Bullying episodes

[um]

Before anti-bullying became such a social cause, there were
TV- show episodes in which the child characters (particularly boys) had to deal with being bullied.
In "Family Affair," Jody once had to fight a boy who bullied him.
In "The Munsters," Eddie Munster had to deal with a school bully.
In "Please Don't Eat The Daises" the oldest Nash boy had to fight a bully to protect his younger brothers.
In Leave It To Beaver, there was an episode in which Beaver was being dared by another boy to try going on the roller coaster which Beaver was scared to do.
In My World And Welcome To It, there was a boy who had a crush on Lydia Monroe and he was being bullied by another boy who was also trying to date Lydia.

However these were TV shows of the 1960s up to the early 1970s. Bullying was depicted as something awful but which is a part of life for kids growing up.
In sitcoms of the late 1970s and on, bullying was depicted in a more extreme way which may have been realistic but sensationalized for ratings nevertheless.
In "Good Times" JJ had to deal with a group of bullies which resulted in gang violence and JJ was shot.
In Different Strokes Arnold and Dudley had to deal with two school bullies much older than they and Willis had to fight them to protect the two younger boys. (Don't forget Diff'rent Strokes really took on some modern-day horrors of childhood such as child abduction, drugs in school, and pedophiles preying on children).

Boys being bullied by girls has gotten a lot of mileage on sitcoms because it is supposed to be funny.
In "Courtship of Eddie's father" Eddie had to deal with being bullied by a girl.
In Family Affair Jody was bullied by a much older girl.
In Please Don't Eat The Daises Joel Nash got bullied by a girl who he had a crush on.

The only female-on-female bullying I can recall was in an "My There Sons" episode in which Dodie was bullied by a girl who was a bit older, until Dodie's older brothers intervened. The girl bully was played by Erin Moran.

[Tubehead]

not really sure but there's one in power rangers megaforce were this nerdy kid being picked by these two bullys!! then the kid saves the bullys form this monster then they become friends in the end!!

[factsoflife]

Punky Brewster dealt with a bully in the episode "The K.O. Kid" dated, September 15, 1985. In the episode Punky must deal with a bully who is targeting her.

[gidgetgrape]

My favorite of all-time is "Me and Mr. T" from Silver Spoons (1982). Mr. T. Is hired to protect Ricky from a bully at school. Chaos ensues.

[opus]

Buddy Hinton bullies Cindy on The Brady Bunch.

[Torgo]

Originally Posted by um

In Leave It To Beaver, there was an episode in which Beaver was being dared by another boy to try going on the roller coaster which Beaver was scared to do.

No Bullying in this episode. Beaver is scared to go on the roller coaster after his friends tell him how scary it is. Then he finally goes after talking to Gus the Fireman and realizes it wasn't scary at all. But Eddie ended up getting scared from it.

[howilu]

On Different Strokes, there were battles between Arnold and "The Gooch."

[Torgo]

Leave It To Beaver - Lumpy's first appearances he was a total bully. The episodes 'Lumpy Rutherford' and 'Lost Watch' are the best examples of his bullying.

[MrCleveland]

Family Matters dwells into this a lot...but in one ep "An Unlikely Match"...a bully named Andre gives Urkel a swirley, but later has leukemia. Urkel and Andre become friends because Urkel helped Andre.

This ep also ends with a PSA about leukemia.

[Retro4Life]

I remember an episode of The Andy Griffith show where Opie was being bullied and just whaled on his tormentor! LOL

[tvfan25]

Ally on Everybody Loves Raymond bullied a kid on the school bus.

[Mace Dolex]

Originally Posted by MrCleveland

Family Matters dwells into this a lot...but in one ep "An Unlikely Match"...a bully named Andre gives Urkel a swirley, but later has leukemia. Urkel and Andre become friends because Urkel helped Andre.

This ep also ends with a PSA about leukemia.

I have vague memories of that episode but I do remember a topic about that but kind of fill me in what happened next? I mean because the kid had leukemia was that any reason to bully Urkel?

[William Hogan Jr]

On Little House on the Prairie, Nellie Olsen was always bullying Laura or her friends that had a physical or mental handicap, like the girl who had one leg shorter than the other, or the girl who stuttered. Nellie was very mean and cruel to those girls.

[Sal]

"Courtship Of Eddie's Father" - In the episode that was mentioned earlier where Eddie was bullied by a little girl ("Bully For You"), the girl was played by a young Jodie Foster.

"Leave It To Beaver" - "The Black Eye" - Beaver gets bullied by a little girl named Violet Rutherford who happens to be Lumpy's younger sister. It must have run in the family!

"The Donna Reed Show" - "Pardon My Gloves" - The show's 2nd episode sees Jeff receive 2 black eyes and a free boxing lesson from his Mom when another boy hears his Mom criticize Donna's acting ability.

[Bronson]

My thing is when the parents give dumb advice like Mr. Drummond and Mike Brady saying, "talk to the bully." Bullys can't be talked to reasoned with. Its as dumb as saying stay away from the bully. its not that you won't stay away from the bully, that part is easy. Its that the bully goes out of their way to bother you. They won't stay away from you.