The Sitcom Study

Sanford and Son bring Dickens to the junkyard, Sophia makes the perfect Tiny Tim, and Mr. Belvedere gets a lot of use out of the old-timey sleeping cap and night gown that he already owned... This week's trope is episodes that spoof "A Christmas Carol!" Here's what we're watching:
The Odd Couple S1 E12 "Scrooge Gets an Oscar"
Sandford & Son S5 E12 "Ebenezer Sanford"
Mr Belvedere S6 E11 "A Happy Guy's Christmas"
Golden Palace S1 E12 "It’s Beginning to Look a Lot (Less) Like Christmas"

Damon Wayans and Reba McEntire triumphantly(?) return to prime time, an Oregon hospital becomes the setting for the latest "Office"-style mockumentary, and we boldly attempt to watch a second-degree Big Bang Theory spinoff while skipping Young Sheldon entirely... This week we're casting nostalgia aside and talking about the new sitcoms of 2024! Here's what we're watching:
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage S1 E1 "The 6:10 to Lubbock"
Happy's Place S1 E1 "Pilot"
Poppa's House S1 E1 "Pilot"
St Denis Medical S1 E1 "Pilot"

Grace gets kinky with Jeremy Piven, Ted rides the sweet tricycle of love, and the gals of Absolutely Fabulous relive the swinging sixties, all with smoldering guest stars galore! Plus, Party Down provides an unofficial sequel to Eyes Wide Shut... This week's trope is Threesomes and Orgies! Here's what we're watching"
Absolutely Fabulous S3 E3 "Sex"
Will & Grace S3 E6 "Love Plus One"
How I Met Your Mother S3 E3 "Third Wheel"
Party Down S2 E3 "Nick DiCintio's Orgy Night"

The Facts of Life gals pull a classic department store caper, Danny Partridge helps himself to a corner store yoyo, and Tim the Toolman Taylor must ferret out the Swiss army thief among his children... This week's trope is Shoplifting! Here's what we're watching:
The Partridge Family S3 E22 "The Partridge Connection"
Facts of Life S2 E6 "Shoplifting"
Small Wonder S2 E11 "The Shoplifter"
Home Improvement S4 E25 "A Marked Man"

Bob Newhart vows to eat nothing but water, Old Christine breaks down the science of the protein shake, and my sister Sam takes on body-shaming in a mildly special episode... This week's trope is Going on a Diet! Here's what we're watching:
The Bob Newhart Show S2 E11 "The Fit, the Fat and the Forty One"
Gimme a Break S1 E5 "Do or Diet"
My Sister Sam S1 E8 "Mirror Mirror on the Wall"
New Adventures of Old Christine S4 E20 "He Ain't Heavy"

From bars and restaurants to attics and garages, we're celebrating all the places where the gangs congregate and the zany schemes are hatched... This episode is all about our favorite sitcom hangout spots!
 
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Next week's trope is Going on a Diet!

This week is all about the new boy in the neighborhood, who lives downstairs and it's understood... You know the rest- the hunky housekeeper and sage advice-giver has come up four times on the podcast so far, and we're revisiting all of our discussions about Charles, Buddy, the Powell Family, and to a lesser degree the Pembroke Family! Plus we'll face off in a brutally intense trivia challenge on all things Charles!
 
Here's what we're watching:
Charles in Charge S4 E14-15 "Charles Splits" from our Bonked On the Head, New Personality podcast
Charles in Charge S3 E1 "Yule Laugh" from Snowed in for Christmas
Charles in Charge S1 E8 "A Date with Enid" from Makeovers
Charles in Charge S2 E19 "U.F. Oh No!" from UFO Sightings
 
It's not a clip show; it's a mixtape! We'll be back with a new episode next week!

Martin and Gina dive into debauchery, Lucy goes undercover at Ricky's "Daddy Shower," and Archie and Edith head upstate for a politically polarized wedding weekend (not to mention the back-door pilot for Maude)... This week's trope is Bachelor Parties! Here's what we're watching:
I Love Lucy S2 E14 "Ricky Has Labor Pains"
All in the Family S2 E24 "Maude"
Martin S3 E25 "The Bachelor Party"
Parks & Rec S5 E10 "Two Parties"

The immortal Fonz takes on the immortal Bard, Gilligan and the gang turn Hamlet into an opera, and Frasier and Niles stage a must-miss production for the ages... This week's trope is Shakespeare in Sitcoms! Here's what we're watching:
Gilligan's Island S3 E4 "The Producer"
Happy Days S2 E10 "A Star is Bored"
Head of the Class S1 E8 "Critical Choices"
Frasier S8 E12 "The Show Must Go Off"

Cheers forms a rivalry that will last for generations, How I Met Your Mother gets slap-happy, and the Community campus engulfs itself in paintball apocalypse... for the first of many times! This week's all about storylines that became beloved every-season traditions! Here's what we're watching:
Cheers S4 E9 "From Beer to Eternity" & S6 E23 "Bar Wars"
Community S1 E23 "Modern Warfare"
How I Met Your Mother S2 E9 "Slap Bet"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1 E6 "Halloween"