The Sitcom Study

Horror Movie Parodies!

Corey and Topanga are stalked by a ghost-faced killer, Community's college goes full zombie, and Salute Your Shorts creates the most terrifying figure in all of recorded media... this week's trope is Horror Movie Parodies! Here's what we're watching:
Salute Your Shorts S1 E2 "Ghost Story"
Boy Meets World S5 E17 "And Then There Was Shawn"
Community S2 E6 "Epidemiology"
Blackish S3 E5 "The Purge"

Earthquakes!

Sanford fleas to Vegas, ALF nails his bed to the floor, and Nell Carter is marooned in a library with a deaf woman... this week's trope is Earthquakes! Here's what we're watching:
Sanford & Son S5 E1 "Earthquake II"
Gimme a Break S4 E19 "Earthquake"
ALF S3 E25 "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
Modern Family S2 E3 "Earthquake"

Babysitting!

Clarissa Darling and Tina Belcher face pint-sized Lucifers, Mary Tyler Moore scrapes the bottom of the barrel, and the King of Queens gives his friends' kids and unintended lesson in fornication... this week's trope is Babysitting! Here's what we're watching:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show S2 E18 "Baby Sitcom"
Clarissa Explains it All S4 E12 "Babysitting"
King of Queens S3 E9 "Twisted Sitters"
Bob's Burgers S8 E4 "Sit Me Baby One More Time"

Learning to Drive! [rerun]

Tootie learns the facts of automatic transmission, Tia and Tamara light up the parking lot, and Reverend Jim gets his license by any means necessary... This week's trope is Learning to drive! Here's the lineup:
Taxi S2 E3 "Reverend Jim: A Space Oddysey"
The Facts of Life S7 E14 "Tootie Drives"
Sister, Sister S2 E9 "Two For the Road"
8 Simple Rules S1 E4 "Wings"
This is a good old fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with a new episode next week!
 

Best Sitcom Horndogs!

This one's for the leches, the lotharios, and the ladies men... From sexed up friends and neighbors to local ne'er-do-wells and aging seductresses, we're counting down our most beloved sitcom horndogs!

Bowling!

Roseanne fudges the stats, Sheldon "becomes" the ball, and Jim Belushi communes with the gods of the lanes... this week's trope is Bowling! Here's what we're watching:
The Flintstones S2 E24 "Fred Strikes Out"
Roseanne S4 E14 "The Bowling Show"
According to Jim S1 E8 "The Turkey Bowl"
The Big Band Theory S3 E19 "The Wheaton Recurrence"

Winning the Lottery!

Larry and Balki hit the jackpot (or so they think), Geoffrey the butler burns his bridges, and Mama puts her fortune in the hands of a celebrity chicken... this week's trope is winning the lottery! Here's what we're watching:
Perfect Strangers S4 E1 "The Lottery"
Mama's Family S5 E15 "The Big Wheel"
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air S3 E14 "Winner Takes Off"
Malcolm & Eddie S1 E4 "Partnership of Fools"

The Many Sitcoms of Julia Louis-Dreyfus [rerun]

From the coffee shop with Jerry and George to the oval office, we're breaking down the career of the most spongeworthy comic actor in town and her four very distinct sitcoms!Here's the lineup:
Seinfeld S7 E9 "The Sponge"
Watching Ellie S1 E1 "Pilot"
New Adventures of Old Christine S1 E1 "Pilot"
Veep S1 E1 "Fundraiser"
This is a good old fashioned RERUN... We'll be back with a new episode next week!

Going on a Cruise!

Fran the Nanny searches for love on the high seas, the Designing Women meet an iconic maritime drag performer, and the gang from It's Always Sunny face the grim possibility of a watery demise... this week's trope is going on a cruise! Here's what we're watching:
Designing Women S2 E8 "Cruising"
The Nanny S3 E26 "Ship of Fran's"
Hot in Cleveland S3 E2 "Beards"
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S11 E9-10 "The Gang Goes to Hell" Parts 1 & 2

Let's Start a Business! [rerun]

Beaver cuts the grass, Screech disrupts the spaghetti sauce market, and iCarly disregards child labor laws... This week's trope is Kids starting a business! Here's the lineup:
Leave it to Beaver S4 E36 "Beaver Goes Into Business"
The Patty Duke Show S1 E18 "The Tycoons"
Saved by the Bell S4 E3 "Screech's Spaghetti Sauce"
iCarly S4 E4 "iSell Penny Tees"
This is a good old fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with a new episode next week!