Hey gang,
I teach US history and I am looking for any sit com that has had a "historical" basis to it. It can be about any subject in US history. I know that some sit coms will have a "story back in time" and i desparately need one for my class.

THANKS in advance for your insight and help.

Blue Diva

Not a sitcom, but there was a "tweens" show in the mid-90s called A.J.'s Time Travelers (http://www.tv.com/a.j.s-time-travelers/show/10675/summary.html?) that had an interesting way of telling stories of historical events. That might be what you're looking for, though I don't know how you'll find it.

The short lived ABC sitcom "Best Of The West" had some references to the Civil War and frontier life.

Ditto with "F Troop."

Welcome to Sitcoms Online.

Well, there is the obvious choice of M*A*S*H.

I Love Lucy had an episode where the four main characters spent 24 hours living in the 1800s (I think), where the women had to make their own butter and bread (from scratch); the men had to shave with straight edged razors and travel by horse; etc.

You guys ROCK - thanks for these ideas...I will definitley look into these...

The Simpsons were the one that came to mind - the only one I can recall is about Homer and Marge as King Henry the 8th...do you recall any others???? I really need them to be about US History

The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show had history segments with Sheman and Peabody, you might want to check those out...

there was a show that aired in the 1966/67 tv season called its about time set during the time of the cave people

The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show had history segments with Sheman and Peabody, you might want to check those out...
LOL. I am not sure if my 11th graders will even know who Rocky and Bullwinkle are!!!! That is super!!!!

Hogan's Heroes. Believe it or not, they often referred to actual WWII events. There's some episode that mentions the Manhattan Project...but I don't remember which episode.

GREAT ONE - I had not even thought of that show - you are awesome!

there's also "McHales Navy"

there used to be a short-lived show in the 80s called "Voyagers" about a man and boy who would travel through time to various historical events.

Then there was also a short-lived show in the mid-60s called "The Time Tunnel" about 2 guys who were trapped in time and would travel to various periods, and sometimes historical incidents.


Oh, wait, you wanted sitcoms. SORRY! :)

I think there was an epsiode of Step By Step where JT had to write a history paper.I'm not sure

Boy Meets World-"I Was a Teenage Spy"
Cory gets a shock when a microwave mishap transports him back to the 1950s, where his uncanny knowledge of Russian space experiments gets him mistaken for a spy.

Boy Meets World-"No Guts, No Cory"
The time ball swallowed by Salem the Cat from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch takes everyone back to the 1940s: Cory becomes a soldier fighting on the dangerous front lines in Europe, who wants his best buddy Shawn to marry his girl Topanga if he doesn't return.



Don't know if that's what you're looking for or not :)

There is an episode of That's So Raven called True Colors, which is about black history

There's an episode of Family Ties (from the third season) called "Philadelphia Story" in which Alex dreams he's at the Constitutional Convention of 1776. His father Steven Keaton is Thomas Jefferson and he's turned down John Adams' request to write the Declaration of Independence, and Alex has to persuade him to do it.

I think there was an epsiode of Step By Step where JT had to write a history paper.I'm not sure

Was that the episode where Abraham Lincoln made an appearance?

Woman with the crystal ball: Lincoln, Lincoln, bo Bincoln, banana fana fo Fincoln, fee fi mo Mincoln!
Al (as in Alicia): (angrily) Lincoln.

My favorite shows with history lessons are State of Grace, The Waltons, and The Wonder Years. I love shows that "look back" at years gone by.

I REMEMBER this one! This is perfect!!! Thanks so much!

And thanks again to everyone who has given me some GREAT ideas for future classes. I really appreciate it!!!!

also, "Bonnanza" had some episodes that were comedys.

I just thought of this: buy a copy of the DVD of the time travel episodes of "My Favorite Martian" that came out recently, and show it to your class.