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AnnGora
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 10/13/2005 : 4:21:12 PM
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Would you believe the thread re Don Adams’ sad departure got me to thinking of all the recurring bits and frequently repeated scenes that I found funny on the old TV shows? I fondly remember these:
1. BATMAN– when Batman and Robin had to inevitably climb up the side of a skyscraper using the trusty Bat Rope. As they were creeping straight up the side of the building, a “celebrity” from the Sixties (Milton Berle, Zsa Zsa, Tommy Smothers, etc.) would open a window and exchange witty banter with the Dynamic Duo.
2. GREEN ACRES – I always got a kick out of the times when the credits where rolling and everyone in Hooterville could see them but Oliver. He would be saying something to Lisa and she would tell him to be quiet until the “Produced by’s” were finished. Once she was gathering eggs during the credits and the eggs had the credits printed on them. She then said that she was still trying to find the “Written by” egg, reached under a chicken, and pulled it out – WRITTEN BY PAUL HENNING.
3. GET SMART – There was always some agent from CONTROL that Maxwell Smart had to hook up with who each time was hidden in the craziest place: a mailbox, a manhole, a vending machine…I think the guy was played by Dick Gautier. I enjoyed the bit as a kid, but my young mind could never figure out how the agent got in there. As a result, I tried to climb into the washing machine just to see if I would fit and was forever traumatized.
So, do you remember your favorite re-occurring scenarios?
She was bred in old Kentucky, but she's just a crumb up here. |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 5:05:23 PM
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#3: "Agent 13". Someone on the show interviewed a man from the CIA years later and learned that THEY also had a man in a mailbox!
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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John Doe
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
91 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 5:51:46 PM
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At the start of every Captain Kangaroo show when he would go around with a big bunch of keys opening the doors to his house.
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hbrennan
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Philippines
1455 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 6:50:14 PM
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I always liked the Addams Family bit where one of the minor characters would make a sudden appearance and there would be a shocked look on a guest's face. Example: "Thing" would suddenly appear and "assist" a guest. My favorite: "Cousin Itt" would just happen to patter-patter across the living room entrance-way (real fast). No words from Morticia or Gomez - just a very quick bizarre appearance and the look on the guest's face.
"...yet it hadn't destroyed his brain."
re: Charles "The Butcher" Benton (1956)
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Food
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
342 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 7:24:35 PM
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| In The Greatest American Hero, when William Katt would fall out of the sky and say, "Damn!" |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 10/13/2005 : 8:24:16 PM
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Originally posted by John Doe
At the start of every Captain Kangaroo show when he would go around with a big bunch of keys opening the doors to his house.
Watched that show as a kid and while working in the missle field in the Air Force.
Jingling the keys was the cue for the theme music. One time "The Captain" dropped his keys while putting them on the hook (Cue to stop the music) and the folley man started up the music again!
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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Hal Horn
Altar Boy of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 10/13/2005 : 11:03:16 PM
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F TROOP - Several here, but one of the classics of all time: Agarn would say something that inadvertently inspired O'Rourke, i.e.: when a larcenous con artist came into town and used blackmail to take over O'Rourke's saloon, Agarn said "he won't go out of business until the building collapses!". Giving O'Rourke the idea to sabotage everything.
O'Rourke would always say, "Agarn, I don't know why everyone says you're so dumb!"
No response, then, about five minutes later, in the middle of another scene, Agarn would demand: "WHO SAYS I'M DUMB?"
Also, Chief Wild Eagle's wild old Hekawi sayings, and the directions to Fort Courage: "turn left at big rock that looks like a bear, then right at the big bear that looks like a rock." But "Who says I'm dumb?" is one of the greats.
Also SLEDGE HAMMER!'s "Trust me, I know what I'm doing" right before he screwed something up.
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AnnGora
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
252 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 08:55:03 AM
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On the first couple of seasons of the Beverly Hillbillies, whenever the doorbell would ring, they would all stand around with puzzled, confused looks on their faces. Jed or Jethro would say, "There goes that music again!" As they would wonder where it was coming from, Jethro would say, "Every time I go and try to find where hit's comin' from, somebody always comes to the door!"
She was bred in old Kentucky, but she's just a crumb up here. |
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RossM
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
427 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 09:53:07 AM
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Mortisha would same something in French and Gomez would go crazy and start kissing her up the arm. He would take out a piece of chalk to mark his place on her arm. Sexy stuff and a married couple on television who genuinely loved each other. The Addams Family was a great show.
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dconner
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 11:27:59 AM
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| The "Cone of Silence" gag in Get Smart is one that always worked for me. |
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kdraut
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 11:28:15 AM
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My wife watches Golden Girls, so I end up watching Golden Girls too. 2 favorites:
1. Every time Stan shows up, he always says, "Hi, it's me, Stan." Every episode of every season. It reinforces his characterization as a yutz.
2. Sophia always has her purse, even at 2am. She will walk into the kitchen for a late night snack and have her purse with her. My grandmother-in-law is almost 90, looks like Sophia, and always has her purse with her.
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RVHorror
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
532 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 12:04:16 PM
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| Spock's eyebrow trick. I wish I could do that, I'd do it whenever anyone said anything to me. Then they'd leave me alone, and I could finish my world-conquerin' device. |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 4:10:49 PM
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Originally posted by RVHorror
Spock's eyebrow trick. I wish I could do that, I'd do it whenever anyone said anything to me. Then they'd leave me alone, and I could finish my world-conquerin' device.
I managed it by holding one eyebrow untill I could move them both independantly.
F-TROOP:
Crazy Cat: "Hey chief, when are you gonna die?"
CHIEF: "Haikowies LOVERS, not FIGHTERS!"
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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Mr. Blue
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Papua New Guinea
648 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 4:49:10 PM
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From the Excel Saga: Whenever Lord Illpalazzo pulls 'The Rope'...
And down goes Excel into the pit, proclaiming her love for him in machine gun fashion the entire way.
And in Martian Successor Nadesico: Whenever Ruri calls someone a 'baka'.
"Because, as we all know, when it comes to saving the world, no-one gets the job done quite like a bunch of sleazy, drunken, irresponsible morons."-Lyz of AYCYAS |
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Meagen
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
Poland
93 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2005 : 06:05:24 AM
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Knight Rider, when KITT had a wacky subplot that involves him talking to somebody.
Also Michael beating people up. (I was 12 at the time and always cheered and jumped all over the couch like a ferret with a sugar high. Good times.) |
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ELOrocks17
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
131 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2005 : 9:13:51 PM
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The Simpsons have alot of "gags" or recurring bits such as:
1. Never telling what state Springfield is in, they have kept this bit going since pretty much day 1
2. Constantly ripping the FOX network
3. The Lenny/Carl gay/not gay bits, also Smithers.
Family Guy has some too:
1, The fight between Peter and the giant Chicken
2. The greased up deaf guy
3. The 95 year old gay dude always trying to get Chris down in his basement. |
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