Mine is tied:

1. Bewitched -- Endora (intentionally) constantly calling her son-in-law Darrin by the wrong name...Darwin, Duncan, Dum Dum, Dawson, Dumbo...:lol:

2. Mr. Belvedere -- The daughter Heather's best friend Angela (unintentionally) calling Mr. Belvedere by the wrong name...Mr. Butterfinger, Mr. Beetlejuice, Mr. Butterworth...those are the only names I remember. :lol:

Mine is tied:

1. Bewitched -- Endora (intentionally) constantly calling her son-in-law Darrin by the wrong name...Darwin, Duncan, Dum Dum, Dawson, Dumbo...:lol:

2. Mr. Belvedere -- The daughter Heather's best friend Angela (unintentionally) calling Mr. Belvedere by the wrong name...Mr. Butterfinger, Mr. Beetlejuice, Mr. Butterworth...those are the only names I remember. :lol:
And don't forget Durwood, Durweed, Dennis, Donald, Duspin...LOL

Good Times-- Councilman Alderman Fred Davis always intentionally getting Wilona's name wrong, calling her Wiomea etc.

All In The Family-- Archie mispronouncing eveyone's name like the Reverend Feltcher, Archie would say Fletcher when corrected Archie would say whatever.

Coach had a drunk maid pop up in different places, I liked her.

Wings, Cheers & Frasier each had hidden characters.

King of the Hill, Dale's wife cheating on him throughout the entire series with John Redcorn.

let's see there are so many on Will and Grace... the ever popular dwarf Beverly Leslie...call well...well... well...of course Anastacia Beaverhausen...fights with Rosie ...and just jack...

on Friends...Regina Filangie...oh my God...its Janice....how you doin? ....phoebe songs rule....and of course WE WERE ON A BREAK...could you BE...the divorce jokes....and Gunthers unrequited love

Barney Fife and his bullet he had to keep in his pocket.

The depictions of Maris on Frasier. The way she was described throughout the show's run, she couldn't have possibly been human. :lol:

I Love Lucy:

Lucy constantly trying to get into showbusiness.

Lucy's mother always calling Ricky by some other name.

Lucy mocking the way Ricky talks.

I Love Lucy:

Lucy constantly trying to get into showbusiness.

Lucy's mother always calling Ricky by some other name.

Lucy mocking the way Ricky talks.
I forgot about Lucy always using her maiden name to try to get into show business, as well.

Of course, every time one of her schemes backfired, she'd let loose with a loud "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!" :lol:

"Sanford and Son"/Grady's being bad at names. Fred's insulting Aunt Esther, his calling Lamont "dummy," and his comebacks to a woman's "Well I never."

Another good one was Hoppy's mangling of black slang and Smitty's correcting him.

I Love Lucy:

Lucy constantly trying to get into showbusiness.

Lucy's mother always calling Ricky by some other name.

Lucy mocking the way Ricky talks.


Also:

Fred being a penny-pincher.

Ethel always eating or hungry.

Also:

Fred being a penny-pincher.

Ethel always eating or hungry.
Also:

Ricky trying to keep Lucy out of show business
Ricky trying to keep Lucy away from celebs
Lucy wanting to meet celebs/getting in some sort of mess when meeting celebs

In the interest of full disclosure and complete laziness on my part, lol, I copied and pasted my replies from a similiar thread made about this.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=172154&highlight=Norm%21

Carlton breaking into that dance he does on Fresh Prince, especially to that Tom Jone's song.

The goofy bird walk of JJ on Good Times. He holds his arms out, wrists pointed downward, with the silliest walk.

Fred Sanford holding putting his hands to his heart, and faking a heart attack. "I'm coming Elizabeth!"

The Dick Van Dyke Show -- When Laurie Petrie was upset, she would break into tears and moan, "Ohhhh Rooobbbb!!!!"

Seinfeld - Elaine Benis would shove someone with both hands and yell, "Get out!"

Good Times - James Evans would act like he was taking his belt off if one of his kids did something wrong. I don't think he ever used it though.

Maude saying, "God will get you for that!" usually to Walter.

On Alice, Flo would tell people to, "Kiss my grits!"

Archie Bunker tossed everyone out of his chair.

Archie calling Edith a dingbat and Mike a meathead.

Good Times - J.J. Evans saying, "DY-NO-MITE!"

Bewitched - Aunt Clara collecting (stealing) doornobs.

Bewitched - Endora calling Darrin everything but Darrin...Darwood, Derwin, Dumbo, etc.

Cheers - Cliff Clavin, the resident know-it-all, starting off sentences with, "It's a little known fact that....."

Cheers - Sam's obsession with his hair and his car was a running gag.

The Carol Burnett Show - At the end of her Variety show every week, Carol signed off by tugging on her earlobe as a loving gesture to her mother.

Welcome Back Kotter - "Up your nose with a rubber hose!"

Eddie Haskell sucking up to "Mrs. Cleaver" on Leave It To Beaver...then being a wiseguy when she wasn't around.

Three's Company - The running gag of Mrs. Roper being sex deprived by Mr. Roper.

Coach - Luther Van Dam (Jerry Van Dyke) loved to eat. He was often munching on a donut or something. That was his thing.

Murphy Brown and her many different secretaries was a running gag.

Beckerisms...

Bob always referring to himself in the third person.

Becker's fear of midgets (little people), and his belief that they bring him bad luck.

Becker's obsession with Watergate.

Becker's constant battles with the neighbors in his apartment building.

One of Becker's patients, Mrs. Racino, would always come in his office and ask stupid long, drawn out questions.

Linda's parade of insane boyfriends, although we saw only a handful.

The endless cracks on Reggie's cooking in the diner.

Murphy Brown and her many different secretaries was a running gag.
The painter was always there from the start to finish, wasn't he?

Also, a different Motown song opened each episode if I'm not mistaken.

Also, who could forget Les Nessman's floating bandages on WKRP?? :lol:

Barbarino on Welcome Back Kotter singing "Ba ba ba ba ba Barino"
Also, Washington always saying "Hi There" in a deep voice.
Epstein and his "note from his mother"
Gabe always starting the show with a joke and ending the show with a joke.

Barbarino on Welcome Back Kotter singing "Ba ba ba ba ba Barino"
Also, Washington always saying "Hi There" in a deep voice.
Epstein and his "note from his mother"
Gabe always starting the show with a joke and ending the show with a joke.
Yes, he was always telling a corny joke about one of his relatives to his wife at the beginning and end of each show. The notes from Epstein's "mother" were always good for a laugh. :lol:

Also those 3 guys coming in on Newhart and saying Hello I'm Larry and this is
my brother Daryl and this is my other brother Daryl. They did that on alot of
show.

I forgot about Lucy always using her maiden name to try to get into show business, as well.

Of course, every time one of her schemes backfired, she'd let loose with a loud "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!" :lol:

WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!- great moments on Lucy

Gilligan getting a wack on the head from Skipper- Gilligan's Island

Granny and Cousin Pearl bickering- Beverly HIllibillies

"Lucy, I'm hooooooooome!"- Ricky

Roscoe going, "GOOD NEWS, GOOD NEWS BOSS!"- Dukes of Hazzard

Also those 3 guys coming in on Newhart and saying Hello I'm Larry and this is
my brother Daryl and this is my other brother Daryl. They did that on alot of
show.

Good one. It's one of my favorites, too.

Also, "Helloooo...Newman" on Seinfeld.

And the beatnik, Maynard G. Krebbs (Bob Denver before his Gilligan days)--every time he'd hear the word 'work' he'd freak out and repeat 'work' in a high pitched fearful manner. This was on the Dobie Gillis show, or the many loves of Dobie Gillis.

Steve Urkel's obsession with cheese.

Steve Urkel's uttering "Did I do that?" after some mishap, like knocking over a bucket of paint, or breaking something.

Here's another classic - someone misspelling and/or mispronouncing the name Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller. Wojo would always be so annoyed and disgusted. It was hilarious!! :lol:

Fonzie from Happy Days saying "Aaaay"
Different Happy Days characters saying "Sit on it"
Marion telling Howard if he was "getting frisky"

Laverne & Shirley: Laverne and her clothes having the letter "L" on her clothes

Full House - Jesse's obsession with his hair
-Michelle's cutesy catchphrases ("don't have a cow!")

Laverne & Shirley - "HELLO!" as Lenny and Squiggy barge in
- Laverne drinking milk & pepsi

Friends - Ugly Naked Guy

Seinfeld - Kramer's wacky entrances

Will & Grace - Hilarious "game nights"

Full House - Jesse's obsession with his hair
-Michelle's cutesy catchphrases ("don't have a cow!")

Laverne & Shirley - "HELLO!" as Lenny and Squiggy barge in
- Laverne drinking milk & pepsi

Friends - Ugly Naked Guy

Seinfeld - Kramer's wacky entrances

Will & Grace - Hilarious "game nights"
Add to that Jesse's Elvis obsession.

On Laverne & Shirley, Shirley was obsessed with singer Fabian.
She also had her beloved Boo Boo Kitty to turn to. :lol:

Flo would tell People to kiss her Grits!

The Clampetts having to bury the results of Elly May's cooking on The Beverly Hillbillies.

Joe Carson's incredible laziness on Petticoat Junction.

Gomer Pyle's frequent "Shazam!" expression.

Don Adams' catch phrase "Missed it by that much" on as Maxwell on Get Smart.

Darrin's mom, Phyllis Stephens: "Frank, I'm having a sick headache" on Bewitched. Also, Serena always being turned on by "Cotton Top" Larry Tate! (Priceless)

On Rhoda, another running gag was Carlton the Doorman who we never saw and he always sounded tipsy on the intercom.

Fonzie from Happy Days saying "Aaaay"
Different Happy Days characters saying "Sit on it"
Marion telling Howard if he was "getting frisky"

Laverne & Shirley: Laverne and her clothes having the letter "L" on her clothes
Speaking of Happy Days, we forgot that Richie was always singing "I Found My Thrill on Blueberry Hill". That was usually when he got "lucky" ;) with a girl.

On Home Improvement, the whole never-getting to see Wilson thing, having Tim go to him for advice, and then Tim screwing up when he says "profoundly" to Jill what the advice was.

Also, Tim's general clumsy, disastrous nature... ("Tim, I don't think that's such a good idea..."

And the grunting...

And jokes about Al's mom/Al's flannel


Come to think of it, HI realllly was a fan of the "running gags"...

On Bewitched Mrs. Kravitz always coming over to borrow a cup of sugar so she could snoop was a running gag.

On Home Improvement, the whole never-getting to see Wilson thing, having Tim go to him for advice, and then Tim screwing up when he says "profoundly" to Jill what the advice was.

Also, Tim's general clumsy, disastrous nature... ("Tim, I don't think that's such a good idea..."

And the grunting...

And jokes about Al's mom/Al's flannel


Come to think of it, HI realllly was a fan of the "running gags"...
You are so right. I think the funniest thing about Al's mom was that you never saw her! Everything was totally to the imagination. Same thing goes for other invisible characters like Maris, Norm's wife, Orson, etc...

On Bewitched Mrs. Kravitz always coming over to borrow a cup of sugar so she could snoop was a running gag.
"I came over for a SNOOP, uh, scoop of sugar." No one was funnier than Alice Pearce delivering that line. Also her little high pitched screams: "ABNER!!" :rofl: God bless Alice Pearce, she was a riot.

Also on Happy Days, Fonzie hitting the juke box and always getting it to play was another one.

On Home Improvement, the whole never-getting to see Wilson thing, having Tim go to him for advice, and then Tim screwing up when he says "profoundly" to Jill what the advice was.

Also, Tim's general clumsy, disastrous nature... ("Tim, I don't think that's such a good idea..."

And the grunting...

And jokes about Al's mom/Al's flannel


Come to think of it, HI realllly was a fan of the "running gags"...
Every Christmas on Home Improvement, there was always Tim competing with Doc Johnson to win the prize of best decorated house in the neighborhood -- with always disasterous results. :lol: Then you had Tom Poston always turning up as a sarcastic clerk or waiter in the later seasons, to make Tim and/or Al miserable. :lol:

On "SANFORD & SON" Aunt Esther saying "WATCH IT, SUCKER"! after Fred would say some insult to her.
On "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW" Buddy always insulting Mel.
On "CHEERS" Norm saying "Hello, everybody" when he'd walk in and they'd all shout "NORM"! and in the Diane years, she'd say "Norman".
On "THE HONEYMOONERS" Ralph threatning to send Alice "TO THE MOON"!!
Alice and Norton sometimes making a joke about Ralphs weight.
Ralph shouting to Norton "GET OUT"!!! and pointing at the door.
Ralph opening and closing his mouth and saying "HUM-NA HUM-NA HUM-NA" if he got nervous about something.

And of course, Klinger dressing in drag on "MASH".
Radar and Col. Blake or Potter doing that "doubletalk".

Good Times - JJ's obsession with Kool Aid

Amos & Andy - Kingfish always trying to con Andy out of his money

Happy Days - Fonzie's t-shirt obsession, Al Delvecchio's Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

"I came over for a SNOOP, uh, scoop of sugar." No one was funnier than Alice Pearce delivering that line. Also her little high pitched screams: "ABNER!!" :rofl: God bless Alice Pearce, she was a riot.
she was a riot! probably my favorite thing about the show.... though i absolutely love endora!

On the Bob Newhart Show, there was the "Hi Bob!" gag which became a famous drinking game.

Home Improvement (again) - Tim always hit his head on the pipe above the basement stairs (OUCH).

On the Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ted would screw up at least one word or name in every newscast. Then there would be the famous Ted Baxter line: "It all started in a 5000 watt radio station in Fresno, California..." :lol:

Laverne & Shirley: Laverne and her MILK & PEPSI concoction.

Laverne & Shirley: Laverne and her MILK & PEPSI concoction.

That even sounds nasty, No way in hell I'd drink it. puke:

That even sounds nasty, No way in hell I'd drink it. puke:
:lol: :lol: When L&S first aired in the 70's and she mentioned that drink, my best friend made it and dared me to try it. Frankly, it tasted like a milkshake or some sort. Not horrible, but not great either.

Someone already mentioned Murphy's endless parade of secretaries. That was classic. And the jokes about Eldin never finishing the job. (To answer Monika's question from page one, he left in Season 7, then came back in the finale.) Also Miles always freaking out over every little thing.

On The Golden Girls, you had Rose's stories about St. Olaf. Those were always insane. LOL And Sophia's stories about Sicily which always began with, "Picture it, Sicily...."

On Full House, there was Danny's obsession with cleanliness. He even cleaned his cleaning products once, LOL.

Here's another running gag from Home Improvement. On Tool Time, every time Tim would insult old people, women, etc., Al would hold up a sign and say, "Send your comments to Tim Taylor, c/o Tool Time, PO Box..." :lol: To shut him up, Tim would always retort, "Al, do the words 'job search' mean anything to you?" :lol:

I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner.... on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Sue Ann was always trying to hook up with Lou. (Of course, they DID finally sleep together in Season 6, "Once I Had a Secret Love.")

Another gag on The Bob Newhart Show, was for Carol to always be looking for a fellow to date.

Another gag on The Bob Newhart Show, was for Carol to always be looking for a fellow to date.
Or you'd have the sweet old lady Mrs. Bakerman (Florida Friebus) knitting away in group saying "Isn't that nice?" She'd say it whether the situation was good or bad.

Oliver Douglas climbing the telephone pole to make a phone call on "Green Acres."

Archie Bunker flushing the upstairs toilet.

Or you'd have the sweet old lady Mrs. Bakerman (Florida Friebus) knitting away in group saying "Isn't that nice?" She'd say it even if the situation was good or bad.


And Howard always coming over, sometimes it seemed like he lived there.:)

And Howard always coming over, sometimes it seemed like he lived there.:)
That's right! Before Kramer, Howard was the mooching, always barging in neighbor. :lol:

Johnny Fever always trying to sneak up behind Jennifer on WKRP.

Also on WKRP, Herb constantly asked Jennifer to go out with him on many of the episodes, even though he was married.

if my memory is correct I belive he weas married to mrs pool from The Hogan Family

if my memory is correct I belive he weas married to mrs pool from The Hogan Family
That's right! Edie McClurg played both Lucille Tarlek on WKRP and Patty Poole on The Hogan Family.

I was wondering what Mrs Pool first name was on The Hogan Family

Roseanne - The chicken shirt was worn by just about every major cast member (white t-shirt with the big chicken on it)

Mamas Family - Iola's mother was described as always being overly obese

Home Improvement- How they never showed Wilson's face.

Gilligan's Island/Skipper whacking Gilligan with his hat. The Professor's inventions and his speaking with complicated scientific words and terms.

Sanford and Son/Grady's stupidity. Rollo's criminal acts. Aunt Esthers' being vocally religious and her overreacting, and her insults aimed at Fred. Fred: His willingness to punch people and his catchphrases: "How would you like one across yo' lips (?)" "...that's s-a-n,f-o-r-d, period." "...and the 'G.' stands for..."

When Fred and Lamont would excuse themselves to company, go into the kitchen and close the door, loudly yell at each other, then come back with big smiles on their faces. Fred's love of old movies and his way of talking about them during this or that situation.

Speaking of S&S, there were a couple of running gags involving Julio (Gregory Sierra :eyes: :heart: :eyes:).

Julio would say "buenos diaz, Mr. Sanford" to which Fred would reply, "And beans and disease to you too!" :lol: Or Julio would say "buenos naches" and Fred would tell him, "Bones and notches to you too!" Then there was always Julio's goat Chico coming in and freaking out Fred.

Then you had Officer Hoppy who would always mess up slang words, and Officer Smitty would always correct him. :lol:

Speaking of S&S, there were a couple of running gags involving Julio (Gregory Sierra :eyes: :heart: :eyes:).

Julio would say "buenos diaz, Mr. Sanford" to which Fred would reply, "And beans and disease to you too!" :lol: Or Julio would say "buenos naches" and Fred would tell him, "Bones and notches to you too!" Then there was always Julio's goat Chico coming in and freaking out Fred.

Then you had Officer Hoppy who would always mess up slang words, and Officer Smitty would always correct him. :lol:
Awesome and hilarious moments...:brent :rofl:

I like the way Archie Bunker would sometimes misprounounce certain words (something my mother does with certain celebrity names-for instance; she says "William Shafner " for William Shatner and "Goldie Hawk" for Goldie Hawn:lol: ) and the way everyone would shout "NORM"! whenever Norm would walk into the bar on CHEERS.

I'm currently watching Maude on DVD (checked it out of the library). I've noticed this running gag: Maude's voice is so deep most phone callers think she's her husband!! :lol: She'll retort, "no, Mr. Findlay's voice is an octave higher", or "no, Mr. Findlay is the one who wears the mustache". Just made me chuckle...:lol:

Jack Soo's character on Barney Miller always being mocked for his coffee.

Jack Soo's character on Barney Miller always being mocked for his coffee.
That was part of Yemana's charm. I loved the way he would grimace at comments like "do you wash your socks in the coffee?" and "Nick, you may be a cop but your coffee is a crime". :rofl: God bless Jack Soo.

Happy Days/Fonzie's adding "-amundo" to the end of a word sometimes.
Friends/Chandler's emphasizing certain words like "Could it GET any better?"
Gilligan's Island/How Gilligan accidently saved the day.

Get Smart/The Cone of Silence and Max's shoe phone.
Friends/How one of the friends would enter Monica & Rachel's, later Chandler & Monica's, apartment, without knocking. LOCK THE DOOR!
Sanford and Son/Bubba's putting up with Fred's crap without even a warning of retribution.

F Troop, where O'Rourke would say to Agarn "I don't know why they say you're so dumb." And then Agarn would reply, "Who says I'm dumb?!?" But he'd usually wait until later in the scene to utter those words, like he just got what the Sarge had said. Once, it carried over into the next scene, lol. That's classic comedy.

The Munsters, where Herman would always look into the mirror and it would break. Also, every excuse the Munsters would come up with for why the people are running away from them. Because of course it couldn't be THEM, lol.

The Honeymooners- Ralph's get-rich-quick schemes(of course with his best friend, Norton, by his side).

I Love Lucy-Lucy's schemes to get into Ricky's show(of course with her best friend, Ethel, by her side).

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

How could I have forgotten about Mary's parties?? She'd either run out of food, someone would get into an argument, or some other sort of disaster would occur. Georgette went into labor during one party! LOL It got so bad that the minute Mary said she was having a party, her co-workers would suddenly be busy that night. hehe

(these are my favorites so they aren't everything from the shows)

Friends: Regina Filange, "We were on a break!", Gunther's crush on Rachel, Joey's stupidity and loving to eat
I Love Lucy: Fred's cheapness
Full House: Jesse's obsession with his hair
Newhart: "...this is my brother Darryl and this is my other brother Darryl."
Happy Days: Richie's song "Blueberry Hill"
Seinfeld: Jerry and Newman's hatred for each other

Happy Day's Buleberry Hill

Goober doing his Cary Grant impression "Judy, Judy, Judy" on The Andy Griffith Show.

Rob Petrie's spectacular trips and falls were also a running gag on the Dick Van Dyke Show.

The Munsters/The Munsters saying that bad weather days were perfect weather. The raven clock. Herman's saying "Darn darndarnadarndarn" when something went wrong, sometimes stamping his feet too. Grandpa's failed experiments and how he and Herman didn't get along. Lily's wearing the pants in the family.

The Addams Family/Kitty-Cat the pet lion. Wedneday's pet black widow spider. The torture devices in the basement. Gomez going romantic when Morticia spoke French. Their thinking that bad weather days were lovely.

The Munsters/Speeded-up scenes.

2. Mr. Belvedere -- The daughter Heather's best friend Angela (unintentionally) calling Mr. Belvedere by the wrong name...Mr. Butterfinger, Mr. Beetlejuice, Mr. Butterworth...those are the only names I remember. :lol:


I remember Angela. :lol: I remember her calling him Mr. Bellbottom once and Mr. Bricklayer aonther time.

All In The Family-- Archie mispronouncing eveyone's name like the Reverend Feltcher, Archie would say Fletcher when corrected Archie would say whatever.

I was just going to say this. :lol:

I remember Angela. :lol: I remember her calling him Mr. Bellbottom once and Mr. Bricklayer aonther time.
:rofl: Angela wasn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier, was she??

:rofl: Angela wasn't the brightest bulb in the chandelier, was she??


She sure wasn't. :lol:

On I Dream of Jeannie, Jeannie was always getting Tony into messes she created because of her powers.Tony would always call out Jeannie's name whenever he was in trouble because it was usually her fault and then Jeannie trying to get him out of trouble she would always say "How do you get yourself into these things?" or "I've done it to him again." :lol:
That quote is in my signature because it's one of my favorites. :)
When Dr. Bellows would see Tony doing something unusual because of Jeannie and then Tony finding a way out Dr. Bellows would always say,
"He's done it to me again" or "There's something about this house."
It always makes me laugh. :D

Speaking of people's names constantly being butchered, there was Willona and Alderman (aka BALDerman) Davis on Good Times. He'd always call her Wilhomena, Winifreda, etc. :lol: Then the Evans family and Willona called their janitor, Nathan Bookman, a rather large man, all sorts of names. Buffalo Butt, Rhino Rump, Bubble Belly, Booger, etc.

On Gilligans Island, Gilligan would always say "watch out for ___" and the skipper would have already ran into it and he'd reply "Thanks alot Gilligan" They did this on alot of episodes.

Golden Girls - Never Seeing Dorothy's Brother and the fact he was a cross dresser.

The Nanny - Yetta (played by Ann Guilbert) always thinking about The Dick Van Dyke Show. (She was Millie on Dick Van Dyke). Fran's Obcession with Barbara Striessand. And this was a one time thing. Fran commented that Days of Our Lives wasn't the same since "Shane" left. Mr. Sheffield saying that "Shane" auditioned for him once and had a fake English Accent. (The guy who played Mr. Sheffield, who's name escapes me right now played Shane).

Living With Fran (Short lived WB Show) - I found it was so hilarious they cast the guy who played Mr. Sheffield on The Nanny as her Ex-Husband on this show.

That's all I can think of at this later hour.

Speaking of people's names constantly being butchered, there was Willona and Alderman (aka BALDerman) Davis on Good Times. He'd always call her Wilhomena, Winifreda, etc. :lol: Then the Evans family and Willona called their janitor, Nathan Bookman, a rather large man, all sorts of names. Buffalo Butt, Rhino Rump, Bubble Belly, Booger, etc.
Don't forget my salt sister when Michael would say too many times, "BOY is a white racist word!" :rofl:

Don't forget my salt sister when Michael would say too many times, "BOY is a white racist word!" :rofl:
You're right, and I'm glad they dropped that "catchphrase" eventually. It was so annoying!! :rolleyes:

You're right, and I'm glad they dropped that "catchphrase" eventually. It was so annoying!! :rolleyes:
You know, the reason they had Michael say that was because he was a child. The writers/producers felt as long as a child was saying it, it was "ok". They new the repercussions if an adult said that line continuosly.

The Ultimate running gag.........That Girl!

Ann Marie would be at an audition and the conversation would always lead someone to say That Girl and the camera would do a close up of Marlo Thomas and then go into the theme.

My two favorite "brit-coms", "Allo allo" and "Keeping up appearances" are full of running gags.

"Allo allo" has for example Michelle always saying "Listen carefully, I will say this only once!". And also, it had Edith saying "René, what are you doing with that servant girl in your arms?", to which René always replied "You stupid woman! Can you not see that she... (followed by the excuse for the day)?" And of course, I can also mention things like Bertorelli always saying "What a mistaka to maka!", Crabtree always getting his French wrong and Herr Flick and von Smallhousen always limping.

"Keeping up appearances" has Onslow saying "Ooooh nice!" and Hyacinth saying things like "The Buckét residence, the lady of the house speaking!" and "It's my sister Violet. She's the one with the Mercedes, a sauna and room for a pony!" And as soon as someone pronounced the last name "Bucket" as it should have been ("Buck-et"), Hyacinth would always say "It's 'Boo-kay!'", even when the situation was so grave, that it was strange, that she even cared about it at the time.

"Secretary!!!"
Jeb from 'Less than Perfect'

Barbarino on Welcome Back Kotter singing "Ba ba ba ba ba Barino"
Also, Washington always saying "Hi There" in a deep voice.
Epstein and his "note from his mother"
Gabe always starting the show with a joke and ending the show with a joke.

Don't forget Freddie Washington's "Boom, boom" he did with the air stand-up bass.

Speaking of S&S, there were a couple of running gags involving Julio (Gregory Sierra :eyes: :heart: :eyes:).

Julio would say "buenos diaz, Mr. Sanford" to which Fred would reply, "And beans and disease to you too!" :lol: Or Julio would say "buenos naches" and Fred would tell him, "Bones and notches to you too!" Then there was always Julio's goat Chico coming in and freaking out Fred.

Then you had Officer Hoppy who would always mess up slang words, and Officer Smitty would always correct him. :lol:

"Then you had Officer Hoppy...." Sample:
Hoppy: "You know, that soul food smells like hammerhocks and black-eyed rice." Smitty: "That's ham hocks and black-eyed peas."

"Then you had Officer Hoppy...." Sample:
Hoppy: "You know, that soul food smells like hammerhocks and black-eyed rice." Smitty: "That's ham hocks and black-eyed peas."
Hoppy: Everything will be gravy!
Smitty: GROOVY!!

Hoppy: Now we gotta crack.
Smitty: SPLIT!!

:lol: :rofl: :brent

Oliver on GREEN ACRES always wearing a tie and vest to plow, etc.
Everyone being able to understand Arnold exept Oliver.
Oliver sometimes giving those little "speeches" while "Yankee Doodle" would be playing.
Everyone being able to see the credits exept him.
Oliver: "What are you waiting for"?
Lisa "I'm waiting for the 'directed by' and the 'written bys' ".:lol: :lol:

^ "Olivah! It's a 'written by' egg!!" :brent

Also on Green Acres when they opened the closet door it always fell to the floor.

that is also my Favorite running Gag as well

SGT Carter from Gomer Pyle USMC

I CAN'T HEAR YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!

I Love Lucy/Ricky's "Lucy you got some 'splainin' to do", his rapid-fire Spanish, and his "Huh, huh, huh" laugh.

Married With Children:

Bud's up-and-down luck with women

Kelly's stupidity

Al Bundy's lack of luck

Step By Step:

The vainness of Karen

Cody's wackiness

Dana's verbal battles with J.T./Rich/Cody/Frank

Beverly Hillbillies: Jed and the others not being able to figure out what that sound was when someone rang the doorbell. :lol:

MASH-Radar doing that "double-talk" with Cols. Blake and Potter.

The Middle:

Brick whispering to himself
Brick seen absorbed in a book
Sue's peers don't notice her
Sue tries out for something and doesn't make it

The Middle:

Brick whispering to himself
Brick seen absorbed in a book
Sue's peers don't notice her
Sue tries out for something and doesn't make it
I don't watch THE MIDDLE so I have no idea who any of those people are.

'Three's Company': Jack's trying to get into his roommate's pants.

:lol: The Addams Family: Gomez or Morticha pulling the noose rope, there would be a gong sound, the scene would shake, and Lurch come into the room saying"You rang?", Green Acres: Mr Haney always trying to sell Oliver junk from his truck, The Lucy Show: Lucy always getting in trouble, and then yelled at by Mr Mooney, The Real McCoys: Grandpa always walking around with a limp!, The Munsters: The little black cat that roars like a lion.

Let's see... not sure if these have been mentioned before....

Kramer bursting through the door to Jerry's apartment on Seinfeld
Niles wiping his chair at Cafe Nervosa on Frasier
The bar crowd yelling "Norm!" Whenever he comes into Cheers
Dobie always sitting in front of that statue of the Thinker on Dobie Gillis
Frasier's-"I'm listening" on Frasier
Bulldog always thinking he's lost something and then saying "It stinks! It's total BS" and then finding it-on Frasier

The bar yelling "NORM!" in Cheers has to be my all time favorite. Classic.

Married With Children- Peg's laziness, Bud and his blow up doll, Al's Dodge, Al always taking the newspaper to the bathroom, the No Maam Club

Addams Family- Uncle Fester with the light bulb in his mouth

Home Improvement- Every time Tim had an idea, someone would always say "I don't think so Tim"

Golden Girls- Blanche obsessed with sex, every time Stan would come to the door he'd say "Hi it's me Stan", they always ate cheesecake while figuring out a problem

I Love Lucy- Lucy sometimes would sneak into Ricky's show in disguise

Jamie Foxx Show- Jamie always making fun of Braxton & Jamie always trying to get with Fancy

What's Happening- Dee always backtalking. She was hilarious when she was younger. Especially when they wanted her to do a commercial for burgers and she called it jackass meat!

Frasier- Niles' obsession with Daphne

Diff'rent Strokes- Arnold saying "What chu talkin' bout Willis?

Facts Of Life- Blair having one of her brilliant ideas, Tootie on her roller skates

Big Bang Theory- Sheldon saying "Bazinga" after one of his jokes, Raj not being able to talk to women unless he's drunk

Night Court- Dan's obsession with Christine Sullivan

Cosby Show- Cliff always wanting all the kids to finally leave the house, Rudy calling Kenny "Bud", Janet talking really fast and no one can understand her

Meet The Browns- Mr. Brown always messing up words, his hilarious clothes!

The Nanny- Niles & C.C. always arguing with each other then falling in love

Get Smart! had lots of running gags. For Example:

The "Cone of Silence" - never worked properly.

Hymie - Did everything literally.

And a Boatload of others! :D :lol: :rofl: :rotflmao: :brent

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES-the Clampetts always wondoring wher the music's coming from whenever somebody rings the doorbell.

thinking that the billiard table is a "fancy eatin' table" & the game room is "the fancy eatin' room".:rotflmao:

on gimmie a break whenever the family would have some crisis or other the phone would ring and neil would say hello and then yell at the top of her lungs NO THERE AINT NO JUILLO HERE :lol:

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Mary's bad parties.
Everybody Loves Raymond: Frank's inability to fix things.

"Mork and Mindy"-Mork sitting on his head.

"Gimme a Break"-Chief grounding his daughters for X amount of years.

"That 70's Show"-Red Forman calling people a dumbass or saying he'll put his foot in someone's ass.

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES-the Clampetts always wondoring wher the music's coming from whenever somebody rings the doorbell.

thinking that the billiard table is a "fancy eatin' table" & the game room is "the fancy eatin' room".:rotflmao:

I love how Jethro thought the stuffed moose head in the billiard room must be called a billiard. :rofl:

it was Jethro and Jed who thought that and they pronounced it "bill-yard".

THE HONEYMOONERS-Ralph was always coming up with "get rich quick" schemes.
Norton would always wave his hands in the air when he was about to write something down.

it was Jethro and Jed who thought that and they pronounced it "bill-yard".

That's right!! Gotta love it. :D

Red Dwarf: Arnold Rimmer's elaborate salutes.

aXdtUISSHuo

LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY--Lenny and Squiggy come into a room saying, "Hello!"
THE ADDAMS FAMILY--Morticia calls Gomez "boobala," causing him to kiss her madly!

How about Victoria Chase's many references to her Lifetime original movies on Hot in Cleveland? :lol:

The Big Bang Theory/Sheldon's knock.

MASH-Radars "doubletalk"
GOMER PYLE: U.S.M.C.-Gomer saying "SHEZAM!" & "SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE!"
THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW-Buddys bald jokes to Mel.

How about Victoria Chase's many references to her Lifetime original movies on Hot in Cleveland? :lol:

Those were good. Reminiscent of Troy McClure on The Simpsons.

Barney accidentally shooting his gun at different times on Andy Griffith.
Married With Children-Al always comparing Marcy to a chicken.
Boy Meets World-Eric's stupidness in later seasons.
That 70's Show-Daydream sequences.
Full House-DJ saying "Oh Mylanta!"
Three's Company-Roper & Furley both thinking that Jack was gay.
Martin-Martin always calling Pam names.
Wayans Bros.-The awful food at Pops' diner.

Happy Days:
Ralph's jokes.
Joanie's big mouth.

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