Bumps on the Head

[Madame X]

Although amnesia is not common in real life, many TV characters seem to be stricken. And that cliche that a second bump on the head cures them is a farce. :bonk:

Here are some sufferers:

Louise Jefferson
Herman Munster
Gomez Addams
Lucy Carmichael
Michelle Tanner
Mr. Ed
Fred Flintstone

Add the ones you can think of!

[catlover79]

Thelma Frye - Amen

[AB]

The Skipper on Gilligans Island suffered from this too on a Season 1 episode, & that second head bump cured him. lol!

[PajamaParty]

Clark Kent/Superman, of LOIS AND CLARK, in the 1st season episode entitled, if I'm not mistaken 'Asteroid' as well as Lois Lane in the third season episode 'Forget Me Not'. I think George Reeve's Superman of the original ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN series had it too.

[comedyfreak]

If I'm not mistaken Herman Munster also had amnesia too.

[freshprinceofLA]

Didn't Michelle from full house suffer from this on the last episode?

[AB]

On Laverne & Shirley, Shirley falls down the hallway stairs and gets a knock on the head. When she comes too, she thinks she's a lady names Roxy.

[catlover79]

Didn't Michelle from full house suffer from this on the last episode?
Yes. :rolleyes: Pathetic, isn't it??

[DTF955]

Philip Drummond on Diff'rent Strokes; his was handled moderately well as things became familiar to him gradually, with older stuff first (remembering his daughter before the boys). But, it still took really long for regular amnesia.

The Dukes of Hazzard's Bo Duke in "My Son, Bo Hogg," Boss Hogg tries to use his amnesia to do something, and I forget how he regains his memory, but the 2nd bump might have done it.

Michelle's amnesia in the Full House season finale of season 8 - which turned out to be the series finale when it was cancelled - suffered from extension due to having to extend it to the next week becuase of having to get Scott Wengert on the show, since he was contracted for season 9. This made it even dumber looking, and that was rough, because the doctor said she'd "just regained consciousness" after several hours. She could have awakened groggily in the ambulance and he could have meant complete consciousness on the Glasgow Coma Scale, but still, that was a great example of how not to handle medical cases. (Of course, http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1785210/1/The_Way_We_Were does do a good job of explaining it so it makes some sense medically.)

Sorry, tried to type just the word "this" for that and couldn't figure out how.

[Family Ties Forever!]

Harry on Third Rock From The Sun

[Scoobiedoo30]

when did Harry get a Bump on The Head

[treky]

it happened to Rob once; on THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW. He didn't get a second bump on the head that cured him though. It just "wore off" after a few hours. When he "awoke" he found himself in Red Hook, N.J. dancing with a strange woman.

It happened to Jack Benny on his radio show once. And Capt. Parmennter on F TROOP once.

[chris31989]

Naomi Harper on Mama's Family

[andress_jade]

On the last episode of the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, Tony was opening the refrigerator and the vase on top of it fell and hit him on the head and he developed a strange kind of amnesia. He only forgot Jeannie! :eek: But of course, when he was hit in the head again, he remembered Jeannie again. Just in time too, because he almost married her. :D

In the third season of I Dream of Jeannie, Jeannie got hit in the head and got amnesia. She didn't know she was a genie or who anyone was. It was really funny when Tony came into her hospital room to see her through the window and Jeannie screamed when she saw him. Eventually, as always Jeannie's memory came back, but I don't remember how. :confused:

Those are the only two I can think of right now, I'm sure I will think of more.

[Scoobiedoo30]

Yes I remember when Naomi Bumped her head but witch season did that Happen

[Family Ties Forever!]

when did Harry get a Bump on The Head

In the episode where there is a storm. He's outside in the backyard. Different things get picked up by a tornado off the ground and spun around. Something falls and hits him on the head. He asks "Where am I?". Then something hits him on the head again and he asks "Who am I?". It's the one where he calls the operator and tells her that he's surrounded by aliens. The operator tells him he needs help and he tells the operator he knows that and that's why he's calling, lol. I'm not sure what the name of the episode is.

[Scoobiedoo30]

oh

[catlover79]

During the first season of WKRP, Andy Travis got knocked out (hit in the head by a broken beam) when the twisters hit the station. He was pretty out of it (kept saying "there's no place like home" and asking about his dog - :lol:) but was still out of it at the end of the episode. If he did indeed get another bump on the head to get it all together again, we never knew about it. :lol:

[Ohio8]

The Skipper on Gilligans Island suffered from this too on a Season 1 episode, & that second head bump cured him. lol!

Mary Ann also got whacked on the head, when she ran after Ginger sang. M.A. thought she was Ginger after that, and I think it was a third season episode.

[OH Nuts!]

I believe that in an ep, Abby from Eight Is Enough fell from a ladder and got a concussion and amnesia.

[Ohio8]

Mary Ann also got whacked on the head, when she ran after Ginger sang. M.A. thought she was Ginger after that, and I think it was a third season episode.

It was a third season episode: "The Second Ginger Grant"

[Zebra 3]

In the Starsky & Hutch (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=556) episode Partners, both Starsky and Hutch end up in the hospital after a car accident, with Hutch seemingly suffering from amnesia.

[treky]

this is somewhat off-topic; but I read somewhere once that if James Bond had really recieved as many hits on the head that he has in the BOND movies; he wouldn't even be able to remember , not to mention pronounce, even simple names like "M" and "Q", and more complicated ones like "Moneypenney"-FORGET IT!!!

[Rezny@gmail.com]

Remember when Ann Marie got bumped on the head by a baseball at a baseball game in the "That Girl second season episode "If You Were Almot The Only Man In The World?".

[Rezny@gmail.com]

Oops! The title was "If You Were Almost The Only Man in the World".It was a VERY strange episode.

[catlover79]

Doesn't Kelly Garrett get amnesia or something on Charlie's Angels?

[catlover79]

In the final season of Dukes of Hazzard, Boss Hogg gets hit in the head and is sweet as pie. Of course, he reverts back to form by the end of the episode. :lol:

[Big C]

Cody from Step By Step.