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02-26-2005, 03:18 PM
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I Love Lucy, "Job Switching": Lucy and Ethel working in the candy factory -- PRICELESS! 
Star Trek: Voyager, "Survival Instinct":
Seven of Nine and eight-year-old(?) Naomi Wildman are standing at the edge of a crowded mess hall. Naomi tries threading her way through what -- to HER, at least -- is a sea of legs.
Seven of Nine bellows from the back of the room, "STAND ASIDE!" The crowd then parts like the Red Sea! 
Aside from being funny as hell, I think that scene really spoke volumes about the character of Seven of Nine -- and about how intimidating she can be.
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02-26-2005, 04:39 PM
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My favorite funny moments/episodes are:
1) WKRP in Cincinnati - The episode is called "Turkeys Away", probably the funniest half-hour ever. The whole thing is perfect--from Les's on the spot report as the Turkeys hit the pavement to the gang's reaction. I still laugh when I think about that episode. lol.
2) WKRP in Cincinnati - "Les on a Ledge" had a very funny secondary plot where Johnny Fever tells Herb that Jennifer is actually a "guy" -- and Herb believes him! The best part was when Herb (oblivious to what was actually going on) tells Les about Jennifer. Andy & Mr. Carlson's reaction is classic. 
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02-26-2005, 05:44 PM
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Is this the right forum for this?
Oh, all right, I'll play:
ST:TNG - "Deja Q"
Q: What must I do to convince you people?
Worf: Die!
Q: Oh, very clever, Worf. Eat any good books lately?
Worf: You will walk or I will carry you!
Q: Given the option, I...I'll walk.
Worf: BE QUIET! Or disappear back where you came from!
Q: I can't disappear, any more than you can win a beauty contest.
(Q runs into a forcefield): This is getting on my nerves, now that I have them!
Q: There's something wrong with my stomach.
Dr. Crusher: It hurts?
Q: It's making noises!
Dr. Crusher (staring): Maybe you're hungry.
(moments later, in 10-Forward)
Q: I've never eaten before, what do I order?
Guinan: I hear they drummed you out of the Continuum!
Q: I like to think of it as a significant career change.
Guinan: Just one of the boys, eh?
Q: One of the boys with an I.Q. of 2005!
Q: It's difficult to work in groups when you're omnipotent.
Q: I'm immortal again! Omnipotent again!
Riker: Swell.
Riker: I don't need your fantasy women!
Q: Oh, you're so stolid! You weren't like that before the beard!
DAVE/Memphis, TN 
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02-26-2005, 10:35 PM
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Some great ones mentioned already. The WKRP Thanksgiving ep, in particular, is definitely at the top of my own list, along with the bomb threat 2-parter in which Johnny and Venus have to relocate to the transmitter and Johnny becomes convinced that the "phone cops" are coming after him for destroying the phone. Some others:
Bob Newhart - The Thanksgiving ep in which Bob, Howard, Jerry, and Mr. Carlton get drunk.
Newhart - almost anything involving Larry, Darryl, and Darryl
Wings - almost anything involving Lowell or Antonio (especially some of Antonio's off-handed comments) This entire show (early years in particular) was priceless.
I must have a thing for butlers, because I find Niles (The Nanny), Benson (Soap), and Geoffrey (Fresh Prince) to be totally hilarious. Mostly dry and understated, deadpan delivery...never fails to make me laugh.
The Nanny - the scene in which CC catches Niles doing the "Risky Business" bit. Actually, many scenes between those two characters were priceless. (Another prime example: Niles' reaction when Fran asks if there are any old nipples around, and CC walks in at that precise moment... Predictable, sure...but still hilarious.)
The Andy Griffith Show - the episode in which Gomer joined the Marines...the first interactions between him and Sgt Carter (and the bucket on the head)
The Andy Griffith Show - Andy attempting to explain charity to Opie, and the concept of "a ratio" (Opie misunderstands it as "Horatio", and goes on to imagine a "half a boy")
The Andy Griffith Show - Opie and the Spoiled Kid - Andy's explanation to Opie about working, and Opie's reaction (his "Good and tired" line still cracks me up every single time), and Opie's attempted tantrums
The Andy Griffith Show - first ep, when Rose is getting married, and Andy has to stop Opie from throwing the whole box of rice at the groom
The Andy Griffith Show - Andy catches Barney asleep in the cot in the back room, and tucks the corners of the blanket underneath the legs of the cot, then slams the door to awaken Barney...the scene of Barney trapped underneath the blanket and trying to escape (Don't remember the specific ep right off-hand)
TAXI - the classic scene with Jeff Conaway, when Rev Jim is taking the written test for his license, and tries to ask "What does a yellow light mean?"
The Monkees - some of the unplanned and ad-libbed scenes when they were all (very obviously) totally stoned out of their minds
Leave It To Beaver - Beaver loses his haircut money (following yet another lecture about losing things), so Wally gives him a haircut instead. June's reaction when she peeks at Beaver's head in bed and sees the results.
Three's Company - Jeffrey Tambor plays a psychiatrist whom Terry brings home for dinner; Jack and Janet think he's a patient, and he is in turn convinced that Jack is insane.
Sanford and Son - Lamont studies karate to face a bully; Grady intercedes by telling the bully that Lamont has a medical condition. Lamont's subsequent karate demonstration is hilarious, as is Grady's follow-up reaction.
The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Ghost Of A. Chantz, and The Curious Thing About Women (Laura with the raft)
Just a few off the top of my head... I'm sure I'll think of a dozen more indispensible classics as soon as I hit the SUBMIT button...
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02-27-2005, 02:24 AM
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The RAFT episode! I forgot about that! Truly one of the funniest in Dick Van Dyke history. And the really funny part is feeling sorry for Laura and wondering how she's going to get that raft back in the box before Dick finds out.
Someone asked if this is the right forum for this question. I think it is, since it's about all those old shows that you're watching or wanting to watch on DVD.
Another favorite, the X-files episode with Lily Tomlin and (was it Ed Asner) who are ghosts in a haunted house.
Frasier episode where Frasier's sitting wearing a bib and putting together a popsicle house and the people who walk into the room think he's mentally disabled. And also any episode that has people switching identities, rooms, and whatever else to cause confusion.
Cheers where Rebecca fools Sam and Woody into kissing each other.
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02-27-2005, 03:11 AM
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An all time favorite funny bit was in Sanford and Son [One of these days, I MUST get the season sets of this!]
Somehow or another, Sanford had a casket at the junkyard, and he was afraid to sleep in the house with it. He is in the bed of his pickup truck, in a sleeping bag, and Lamont is trying to reason with him:
Lamont: Pop, if you sleep out here all night in the cold, your arthuritis will seize up, and you'll be a cripple from the neck down.
Sanford: Then we'll be a perfect match, 'cause you're a cripple from the neck up!
The shape I\'m in you could donate my body to science fiction! - Rodney Dangerfield, \"Back to School\"
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