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opus
08-12-2025, 12:33 PM
With today being World Elephant Day (as if you already didn’t know that) what shows ever had episodes including or revolving around elephants?

Stampy on the Simpsons episode imaginatively titled ’Bart Gets An Elephant’

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Alan Brady's Hair
08-12-2025, 03:15 PM
Fred and Lamont received an elephant in lieu of rent:

https://youtu.be/cVSNQG5NurE?si=XkWonUGrw5Y5qplg

ThisLittlePiggy
08-12-2025, 03:31 PM
The Three Stooges are Zookeepers, who are told to watch over the elephants.

https://stooges.fandom.com/wiki/Zookeepers

Bonniegirl
08-12-2025, 04:17 PM
Family affair had an episode with a baby elephant . So realistic getting an elephant up in a high rise NYC apt. , even a baby elephant!:lol::D

Zoneboy
08-12-2025, 04:30 PM
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opus
08-12-2025, 05:09 PM
Tim Conway's elephant story on The Carol Burnett Show

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TJ
08-12-2025, 05:34 PM
In The Brady Bunch Season 1 episode "Kitty Karry-All Is Missing," (https://bradybunchreviewed.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/episode-7-kitty-karry-all-is-missing/) there's a toy elephant named Jumbo that did tumbling and flips.

https://bradybunchreviewed.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/elephant.jpg?w=353&h=180

Mumbo Jumbo the Tumbling Elephant was a battery operated toy released by Remco in 1968.

TJ
08-12-2025, 05:58 PM
Richard Kline (Larry Dallas) gets too close for comfort with an elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo in the Three's Company opening credits.

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Zoneboy
08-12-2025, 06:13 PM
From The Twilight Zone episode A World of His Own
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franciis
08-12-2025, 07:29 PM
the lucy show......viv and lucy (best friends/roomates trying to save money) lose 2,000 dollars and they try to figure out how to get large bill out from elephants foot at the zoo or another venue....soo funny

opus
08-12-2025, 08:19 PM
Johnny Carson and Betty White. (I leave it to TJ to dig up if David Letterman ever did anything with an elephant)

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howilu
08-13-2025, 09:39 AM
The inspiration for The Simpsons episode Bart Gets an Elephant was likely from the original Price is Right where a bonus prize in one episode was an elephant and he went to the bathroom on stage.

franciis
08-13-2025, 05:04 PM
the elephant episode on ..i love lucy

Bonniegirl
08-13-2025, 08:07 PM
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I remember Smedley the elephant . He was so cute! :)]I don't remember ever eating the peanut butter Cap N crunch though? Just the original. Not sure why I didn't ask Mom to buy the peanut butter Cap N crunch? , being I loved peanut butter and Smedley from the commercial was cute. :confused:

opus
08-14-2025, 11:01 AM
Elephant in the backyard for a birthday party, Full House

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Hawkee
08-15-2025, 02:49 AM
Elephant in the backyard for a birthday party, Full House

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Was that the Full House episode The Greatest Birthday On Earth? I remember that episode well because it was Michelle's birthday and Danny and Joey decided to give Michelle a circus themed birthday party and Joey brought the elephant home while waiting for everyone else to return home because "I believe they were stuck at a gas station." And at the end of the episode Michelle gets an elephant ride and it was so cute

TJ
08-15-2025, 12:45 PM
Johnny Carson and Betty White. (I leave it to TJ to dig up if David Letterman ever did anything with an elephant)


Jack Hanna was on Late Night and Late Show 101 times. AI said two elephants named Boomer and Belle were in an episode on May 21, 1985. It's about 13 minutes into this video.

Jack Hanna Collection on Letterman, Part 1 of 11: 1985-1986 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKyrTm_xcrs)

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Zoneboy
08-15-2025, 01:15 PM
Wacky & Packy
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opus
08-15-2025, 01:46 PM
Jack Hanna was on Late Night and Late Show 101 times. AI said two elephants named Boomer and Belle were in an episode on May 21, 1985. It's about 13 minutes into this

Dave introduces Cage The Elephant

(and bonus, it’s the only song of theirs I know)


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TJ
08-16-2025, 02:10 PM
Rawhide - "The Prairie Elephant"

A lost circus with an elephant and lion is scaring the herd and horses. Favor sends Wishbone to guide the circus to their destination.

Bonniegirl
08-16-2025, 03:52 PM
Elephants on the Flintstones used for showers and vacuums.

icecream
08-20-2025, 10:27 PM
Bewitched- season 3, episode 15 "A Gazebo Never Forgets" Aunt Clara conjures a pink polka-dotted elephant.

Wild at Heart had several episodes with elephants.

icecream
08-20-2025, 10:34 PM
I have never seen Britcom Up the Elephant and Round the Castle.

https://epguides.com/UptheElephantandRoundtheCastle/

TJ
08-21-2025, 11:23 AM
The Elephant Show (also known as Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show) - 1984-1989 CBC preschool series

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lDg1PQsXBTI/hqdefault.jpg

opus
08-21-2025, 12:21 PM
The Honeymooners

Ralph: For the last time, Alice, I'm telling you, I'm going for the $99,000 question.

Alice: For the last time, Ralph, I'll be very proud if you win the 600 bucks.

Ralph: $600? Peanuts, peanuts! What am I gonna do with peanuts?

Alice: Eat 'em, like any other elephant.


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Zoneboy
08-21-2025, 11:34 PM
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stevea
08-26-2025, 01:13 PM
Green Acres - season 6 episode 2 - Lisa rents an elephant for Lori's party.

franciis
09-25-2025, 12:04 AM
lucille ball riding on the back of a pink elephant with ........singer steve lawrence's short -lived tv variety show.shubert theatre is in photo.

opus
09-25-2025, 12:09 AM
lucille ball riding on the back of a pink elephant with ........singer steve lawrence's short -lived tv variety show.shubert theatre is in photo.

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opus
09-26-2025, 01:00 PM
Was that the Full House episode The Greatest Birthday On Earth? I remember that episode well because it was Michelle's birthday and Danny and Joey decided to give Michelle a circus themed birthday party and Joey brought the elephant home while waiting for everyone else to return home because "I believe they were stuck at a gas station." And at the end of the episode Michelle gets an elephant ride and it was so cute

That was the one.

opus
09-26-2025, 01:02 PM
Timothy on Justified

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opus
09-26-2025, 01:05 PM
Oops. That’s Olyphants on TV. Sorry.

franciis
09-28-2025, 09:42 PM
the 5th season episode 15 of tv series (stanford and son )...title.._greatest show in watts......fred is given a elephant for a payment ..it seems and city zoning officer appears and tells elephants r only allow in a circus in that area of city .sooo fred..decides to put on a circus and lamont is not happy.but great way to get taht snobby zoning officer off of freds back and mind.a circus is held in freds junkyard......the elephant was something !~! aunt esther and pals put on acts.lamont had a funny looking suit on...looks kind alike a marvel type hero suit...and the

episode..is belly out loud laughs.the script lets the cast members display their talents.wish i knew how to post pic.aunt esther/bronze goddess at circus.

franciis
09-30-2025, 01:32 PM
judy and the baby elephant episode (s 2..e 21..season 2..episode 21) from long running tv series (daktari).wish i knew how to post the pic.leopard attacks baby elephant and baby needs med attention. judy the chimp and the doctor (dr tracy) want to treat the baby,but the adult wild elephants dont want any1 near the injured baby.judy and the cdoc must find a way to help the elephant b4 its too late.

Hawkee
10-02-2025, 04:14 AM
On Sesame Street Oscar The Grouch has an elephant in his trash can and I think it's name is Fluffy and the oddest thing is when Fluffy appears you only see the elephant's nose and I wonder why Oscar's elephant was never been shown out of the trash can?

franciis
11-26-2025, 11:48 PM
tv show-green acres..s 6..e 7...had lisa wanting to rent a elephant for lori's


coming out circus theme party.mr haney would rent it for 70,000 radgag


(spelling) .theelephant was sooo cute ! mr douglas didnt know that lisa had

rented elephant.fun well written episode !!

Mitty
11-27-2025, 01:51 AM
The Wild Thornberrys

24/7 reruns
11-30-2025, 10:49 AM
Mickey Dolenz's Circus Boy had elephants. And Mickey reversed Darwin's theory by going from being a Circus Boy and then becoming a Monkee!

Our Miss Brooks had an elephant in the Madison Mascot episode.

Mister Rogers Neighborhood had elephants, both live ones and as a puppet (H.J Elephant III)

Tom and Jerry had elephants on a few cartoons. https://tomandjerry.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Elephants

opus
12-18-2025, 03:13 PM
Was there an elephant shown in this Burns and Allen episode or did they just talk about it off screen?

S4.E27

An Elephant Sits on Gracie's Fender (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0587088/)

24/7 reruns
12-21-2025, 02:02 PM
Jack Benny won an elephant and had it on stage in the episode with guest stars Wayne Newton and Louie Nye.