What was your favorite sitcom "Very Special Episode"?

[GreatAmericanZero]

My favorite was a Mr. Belvedere where a kid with AIDS moves into the 'hood. Westley was friends with him but when the neighborhood kids learn that the kid has AIDS they stop hanging out with him. Their parents don't let them hang out with him either (its always the parents are bigoted dickheads in these special episodes). Anyway Westley took a stand and still hung out with his friend with AIDS

At the end of the episode, where Mr. Belvedere writes his thoughts in his diary (to sum up the episode) he writes "this is when i usually write something about life and the world in a poignant summary. but not today. i don't feel like it". And then there was silence that bled into the end credits. Silence cuz of AIDS

[west milly Tom]

Definitely the different strokes when Sam gets kidnapped and "touched".

[Knowledged_one]

When doogie helped the gang banger robbing the store

[Marc with a c]

i'm so excited, i'm so excited. i'm so so scarrrred.

[GreatAmericanZero]

i'm so excited, i'm so excited. i'm so so scarrrred.

what about when they had Johnny Depp type hollywood actor Johnny Dakota to shoot an anti-drug commercial but he smoked a joint so instead they got an even hotter, sexier hollywood hunk.....

Brandon Tartikoff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO73-WlOHhM

[Foster]

The episode of Facts of Life when Joe finally commits to the sex change

[hydee]

Tom Hanks being the drunk uncle on Family Ties.

He was so desperate for a drink he drank vanilla extract. Poor Alex flipped out.

[Marc with a c]

what about when they had Johnny Depp type hollywood actor Johnny Dakota to shoot an anti-drug commercial but he smoked a joint so instead they got an even hotter, sexier hollywood hunk.....

Brandon Tartikoff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO73-WlOHhM

fuck. good one.


if you beat the episode where deek admitted he couldn't read i'm buying you a christmas drink.

[Pestz4Evah]

The Punky Brewster when Punky's friend got stuck in the refrigerator.

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[lleeder]

I liked the episode of My Little Pony when Rainbow Dash got pussy cancer.

[Tallman388]

When Dudley got touched by Mr. Carlson on Diff'rent Strokes. Did he really have two little black kids take showers after watching cartoons? I could never figure that out.
I think Channel 5 in New York showed that episode 2 or 3 times a year in syndication.

[A.J.]

Definitely the different strokes when Sam gets kidnapped and "touched".

When Dudley got touched by Mr. Carlson on Diff'rent Strokes. Did he really have two little black kids take showers after watching cartoons? I could never figure that out.
I think Channel 5 in New York showed that episode 2 or 3 times a year in syndication.

That was a classic.

[Slumbag]

what about when they had Johnny Depp type hollywood actor Johnny Dakota to shoot an anti-drug commercial but he smoked a joint so instead they got an even hotter, sexier hollywood hunk.....

Brandon Tartikoff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO73-WlOHhM

That one was amazing.

You can't forget the one where they went driving drunk and crashed the car.
Goddammit. Growing up with sisters sucks. There's no fucking reason I should know these.

[FUNKMAN]

SOAP

"Piece Of Chelief" episode

[GreatAmericanZero]

That one was amazing.

You can't forget the one where they went driving drunk and crashed the car.
Goddammit. Growing up with sisters sucks. There's no fucking reason I should know these.

i grew up with no sisters and i know every episode

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

The Punky Brewster when Punky's friend got stuck in the refrigerator.

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Dammit, you beat me to it. I was always wary of my refrigerator after that, like it was going to try and devour me when I wasn't looking.

Can we disqualify Blossom from this discussion? It seemed like every episode was a goddamned special episode, and not just because the casting of Blossom seemed like an "aw, you're so special" gesture to all the uglies out there.

[Yosammity]

Diff'rent had a lot of those type pf episodes.

How about the one when Arnold and Kimberly was held captive by some guy who wanted to rape her. Arnold escaped and had to be hypnotized to remember where Kimberly was.

[ANC]

Diff'rent had a lot of those type pf episodes.

How about the one when Arnold and Kimberly was held captive by some guy who wanted to rape her. Arnold escaped and had to be hypnotized to remember where Kimberly was.

I remember that.. friggin creepy..

I'm going with Mr. Belvedere when Kevin has a problem with underage drinking.

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

Definitely not a sitcom, but I remember an episode of Dragnet where I think both of these parents were getting high and they left their baby in the tub and it drowned and the mom just starts screeching when she sees it. That scared the piss out of me when I was little.

[El Mudo]

fuck. good one.


if you beat the episode where deek admitted he couldn't read i'm buying you a christmas drink.

How about "Running Zack" where Zack learned all about Native American culture?

Or when Carlton overdosed on Will's speed on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"?

I always liked when Will's dad showed up and then left again...."Why don't nobody want me man??"

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

Shit, what about like every other episode of Maude? One week she was getting an abortion, the next she thought she had cancer, then a month later she had a booze problem. Oh, that Maude!

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

The Doobie Brothers taking a stand against concert bootlegging on What's Happening!. That was real, man.

[cougarjake13]

i'd have to say the married with children one

[denko]

i'm so excited, i'm so excited. i'm so so scarrrred.

thats a good one!

i always liked the one where zach likes the girl that works at the mall, only to find out she's homeless. at the end zach and his mom let her and her dad stay until they get back on their feet and everyone has a merry christmas.

[lleeder]

I really need to read the thread before posting.

[west milly Tom]

Diff'rent had a lot of those type pf episodes.

How about the one when Arnold and Kimberly was held captive by some guy who wanted to rape her. Arnold escaped and had to be hypnotized to remember where Kimberly was.

I've seen every episode anhave no recolection of that. damn sounds like a good one too

[west milly Tom]

also the one where that creep pedo was all about Webster.

[MacVittie]

Or when Carlton overdosed on Will's speed on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"?

I always liked when Will's dad showed up and then left again...."Why don't nobody want me man??"

If you're gonna go with Fresh Prince, it's gotta be the one where Will gets shot.

[lleeder]

Another one I liked was the Fresh Prince where Carlton does speed. Will gets some speed given to him by some kid to help with studying. He leaves it in his locker and Carlton goes and takes it thinking its achne medicine or something. Then he's at a party dancing like a maniac til he ends up in the hospital. Uncle Phil was not pleased.

[west milly Tom]

Another one I liked was the Fresh Prince where Carlton does speed. Will gets some speed given to him by some kid to help with studying. He leaves it in his locker and Carlton goes and takes it thinking its achne medicine or something. Then he's at a party dancing like a maniac til he ends up in the hospital. Uncle Phil was not pleased.

Uncle Phil could have used some speed. Guy had some food issues

[biozombie]

The episode of the Cosby Show when Mr. Huxtable finds a joint hidden in Theo's textbook, but Theo was holding it for someone else... or some shit like that. The plot sucked enough that I can barely remember it. If you're in school, a joint doesn't last long enough to be hidden in a text book, that's lunacy.

[Bossanova]

Stop The Drilling, Stop The Oil

[JDE]

I liked the Tom Hanks on Family Ties one as well, but no one has mentioned this one, so I will.


Matthew Perry guesting on Growing Pain, getting killed drunk driving, and then they had a special message after the show was over about the dangers of drinking and driving.

[Marc with a c]

Stop The Drilling, Stop The Oil

I wanted to eat becky

[danner1515]

Has anyone mentioned the drunk driving episode of Saved by the Bell yet? Man, that show had a lot of very special episodes.

[fezident]

I've never seen the episode where Edith died but, I've heard that Archie was devasted.

[MagillaGorillaz]

There was another Punky Brewster one, besides Cherry in the fridge. Just say no to drugs and they had Nancy Regan on the show as herself.

I guess I didn't pay attention to that episode.

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

Stop The Drilling, Stop The Oil

I love the idea of a high school having a fucking oil derrick in the middle of the goddamn quad.

[Slumbag]

Another one I liked was the Fresh Prince where Carlton does speed. Will gets some speed given to him by some kid to help with studying. He leaves it in his locker and Carlton goes and takes it thinking its achne medicine or something. Then he's at a party dancing like a maniac til he ends up in the hospital. Uncle Phil was not pleased.

Wonder how that looked?

http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/truveo/images/thumbnails/CA/EE/CAEE0AF2347B8F.jpg

[KingModem]

It had to have been when little Randy Taylor got diagnosed with cancer.

Or maybe when Jesse Spano had to acknowledge her addiction to caffeine pills:
"I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so...so....scared!"

[KingModem]

It had to have been when little Randy Taylor got diagnosed with cancer.

Or maybe when Jesse Spano had to acknowledge her addiction to caffeine pills:
"I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so...so....scared!"

Damn, I got so excited to put in my two cents, only to notice marc with a c already nailed this one.

[nitrodog]

There was an episode of "Family Ties" where Alex was taking speed I think so he could cram for his exams...

His one time hippie parents had to teach him the dangers of recreational drug use...

[JerseyJew]

Tom Hanks being the drunk uncle on Family Ties.

He was so desperate for a drink he drank vanilla extract. Poor Alex flipped out.

That was what I was going to say - it got even better when he punched Alex.

[JerseyJew]

There was another Punky Brewster one, besides Cherry in the fridge. Just say no to drugs and they had Nancy Regan on the show as herself.

I guess I didn't pay attention to that episode.

I think that was an episode of Diffrent Strokes.