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catlover79 · 03-09-2009, 04:43 PM

What's your pick?

My pick for the all-time dumbest plot in sitcom history is the "Keith breaks his leg and may never play football again" story in Good Times (season 6). Who would ever injure a leg like that - TRIPPING OVER JJ?? If he's fallen down a flight of stairs after tripping over JJ, I might have bought it. Good grief!!

Close runner-up would be the Tootie/Jermaine Jackson plot on Facts of Life. Even THINKING about that episode makes me cringe.

JamesG · 03-09-2009, 05:01 PM

One of my "favorites" was on The Brady Bunch when they get the payphone installed in their home.

That was so stupid and I have heard that it was Robert Reed's least favorite (or one of his least favorite) episodes.

masterdkd · 03-09-2009, 06:41 PM

Newsradio 5th Season - Lisa Miller and Johnny Johnson getting married was atrocious. They had no chemistry with one another. Whoever approved of that crap did a lousy job and a total idiot and ruined the Lisa character and also disrespected the loyal fan(s), other character(s) and the late ACTOR/CHARACTER.

Lisa Miller and Dave Nelson had a way much better chemistry. If whoever was in charge of the show wanted a good or a descent wedding episode, they should have had Lisa and Dave married to each other instead.

DSfan · 03-09-2009, 06:47 PM

I found the episode of Full House where Comet went on that whole adventure to be sort of pointless. It was still enjoyable but I still find that it showed how the writers really couldn't think of anything else (I think the episode was from season 8 or maybe 7).

jimpickens · 03-09-2009, 06:53 PM

MWC the episodes with the Village People and the spoof of Live Aid
Happy Days the infamous shark episode and every episode from 79 to 80 after that I stopped watching
The Beverly Hillbillies when Jethro starts acting like Robin Hood
Miami Vice the episodes with James Brown as some sort of mystic guru and Crockett having amnesia
My Name is Earl when Joy became pregnant, Earl goes to jail, goes into a coma, and gets married
South Park the biggest turd show although the jabs at Bono were funny
L&S everything from 79 to its cancellation

Torgo · 03-09-2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesG

One of my "favorites" was on The Brady Bunch when they get the payphone installed in their home.

That was so stupid and I have heard that it was Robert Reed's least favorite (or one of his least favorite) episodes.

I'll take the pay phone episode any day over- Greg getting orange hair, Cindy dressing up like Shirley Temple, or Peter running into his exact duplicate at school.

comedyfreak · 03-09-2009, 08:08 PM

Alf the final episode they can't even finish the storyline and leave everything up in the air.

Mork and Mindy same thing the final episode leaves everything up in the air. It became drama and not a sitcom.

Marvo301 · 03-09-2009, 08:47 PM

I would have to say the whole Cindy being the new Shirley Temple thing on The Brady Bunch. It was so many years after the career of the original Shirley Temple that it wasn't even remotely believable to think that anybody would be looking for a "new" Shirley Temple at that point in time.

catlover79 · 03-09-2009, 09:09 PM

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I would have to say the whole Cindy being the new Shirley Temple thing on The Brady Bunch. It was so many years after the career of the original Shirley Temple that it wasn't even remotely believable to think that anybody would be looking for a "new" Shirley Temple at that point in time.

Susan Olsen said that is her least favorite episode - and I don't blame her one bit.

catlover79 · 03-09-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

I'll take the pay phone episode any day over- Greg getting orange hair, Cindy dressing up like Shirley Temple, or Peter running into his exact duplicate at school.

Ditto!!

dawsongirl · 03-09-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DSfan

I found the episode of Full House where Comet went on that whole adventure to be sort of pointless. It was still enjoyable but I still find that it showed how the writers really couldn't think of anything else (I think the episode was from season 8 or maybe 7).

The one where Michelle bought the donkey was worse.

catlover79 · 03-09-2009, 10:32 PM

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The one where Michelle bought the donkey was worse.

I don't even remember that one - THANK GOODNESS!!

JamesG · 03-09-2009, 11:00 PM

Oh how can I forget this "memorable one"....

From the two part episode of Diff'rent Strokes when Arnold manages to escape from a kidnapper and the police help him remember the licenese plate of the vehicle through hypnosis.

Marvo301 · 03-09-2009, 11:03 PM

You're getting sleepy....

catlover79 · 03-09-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JamesG

Oh how can I forget this "memorable one"....

From the two part episode of Diff'rent Strokes when Arnold manages to escape from a kidnapper and the police help him remember the licenese plate of the vehicle through hypnosis.

Say WHAT!?? I must have missed that one - GOOD!!

03-09-2009, 04:43 PM	#1
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masterdkd Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 02, 2009 Posts: 31	Newsradio 5th Season - Lisa Miller and Johnny Johnson getting married was atrocious. They had no chemistry with one another. Whoever approved of that crap did a lousy job and a total idiot and ruined the Lisa character and also disrespected the loyal fan(s), other character(s) and the late ACTOR/CHARACTER. Lisa Miller and Dave Nelson had a way much better chemistry. If whoever was in charge of the show wanted a good or a descent wedding episode, they should have had Lisa and Dave married to each other instead.
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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,460	I would have to say the whole Cindy being the new Shirley Temple thing on The Brady Bunch. It was so many years after the career of the original Shirley Temple that it wasn't even remotely believable to think that anybody would be looking for a "new" Shirley Temple at that point in time.
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03-09-2009, 05:01 PM	#2
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,153	One of my "favorites" was on The Brady Bunch when they get the payphone installed in their home. That was so stupid and I have heard that it was Robert Reed's least favorite (or one of his least favorite) episodes.

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DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	I found the episode of Full House where Comet went on that whole adventure to be sort of pointless. It was still enjoyable but I still find that it showed how the writers really couldn't think of anything else (I think the episode was from season 8 or maybe 7).

03-09-2009, 06:53 PM	#5
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,391	MWC the episodes with the Village People and the spoof of Live Aid Happy Days the infamous shark episode and every episode from 79 to 80 after that I stopped watching The Beverly Hillbillies when Jethro starts acting like Robin Hood Miami Vice the episodes with James Brown as some sort of mystic guru and Crockett having amnesia My Name is Earl when Joy became pregnant, Earl goes to jail, goes into a coma, and gets married South Park the biggest turd show although the jabs at Bono were funny L&S everything from 79 to its cancellation

03-09-2009, 11:00 PM	#13
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,153	Oh how can I forget this "memorable one".... From the two part episode of Diff'rent Strokes when Arnold manages to escape from a kidnapper and the police help him remember the licenese plate of the vehicle through hypnosis.

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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,460	You're getting sleepy....