John Cleese taught me how to open a stuck cork on a wine bottle.

On the Britcom Fawlty Towers, Basil opened a bottle with his knees. Did it twice as I remember. It works!

Has sitcoms or TV shows ever teach you anything practical?

I learned from Bobby Brady on The Brady Bunch, never play ball in the house.

He also taught us to never use a whole box of detergent, for one load of laundry.:lol:

They taught me to be nice to people or you'll suffer a humiliating act of vengeance.

every time a young, single boy and girl are dating they have to go to bed together.

To eat cheetos with a big spoon (Cheers).

you can go to work in a room full of people and only certain ones will talk.

Not to let the door close behind you in a meat locker

On the Brady Bunch, Greg and Bobby get stuck in Sam the Butcher's meat locker .
On I love Lucy, Lucy get's stuck in a meat freezer

Social life isn't the way it is portrayed in real life.

Not to let the door close behind you in a meat locker

On the Brady Bunch, Greg and Bobby get stuck in Sam the Butcher's meat locker .
On I love Lucy, Lucy get's stuck in a meat freezer


And on Three's Company, Jack and Mr. Furley's got stuck in some kind of freezer too.

Social life isn't the way it is portrayed in real life.
sad but true unfortunately:( :( :(

If you go to dinner or a party at someone's house and the host says to another person living there " can I see you in the kitchen" that they are talking about you!

Have you noticed that on sitcoms when company is over and there is a type of controversy the "Can I see you in the kitchen" thing? Than they talk in a normal tone voice and the other people are right in the next room, but NEVER hear a thing that is said, or even have a clue that anything is going on! LOL !!!

Never get in an elevator with a very pregnant woman.

;)

Venus taught us about the atom. in easy to understand words

that people never have to go to the bathroom....haha...

:brent that people never have to go to the bathroom....haha...

And on Three's Company, Jack and Mr. Furley's got stuck in some kind of freezer too.



A common thing on sitcoms to get trapped somewhere!


Yesterday on Mr. Belvedere , He and Wesley got trapped in the attic

On All in the Family , Archie and Mike got trapped in the storeroom at Archie's bar.

A common thing on sitcoms to get trapped somewhere!


Yesterday on Mr. Belvedere , He and Wesley got trapped in the attic

On All in the Family , Archie and Mike got trapped in the storeroom at Archie's bar.
and once on AITF Archie got trapped in the basement.

1. Remember to sign your tax return
2. If you buy stock, don't check how it's doing every day/hour/minute.
That it's not real life and problems aren't solved in 30 minutes.

There are some Churches that use ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ to teach timeless lessons. I know of several that use the show in this way and I found some articles about it.

When “The Andy Griffith Show” first aired in 1960, its producers and actors probably had no idea the program would run in perpetuity or that it would someday serve as the basis for Bible studies in churches across America.

Yet more than 50 years after the series debuted on CBS-TV, “The Andy Griffith Show” continues to air on television — and in some unlikely places, such as church basements, where Bible studies based on the program take place.

In Topeka, Mater Dei-Assumption Catholic Church is showing the program on Sundays during Lent, with an informal Bible study and discussion time following.

A classic black-and-white episode is shown each Sunday night through April 17 — Palm Sunday — on a large screen in the church basement.

Afterward, group leader Dan Tritsch, a member of the Mater Dei church, leads a Bible study, complete with Bible verses and discussion questions related to the episode.

On a recent Sunday night, about 50 people sat at tables and munched on popcorn while watching an episode based on Andy misunderstanding the intent of his son, Opie, in wanting to hold onto his money and only contributing 3 cents to a school drive for underprivileged children.

Near the end of the program, Andy finds out Opie wants to save his money to buy a new coat for a girl in his school, whose mother didn’t have enough money to buy her a new one.

The Bible study that followed the show used a Scripture passage from Matthew 7 in which Jesus tells his listeners not to judge others.

Attendees commented that the show sent a message of owning up to a mistake and asking for forgiveness.

“The Andy Griffith Show,” Tritsch said, has retained a timelessness for a half century, in large part because of its themes that center on morality and values.

“I’ve been a big ‘Mayberry’ fan all my life,” Tritsch, 57, said before the program began. “It’s a good, clean program you can show to church people. Some of the things on TV these days you can’t play in front of kids, and we have a lot of kids here tonight.”

Tritsch said he found out about Andy Griffith-related Bible studies online. He purchased some Bible studies on the Internet and bought the corresponding episodes on eBay.

The church also showed “The Andy Griffith Show” during Advent last December, with about 50 people attending each session.

The Rev. Jon Hullinger, Mater Dei pastor, assisted Tritsch with selecting “Andy Griffith Show” episodes that had Lenten themes.

Charlotte Konrad, 87, a church member, said she attended the shows and discussions in December.

“I enjoyed it,” Konrad said. “That’s why I came back.”

Linda Finch, who said she was “over 60,” said she enjoyed watching “The Andy Griffith Show” when it first aired in the 1960s.

“I like the shows, because they don’t have any sex or violence in them,” she said. “It’s good, clean fun.”

Even younger attendees picked up on the show’s message and themes.

“I liked how it showed how Andy judged somebody before he knew all the facts about it,” said Jared Koopman, 12, a sixth-grader at Mater Dei School. “It showed that it isn’t good to jump to conclusions.”


http://www.independentmail.com/lifestyle/faith-and-values/westminster-church-use-the-andy-griffith-show-to

http://home.hiwaay.net/~thefanns/nwarkansas.htm

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/apr/04/church-uses-andy-griffith-show-teach-timeless-less/

and once on AITF Archie got trapped in the basement.



On the Jeffersons George, Tom & Helen got trapped in the bathroom! :D

I learned from Bobby Brady on The Brady Bunch, never play ball in the house.

He also taught us to never use a whole box of detergent, for one load of laundry.:lol:

Beaver and Richard also taught us the whole box of detergent thing in "Beaver's Laundry".

Beaver and Larry also taught me not to smoke coffee grounds out of a pipe that your Dad's friend sent you from Germany!

I learned from Bobby Brady on The Brady Bunch, never play ball in the house.I learned that also but it was LONG BEFORE I came ashore here :)

On the Jeffersons George, Tom & Helen got trapped in the bathroom! :D

Someone should start a thread about characters being trapped.

I've learned a lot from Frasier about wine and opera and how to be like Niles and Frasier. LOL

ANYONE can deliver a womans baby in an emergency-and the mother and child will be ok.

If you can't pay your bill in a restaurant you'll have to go in the back and wash the dishes.

ANYONE can deliver a womans baby in an emergency-and the mother and child will be ok.

If you can't pay your bill in a restaurant you'll have to go in the back and wash the dishes.


Yes, And the baby is born very quickly too, and is very big for a newborn ! :D

That crowd around a table, I've never understood that. People crowd around the table and can hardly move and there's all the room at the end of the table that nobody is sitting at.

I think the reason that is done is for the camera angles. It is easier to show 4 people around a table in one angle than to do a another angle. One show that comes to mind is All in the Family Mike, Gloria, Edith and Archie all shown in one shot.