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JeffRuss1972 · 01-17-2006, 07:18 PM

What's your favorite episode of Barney Miller? I know my favorite season is 3, but haven't narrowed down an episode. I really like "Quarantine" pts. 1 & 2. A lot of funny moments in that one. Especially Lugar reacting to the two gay guys in the station and Harris "talking" in his sleep about his coworkers while they all listen in.

tv star collector · 01-17-2006, 07:24 PM

I don't know the title of the episode, but there was a show in which a guy that Harris and Wojo picked up thought he was a werewolf. For me, that was a standout episode, esp. Barney's reaction to the "werewolf"'s howling! I used to have that one on an audio tape.

YEMANA: "Where's the file on hallucinations? .. Oh, here it is."
WOJO: "I didn't know we had one. Is that whole file on hallucinations?"
FISH: "Just be thankful that they don't have enough brains to organize!"

*********************

BARNEY (hearing prisoner's howling): "What's going on here? This is a
police station--not a horror movie!"
YEMANA: "I could've sworn he was starting to change--I saw hair
growing out of his face!"
BARNEY: "That's a beard! Haven't you ever seen a beard before?"
YEMANA: "Not in my family."

JeffRuss1972 · 01-17-2006, 08:05 PM

That was a very funny episode. I also like when they found out Wojo was bringing in "a werewolf".

HARRIS: It's Kapeckni. He thinks he's a werewolf.

BARNEY: A werewolf up here?

YEMANA: I better put some papers down in the cage.

tv star collector · 01-17-2006, 08:18 PM

HA! HA! Yeah, that was a great line, too.

matman2k3 · 04-23-2006, 08:23 PM

My favourite episode is the one where Wojo's girlfriend made some brownies and Wojo brought them to the stationhouse for the boys and it turns out his girlfriend put hash(I think it was hash)in them! Fish had the funniest line:"First time in years I felt this good and it has to be illegal!"

Mikado · 04-23-2006, 08:42 PM

The judge ( me ) has come up with "Miss best Barney Miller ep for 2006 " first, its the second runner up, the ep where Dietrich had to face the lie detector and straight-faced claimed to be an alien without making the machine register even a slight diff in his demenor...
the first runner up is the ep with the werewolf ...who can forget Yamana's famous line " Down Mr Kopeknie, down!!!!"???
And the winner, is the drugged brownie ep, again with Jack Soo delivering the funniest line in the series, answering the phone , totally stoned with the slurred Japanese phone greeting " Moshi, moshi....."
To accept this award....ME...ty, byyyyyyeeeeeeeeee * Exit stage right !!!*

Lolac · 04-23-2006, 08:49 PM

All of those are great episodes and among my favorites. Does anyone know if any more of the seasons will be released on DVD?

Lolac

Skywalker · 04-23-2006, 09:34 PM

Snow Job

Scoobiedoo30 · 04-26-2006, 10:00 PM

My Favorite episode of Barney Miller is Snow Job that is a Funnie episode of Barney Miller

Gale Miller · 05-14-2006, 08:24 PM

My top five were:
1. Hash
2. The Werewolf
3. Fire '77
4. Group Home
5. The Activist

LeeBlue · 11-18-2006, 12:45 AM

Hash is very funny -- I also like the Christmas Story, where Nick Yemana's girlfriend is a hooker and the other detectives don't know how to tell him.

AB · 02-11-2007, 12:01 AM

I liked the one where Wojo and the detective played by Linda Lavin have to play a married couple on a stakeout in a hotel.

Yooch · 02-11-2007, 12:22 AM

There was an episode where this guy comes to the precinct saying that his daughter was captured by some cult, and it turned out she was working in an Indian Restaurant in lower Manhattan.

They bring the restaurant owner into the station and he's got long hair and robes. They're questioning him.

"Just what do you do down there anyway"?

He goes,

"About $70,000 after taxes".

Yooch · 02-11-2007, 12:28 AM

I also like an episode where Inspector Lugger is bored (well, isn't he always!), but Barney suggests some hobbies. He tells the inspector to take up fishing. Lugger says, "Eh, Barn, I'd have to go out to the "Island" (Long Island). I'd be sittin' on the end of a smelly dock, with a string danglin' in the water for hours waitin' for a fish to bite. What for? Ah, fishin', who needs it, eh Barn?"

The way he said it gets me lol.

LeeBlue · 02-12-2007, 05:29 PM

I also like the shows where things were beyond Captain Miller's control -- like the weather in "Rain" or "Blizzard".

01-17-2006, 07:18 PM	#1
JeffRuss1972 70s Sitcoms Rule!!! Eternal Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 11, 2005 Location: Villa Rica, GA Posts: 1,257	Favorite Barney Miller Episode What's your favorite episode of Barney Miller? I know my favorite season is 3, but haven't narrowed down an episode. I really like "Quarantine" pts. 1 & 2. A lot of funny moments in that one. Especially Lugar reacting to the two gay guys in the station and Harris "talking" in his sleep about his coworkers while they all listen in.
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04-26-2006, 10:00 PM	#9
Scoobiedoo30 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Jun 27, 2002 Location: KENNER, LOUISIANA Posts: 27,654	Favorite Episode ogf Barney Miller My Favorite episode of Barney Miller is Snow Job that is a Funnie episode of Barney Miller
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05-14-2006, 08:24 PM	#10
Gale Miller Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 30, 2002 Location: ronan, montana Posts: 19	Favorite Episodes My top five were: 1. Hash 2. The Werewolf 3. Fire '77 4. Group Home 5. The Activist

11-18-2006, 12:45 AM	#11
LeeBlue Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 16, 2006 Location: NYS Posts: 871	Favorite Barney Miller episode Hash is very funny -- I also like the Christmas Story, where Nick Yemana's girlfriend is a hooker and the other detectives don't know how to tell him.

02-11-2007, 12:22 AM	#13
Yooch Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,180	There was an episode where this guy comes to the precinct saying that his daughter was captured by some cult, and it turned out she was working in an Indian Restaurant in lower Manhattan. They bring the restaurant owner into the station and he's got long hair and robes. They're questioning him. "Just what do you do down there anyway"? He goes, "About $70,000 after taxes".
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01-17-2006, 07:24 PM	#2
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	I don't know the title of the episode, but there was a show in which a guy that Harris and Wojo picked up thought he was a werewolf. For me, that was a standout episode, esp. Barney's reaction to the "werewolf"'s howling! I used to have that one on an audio tape. YEMANA: "Where's the file on hallucinations? .. Oh, here it is." WOJO: "I didn't know we had one. Is that whole file on hallucinations?" FISH: "Just be thankful that they don't have enough brains to organize!" ********************* BARNEY (hearing prisoner's howling): "What's going on here? This is a police station--not a horror movie!" YEMANA: "I could've sworn he was starting to change--I saw hair growing out of his face!" BARNEY: "That's a beard! Haven't you ever seen a beard before?" YEMANA: "Not in my family."

01-17-2006, 08:05 PM	#3
JeffRuss1972 70s Sitcoms Rule!!! Eternal Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 11, 2005 Location: Villa Rica, GA Posts: 1,257	That was a very funny episode. I also like when they found out Wojo was bringing in "a werewolf". HARRIS: It's Kapeckni. He thinks he's a werewolf. BARNEY: A werewolf up here? YEMANA: I better put some papers down in the cage.

01-17-2006, 08:18 PM	#4
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	HA! HA! Yeah, that was a great line, too.

04-23-2006, 08:23 PM	#5
matman2k3 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 23, 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 20	My favourite episode is the one where Wojo's girlfriend made some brownies and Wojo brought them to the stationhouse for the boys and it turns out his girlfriend put hash(I think it was hash)in them! Fish had the funniest line:"First time in years I felt this good and it has to be illegal!"

04-23-2006, 08:42 PM	#6
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,886	The judge ( me ) has come up with "Miss best Barney Miller ep for 2006 " first, its the second runner up, the ep where Dietrich had to face the lie detector and straight-faced claimed to be an alien without making the machine register even a slight diff in his demenor... the first runner up is the ep with the werewolf ...who can forget Yamana's famous line " Down Mr Kopeknie, down!!!!"??? And the winner, is the drugged brownie ep, again with Jack Soo delivering the funniest line in the series, answering the phone , totally stoned with the slurred Japanese phone greeting " Moshi, moshi....." To accept this award....ME...ty, byyyyyyeeeeeeeeee * Exit stage right !!!*

04-23-2006, 08:49 PM	#7
Lolac Dolce far niente, Carissima! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 02, 2003 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 1,487	All of those are great episodes and among my favorites. Does anyone know if any more of the seasons will be released on DVD? Lolac

04-23-2006, 09:34 PM	#8
Skywalker Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2003 Posts: 14,204	Snow Job

02-11-2007, 12:01 AM	#12
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	I liked the one where Wojo and the detective played by Linda Lavin have to play a married couple on a stakeout in a hotel.

02-11-2007, 12:28 AM	#14
Yooch Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 07, 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,180	I also like an episode where Inspector Lugger is bored (well, isn't he always!), but Barney suggests some hobbies. He tells the inspector to take up fishing. Lugger says, "Eh, Barn, I'd have to go out to the "Island" (Long Island). I'd be sittin' on the end of a smelly dock, with a string danglin' in the water for hours waitin' for a fish to bite. What for? Ah, fishin', who needs it, eh Barn?" The way he said it gets me lol.

02-12-2007, 05:29 PM	#15
LeeBlue Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 16, 2006 Location: NYS Posts: 871	Favorite Barney Miller Episode I also like the shows where things were beyond Captain Miller's control -- like the weather in "Rain" or "Blizzard".