Comments on: What Was the Worst Recurring Bit on an Otherwise Good TV Series? https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:17:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Cgi https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-554 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:17:23 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-554 Lilly saying “yooo sunnuvabeetch” on How I Met Your Mother was never, ever funny.

]]> By: John B Trumbull https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-186 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 15:40:28 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-186 “Yeah, that was definitely sunlight. So you’re right, it was sunlight!”

Now you’ve got me wondering if they did a variation on the gag during an episode set in winter where cold air was blowing in that I’m forgetting. I’m not about to rewatch a ton of first season Murphy Brown episodes to confirm, but that certainly seems possible. That clip above was the only thing I found when I did a Google search on “Murphy Brown close the door”, though.

]]> By: Converge241 https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-184 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 15:25:55 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-184 BUT if we didnt have that running gag ww wouldnt have got Kramer in that role haha

]]> By: RJ Putnam https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-182 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 06:16:43 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-182 Any joke that the entire show had to stop for 5 seconds or more because the actors knew that the studio audience was going to hoot and holler. It always looked so awkward for the actors to stand there and have to wait to continue on.

The one that really bugged me was the Larry, Darryl, and Darryl joke on Newhart. It was funny the first couple times, but c’mon. They milked that joke for years.

Lenny and Squiggy’s entrances on Laverne & Shirley runs a close second for me.

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-175 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 04:41:15 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-175 In reply to John B Trumbull.

Yeah, that was definitely sunlight. So you’re right, it was sunlight!

]]> By: John B Trumbull https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-172 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 01:31:35 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-172 Looks like sunlight to me, Brian. 😉

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g32e6gOU9zw

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-106 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:11:08 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-106 In reply to John B Trumbull.

I’m pretty sure the Phil’s joke was that cold air blew in when the door was opened.

]]> By: John B Trumbull https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-99 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:48:02 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-99 Just thought of a another one from Murphy Brown: Everyone in Phil’s bar yelling “CLOSE THE DOOR!” whenever somebody walked in, because the sun shone directly into the bar whenever the door opened. They had the sense to realize the gag wasn’t working and drop it quickly, even though it made no sense that suddenly the sun WASN’T shinning into the bar when they opened the door. Did somebody build a new high rise across the street or something?

]]> By: Steve Chung https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-96 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:37:59 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-96 Eldon STILL painting Murphy Brown’s house.

]]> By: Matt Crider https://popculturereferences.com/what-was-the-worst-recurring-bit-on-an-otherwise-good-tv-series/#comment-12 Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:02:24 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=241#comment-12 Jack Tripper constantly having to flirt with his landlords so they would think he was gay and let him stay in the apartment.

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