Now that we've discussed expensive episodes, let's talk about cheap episodes. Episodes where the girls don't leave the cafeteria/store/store (bottle episodes), episodes where the production feels cheap with flimsy sets, or where they substitute royalty-free music for music they'd actually have to pay for.

Brian and Sylvia. That TV studio looks like what you would see in a high school play in Kansas City, Kansas.

Brian and Sylvia. That TV studio looks like what you would see in a high school play in Kansas City, Kansas.

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

Yeah, that set was chintzy.

Brian and Sylvia is the least-liked episode of all time (https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?series=tt0078610&view=simple&sort=user_rating,asc), according to IMDb.

In "Take My Finals, please" the girls were in their room for the entire episode :lol::lol:

In "Take My Finals, please" the girls were in their room for the entire episode :lol::lol:

It's true: an absolute bottle episode. Yet I feel like that episode worked. I believe it's the highest-rated episode on IMDb.

It's true: an absolute bottle episode. Yet I feel like that episode worked. I believe it's the highest-rated episode on IMDb.

A bottled bottle episode :lol::lol:

It's my favorite, there are several lines I really love

"AU, gimme back my watch"

"I'm working at half wattage now"

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A bottled bottle episode :lol::lol:

It's my favorite, there are several lines I really love

"AU, gimme back my watch"

"I'm working at half wattage now"

:lol:

Yep! Two hilarious lines from a hilarious episode! :lol:

Brian and Sylvia is the least-liked episode of all time (https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?series=tt0078610&view=simple&sort=user_rating,asc), according to IMDb.

But not according to me. :D

It's true: an absolute bottle episode. Yet I feel like that episode worked. I believe it's the highest-rated episode on IMDb.

After all, lowest production values doesn't equal lowest quality.

But not according to me. :D

I don't hate it but I don't like when a guest star takes time away from our Facts girls :lol::lol:

After all, lowest production values doesn't equal lowest quality.

Exactly! :wave:

I don't hate it but I don't like when a guest star takes time away from our Facts girls :lol::lol:

:lol: I like it when the guest star is a good fit. :wave:


I think I would agree that Take My Finals, Please! may have the lowest production values. They only had to light one set, and there were no guest stars. However, there was all that snack food and the pizza that the girls ate which had to be purchased! lol

"C'mahn, it's got everything on it!"

:lol: I like it when the guest star is a good fit. :wave:


I think I would agree that Take My Finals, Please! may have the lowest production values. They only had to light one set, and there were no guest stars. However, there was all that snack food and the pizza that the girls ate which had to be purchased! lol

"C'mahn, it's got everything on it!"

Pizza was the guest star of that week :lol:

I think I would agree that Take My Finals, Please! may have the lowest production values. They only had to light one set, and there were no guest stars. However, there was all that snack food and the pizza that the girls ate which had to be purchased! lol

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Yeah, even with the pizza and snack food, a "bottle episode" is going to be way cheaper than an episode where they actually leave the room. aside from the pizza and snacks, let's see... there was a clock and a hat.

Pizza was the guest star of that week :lol:

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I bet you agree with me that pizza was a more interesting guest star than Jermaine Jackson :lol::lol:

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

I bet you agree with me that pizza was a more interesting guest star than Jermaine Jackson :lol::lol:

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Jermaine was fine, but he was no pizza! Those girls gobbled down that pizza as if they hadn't eaten in days! Jo actually grabbed a napkin first, but everyone else devoured their pizza in seconds.

AND SPECIAL GUEST STAR PIZZA AS ITSELF

:brent

:rofl:

:lol:

Pizza was the guest star of that week :lol:

FFI, as you can see from the 1983 one-hour Sesame Street television special "Don't Eat the Pictures", your idea and Retro's graphic actually aren't far-fetched at all!

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FFI, as you can see from the 1983 one-hour Sesame Street television special "Don't Eat the Pictures", your idea and Retro's graphic actually aren't far-fetched at all!

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Yeah, but I'll bet the Metropolitan Museum of Art insisted on more monies than any pizza would have!

Yeah, but I'll bet the Metropolitan Museum of Art insisted on more monies than any pizza would have!

Well, it is much more famous and does require a lot of upkeep! :lol:

Not to mention its own staff who likely individually require more monies than any pepperonis or cheeses would! :lol:

Not to mention its own staff who likely individually require more monies than any pepperonis or cheeses would! :lol:

I would hope so! :lol:

Remember the episode in which Jo 'got the beer' but never said WHERE she got it?

Do you think she may have kept the source quiet so they wouldn't have to credit or compensate said beer?

OK, I'm silly here but I had a rough day yesterday!

Remember the episode in which Jo 'got the beer' but never said WHERE she got it?

Do you think she may have kept the source quiet so they wouldn't have to credit or compensate said beer?

OK, I'm silly here but I had a rough day yesterday!

:lol: I know what you mean, I'm kinda having one today, so it feels good to "play" around here! :clap:

Remember the episode in which Jo 'got the beer' but never said WHERE she got it?

Do you think she may have kept the source quiet so they wouldn't have to credit or compensate said beer?


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:lol:

No comment on your inanimate guest star appearance cousin?? :lol:

FFI, as you can see from the 1983 one-hour Sesame Street television special "Don't Eat the Pictures", your idea and Retro's graphic actually aren't far-fetched at all!

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:lol::lol:

No comment on your inanimate guest star appearance cousin?? :lol:

Oh, I always knew the Metropolitan had star power! :lol: