55Number 27.
03:56Cher snaps Jack out of it, Will and Grace.
03:59This Cher thing is out of control.
04:00We're going.
04:01What's the problem?
04:01You made us wait for an hour for a table for four!
04:06Never meet your heroes.
04:07They may not live up to expectations,
04:09or you may wind up making a fool out of yourself in front of them.
04:12In Jack's case, it's the latter when he encounters Cher.
04:16Jack doesn't realize he's in the presence of the real deal, however.
04:19Even Cher finds it odd that Jack carried around a doll resembling her.
04:22Jack tells the superstar to mind her own business,
04:25assuming that he's talking to an impersonator.
04:27Actually, it's...
04:29You think so?
04:29Ho!
04:35She humors Jack when he claims he can do a better impression,
04:38engaging in a Cher off.
04:40While Jack is pretty spot on,
04:41you can't compete with the OG.
04:43Jack doesn't piece together who he's talking to
04:45until Cher delivers a slap,
04:48leaving him moonstruck.
04:50Snap out of it.
05:00Number 26.
05:02Larry's Choice.
05:03Curb Your Enthusiasm.
05:05Larry, come join us over here.
05:07Come with us, you're a Jew.
05:08No, Larry.
05:09Come to this side and I'm yours.
05:11Larry, I'm yours whenever you want.
05:13Come over here.
05:14You know the impossible decision Meryl Streep was presented with in Sophie's Choice?
05:18This is nothing like that,
05:19although it feels that way to Larry David.
05:21When a Palestinian restaurant seeks to open a location near a Jewish deli,
05:26Larry finds himself caught in the middle of a dispute
05:28that's still causing controversy to this day.
05:30On the one hand,
05:31Larry comes from a Jewish community
05:33and feels an obligation toward them.
05:35On the other hand,
05:36the restaurant makes great chicken,
05:37and the sex Larry has with a Palestinian woman is even better.
05:41The episode's closing image perfectly sums up how shallow Larry is.
05:45In something as serious as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
05:49only he would take chicken and sex into account.
05:52Get over here!
05:53Just stop into that place!
05:55Get over here!
05:55You're a Pharisee!
05:56Anything you want, Larry!
05:58Anything you want!
06:00Number 25.
06:01Baby Sully.
06:02The Rehearsal.
06:03At 28 seconds past 3.29pm,
06:07Sully announces the decision to attempt a landing in the Hudson River.
06:11Okay, let's get the flaps out.
06:12Put the flaps out.
06:13Every once in a while,
06:14there's a TV episode you just have to see to believe.
06:17One such example is the rehearsal,
06:19in which Nathan Fielder tries to get inside Sully Sullenberger's head
06:23by reliving his life.
06:24Not just his time as a pilot,
06:26Nathan goes all the way back to Sully's infancy,
06:28shaving his body,
06:30wearing a diaper,
06:31and using giant puppets to create the illusion of being a baby among adults.
06:35Living someone's entire life.
06:39From baby until present day.
06:43What makes this even more ridiculous
06:45is how seriously Nathan takes it,
06:47acting as if this is a crucial step
06:49in figuring out why there are so many plane crashes.
06:51The weirdest part of all?
06:53You come to see the brilliance in Nathan's madness
06:55by the time he reaches his thought-provoking conclusion.
07:16Who should go downstairs to get the pizzas?
07:19It seems inconsequential,
07:20but the decision leads to several outcomes for the study group.
07:23The worst-case scenario is if Troy collects the pizzas.
07:26Slamming the door,
07:27Troy sets off a chain reaction,
07:29resulting in Annie tripping over an Indiana Jones diorama boulder,
07:33and Pierce accidentally getting shot in the leg.
07:35This, in turn,
07:36causes Britta to start a fire that Jeff struggles to put out.
07:39All the while,
07:40Shirley is covered in Pierce's blood.
07:42Returning,
07:43Troy's grin turns to a look of horror
07:45as he witnesses multiple fires,
07:47one of which is literal.
07:53The image of Troy watching the insanity unfold
07:56epitomizes the state of the world right now,
07:59inspiring plenty of memes.
08:06Number 23.
08:07Thanksgiving Food Fight.
08:09Cheers.
08:10Norm, I'm sorry about what I said about your gravy.
08:13It's okay.
08:15Fine.
08:16And so are the carrots.
08:20An already tense Thanksgiving dinner
08:22reaches its boiling point
08:23as the Cheers gang finds that the food has grown too cold.
08:26If they're not gonna eat it,
08:28they may as well weaponize the meal.
08:30As the others arm themselves with side dishes,
08:32Diane attempts to remind them that they aren't animals.
08:35Once she gets hit with cranberry sauce, though,
08:37it's all-out war.
08:39Kiss your butt.
08:40Goodbye!
08:41Goodbye!
08:44The best is saved for dessert,
08:46as Norm's wife Vera shows up.
08:48After years of being an unseen character,
08:51the audience finally gets a look at Vera.
08:53The catch is that she has pie on her face,
08:56serving as a brilliant punchline
08:58to both the running gag
08:59and this food fight for the ages.
09:01Sam, think fast!
09:08Everybody, this is Vera.
09:11Number 22.
09:12The Eight-Season Dream
09:13New Heart
09:15Honey, wake up.
09:16You won't believe the dream I just had.
09:18If you watched a show for eight years
09:20only to learn it was all a dream in the end,
09:22you might feel cheated.
09:24In the case of New Heart, though,
09:25it was an uproarious payoff to a joke
09:27we didn't even know was being told.
09:29The series famously ends with Dick Loudon
09:31waking up from a nightmare.
09:33Except this isn't Dick Loudon.
09:35It's Dr. Bob Hartley,
09:36the character Bob New Heart played
09:38on his previous sitcom.
09:39Lying next to him is his wife Emily,
09:41once again played by Suzanne Plachette.
09:43I was an innkeeper in this
09:45crazy little town in Vermont.
09:49I'm happy for you.
09:52So, the Stratford Inn and its regulars
09:55never actually existed.
09:57You'd think this would have caused backlash,
09:58but we can't think of another retcon
10:00that also brought things full circle
10:02in such ingenious fashion.
10:05Go to sleep, Emily.
10:06You know, you, uh...
10:08You really should wear more sweaters.
10:14Number 21.
10:15Reverend Jim's Driver's Test
10:17Taxi
10:18Give me a little help on this one.
10:20You forgot your last name?
10:23I've been busy.
10:26For many,
10:27the hardest part of a driver's exam
10:28is the written portion.
10:30For hippie turned cabbie Jim Ignatowski though,
10:32the simplest questions prove challenging.
10:34Even when his friends are spoon-feeding him the answers,
10:37just filling out the application
10:38is like pulling teeth.
10:39But the real pain comes
10:41when he sits down to take the actual test.
10:43Right off the bat,
10:44Jim requires assistance,
10:45inquiring about the purpose of the yellow light.
10:48Any child could tell Jim
10:49that it means slow down.
10:51Jim misinterprets this,
10:52repeating the same question,
10:54only saying it slower every time.
10:56Slow down!
11:02More!
11:05Unable to even cheat competently,
11:08Jim demonstrates that he's probably
11:09not the most qualified person to drive a cab.
11:12Or a DeLorean for that matter.
11:14That would be 90 cents.
11:20I heard him.
11:21He was singing along to the music at the bar.
11:23Do you remember what he was singing?
11:24I think it was that song,
11:25I Want It That Way.
11:26Backstreet Boys, I'm familiar.
11:28Sometimes,
11:29Detective Jake Peralta
11:30abuses his power
11:31as a member of the NYPD.
11:32Fortunately,
11:33that usually just means
11:34he does things like
11:35make suspects in a lineup
11:36form an impromptu boy band.
11:37You are
11:41my fire
11:43Number two,
11:44keep it going.
11:44The one
11:47desire
11:48Number three
11:49Believe
11:51when I say
11:53Number four
11:54I want it
11:56that way
11:57When a witness tells him
11:58the man they're looking for
11:59was singing
12:00I Want It That Way
12:01by the Backstreet Boys,
12:02he helps her identify him
12:03the only way he knows how.
12:05He makes the suspects
12:06in the lineup sing.
12:07Now number five
12:08I never want to hear you say
12:12Woo!
12:13I want it that way
12:16But Jake gets a little carried away.
12:19He looks more like a producer
12:21making magic in the studio
12:22than a cop fighting a criminal.
12:23The viral scene
12:24is still one of the show's
12:25most fondly remembered cold opens.
12:27Chills.
12:28Literal chills.
12:29It was number five.
12:30Number five killed my brother.
12:31Oh my god,
12:32I forgot about that part.
12:33Number 19
12:34The Turkey Drop
12:35WKRP in Cincinnati
12:37It's a helicopter
12:39and it's coming this way.
12:41Since the end of its run,
12:42this fun workplace sitcom
12:43set in an Ohio radio station
12:45has become more obscure
12:46than many of its contemporaries.
12:48But viewers never forgot
12:49the all-time great
12:50Thanksgiving episode
12:51from 1978.
12:52Bumbling station manager
12:54Arthur Carlson
12:54thinks of a great publicity stunt
12:56for the station.
12:57He drops a group of live turkeys
12:58on the city
12:59from a helicopter.
13:02W-K-R-A-P
13:08What a sight,
13:09ladies and gentlemen.
13:10What a sight.
13:11The copter seems to be
13:12circling the parking area now.
13:14I guess it's looking
13:14for a place to land.
13:15No, something just came
13:16out of the back
13:17Look at the helicopter.
13:18Unfortunately,
13:19as he tells them
13:19at the end,
13:20he didn't realize
13:21domesticated turkeys
13:22can't fly.
13:24There's no parachutes yet.
13:27Those can't be skydivers.
13:29Even more hilarious
13:30and disturbing
13:31is that it was based
13:32on a similar event
13:34in Atlanta.
13:34It's like the turkeys
13:35mounted a counterattack.
13:39It was almost
13:40as if they were
13:42organized.
13:48As God is my witness,
13:51I thought turkeys
13:52could fly.
13:52Number 18.
13:53Edith tells Archie
13:55to stifle.
13:55All in the family.
13:56One of them in here,
13:57an all-bear band.
13:59A naked band?
14:01A Disney band?
14:02No, no, no, Edith.
14:04You know, bears
14:04like brown bears
14:05grizzly bears, don't it?
14:06I hate bears.
14:07Yeah, but they hate
14:08real bears, Edith.
14:09I hate all bears.
14:11Take it away.
14:12Norman Lear's
14:12groundbreaking
14:13and controversial sitcom
14:14never shied away
14:15from the serious stuff.
14:16It just managed
14:17to make us laugh
14:17about them, too.
14:18When Edith Bunker
14:19goes through menopause,
14:20it throws the entire
14:21Bunker household
14:22off balance.
14:23Normally kind-hearted
14:24and gentle,
14:25Edith becomes enraged
14:26at the slightest provocation
14:28and it gives her
14:29the chance to finally
14:30give her irascible
14:31husband Archie
14:31a taste of his own medicine.
14:33I'm just trying
14:34to show you something.
14:35A stifle!
14:39The studio audience
14:41screams with laughter
14:42when she finally turns
14:43his favorite phrase
14:44back on him.
14:45Watching Archie
14:45get his comeuppance
14:46was part and parcel
14:47of why audiences
14:48tuned in.
14:49To see Edith
14:50finally be the one
14:51to do it
14:51was so satisfying.
14:53What did you say to me?
14:54I said stifle!
14:57Pinch me, will you?
15:00I told you to stifle!
15:03Are you alright?
15:05Leave me alone!
15:06Nobody's doing nothing to you!
15:08You listen to me!
15:09Mom!
15:10All of you listen to me!
15:12Well, stop looking at me!
15:1517.
15:16Maxine's Tattoo
15:17Living Single
15:18Why would a woman
15:19who thinks of a one-night stand
15:21as a long-term commitment
15:22do something
15:23this permanent to herself?
15:25It's creative expression.
15:27Sometimes you can only watch
15:29while your friend
15:29makes a bad decision.
15:31Other times
15:31you have to step in.
15:33Regine tries to convince Maxine
15:34that she hasn't thought
15:35her latest adventure through.
15:37But Max is determined
15:38to get herself
15:39a dramatic tattoo
15:40and she doesn't want
15:41something too feminine either.
15:43Chill out!
15:44It's a tattoo
15:45not a C-section.
15:46She wants something powerful
15:48something that lets
15:48the whole world know
15:49who she is.
15:50Full of bluster
15:51and hot air.
15:52Max hypes herself up for it
15:53only to pass out
15:54before the needle
15:55even touches her skin.
15:56All Regine can do
15:57is laugh right along with us.
16:03Number 16.
16:05Pants on Fire
16:06Frasier
16:06The Crane brothers
16:07may have been known
16:08for their sophisticated
16:09sense of humor
16:10but they could do
16:11physical comedy too.
16:20After David Hyde Pierce's
16:22flair for slapstick
16:23is on full display
16:24in this scene
16:24from Frasier's sixth season.
16:26left alone
16:27on Valentine's Day
16:28Niles is readying himself
16:29for a date at home.
16:30He's got dinner
16:31on the stove
16:31and a pair of pants
16:32on the ironing board
16:33and then
16:34things go horribly wrong.
16:47It's pure mayhem
16:49even before his nice pants
16:50catch fire
16:51and he's bested
16:52by an out-of-control
16:53fire extinguisher.
17:04Pierce won a well-deserved
17:06Emmy for the episode.
17:10Number 15.
17:11Barbara's Celebrity Confusion
17:13Abbott Elementary.
17:14If they do go with a black actor
17:16I hope they go with that
17:18Mr. Brian Austin Green.
17:20I'm so proud of that young man
17:22and all of his success.
17:24It didn't take long
17:25for this workplace comedy
17:26set in a Philly elementary school
17:27to create some timeless moments.
17:30A fun, instantly memeable
17:32running joke started
17:33when Barbara's fellow teachers
17:34pointed out to us
17:35her habit of thinking
17:36certain white celebrities
17:37are actually black.
17:38There are a bunch
17:39of white celebrities
17:40who Barbara thinks are black
17:41like Brian Austin Green
17:43would be Brian Tyree Henry.
17:45Oh, I see you
17:46little Carrie Underwood.
17:47Good morning.
17:49Carrie Washington.
17:50But the kicker
17:51is when she praises
17:51Michelle Williams.
17:52You cannot go wrong
17:54with the splendid
17:56the wonderful
17:58Michelle Williams.
17:59Mm, mm, mm.
18:00Now that is one
18:02talented diva.
18:04Is she talking about
18:05the actress or the singer?
18:06She is arguably
18:07the third best child
18:08of destiny.
18:08And all the way
18:09to the Academy Awards
18:11from Dawson's Creek.
18:13No one's really sure.
18:14Oh, never mind.
18:15She's wrong again.
18:16So close.
18:17It's classic Barbara.
18:19The way these co-workers
18:20know each other's habits
18:21and eccentricities
18:22is one of the endless joys
18:23of Abbott Elementary.
18:24Number 14.
18:25The Jonad Files.
18:26Veep.
18:27Do you recall
18:28a document
18:29shared on the J-Drive
18:30titled
18:31The Jonad Files?
18:34Uh, no.
18:35No, ma'am.
18:36That doesn't ring a bell.
18:36Jonah Ryan
18:37was the resident
18:38D.C. punching bag
18:39and he made it
18:40really hard
18:41to feel sorry for him.
18:42A data breach
18:43leaves President
18:43Selina Meyer's staff
18:44under investigation.
18:45The Judiciary Committee
18:46presents a shared document
18:48dedicated to
18:48insulting Jonah.
18:49Dan and Amy
18:50deny all knowledge
18:51of such a document.
18:53Of course,
18:53that's a lie.
18:54So it's not a word
18:56combining Jonah
18:57and gonad?
18:58Not to my knowledge.
18:59I can confirm
19:00that that is exactly
19:01what it is
19:01and Mr. Regan
19:02knows that.
19:03They are then
19:03forced to participate
19:04in the hardest
19:05try not to laugh
19:06challenge ever
19:06as these respectable
19:07politicians
19:08rattle off
19:09every single
19:09obscene thing
19:10they ever called Jonah.
19:11We have some extracts.
19:13J-Rock,
19:14Jizzy Gillespie,
19:15Jack and the Giant Jackoff,
19:16Galien,
19:17Tinkerballs,
19:17Wadzilla,
19:18One Erection.
19:19Do we have to go
19:20through all of these?
19:21Frankly,
19:22putting that list together
19:22is probably the most
19:23organized this staff
19:24has ever been.
19:25My college friends
19:26called me
19:28Tall McCartney.
19:30Number 13,
19:30The Dentist,
19:31The Carol Burnett Show.
19:32You won't find
19:33another dentist
19:34on a Sunday.
19:35Yeah,
19:35I guess you're right.
19:37You sure he knows
19:38what he's doing?
19:39Dr. Kiefer
19:40just graduated
19:41from dental school.
19:42As a matter of fact,
19:43you're his very
19:44first patient,
19:45so he may be
19:45a little nervous.
19:47You won't be
19:47the only one.
19:48Tim Conway
19:49had a habit
19:49of breaking
19:50Harvey Korman up
19:51in the middle
19:51of sketches,
19:51but not even Conway
19:53could keep it together
19:54in the dentist sketch.
19:55Originally aired
19:56in 1969,
19:57the scene sees Conway
19:58as a rookie dentist
19:59fumbling through
20:00a visit
20:00with his first patient.
20:01I'm a shocker.
20:10Unfortunately,
20:11he accidentally
20:12jabs himself
20:13with Novocaine.
20:14Actually,
20:15he does it
20:15several times,
20:16rendering several
20:17of his limbs
20:17immobilized
20:18while he tries
20:19in vain
20:19to carry on
20:20with the appointment.
20:21The audience
20:21collectively loses
20:23its mind
20:23until neither
20:24Korman nor Conway
20:25can actually
20:25hold back
20:26their own laughter
20:27anymore.
20:27Better look at
20:30a little closer
20:31with the light.
20:38Sorry,
20:39I didn't,
20:39just,
20:41oh,
20:42well,
20:42now that'll be
20:43$20.
20:43Number 12,
20:44Chuckles' Funeral,
20:45The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
20:47Recurring character
20:48Chuckles the Clown
20:49was never funnier
20:50than after he passed away.
20:52Therefore,
20:53ask not for whom
20:54the bell tolls,
20:55it tolls for thee.
20:58Hey,
20:58Louis stole your poem.
21:00When her colleagues
21:01at Minneapolis'
21:01WJM news station
21:03keep cracking jokes
21:04about his demise,
21:05Mary Richards chastises
21:06them for being so unfeeling.
21:07But once the funeral
21:09actually starts,
21:10it's Mary who can't
21:11keep it together.
21:11Mr. Fee-Fee-Fee-Foe
21:13would always
21:13pick himself up.
21:20Dust himself off
21:23and say,
21:25I hurt my foo-foo.
21:28The details of
21:29Chuckles' life
21:29are just too funny
21:30and the discomfort
21:31of it all
21:31just makes her laugh harder.
21:33A little seltzer,
21:34doctor.
21:36It's only after
21:37the minister tells her
21:38how much her joy
21:39would have meant
21:39to the dead clown
21:40that she starts bawling.
21:41Excuse me,
21:42young lady.
21:48Yes,
21:49you.
21:51Uh,
21:52would you stand up,
21:53please?
21:56Beloved since
21:56it first aired,
21:58the moment is
21:58such a perfect distillation
21:59of how absurd
22:00death can be.
22:02Laugh for Chuckles.
22:16Number 11,
22:17Mama No,
22:18The Fresh Prince
22:18of Bel-Air.
22:19Who is it?
22:21Hey,
22:22Mom,
22:23I know it's late,
22:24but I really need to talk.
22:25On the eve of his wedding,
22:26Will Smith's fictional
22:27counterpart
22:28gets the shock
22:28of his life.
22:29He walks in
22:30on his mother
22:31and his soon-to-be
22:32father-in-law
22:32in bed together.
22:33He lets out
22:34a dramatic wail
22:35of utter anguish.
22:41But he doesn't
22:43just do that.
22:44He cycles through
22:44an entire performance piece
22:46to show just how shocked,
22:47horrified,
22:48and devastated he is
22:49to have seen his mother
22:50in this compromising position.
22:51Mama No!
22:55I will!
22:56I will!
22:57I will!
22:58I will!
22:58I will!
22:59I will!
23:09And just when he thinks
23:11he's over it,
23:11he's devastated once again.
23:16There is not a frame
23:17of this that isn't
23:18crying out to be
23:19made into a gif.
23:20I'm not ready
23:21to talk to you yet,
23:22young man!
23:24What happened?
23:25I heard screaming.
23:30What's this,
23:31a pajama party?
23:32Number 10.
23:33Claire's New Haircut,
23:35Fleabag.
23:35It's happened something awful
23:37that's happened.
23:38What?
23:39I can't...
23:40Look, where are you?
23:41Do you need me to come?
23:42No, no, no, I just...
23:43I fucked it up.
23:44I fucked everything up.
23:45Phoebe Waller-Bridge's British dramedy
23:47touched on some incredibly
23:48powerful stuff.
23:49This moment in season two,
23:51for instance,
23:51highlights what can happen
23:52when two sisters
23:53come together for a good cause.
23:55Tell the truth.
23:56It's horrendous.
23:56It's horrendous.
23:57It's modern.
23:58Don't lie.
23:59I'm not.
24:00I look like a pencil.
24:02You...
24:02You don't look like...
24:04Don't laugh!
24:05It's okay!
24:06It's not okay!
24:07I'm gonna lose my job!
24:08You won't lose your job,
24:09it's cool!
24:10It's not cool!
24:11It's edgy!
24:12Oh, f*** off!
24:13Oh, it's cheap!
24:13It's unsalvageable!
24:14Claire, it's French!
24:16It's also about the utter devastation
24:17of a horrendous haircut.
24:19Fleabag tries and fails
24:21to tuck her sister up
24:22after she gets an asymmetrical bob.
24:24Her insistence that it's chic and French
24:26is a particularly unhinged highlight.
24:28She tries her best to fix the situation,
24:30but as usual with this show,
24:32there's something much deeper going on here.
24:34Show her the reference.
24:39Claudia, bring me the bin.
24:40But most importantly,
24:42it's just so ridiculously funny.
24:47If you want to change your life,
24:49change your life.
24:52It's not gonna happen in here.
24:55Sorry, Anthony.
24:56I didn't mean to see you next week.
24:58Turn out that lot.
24:59Number 9.
25:00Get on your feet.
25:01Parks and Recreation.
25:02Get on your feet.
25:06Get up and make it happen.
25:08Leslie Knope and the ragtag team of nerds
25:11and eccentrics that make up her staff
25:12are running a scrappy campaign
25:14to put her on the city council.
25:15Her stop at a local ice rink
25:17proves that there are still
25:18a lot of details to iron out.
25:20For example,
25:20they realize too late
25:22that they didn't have enough money
25:23to get a red carpet long enough
25:24to get to the center of the rink.
25:26Tom?
25:27I couldn't afford enough premium carpet
25:29to get us to the stage.
25:30I mean, it was a short walk,
25:31but it was pretty luxurious, right?
25:33Okay.
25:36There are so many little touches
25:38that make this moment amazing.
25:39There's the awkward silence of the crowd.
25:41There's the pathetic little shuffle
25:43they have to do once they hit the ice.
25:45The song of choice,
25:46Get on Your Feet,
25:47is perfect because,
25:48well, they can't.
25:49Get on your feet.
25:52I'm waiting on my arm, Andy.
25:58I'm holding the dog.
26:00He is peeing.
26:01He is now peeing.
26:02And I'm putting him down.
26:04No, Ronnie only has three legs.
26:07Number 8.
26:08The Great Herring War
26:09The Golden Girls.
26:10The Great Herring War.
26:12Rose Nyland's stories
26:13didn't always thrill
26:15her roommates Dorothy and Blanche,
26:16but a flashback episode
26:17in the first season
26:18reveals that it's actually
26:19one of her infamous stories
26:20about her Scandinavian relatives
26:22that made them decide
26:23to live together.
26:24Oh, girls, let's face facts.
26:26The three of us
26:27just can't agree on anything.
26:29I mean, it is obvious
26:29we were not meant
26:30to live together.
26:32I hate to agree with you,
26:33but I think you're right.
26:34I think so, too.
26:36In fact, I know so.
26:38This is exactly what happened
26:40during the Great Herring War.
26:42Rose tells the tale
26:43between two feuding families,
26:45one of whom wanted
26:45to train Herring for the circus.
26:47The Johanssons wanted
26:48to pickle the Herring,
26:49and the Lindstroms
26:51wanted to train them
26:51for the circus.
26:52Each new detail
26:53is more insane
26:54than the last.
26:55Watching Bea Arthur
26:56and Rue McClanahan
26:57try to keep it together
26:58while Betty White
26:59tells the story
26:59with a completely straight face
27:01seems to blur the line
27:02between acting and reality.
27:06Did they ever shoot
27:08a herring out of a cannon?
27:21Only once.
27:24Number 7.
27:25The Whale
27:25Seinfeld
27:26Save the whale, George.
27:28For me.
27:29George Costanza's ploy
27:31to impress an old flame
27:32goes south
27:32in this classic episode.
27:34For reasons that could
27:35only occur on Seinfeld,
27:37his date is led to believe
27:38that he is a marine biologist.
27:39In their booth
27:40at Monk's Cafe,
27:41he tells them
27:42how he lived up
27:42to his fake career
27:43and saved a beached whale.
27:45I tell you, Jerry,
27:46at that moment,
27:47I was a marine biologist.
27:49Actor Jason Alexander
27:51gives an acting tour
27:52to force
27:52as he delivers
27:53a hammy monologue
27:54worthy of
27:54masterpiece theater.
27:55The sea was angry
27:56that day, my friends.
28:01Like an old man
28:02trying to send back
28:03soup in a deli.
28:04According to Jerry Seinfeld,
28:05the whale story
28:06was a last-minute addition
28:07to the script.
28:08Alexander learned
28:09his new lines
28:10in mere hours
28:11and performed it all
28:12in one take.
28:13From out of nowhere,
28:14a huge tidal wave
28:15lifted me,
28:16tossed me like a cork,
28:18and I found myself
28:18right on top of him,
28:19face to face
28:20with the blowhole.
28:21I could barely see
28:23from the waves
28:24crashing down upon me,
28:25but I knew
28:26something was there.
28:28So I reached my hand
28:29and felt around
28:30and pulled out
28:31the obstruction.
28:33Number six,
28:34Ned saves Homer,
28:36The Simpsons.
28:36There's a lot you can say
28:37about Homer Simpson.
28:38Everyone is stupid
28:40except me.
28:41For example,
28:42he's clumsy,
28:43he's selfish,
28:44and he's dim.
28:45And this scene
28:46is a great example
28:47of all those things.
28:48Mars,
28:49turn on the heat.
28:50That's better.
28:52After a fire starts
28:53in the Simpson house,
28:54Ned Flanders
28:54is the only one
28:55who can rescue
28:56an unconscious Homer.
28:57No!
29:00Their exit blocked.
29:02Flanders lugs Homer
29:03upstairs and throws him
29:04out a window,
29:05using a mattress
29:05to cushion his fall.
29:07And then,
29:07Homer just hits the mattress,
29:09lets out a hilarious
29:09little groan,
29:11and bounces back
29:12inside the burning home.
29:13Dear Lord,
29:14may your loving hand
29:15guide Homer
29:16to the mattress
29:16square and true.
29:24Okay.
29:25It's one of the few times
29:26you can see Ned Flanders
29:28almost lose
29:28a little bit of faith.
29:30Number five,
29:31Debbie Downer
29:31at Disney World,
29:33Saturday Night Live.
29:33Ever since they found
29:35mad cow disease
29:36in the U.S.,
29:37I'm not taking any chances.
29:39You can live in your body
29:41for years
29:41before it ravages your brain.
29:46Cast members
29:47have broken on SNL before,
29:48but never this many
29:50in one sketch
29:51and at the same time.
29:52Rachel Dratch's
29:53recurring character,
29:54Debbie Downer,
29:54is the pessimist
29:55to end all pessimists.
29:57In this sketch
29:58from 2004,
29:59she completely ruins
30:00a family trip
30:01to Disney World.
30:02But from the moment
30:03she flubs a line,
30:04the entire cast
30:05becomes a giggling mess.
30:06Speaking of...
30:08Speaking of...
30:13No one ever recovers.
30:15Horatio Sands
30:16even starts wiping
30:17his eyes
30:17with the prop pancakes.
30:19With each new
30:19insane piece of information
30:21she drops,
30:21Dratch can't even
30:22keep a straight face
30:23in her close-ups.
30:24By the way,
30:25it's official.
30:35I can't have children!
30:41Number 4.
30:42Charlie's Dating Disaster
30:43It's Always Sunny
30:44in Philadelphia
30:46Part of It's Always Sunny
30:47in Philadelphia's charm
30:48comes from how unhinged
30:49and hilariously
30:51unredeemable
30:51its cast can be.
30:52We're gonna get you
30:53back on the dating scene,
30:54bro.
30:54What do you think about that?
30:54Yeah, that's actually
30:55why we're here.
30:55We're gonna put your profile
30:56on Match.com.
30:57For example,
30:58Mac and Dennis
30:59try to help Charlie's
31:00romance game
31:00by setting up
31:01a dating profile for him.
31:03Unfortunately,
31:03setting up his bio
31:04is a nightmare.
31:06Ooh, that felt good.
31:06Was that sexy?
31:07That's...
31:08That felt sexy.
31:09We'll Photoshop it.
31:10His photo is unflattering
31:11and his answers
31:12to the questionnaire
31:12make him look like
31:13a psycho weirdo.
31:14How about your favorite food?
31:15What would that be?
31:16Oh, milk steak.
31:18Hmm?
31:19What?
31:19Milk steak.
31:21I'm not putting milk steak.
31:22Mac and Dennis
31:23spruce up his profile
31:24and actually get Charlie
31:25a blind date.
31:26But between their bad advice
31:27and Charlie's own bumbling,
31:29it quickly devolves
31:30into an uproarious train wreck.
31:31Is it bleeding again?
31:32I'm sorry.
31:34These are hornets things,
31:35you know?
31:36I run into like,
31:36like, a lot of like
31:37hornets in my line of work.
31:38Honestly,
31:39with friends like Mac and Dennis
31:41as his wingman,
31:42Charlie's probably
31:43better off alone.
31:44That's a totally different shirt.
31:45Yeah, can I get it here?
31:46How the hell
31:47are you gonna explain that to me?
31:48I'll say I met a nice guy
31:49in the bathroom
31:49and we traded shirts.
31:50Number three,
31:51Meeting the Peters,
31:52The Dick Van Dyke Show.
31:53Hi, we're Mr. and Mrs. Peters.
31:56Uh, come in.
31:57In this now classic
31:59and groundbreaking episode,
32:00new father Rob Petrie
32:01becomes convinced
32:02the hospital switched their baby
32:03with one from another couple.
32:05He drives himself
32:06to distraction over it.
32:07He decides to settle it
32:08by inviting the other family,
32:10the Peters,
32:10over for dinner.
32:11Immediately,
32:12it becomes clear
32:13that the babies
32:14could not have been switched.
32:15The Peters are African American.
32:20I believe,
32:21I believe we have
32:22your Aunt Bertha's figs
32:23and you have
32:24Dick and Betty's flower.
32:27Mrs. Peters,
32:29won't you have him?
32:32They accepted Petrie's invitation
32:34just to see the look
32:35on his face
32:35when he found out.
32:36Not only does everyone
32:37get a good laugh
32:38at Rob's expense,
32:39but it's a surprisingly
32:40meaningful moment
32:41given that it was
32:42the early 1960s.
32:44Why didn't you tell me
32:44on the phone?
32:46Missed the expression
32:47on your face?
32:51Did I give you a good one?
32:52Oh, beautiful.
32:55Boy,
32:56you're gonna have to
32:56excuse me.
32:57I just haven't been
32:58myself lately.
32:59We just had a baby.
33:01Oh, yeah.
33:02That's right.
33:03We both had babies.
33:04Number two,
33:05Dad's Dead,
33:06Roseanne.
33:07I'm sorry you don't
33:08think that's funny.
33:09Hey, I'm saving my best
33:10joke for the funeral.
33:12This working-class sitcom
33:14could always find
33:15the funny in the tragic.
33:16Even a death in the family
33:17suddenly becomes hilarious.
33:18All I want to know
33:19is if his flight's
33:20coming in on time.
33:22No, not coach.
33:24Try baggage.
33:26When Roseanne
33:26and Jackie's father
33:27passes away unexpectedly,
33:29they're saddled
33:29with making the arrangements
33:30and letting the relatives know.
33:32Jackie,
33:33who is usually a mess,
33:34is doubly distraught.
33:35She calls an elderly aunt
33:37to give her the news
33:38and the woman's hearing issues
33:39make it a call to remember.
33:41Pretty soon,
33:41she just starts screaming
33:42into the phone
33:43as her sister watches in shame.
33:45Dad is not with us anymore.
33:48I said,
33:49Dad has passed away.
33:52He's passed away.
33:55Dad is gone.
33:58Dad's dead.
34:01Jackie is all of us
34:02when we have to do more
34:03than we can handle.
34:04It's fine.
34:05He sends his love.
34:07I am not doing that again.
34:10You can't make this.
34:13Number one,
34:14The Chocolate Factory.
34:15I Love Lucy.
34:16Listen carefully.
34:18This is the wrapping department.
34:20Yes, ma'am.
34:21Now, the candy will pass by
34:23on this conveyor belt
34:24and continue into the next room
34:25where the girls will pack it.
34:27Now, your job
34:28is to take each piece of candy
34:29and wrap it
34:30in one of these papers
34:31and then put it back
34:32on the belt.
34:33Lucille Ball is a legend
34:35for a reason.
34:36With I Love Lucy,
34:37she and the show's writers
34:38basically invented the playbook
34:40that would inspire
34:40nearly every sitcom after it.
34:42Seeing Lucy Ricardo
34:43take on jobs
34:44she was terrible at
34:45was always a huge draw,
34:47but never was it funnier
34:48than in this season two episode.
34:50Oh, this is easier.
34:51Yeah, we can handle it, okay?
35:07She and best pal Ethel
35:08take jobs in a candy factory.
35:10Their last chance
35:10to impress their new boss
35:12sees them trying
35:12and failing
35:13to keep up
35:14at wrapping chocolates
35:15as they pass
35:16on a conveyor belt.
35:17Ethel, I think this is...
35:21Unable to keep up,
35:22they begin to shove
35:23the chocolates
35:23in their mouths
35:24to the roaring laughter
35:25of the audience.
35:26Feed it up for ya!
35:47What's the funniest scene
35:48you've ever seen
35:49on the small screen?
35:50Let us know in the comments.
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