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That ends up being quite nice
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Robbie Rist being brought in near the end of the series to act as an adorable close relative that everyone secretly hates.
To spin off the "celebrity" or another show/crossover star episode.
I'm sure the party episode has been mentioned. Parents leave for the weekend. Tell the kid not to pull any fukk shyt. Kid is intent on following their orders. Friend comes through with a couple other friends swearing up and down it will be a small thing and nothing will go wrong. Whole city ends up at the crib and all kinda wild shyt takes place. Parents get home early.
Slight spin...what show would you say has the most of these cliche episodes? Off top I would say Family Matters or Fresh Prince.
Slight spin...what show would you say has the most of these cliche episodes? Off top I would say Family Matters or Fresh Prince.
the episode where everyone tells a story from their perspective and none of them end up telling the real story.
The Jamie Foxx Show too with Ice Cube and his Westside homies
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
The very special episode, but you can't just do any very special episode. There are certain types of special episodes that work in any era:
-The drug/alcohol episode. A character wants to be cool with the popular crowd and they get their chance through dumb luck. However, it turns out that the popular kids take drugs (whatever drug is hot at the time the episode is made). The main character is concerned about this, but also wants to the popular kids to like them. They decide not to do drugs, and the popular kids call the character lame, and the character replies with, "No, you're lame for taking drugs!" Nobody comes out of the episode having learned anything.
-The episode where a character finds out they have some kind of learning disability, and get worried that people will treat them like an idiot (despite the fact that they've been treated like an idiot in every episode before that).
-The episode where a relative dies and one of the characters (someone who idolized the relative) is clearly in denial about the whole thing, not wanting to talk about it or express their emotions about anything. The other characters constantly press the issue until the character in denial finally breaks down over the death.
Bonus points if the VSE features characters we've never seen before and we'll never see again, a dramatic scene with very little jokes, and/or a PSA featuring the actors as themselves, informing the audience about a hotline they could call if they feel someone close to them is struggling with an issue. Or they tell you not to do what's depicted in the episode and talk to an adult about what's going on. The PSA has to be dead serious with the actors looking straight at the camera like they're ready to kill you if you don't do what they say.
-The drug/alcohol episode. A character wants to be cool with the popular crowd and they get their chance through dumb luck. However, it turns out that the popular kids take drugs (whatever drug is hot at the time the episode is made). The main character is concerned about this, but also wants to the popular kids to like them. They decide not to do drugs, and the popular kids call the character lame, and the character replies with, "No, you're lame for taking drugs!" Nobody comes out of the episode having learned anything.
-The episode where a character finds out they have some kind of learning disability, and get worried that people will treat them like an idiot (despite the fact that they've been treated like an idiot in every episode before that).
-The episode where a relative dies and one of the characters (someone who idolized the relative) is clearly in denial about the whole thing, not wanting to talk about it or express their emotions about anything. The other characters constantly press the issue until the character in denial finally breaks down over the death.
Bonus points if the VSE features characters we've never seen before and we'll never see again, a dramatic scene with very little jokes, and/or a PSA featuring the actors as themselves, informing the audience about a hotline they could call if they feel someone close to them is struggling with an issue. Or they tell you not to do what's depicted in the episode and talk to an adult about what's going on. The PSA has to be dead serious with the actors looking straight at the camera like they're ready to kill you if you don't do what they say.
Omg it’s been four years already??!!
The very special episode, but you can't just do any very special episode. There are certain types of special episodes that work in any era:
-The drug/alcohol episode. A character wants to be cool with the popular crowd and they get their chance through dumb luck. However, it turns out that the popular kids take drugs (whatever drug is hot at the time the episode is made). The main character is concerned about this, but also wants to the popular kids to like them. They decide not to do drugs, and the popular kids call the character lame, and the character replies with, "No, you're lame for taking drugs!" Nobody comes out of the episode having learned anything.
-The episode where a character finds out they have some kind of learning disability, and get worried that people will treat them like an idiot (despite the fact that they've been treated like an idiot in every episode before that).
-The episode where a relative dies and one of the characters (someone who idolized the relative) is clearly in denial about the whole thing, not wanting to talk about it or express their emotions about anything. The other characters constantly press the issue until the character in denial finally breaks down over the death.
Bonus points if the VSE features characters we've never seen before and we'll never see again, a dramatic scene with very little jokes, and/or a PSA featuring the actors as themselves, informing the audience about a hotline they could call if they feel someone close to them is struggling with an issue. Or they tell you not to do what's depicted in the episode and talk to an adult about what's going on. The PSA has to be dead serious with the actors looking straight at the camera like they're ready to kill you if you don't do what they say.
Or in some Sitcoms, either with a black cast or a white cast, they have That very special episode with racism, where the antagonist is some CAC, in their first appearance of the show, that is insecure about the black character (either the main character or the token black friend) and say something racially insensitive. Then the whole school district or community gets upset, amd have a special town hall meeting. The CAC that made that remark, breaks down and say that he never meant it. Then a MLK quote or some type of liberal message about zero tolerance of racism, and the PSA of the actors themselves at the tail end of the episode, talking about how America has got to come together and end racism
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
Or in some Sitcoms, either with a black cast or a white cast, they have That very special episode with racism, where the antagonist is some CAC, in their first appearance of the show, that is insecure about the black character (either the main character or the token black friend) and say something racially insensitive. Then the whole school district or community gets upset, amd have a special town hall meeting. The CAC that made that remark, breaks down and say that he never meant it. Then a MLK quote or some type of liberal message about zero tolerance of racism, and the PSA of the actors themselves at the tail end of the episode, talking about how America has got to come together and end racism
Racism episodes have to reference Dr. King in some way, blatant or indirectly.
Bonus points if it's a Black History Month episode.
Yep, usually by the end of the 3rd to 5th season, and the show jumps the shark soon after the next season begins.
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TV Pops hires a reformed young man with a questionable past. He believes that everyone deserves a second chance. They get along fine, and the young man is doing an excellent job at work.
Young man eventually meets Pops' daughter, and they start dating.
Pops finds out about it and forbids it.
Young man hits him with the "Oh, so I'm good enough to work for you, but I'm not good enough for your daughter, huh"......then walks out in disgust
Pops has a guilt-ridden look on his face
*Commercial break*
Young man eventually meets Pops' daughter, and they start dating.
Pops finds out about it and forbids it.
Young man hits him with the "Oh, so I'm good enough to work for you, but I'm not good enough for your daughter, huh"......then walks out in disgust
Pops has a guilt-ridden look on his face
*Commercial break*
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