The Sitcom Study

The Seavers take in a dumpster-diving teen runaway, Zack Morris woos an underprivileged shopping mall employee, and Family Matters postulates that Santa is real and he's a scruffy man in Chicago... This week's trope is befriending the homeless for Christmas! Here's what we're watching:
Barney Miller S8 E7 "Homeless"
Growing Pains S2 E9 "The Kid"
Saved By The Bell S3 E24-25 "Home For Christmas"
Family Matters S6 E11 "Miracle on Elm St"

Celebrity guest stars abound as Charles meets Buddy's boozy sister, the Hey Dude ranch is soaked in beer and whiskey, and Alex P. Keaton learns the terrifying truth about his Uncle Ned... This week's trope is visits from alcoholic relatives! Here's what we're watching:
Good Times S2 E13 "Sometimes There's No Bottom in the Bottle"
Family Ties S2 E14 "Say Uncle"
Charles in Charge S3 E14 "Bottle Baby"
Hey Dude S3 E11 "Melody's Brother"

Hide your cats, this week we're revisiting all of our discussions of that rascally extraterrestrial Gordon Shumway and the mild-mannered family he lived with and terrorized, as well as testing our knowledge of the merry man from Melmac with a trivia quiz... It's time for the Alf mixtape!
With segments from:
Puppet-Based Sitcoms: S1 E1 "ALF"
Run-ins with the Mafia: S3 E13 "Hideaway"
Skydiving: S1 E9 "Jump"
Earthquakes: S3 E25 "Shake, Rattle & Roll"

This week we're exploring the many lovably sarcastic characters played by the late great Matthew Perry both before and after his iconic role as Chandler on Friends... Could we BE any more excited to discuss this fascinating career? Here's what we're watching:
Home Free S1 E1 "Pilot"
Mr Sunshine S1 E1 "Episode #1.1"
Go On S1 E1 "Pilot"
The Odd Couple S1 E12 "The Audit Couple"

Richie Cunningham bobs for apples in a haunted house, Tim the Toolman Taylor busts up a juvenile bacchanal, and Step by Step boasts a record-setting gourd... This week's trope is Halloween Parties!Here's what we're watching:
Happy Days S2 E6 "Haunted"
Step by Step S4 E6 "Something Wild"
Home Improvement S5 E6 "Let Them Eat Cake"
Parks & Rec S4 E5 "Meet and Greet"

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"

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"

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"

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!
 

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!