Monroe Ficus Was Raped on 'Too Close For Comfort?' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 09-03-2010, 01:16 AM

Did this happen? I vaguely remember it.

robyrob · 09-03-2010, 07:45 AM

yep, two big girls threw him in the back of their van and had their way with him.

later in the episode Henry goes with Munroe back to their house to confront them and they end up running away as Munroe shouts "that's the little one!"

Brian Damage · 09-03-2010, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by robyrob

yep, two big girls threw him in the back of their van and had their way with him.

later in the episode Henry goes with Munroe back to their house to confront them and they end up running away as Munroe shouts "that's the little one!"

Oh ok, LOL Thanks Roby!

Retro4Life · 09-03-2010, 06:20 PM

Was this portrayed comically?? Geez, what a weird idea for an episode.

robyrob · 09-03-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Retro4Life

Was this portrayed comically?? Geez, what a weird idea for an episode.

it was a pretty funny episode, but definitely weird

proof: http://wasmonroeraped.com/
http://www.retroist.com/2009/05/18/p...-rape-episode/

Season 5, Episode 10 (#96) – Aired: 7/20/1985 "For Every Man, There's Two Women"

from imdb.com: "Monroe is kidnapped and raped by two women in a van. When the police dismiss Monroe's story, Henry searches for the rapists himself."

LadySparta · 01-08-2012, 03:16 PM

I vaguely remember the episode when it first aired... I DEFINITELY remember seeing it when it was scheduled to air about a month ago and I was looking for TCFC episodes to record on the DVR. I thought to myself "Monroe got RAPED?? And this is a COMEDY? I don't want to see something like THAT!" and I decided to skip recording it and went for a rerun of "Living Single" lol

I come home from work tired, I want to unplug my brain for a little while and have an easy laugh lol. Making light of rape is way uncool. And I didn't like the way TCFC squeezed in too many laughs for such dark subject matter. Not unlike that "very special episode" of Different Strokes, where a bicycle shop owner was really a pedo who tried to have his way with Arnold's little ginger friend (I forget his name, sorry. I want to say "Sam" for some reason)...too many wisecracks for such an incident trivializes it.

Although I have to admit, Ted Knight's physical gag with the murphy bed in that episode just had me ROFL

irehtman · 04-04-2014, 05:47 PM

He's too erratically annoying, IMO!

WalterTheDrinker · 12-29-2015, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LadySparta

Not unlike that "very special episode" of Different Strokes, where a bicycle shop owner was really a pedo who tried to have his way with Arnold's little ginger friend (I forget his name, sorry. I want to say "Sam" for some reason)...too many wisecracks for such an incident trivializes it.

You're mixing two Diff'rent Strokes episodes. Sam was kidnapped by a father trying to replace his dead son. Arnold and Dudley were preyed upon by the pedophile.

Fanfrank81 · 12-29-2015, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Did this happen? I vaguely remember it.

LOL....

TMC · 06-17-2018, 01:48 AM

Ted Knight apparently [did not like this episode and its plot with a passion. It was meant to be apart of Season 4 but rewrites delayed it a year:

[Lost] Too Close for Comfort - For every Man, There's 2 Women (1985)

Fact or Fiction #5: Was Monroe Raped by a Pack of Women in the Back of a Van?

AVSEPod Episode 39: Too Close for Comfort - "For Every Man, There's Two Women"

Rembert Tries to Explain the ’80s: Too Close for Comfort’s Very Special Episode

Special Report :: Amanda By Night Uncovers The Rape of Monroe!

Too Close For Comfort, “For Every Man There’s Two Women”

Proof of the “Too Close for Comfort” Monroe Rape Episode

VIDEO: So It Turns Out Monroe Really Was Raped on 'Too Close for Comfort'

One of TV's most infamous episodes rediscovered

5 Inexplicably Horrifying Episodes of Classic Comedies

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LadySparta Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 08, 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 33	I vaguely remember the episode when it first aired... I DEFINITELY remember seeing it when it was scheduled to air about a month ago and I was looking for TCFC episodes to record on the DVR. I thought to myself "Monroe got RAPED?? And this is a COMEDY? I don't want to see something like THAT!" and I decided to skip recording it and went for a rerun of "Living Single" lol I come home from work tired, I want to unplug my brain for a little while and have an easy laugh lol. Making light of rape is way uncool. And I didn't like the way TCFC squeezed in too many laughs for such dark subject matter. Not unlike that "very special episode" of Different Strokes, where a bicycle shop owner was really a pedo who tried to have his way with Arnold's little ginger friend (I forget his name, sorry. I want to say "Sam" for some reason)...too many wisecracks for such an incident trivializes it. Although I have to admit, Ted Knight's physical gag with the murphy bed in that episode just had me ROFL
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06-17-2018, 01:48 AM	#10
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,227	Ted Knight apparently [did not like this episode and its plot with a passion. It was meant to be apart of Season 4 but rewrites delayed it a year: [Lost] Too Close for Comfort - For every Man, There's 2 Women (1985) Fact or Fiction #5: Was Monroe Raped by a Pack of Women in the Back of a Van? AVSEPod Episode 39: Too Close for Comfort - "For Every Man, There's Two Women" Rembert Tries to Explain the ’80s: Too Close for Comfort’s Very Special Episode Special Report :: Amanda By Night Uncovers The Rape of Monroe! Too Close For Comfort, “For Every Man There’s Two Women” Proof of the “Too Close for Comfort” Monroe Rape Episode VIDEO: So It Turns Out Monroe Really Was Raped on 'Too Close for Comfort' One of TV's most infamous episodes rediscovered 5 Inexplicably Horrifying Episodes of Classic Comedies

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