The Sitcom Study
Welcome to the Sitcom Study, where we contemplate the TV shows we grew up with and search for the truth and wisdom amidst the tropes and clichés. Each week we’ll compare and contrast several TV episodes that share a common theme, be it characters plagued by amnesia, pop star guest spots, jump-the-shark moments, or women giving birth in elevators. It happens more than you think...
Episodes
- M*A*S*H S6 E11 "The MASH Olympics"
- Dharma & Greg S1 E17 "The Official Dharma & Greg Episode of the 1998 Winter Olympics"
- The Goldbergs S3 E16 "E...
- Cheers S7 E10 "Bar Wars II: The Woodsman Strikes Back"
- Community S2 E23-24 "A Fistful of Paintballs" & "A Few Paintballs More"
- How I Met Your...
- Seinfeld S6 E12 "The Label Maker"
- Married with Children S11 E21 "Damn Bundys"
- The Simpsons S10 E12 "Sunday Cruddy Sunday"
- Everybody Loves Raymond S5 E13 "Superbowl"
- The Patty Duke Show S1 E11 "The Actress"
- Facts of Life S3 E12 "Green Eyed Monster"
- Head of the Class S2 E7 "That'll Be The Day"
- Black-ish S1 E11 "Law of Attraction"
- Laverne & Shirley S3 E12 "New Years Eve, 1959"
- Mad About You S4 E9 "New Years Eve"
- Frasier S7 E12 "RDWRER"
- How I Met Your Mother S1 E11 "The Limo"
- Barney Miller S8 E7 "Homeless"
- Growing Pains S2 E9 "The Kid"
- Saved By The Bell S3 E24-25 "Home For Christmas"
- Family Matters S6 E11 "Miracle ...
- Good Times S2 E13 "Sometimes There's No Bottom in the Bottle"
- Family Ties S2 E14 "Say Uncle"
- Charles in Charge S3 E14 "Bottle Baby"
- Hey Dude S3 E11 "Melody's ...
Hide your cats, this week we're revisiting all of our discussions of that rascally extraterrestrial Gordon Shumway and the mild-mannered family he lived with and terrorized, as well as testing our knowledge of the merry man from Melmac with a trivia quiz... It's time for the Alf mixtape!
With segments from:
- Puppet-Based Sitcoms: S1 E1 "ALF"
- Run-ins with the Mafia: S3 E13 "Hideaway"
- Skydiving: S1 E9 "Jump"
- Earthquakes: S3 E25 "...
- Home Free S1 E1 "Pilot"
- Mr Sunshine S1 E1 "Episode #1.1"
- Go On S1 E1 "Pilot"
- The Odd Couple S1 E12 "The Audit Couple"
- Happy Days S2 E6 "Haunted"
- Step by Step S4 E6 "Something Wild"
- Home Improvement S5 E6 "Let Them Eat Cake"
- Parks & Rec S4 E5 "Meet and Greet"
- Salute Your Shorts S1 E2 "Ghost Story"
- Boy Meets World S5 E17 "And Then There Was Shawn"
- Community S2 E6 "Epidemiology"
- Blackish S3 E5 "The Purge"
- Sanford & Son S5 E1 "Earthquake II"
- Gimme a Break S4 E19 "Earthquake"
- ALF S3 E25 "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
- Modern Family S2 E3 "Earthquake"
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show S2 E18 "Baby Sitcom"
- Clarissa Explains it All S4 E12 "Babysitting"
- King of Queens S3 E9 "Twisted Sitters"
- Bob's Burgers S8 E4 "Sit Me Baby One...
- Taxi S2 E3 "Reverend Jim: A Space Oddysey"
- The Facts of Life S7 E14 "Tootie Drives"
- Sister, Sister S2 E9 "Two For the Road"
- 8 Simple Rules S1 E4 "Wings"
This is a good old fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with a n...
- The Flintstones S2 E24 "Fred Strikes Out"
- Roseanne S4 E14 "The Bowling Show"
- According to Jim S1 E8 "The Turkey Bowl"
- The Big Band Theory S3 E19 "The Wheaton Recurrence"
- Perfect Strangers S4 E1 "The Lottery"
- Mama's Family S5 E15 "The Big Wheel"
- Fresh Prince of Bel-Air S3 E14 "Winner Takes Off"
- Malcolm & Eddie S1 E4 "Partnership of Fools"
From the coffee shop with Jerry and George to the oval office, we're breaking down the career of the most spongeworthy comic actor in town and her four very distinct sitcoms! Here's the lineup:
- Seinfeld S7 E9 "The Sponge"
- Watching Ellie S1 E1 "Pilot"
- New Adventures of Old Christine S1 E1 "Pilot"
- Veep S1 E1 "Fundraiser"
This is a good old fashioned RERUN... We'll be back with a new episode next week!
- Designing Women S2 E8 "Cruising"
- The Nanny S3 E26 "Ship of Fran's"
- Hot in Cleveland S3 E2 "Beards"
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S11 E9-10 "The Gang Goes to Hell...
Beaver cuts the grass, Screech disrupts the spaghetti sauce market, and iCarly disregards child labor laws... This week's trope is Kids starting a business! Here's the lineup:
- Leave it to Beaver S4 E36 "Beaver Goes Into Business"
- The Patty Duke Show S1 E18 "The Tycoons"
- Saved by the Bell S4 E3 "Screech's Spaghetti Sauce"
- iCarly S4 E4 "iSell Penny Tees"
This is a good old fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with a new episod...
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