Sitcoms Online - Main Page / Message Boards - Main Page / News Blog / Photo Galleries / DVD Reviews / Buy TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray

View Today's Active Threads (No Chit Chat/Chit Chat Only) / View New Posts (No Chit Chat/Chit Chat Only) / Mark All Boards Read / Chit Chat Board

Gimme a Break! Online / Gimme a Break! links and theme songs at Sitcoms Online / Gimme a Break! Photo Gallery / Gimme a Break! - Fan Fiction Board


Gimme a Break! - Season One (US Release by Universal)

Buy Gimme a Break! - Season One (US Release by Universal) on DVD
Gimme a Break! - The Complete First Season (Canadian Release by VEI)

Buy Gimme a Break! - The Complete First Season (Canadian Release by VEI) on DVD
Gimme a Break! - The Complete Second Season (Canadian Release by VEI)

Buy Gimme a Break! - The Complete Second Season (Canadian Release by VEI) on DVD if you are in the US
/ Buy in Canada
Gimme a Break! - The Complete Series (Canadian Release by VEI)

Buy Gimme a Break! - The Complete Series (Canadian Release by VEI) on DVD
/ Buy in Canada
Gimme a Break! - Seasons One & Two

Buy Gimme a Break! - Seasons One & Two on DVD
Gimme a Break! - Seasons Three & Four

Buy Gimme a Break! - Seasons Three & Four on DVD
Gimme a Break! - Seasons Five & Six

Buy Gimme a Break! - Seasons Five & Six on DVD
Gimme a Break! - The Complete Series (2023 Release by VEI)

Buy Gimme a Break! - The Complete Series (2023 Release by VEI) on DVD

Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums  

Go Back   Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums > 1980s Sitcoms > Gimme a Break!
Register Community View Today's Active Threads (No CC/CC Only) Search Photo Galleries Calendar FAQ

Notices

SitcomsOnline.com News Blog Headlines Facebook X/Twitter Bluesky Threads Instagram YouTube RSS

78th Primetime Emmy Award Nominations; Disney's The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen
Ian Ziering Hosting The CW Road Trip Series; Shark Tank Season 18 Guest Sharks
Great Entertainment Television's Psych 20th Anniversary Marathon; Netflix Announces Cast for Myron Bolitar
Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness Capsule; Michael Weatherly Returns to NCIS
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of July 6, 2026)
SitcomsOnline Digest: Elle Renewed for Second Season; NBCUniversal to Separate from Comcast
Impractical Jokers Returns with Guest Star Appearance by Alyssa Milano; Marla Gibbs Day in Chicago


New on DVD and Blu-ray

Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD) I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD) The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)

11/04/25 - Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11/25 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11/25 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11/25 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/02/25 - Tom and Jerry - The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
12/16/25 - Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/16/25 - Wally Gator - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
01/20/26 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27/26 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
05/19/26 - Looney Tunes Cartoons - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)

More Recent and Upcoming TV DVD and Blu-ray Releases / TV Shows on DVD, Blu-ray and Prime Video / DVD Reviews Archive


Search Sitcoms Online:



Donate

Please make a donation if you can help with Sitcoms Online's web hosting costs. Thanks for your support!

We receive a small commission on all DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, Books, and any other items ordered through our Amazon.com links as an associate. Thanks for using our links for your online shopping!

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-06-2013, 02:37 AM   #1
Wawwie
Member
Forum Star
 
Wawwie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 26, 2006
Location: New York
Posts: 14,376
Default Julie smokes episode

The chief catches Julie smoking,, he slaps her and Julie leaves home. Later, the chief is having a drink of booze to calm his nerves and Nell rips into him for drinking. So he says something like "I like to have a drink every once in a while to calm my nerves. I enjoy it........same way you enjoy eating between meals.
Wawwie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-06-2013, 07:30 PM   #2
Smartboy
Member
Forum 4000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Aug 06, 2007
Location: South Orange, NJ
Posts: 4,231
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wawwie
The chief catches Julie smoking,, he slaps her and Julie leaves home. Later, the chief is having a drink of booze to calm his nerves and Nell rips into him for drinking. So he says something like "I like to have a drink every once in a while to calm my nerves. I enjoy it........same way you enjoy eating between meals.

That sounds like a pretty good comeback to me!
Smartboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-06-2013, 07:31 PM   #3
Wawwie
Member
Forum Star
 
Wawwie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 26, 2006
Location: New York
Posts: 14,376
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartboy
That sounds like a pretty good comeback to me!
It was especially funny since the chief said it with a straight face and a serious tone of voice.
Wawwie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-06-2013, 08:02 PM   #4
Smartboy
Member
Forum 4000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Aug 06, 2007
Location: South Orange, NJ
Posts: 4,231
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wawwie
It was especially funny since the chief said it with a straight face and a serious tone of voice.

I can see your point.
Smartboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-07-2013, 01:48 AM   #5
Wawwie
Member
Forum Star
 
Wawwie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 26, 2006
Location: New York
Posts: 14,376
Default

I was a bit surprised that the grandparents let Julie smoke in their house.
Wawwie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-07-2013, 07:41 PM   #6
Smartboy
Member
Forum 4000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Aug 06, 2007
Location: South Orange, NJ
Posts: 4,231
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wawwie
I was a bit surprised that the grandparents let Julie smoke in their house.

I can understand why you would say that. Maybe they thought that she needed time to work her way through her addiction.
Smartboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 07:23 AM   #7
irehtman
Member
Forum 4000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Mar 15, 2013
Location: Montgomery County, Maryland
Posts: 4,826
Default

Both Dolph Sweet and Vic Tayback are horrible actors and they are both dead right now. I prefer Dick Butkus better then these two. Right now, dick retired from acting successfully after his last series ended!
irehtman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 09:03 AM   #8
Hughsgirl
Member
Forum Regular
 
Hughsgirl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 22, 2008
Location: Michigan
Posts: 804
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by irehtman
Both Dolph Sweet and Vic Tayback are horrible actors and they are both dead right now. I prefer Dick Butkus better then these two. Right now, dick retired from acting successfully after his last series ended!
Just your opinion, but I think their success spoke for itself. I loved Dolph Sweet as the Chief because he had the personality written for the character so I feel no one else could have played his part.
Hughsgirl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 02:06 PM   #9
irehtman
Member
Forum 4000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Mar 15, 2013
Location: Montgomery County, Maryland
Posts: 4,826
Default

Dolph was more horrible than Dick Butkus! I'm glad Dolph died in the middle of that series with cancer and he would have been better off being put in the last part of the cast line-up instead.

I like Dick Butkus better than Dolph because he knows how to be flexible from being grumpy to funny and funny to grumpy. Dolph is always grumpy! Dick had a better advantage when he was put in the last part of the cast line-up in his own series. Now, Dick is retired from acting as a successful actor, he might live longer and die at a real old age than both Dolph and Vic Tayback!
irehtman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 03:19 PM   #10
Wawwie
Member
Forum Star
 
Wawwie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 26, 2006
Location: New York
Posts: 14,376
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by irehtman
I'm glad Dolph died in the middle of that series with cancer
You are such a sweetheart.
Wawwie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 08:24 PM   #11
Smartboy
Member
Forum 4000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Aug 06, 2007
Location: South Orange, NJ
Posts: 4,231
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wawwie
You are such a sweetheart.

I imagine that this reply is a form of sarcasm. I was very surprised that anyone would post a message that was than insensitive!
Smartboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 08:39 PM   #12
Wawwie
Member
Forum Star
 
Wawwie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 26, 2006
Location: New York
Posts: 14,376
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartboy
I imagine that this reply is a form of sarcasm. I was very surprised that anyone would post a message that was than insensitive!
Yes, it was a sarcastic remark aimed at that insensitive and tactless poster.
Wawwie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 08:57 PM   #13
Smartboy
Member
Forum 4000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Aug 06, 2007
Location: South Orange, NJ
Posts: 4,231
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wawwie
Yes, it was a sarcastic remark aimed at that insensitive and tactless poster.

Thank you very much for getting back to me and for letting me know that we are on the same page on this issue.
Smartboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 08:59 PM   #14
Wawwie
Member
Forum Star
 
Wawwie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 26, 2006
Location: New York
Posts: 14,376
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartboy
Thank you very much for getting back to me and for letting me know that we are on the same page on this issue.
I don't know why that weirdo insists on talking about Vic Tayback and Dick Butkus. What do they have to do with Gimme A Break?
Wawwie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2013, 09:14 PM   #15
Smartboy
Member
Forum 4000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Aug 06, 2007
Location: South Orange, NJ
Posts: 4,231
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wawwie
I don't know why that weirdo insists on talking about Vic Tayback and Dick Butkus. What do they have to do with Gimme A Break?

I have no idea!
Smartboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:19 PM.


Although the administrators and moderators of the Sitcoms Online Message Boards will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of the Sitcoms Online Message Boards, nor vBulletin Solutions Inc. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message. The owners of the Sitcoms Online Message Boards reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, vBulletin Solutions Inc.