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I think of the Roseann episode where David just gets verbally destroyed by his Mom, and the way he doesn't react much showed that he had been abused his whole life.
@@oldpunker885Yes that was a disturbing episode. It shows his mom when Darlene gets snowed in there and she insults Darlene and slaps David and when Roseanne goes to talk to his mom and she abuses David again. That is still a good show.
David Strickland's death - Suddenly Susan His character goes missing and they search for him. You never find out what happened to his character, the phone rings at the end and then they show clips of him. Hit me like a ton of bricks.
I completely understand Will’s feelings. I just asked my adoptive dad why didn’t my biological mother love? What is so bad about me that she couldn’t love me? I will be 50 years old next year and I still struggle with that today. I was adopted at the age of 14 and I have come to realize that my biological mother was not meant to be my mother, but my mother that adopted me was. She raised me with love and patience and I was loved and wanted by her. 😢My mama died three years ago on Father’s Day and I miss her terribly.
What was more shocking was that he asked that of Phillip Banks, a man who(most of the time) acted like he hated Will, and would've paid to get him out of the house.
For me, it was that moment in the M.A.S.H. finale when Hawkeye, brilliantly acted by Alan Alda, broke down in the mental ward, revealing that the Korean woman had not killed a chicken on the bus to keep it quiet, but had in fact strangled or smothered her own baby so the North Koreans wouldn't discover them. And his anger at Dr. Sydney Freedman for forcing him to remember what really happened. It's a horrifying thing to conceive of doing or witnessing, which made it so much more emotional to watch. Not sure if he won an Emmy for that, but he should have if he didn't.
RIP golden girls my mom and I looked up to them they were greatest idols along with the friends and saved by the bell there won't be great shows around to teach anybody anyone a lesson ❤
I will always remember watching that episode of 8 Simple Rules. The oldest daughter (Kaley Cuoco) was so upset because the last thing she ever said to her dad was, "I hate you," which tore her up in the series. I was a kid when I watched the show and to this day, I always make sure the last thing I say to my family members is, 'I love you." The episode had a big impact on me.
For Kaley it was really hard. Those were real tears and emotions. She said that the last thing John said to her was I love you. It's almost like he knew his death was coming. He went to find her in her dressing room and they talked and he told her I just wanted to tell you I love you. He knew his death was coming but he wanted to make sure she knew it and she heard it.
That scene with Will & uncle Phil was the precise moment a lot of us realised Will Smith was capable of a lot more than acting for laughs (which he also did amazingly well) - such a great actor 👏🏽
Actually if it's true, he wasn't actually acting in that scene. Apparently when Will Smith was a kid his dad was absent from his life. And the episode hit so close to home that Will Smith actually lost control right there in that scene. So it's not the character being upset and crying. It was the actor. And another thing that he's obviously capable of doing is getting away with physically assaulting somebody on National television. All because he doesn't know how to maintain his manhood. And remove his testicles from his wife's purse.
I agree. That one episode where he ends up in the hospital after being mugged at the ATM and get Carlton to give him the gun in his hospital room. That was another great piece of drama from the show.
Edith almost getting sexually assaulted at her own party is heartbreaking, and something that nobody expected to happen in a usually light hearted sitcom. The actor who played the creep must have gotten a lot of hassle afterwards, but it just goes to show how convincing his acting was.
Trinaq, The actor was named David Dukes. Brilliant actor. Rob Reiner stated in an interview that he could not come out for a curtain call and had to be escorted out the back of the studio bc the audience had a mob mentality after the episode. Edith and the Bunkers were our family and to see such a threat hit viewers on personal level.
@@mananimal3644Oh yes, thank you for clarifying. David Dukes seems like a decent guy in real life, and it's sad that the studio audience couldn't separate him from his character.
Originally it was intended to be an episode of "One Day at a Time" but they changed the episode because they wanted to see that it could happen to people like Edith.
Finale of Dinosaurs. Granted it was inevitable, but still, Baby's innocent question about "What's gonna happen to us" and the reply "I'm sure we're going to be okay. After all, Dinosaurs have been around for 150 million years. Its not like we're just gonna....disappear."
Even worse is the newscaster's final line: "And looking at the upcoming forecast, continued darkness, snow, and extreme cold. This is Howard Handupme. Good night....goodbye.". I love Dinosaurs but geez, I'd be lying if I didn't say I was sobbing like a baby first time I watched that finale
Fun fact: Jessie was originally supposed to become addicted to methamphetamine but due to it being a show aimed at children, the drug was changed to caffeine pills
the cast makes fun of this when they retell it, but I think the impact by doing something more common was great. we already were hearing so much about harder drugs and not the ones "the good kids" were using.
yeah, I was surprised the video didn't include a shot of the OR where you can see tears in everyone's eyes as they all stop and stare at each other in horror and grief
@@Hoosier_man01 M*A*S*H. excellent series. it has 11 seasons and is the grandfather of many sitcom tropes, Seinfeld being the father. many MANY themes are lifted from both series throughout recent television and can be noted through historical successes like Friends, Frasier, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, 30 Rock, etc. M*A*S*H is an exceptionally powerful, hilarious look into human nature. definitely recommend.
Definite Honorable Mention is Joyce Summers' (Buffy's mom) death on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Hearing Buffy saying "Mommy?" like a scared little girl was rather gut-wrenching.
Um, Buffy is NOT a sitcom. You need to educate yourself on the meaning of sitcom because it's ridiculous that you even think that Buffy fits this definition.
Glee.. The Quarterback Not only did I sob through every cast member singing (and breaking down throughout) their grief… especially Lea Michele singing ‘Make You Feel My Love’, and Naya (now very very sadly) singing ‘If I Die Young’. But on top of all that.. the scene with Finn’s mom just tore my heart out. “But you do wake up. And for just a second, you forget. And then, oh, you remember. And it’s like getting that call again and again, every time. You don’t get to stop waking up. You have to keep on being a parent, even though you don’t get to have a child anymore”
IMO the most shocking is the Episode of MASH when Hawkeye is having flashbacks of being amongst civilians hiding from enemies and a mother couldn't get her newborn baby to stop crying... I still think about that decades later
I noticed a lot of people said the same comment, I was very young and of course I thought the show was very boring but just to hear that happened is so sad and devastating
That episode, along with a few others on this list, has always been one of my go-tos whenever I need to cry (it helps clear the sinuses). I haven’t watched it since his death. I’m almost afraid to, because I know it will just hurt all the more.
His accident was becuase he was taking buprenorphine use which is used to treat addiction to opoids and his prescribed medication of ketamine that was to treat depression. He also has a history of at least 2 known hospitalizations for Heart failure after he got clean. This is due to his repitive and extensive use of drugs and alcohol as it does to many people. Despite social media drama, both levels were within theraputic range. However, combined with his history of heart issues, were not appropriate. Several investigations to the physicians who each prescirbed one are underway since neither seemed to take into consideration of the other medications along with his history. This is way more common than people know, espescially for those who has a history of addiction of drugs/alcohol as their body no longer works effectively any more.
A bit of trivia: Edith Bunker was such a beloved character that the actor who had portrayed that fake detective had to be sneaked out after the taping because the audience was so mad at him they were afraid they would do him bodily hsrm.
Yup...I heard that. I saw an interview with David Dukes, who played that part. He said it hampered his acting for a minute, but he rebounded. He was a good actor gone to soon.
a kid needs to know to rat them out and report them. Predators are capable of stuff that a kid isn't gonna be able to identify from naivety or brain fog that happens when being seduced or suggested to do something they've never heard of as shady behavior. Even if the creep says the "if you tell anyone" u do it any way.
Predators have adapted. They say things like “it’s totally normal for this to happen, so you shouldn’t feel uneasy with it” when it is absolutely something that’s horrendously NOT normal and deserves to be something kids should feel the need to report
Another scene from Fresh Prince is when Carlton and Will get robbed at the ATM. The guy aimed at Carlton but Will got in the way to protect Carlton and got shot instead. Carlton gets a gun and goes to the hospital to see Will and shows it to him. Will gets upset and tells Carlton, "I saved your life! Now give me the gun!". The series finale of Alf. I was young when the show aired but it was so sad that the ship left him but he was apparently to be taken by the military. Of course we can imagine why. Two episodes on Punky Brewster, the episode about the Challenger explosion. That one hit hard too because at my school, we were watching it live as well in our class. Another episode when Cherie accidently gets stuck in the fridge while playing hide and seek. Punky and Margo end up performing CPR on her, because they had just learned it in school, and saves her life.
Or the gun episode on Family Matters, when the gang of thug girls attacked Laura and then threatens her with a gun and she thinks about buying a gun herself and then another girl gets shot
Also on Family Matters when Eddie got harassed by the cops because he was Black, and Carl confronts them at the diner. Mr. Winslow wasn't playing that night, his cop and dad duties kicked in at the same time.
Oh, I forgot about an episode in A Different World when Dwayne and Ron get in a fight with a few white guys who were racist. (one of the guys was played by Dean Cain) Their colleges were playing football and Dwayne and Ron's college won. The guys were harassing them and took a spray paint can and began writing the 'n word' on Ron's new car. They all got put in jail but were released later only to find that someone had finished writing the 'n word' with a hard 'r' on Ron's car.
@@ajanderson2787 yeah, I mentioned that earlier. The other racism episode was when Laura requested a black history class and the other students didn’t like that
Seeing the episode of Family Ties where Alex's friend dies and then later seeing Michael J Fox in Casualties of War made me realize what an incredible actor he was. He could obviously do comedy, but he was excellent at drama as well.
Alex's rant hits home even more when you realize that he was starting to show Parkinson's even during the later years of Family Ties. It didn't become really noticeable (and officially diagnosed) until a couple of years later when he did Doc Hollywood.
I think the finale of Rosanne was far more shocking. Finding out the Dan had actually died the season prior of his heart attack and the final season was all her imagination, writing to cope with grief.
@@Tadoka_Inamo Then the show got cancelled because she did! Who knows what we could've gotten had she not said what she said? The Connors is ending this year and we can only hope we get a much better ending than what Roseanne got.
@@Ziko577 Honestly I would have loved to see what the show could have been had she stayed around, but she really had nobody to blame but herself for the situation.
@@mousetreehouse6833 it's not like he immediately asked for more money he waited they were a successful syndicated show so of course their pay should reflect that, he called the writers out on their bullshit as they wanted to continue playing to Black stereotypes and to focus on JJ the black stereotype completely ignore the other children who had the potential to be positive role models, when most people remember the show now they know Michael was smart and they completely forget Thelma was very intelligent as well,notice they chose to focus on JJ the majority of the time
@@mousetreehouse6833 it's honestly the moment I stopped watching Good times it wasn't the same without James, honestly him getting paid fairly when he was supposed to was the right thing to do but we know old Hollywood doesn't like doing the right thing, pretty much undercutting everybody but Jimmy Walker even though he wasn't the main character Florida and James were the main characters without Florida there is no Good times show, originally they wanted good times to follow a single mother but Florida thought it was important to have a two-parent black household so she got John Amos audition for the role of her husband as they already had good chemistry from their previous work together that good times is a spin-off of
Thank you for the update, MsMojo..!! I remember "Punky Brewster" had an episode called "Accidents Happen" back in 1986. The way she described the final moment of the Challenger Space Shuttle made me feel sad back then.
How about the episode when they were playing hide and seek and Cherie got locked inside an abandoned refrigerator? Even as a child, I couldn’t understand why a refrigerator was left in the backyard.
Yeap. I was in 5th grade. We were all watching it live. It was one of the few events from that period of my life that I remember clearly. I was so excited because we got to watch TV during class. When it happened, my teacher was in so much shock she didn't know how to react - in fact, I think she briefly removed herself from the classroom to regain composure. Shuttle launches had become so successful they were basically routine by then, so no one was expecting it.
*8 simple rules hit me harder cuz I started watching the show and his death was all of the sudden, the acting is top notch for every actor in it, specially the daughters and wife*
Also, they weren't acting. One of the reasons why those episodes hit so hard is because the actors weren't acting. They were really just grieving John's passing for real - in front of the camera.
@@acalia_sariah Those first episodes after John's death were tough for the entire cast. It also reminded me of Mr. Hooper's death on Sesame Street. That was probably worse than John Ritter's death. Those were real tears from the cast of Sesame Street as well. Years later the cast members came out and said that the scene where they told Big Bird about Mr. Hooper's death was done in one take. It was too emotional for them and those scenes were filmed about 9 months after Mr. Hooper's death so emotions were still very raw. Some cast members said being on the set was very difficult for them.
I'm thinking about the episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" called "In Concert". Throughout most of the episode it just seems like a normal sitcom story about the radio station promoting a concert. ONLY in the final moments of the show do we learn that concert goers got crushed in a stampede, and the tone immediately shifts to a somber one, as the WKRP staff discuss the downside of general admission seating that leads to tragedies like this, and discuss how they're going to publicly deal with this tragedy. And we don't learn until the VERY end with an onscreen disclaimer that the whole episode was based on a real life incident at a The Who concert, in Cincinnati, no less.
There was another episode of WKRP where Loni Anderson's character was doing an advice talk show. A caller complained of being bullied by her husband. Loni told her to stand up for herself. When the caller called back, she said her husband had beaten her in retaliation, and Loni broke down. That was such an important episode that showed how easy it is to form opinions and give advice without considering the reality of the situation. Such topics should always be treated as more than just entertainment because they impact real lives. There are no simple answers to these problems.
@@chrissyellem7397 I never watched it as a kid (wasn't interested - and to be fair, it was an adult-themed TV show, so it didn't appeal to me as a kid). But I decided recently to give it a try since it's about a radio station (that's the beauty of DVD box sets!). Now I love it!
Thirtysomething - Gary dying on his way to Nancy's party was devastating. It went from celebrating Nancy being cancer free to Ellyn getting a call that Gary died in a bicycle accident on his way to the party. Among his belongings was the book that Gary was going to give to Nancy. It had the same extreme emotional impact as Henry Blake's death. Celebrating Henry's discharge to the shock of his plane crash, and Radar delivering the news to a silent operating room is still so emotional to watch.
Will Smith’s father returning in his life only to leave him again. I know a lot of viewers who were in a similar position as Will could relate while the casual viewers were heartbroken and in tears.
I dealt with thus same thing, except i wasn't as old as will when he popped back in... needless to say I have no idea what the sperms donor is up to these days🤷🏾♀️
I feel like the episode that gets overlooked the most from this category is the episode from Fresh Prince where Carlton and Will get thrown in jail. The scene with Uncle Phil at the station is moving.
Yeah there were reallt a lot of amazing monets from that show. Obviously the Will and his Dad leaving is the most heart breaking. But the scene you describe is also great. the other one that always got me was when WIll was on drugs and Carlton almost died taking his pills by accident. When hes saying im sorry and hugging the aunt for almost causing Carlton to die, always brought me to tears.
"Did you call their parents? No, because we're their parents. Did they have representation? No, because I'm their representation." That speech is such a brutal takedown of the cops. And then Carlton has that heart-wrenching conversation with Phil after, questioning whether the police were really well-intentioned or not.
Thank you for not only including, but prominently showcasing those great 70s shows. Even just seeing a few seconds where Radar is saying goodbye to Henry caused me to tear up.
One thing that isn't mentioned here that should have been was an episode, I forget in it was in All In The Family or Archie Bunker's Place, in which perennially racist Archie Bunker, goes to the hospital to get a blood transfusion and learns that the donor was a black woman nurse and realizes he has black blood in him now Later, he unknowingly attends a kkk meeting and reveals that he reveals that he won't be a member as he had the blood transfusion from a black woman He was never racist after that I haven't seen that show in about 50 years ago but I still remember the impact that it had on me
I'm glad that Archie Bunker saw the error of his ways after getting that blood transfusion. I wish the KKK leader would've had a change of heart after George Jefferson saved his life.
I remember there beingba swastika painted on Bunker door and Archie covers it with US flag. It's uncovered by a boy scout. Don't remember anyone being blown up. Guess it's a good opportunity to go and rewatch
"One Day at a Time" where Barbara and Mark learn that they aren't going to be able to adopt Jesse. Barbara immediately breaks down and despite Mark trying to comfort her she is deeply hurt because it's a cruel reminder that she is sterile and can't have any of her own children. Norman Lear's shows definitely knew how to punch you in the gut.
@@donnamacauley4080 he was taking prescirbed drugs, 2 drugs that were medically prescirbed to him. Ketamine was a PRESCRIBED drive that he alloted to take for depression, it is used often for treatment of severe depression. He was also taking buprenorphine which was also PRESCRIBED to him to help treat his addiction disease. What did the most damange was his HISTORY of having heart issues and attacks in the past several years after he got sober. no yes he was taking drugs... that were PRESRIBED to him. his Ketamine levels were very low, within treatment range. his buprenorphrine was also found in his system, also within treatment range. he has a Heart Attack, which made both of those a deadly combination in water alone.
His accident was becuase he was taking buprenorphine use which is used to treat addiction to opoids and his prescribed medication of ketamine that was to treat depression. He also has a history of at least 2 known hospitalizations for Heart failure after he got clean. This is due to his repitive and extensive use of drugs and alcohol as it does to many people. It was not intentional as social media would like you to believe. Infact, there are investigations into the medical practices he was using to help treat his depression and the other for his addiction. If anything, they should have been aware of the other medication as with his history of heart issues, should probably not have been combined. by probably i mean obviously
That Fresh Prince scene with his dad was incredible, the writing, acting, it was so real, and especially powerful as a contrast to someone who was always joking and never down.
Sounds silly but one of the main reasons i dont drink and drive is because of that episode of Growing Pains. That stuck in my head as a kid and has never left.
The fact that it happened in the pilot, I think, is the most shocking. Character deaths happen in shows, and it can be sad, but it happens. This happened in the pilot, so it's quite a shock.
The “Full House” episode where Stephanie learns her classmate Charles has a physically abusive father should have been included. The series was mostly cheesy and predictable, but this one dealt with a serious issue which I’m sure shocked most viewers. The dialogue with Steph and Charles and later her and Uncle Jesse were well written and acted.
Or on full House when Papulie passed away member he was teaching Michelle how to do a certain tap dance and then he passed away before he could finish teaching it to her then Uncle Jesse had to finish teaching it to her that was a touching sitcom moments😊
I agree and I'd like to add the episode when Darlene's baby, Harris, nearly died made me cry lol. Also, after Dan had the heart attack and the huge fight he and Roseanne had omg that was brutal.
We were HUGE Newsradio watchers (and SNL). That show after his death was absolutely heart-wrenching. A great man and talent taken down by drugs (via the crazed wife).
@DepezPoopsie it's nowhere near the level of tragedy on whom he's wronged but it's a definitely a tragedy that Andy Dick is leaps and bounds funnier than a lot of other comedians yet he just loves to ruin his own success and is a total bastard.
The episode that really was heartbreaking was the episode where Will got drunk at a frat party and was dropped off at the cemetery. The heartbreaking part was when he had this conversation with a boy named Billy whose big dream was to play shortstop for the Dodgers. But then we learn that Billy's life was cut short because he was killed by a drunk driver! 😢
Not nearly as shocking as him supposedly being Marisa Tomei's ideal type of guy. What a load of crap!!! As if that lovely lady would even give that lump the time of day. 🙄🤣
@@JackiePollard-rp3bq I never liked the show. I know I was probably about the only person in America who didn't like it, but I just didn't find it funny.
The "8 Simple Rules" episode Goodbye is so much better when you watch it without the syndication edits. The addition of audience laughter ruins the episode. It's supposed to be sad and dramatic because it pays tribute to John Ritter.
The Saved by the Bell episode hit hard back when it aired and still does. Jessie’s breakdown gets me every time. I was a freshman in high school when it aired and had friends going through that type of addiction.
Both Edith's assault and death on All in the Family were shocking and memorable episodes. All in the Family was groundbreaking in so many ways. Another episode that shook me was Edith's reaction to the murder of her dear friend Beverly La Salle. My heart broke for Edith that day
Moms was just funny enough to keep me watching from time to time, but Jodi's overdose and death was so well done. I'm glad Jodi actually made it and went on to get knocked up by Sheldon's older brother.
Natalie almost got raped? I remember Jo almost got raped. He was a rich preppy guy that thought because she was from "the wrong side of the tracks" that she would put out. Mrs Garrett loaned her a dress & shoes for the date & she came home dress torn, hair messed up, missing a shoe. 😢
You bet! When Michelle walks in from her club meeting it was like when I walked in and learned my Grandpa had died. I always cry with that scene and Grandpa has been gone more than 50 years. It shows that grief never leaves us as long as we have memories.
It gets me every time. The look of him processing what he has just been told, how unexpected it was, is a horribly familiar feeling for many of us. It wasnt acting, it was genuine, and you can feel that as a viewer. It's a credit to Jason that he chose not to know what Lily's news was before filming. I cant watch that scene without bursting into tears 😢
It's always the end of the episode "Alex's Old Buddy" on Taxi, for me. Just when you think his dog will survive, Alex tells Louie he had to put the dig to sleep. He acts like he's OK, but then reaches into his jacket for his car keys and finds Buddy's leash. He breaks down, sobbing, just as we all do while watching.
Quantum Leap - The episode where Sam is trying to save his brother’s life during a SEAL operation and in saving him, fails to rescue a POW who in the final photo is revealed to be his closest friend Al…That one should definitely have made this list!
Punky Brewster had a few episodes too: drugs in youngs, parental kidnapping, Cherie in the fridge, Fulton meets his mother, Henry’s heart attack, Challenger’s explotion… and the own Punky’s abandonment.
Wow! Never saw that NewsRaido episode, but that looked powerful. Great idea and tribute to a great!! Good Times was show that had a BUNCH of these: Penny's abuse, Jame's Death, JJs Girlfriend's drug addiction, the kid killed in the gang war, and so many more.
Phil Hartman's death was the first celebrity death to hit me hard as a big fan of The Simpsons,NewsRadio and Houseguest. I couldn't hold back my tears during that episode.
The of M.A.S.H. when Hawkeye finally remembers the Korean woman on the bus had suffocated her own baby to save them all from being discovered and killed. I'll NEVER forget the impact of that moment. I was 19 when that episode aired. That show was one of only a few that my parents never seemed to miss as I was growing up. The impact of that episode was so powerful, it was as though I'd seen something I wasn't supposed to see because I wasn't old enough (or grown up enough) to see. I still vividly remember wishing I hadn't seen it. The horror, not only for the mother, but for everyone who owed their lives to her actions was overwhelming. In hindsight, I suppose it was a harsh coming of age moment that I just wasn't ready for.
Wow everyone's death is mentioned but the death of Edith Bunker from the All in the Family spin off Archie Bunker's Place, that sad moment should have been shown in place of Seinfeld's death of Susan where the selfish characters including George, didn't even care; in Edith's death you saw the pain in Archie and Stephanie's faces.
One of the absolutely heartbreaking scenes ever in TV. The way he sees Edith's slipper on the floor, and then finally he's able to really grieve. It's incredibly hard to watch him talk about Edith
"when someone tells you to lie to your parents" or to hide something from your parents... They are not to be trusted. Something we seem to have forgotten in America.
@@Tv10120 I felt it was even moreso because Sheldon's stories about his dad on the BBT were always unflattering, but his portrayal on Young Sheldon showed to be a wonderful father.
Oh yeah when he said he was done with Drake, oddly enough his life gets better without Drake while Drake's life goes completely downhill and finally realizes how much he was taking Josh for granted
You could have put George’s death from Young Sheldon on the list. Edith’s attack is the one I’ve seen that was the most that had the most impact. Also the episode when Gloria lost her baby.
As a child of the 80s I always loved the "very special episodes". Everyone today should watch All In The Family, a very important & ground breaking show.
will’s dad leaving in fresh prince of bel air and uncle Phil hugging him and also Monica and chandler finding out that they can’t have children always makes me cry 😢
Penny on Good Times was played by Janet Jackson.. Some dark irony that she played a character from an abusive home, when irl she was the child of a very abusive parent
In the all in the family episode was more than a Home Invasion. The man was going to rape Edith. I hated this episode because it downplayed a horrific event. It lacked the depth of brutality and evilness of such an event. You cannot sugarcoat or downplay such a vile abomination of everything we hold sacred.
So, I was very drunk when I was told my Dad had died. I just said “Okay”. I got a call the next morning asking me when I could meet for a Family meeting. I said, “Why”? My Mom told me, because your Dad died last night. And I reacted half Howard Wolowitz and Marshall Erickson.
One I would have put in would be the episode of Webster when he finds out that a friend of his played by a young Alison Sweeney is molested by a substitute teacher. When he gets her out of the classroom, the teacher tells Webster he is next. The next day, Webster refuses to go to school. He tells his parents what happened. They have the creep arrested and arrange for a psychologist to speak to his class . I remember seeing this episode as a little kid and not realizing what it was about that it was something really bad. Then watching it again years later, it was done really well and the actors did a great job. Especially with Webster's dad, George. He was in such a rage that he wanted to do bodily harm to the teacher. A natural reaction to a parent of an authority figure who threatened his kid that already hurt another kid
For real...I was expecting either the episode where Stephanie learns that one of her classmates is abused by his dad, or the one where DJ starves herself because she wants to look good in a bathing suit would be there
Now that we know Matthew Perry was already starting to have problems with substance abuse when he made this episode, makes it even more heartbreaking than when it originally aired.
Mauds abortion, Ediths sexual assault, Alex's guilt, Col. Blakes death, are all memorial, but John Ritters passing was heartbreaking and shocking, 🥀 The very worst was Phil Hartman, murdered by his psychotic wife. His years on SNL are classic, some of my favorites. Yeah, John and Phil - to this day - still choke me up. 🌿 Excellent episode, Mojo!
Family Ties had a good episode where young Andy had a friend who was Deaf and Andy was a really good friend even to the point when his friend was bullied as a form of allegiance acted Deaf himself. in the end his friend “said” dont act deaf .. id need your voice . I dont remember the exact wording but even as a kid it hit me hard.
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I think of the Roseann episode where David just gets verbally destroyed by his Mom, and the way he doesn't react much showed that he had been abused his whole life.
@@oldpunker885Yes that was a disturbing episode. It shows his mom when Darlene gets snowed in there and she insults Darlene and slaps David and when Roseanne goes to talk to his mom and she abuses David again. That is still a good show.
Ben from Scrubs and John Ritter from 8 simple rules.🙏
David Strickland's death - Suddenly Susan
His character goes missing and they search for him. You never find out what happened to his character, the phone rings at the end and then they show clips of him. Hit me like a ton of bricks.
The episode where Colonel Henry Blake was killed when he was on his way home.
Will’s “How come he don’t want me man?” still hits so hard.
I completely understand Will’s feelings. I just asked my adoptive dad why didn’t my biological mother love? What is so bad about me that she couldn’t love me? I will be 50 years old next year and I still struggle with that today. I was adopted at the age of 14 and I have come to realize that my biological mother was not meant to be my mother, but my mother that adopted me was. She raised me with love and patience and I was loved and wanted by her. 😢My mama died three years ago on Father’s Day and I miss her terribly.
Best tv scene ever
@@nawtygiso sorry for your loss…😢
@@ChichKravI agree. Just about a week ago, my sis and I were talking about this episode. We were both teens when we saw this.
What was more shocking was that he asked that of Phillip Banks, a man who(most of the time) acted like he hated Will, and would've paid to get him out of the house.
For me, it was that moment in the M.A.S.H. finale when Hawkeye, brilliantly acted by Alan Alda, broke down in the mental ward, revealing that the Korean woman had not killed a chicken on the bus to keep it quiet, but had in fact strangled or smothered her own baby so the North Koreans wouldn't discover them. And his anger at Dr. Sydney Freedman for forcing him to remember what really happened. It's a horrifying thing to conceive of doing or witnessing, which made it so much more emotional to watch. Not sure if he won an Emmy for that, but he should have if he didn't.
I knew it had to be a baby instantly. In a life and death moment anyone would quickly break a chicken's neck to save everyone.
"It wasn't a chicken, it was a baby!" 😭😭😭😭
I found the scene to be utterly hilarious, TBH. Maudlin Alan Alda.
@@joshpatrick8809Really. That is sick
@@TrevorBarnhill-o3z Alan Alda ruined MASH. Everyone knows it.
Up until 2010 The M.A.S.H. final episode was the most watched broadcast in history (officially) just shy of 106 million.
The Golden Girls was such a groundbreaking show on so many levels. RIP to all four incredible ladies.
RIP golden girls my mom and I looked up to them they were greatest idols along with the friends and saved by the bell there won't be great shows around to teach anybody anyone a lesson ❤
That show is timeless. ❤🎉
❤❤❤❤
"Golden Girls" is hands down one of my favorite shows. I have been watching it since I was in elementary school.
They really did hit some hard topics for the 80s, and did so with heart and humor. So many of those "controversial" episodes still hold up today.
I will always remember watching that episode of 8 Simple Rules. The oldest daughter (Kaley Cuoco) was so upset because the last thing she ever said to her dad was, "I hate you," which tore her up in the series. I was a kid when I watched the show and to this day, I always make sure the last thing I say to my family members is, 'I love you." The episode had a big impact on me.
And they always say "Never go to bed mad" (at each other). 🙂
For Kaley it was really hard. Those were real tears and emotions. She said that the last thing John said to her was I love you. It's almost like he knew his death was coming. He went to find her in her dressing room and they talked and he told her I just wanted to tell you I love you. He knew his death was coming but he wanted to make sure she knew it and she heard it.
I remember this! My mom loved that show.
Same
I was just starting my teenage years. Only celebrity death to have such a huge impact on me
That scene with Will & uncle Phil was the precise moment a lot of us realised Will Smith was capable of a lot more than acting for laughs (which he also did amazingly well) - such a great actor 👏🏽
Actually if it's true, he wasn't actually acting in that scene. Apparently when Will Smith was a kid his dad was absent from his life. And the episode hit so close to home that Will Smith actually lost control right there in that scene. So it's not the character being upset and crying. It was the actor.
And another thing that he's obviously capable of doing is getting away with physically assaulting somebody on National television.
All because he doesn't know how to maintain his manhood. And remove his testicles from his wife's purse.
I agree. That one episode where he ends up in the hospital after being mugged at the ATM and get Carlton to give him the gun in his hospital room. That was another great piece of drama from the show.
Yup, i agree, too bad how he ended up, clearly. So sad
No matter how many times I've seen that scene, I've sobbed every time.
I saw the original episode.
Edith almost getting sexually assaulted at her own party is heartbreaking, and something that nobody expected to happen in a usually light hearted sitcom. The actor who played the creep must have gotten a lot of hassle afterwards, but it just goes to show how convincing his acting was.
Trinaq,
The actor was named David Dukes. Brilliant actor. Rob Reiner stated in an interview that he could not come out for a curtain call and had to be escorted out the back of the studio bc the audience had a mob mentality after the episode. Edith and the Bunkers were our family and to see such a threat hit viewers on personal level.
@@mananimal3644Oh yes, thank you for clarifying. David Dukes seems like a decent guy in real life, and it's sad that the studio audience couldn't separate him from his character.
Originally it was intended to be an episode of "One Day at a Time" but they changed the episode because they wanted to see that it could happen to people like Edith.
Light hearted sitcom?!
@@loveit2910yes, back before words heart people it was
Finale of Dinosaurs. Granted it was inevitable, but still, Baby's innocent question about "What's gonna happen to us" and the reply "I'm sure we're going to be okay. After all, Dinosaurs have been around for 150 million years. Its not like we're just gonna....disappear."
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Omg I forgot about that! 😢
omg yes. this one. its absolutely heartbreaking.
great serie
Even worse is the newscaster's final line: "And looking at the upcoming forecast, continued darkness, snow, and extreme cold. This is Howard Handupme. Good night....goodbye.". I love Dinosaurs but geez, I'd be lying if I didn't say I was sobbing like a baby first time I watched that finale
Fun fact: Jessie was originally supposed to become addicted to methamphetamine but due to it being a show aimed at children, the drug was changed to caffeine pills
Which help to bring up the most narm moment on television.
They should have used ADHD meds since they are so widely abused by Everyone! 👏🏼💪🏼😘
That is certainly right
I was watching Saved by the Bell at age 7 and I thought it was drugs she was hooked on so really it didn’t matter
the cast makes fun of this when they retell it, but I think the impact by doing something more common was great. we already were hearing so much about harder drugs and not the ones "the good kids" were using.
Fun fact: Blake's death was kept a secret from most of the staff, so the reactions in the show are genuine. You can even hear a surgery tool drop
yeah, I was surprised the video didn't include a shot of the OR where you can see tears in everyone's eyes as they all stop and stare at each other in horror and grief
Which one are you talking about?
@@Hoosier_man01 M*A*S*H. excellent series. it has 11 seasons and is the grandfather of many sitcom tropes, Seinfeld being the father. many MANY themes are lifted from both series throughout recent television and can be noted through historical successes like Friends, Frasier, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, 30 Rock, etc. M*A*S*H is an exceptionally powerful, hilarious look into human nature. definitely recommend.
@@Hoosier_man01 mash and Blake's death scene
The sound of a scalpel dropping was not scripted. But because it fit the scene, it was kept in.
Edith Bunker's Death was also one of the most heart wrenching shows.
Yes
Yes when Archie finds her slipper and breaks down the tears start flowing
Oh absolutely!!! I feel it was the best and gut wrenching scenes when he looks down and sees her slippers. Ohh. Soo sad!!
Definite Honorable Mention is Joyce Summers' (Buffy's mom) death on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Hearing Buffy saying "Mommy?" like a scared little girl was rather gut-wrenching.
The same thing was done on The Closer with Brenda Lee’s mother. She was just suddenly dead.
That one I remember hit me HARD. and as you said - how she said 'Mommy?" just broke me.
No, that shouldn't be on this list. Everyone is ignoring the title. Buffy isn't a sitcom.
Not a sit-com.
Um, Buffy is NOT a sitcom. You need to educate yourself on the meaning of sitcom because it's ridiculous that you even think that Buffy fits this definition.
For those of us alive when MASH originally aired on CBS, the death of Colonel Blake will always be the most shocking moment in scripted television.
Yes absolutely 💯
There was also the parody on the Cher show where McLean Stevenson was in a raft dressed as Henry saying he was okay.
Yes. I still remember where I was at that exact moment
💯. Even as a kid I thought it was such BS to kill him off. He was already be written off the show by going home, they should've left it at that.
I think the most shocking was the series finale 😞
I'm surprised that James's death on Good Times wasn't one of these. Florida's breakdown was always upsetting to see
IKR...wasn't that like the first time a sitcom character was killed off.
Agreed. It was well acted.
FACTS
I remember that. I was a child but damn.. It got me.
The whole time, I thought that "damn, damn, damn!" scene would be # 1.
Glee.. The Quarterback
Not only did I sob through every cast member singing (and breaking down throughout) their grief… especially Lea Michele singing ‘Make You Feel My Love’, and Naya (now very very sadly) singing ‘If I Die Young’.
But on top of all that.. the scene with Finn’s mom just tore my heart out.
“But you do wake up.
And for just a second, you forget.
And then, oh, you remember.
And it’s like getting that call again and again, every time.
You don’t get to stop waking up.
You have to keep on being a parent, even though you don’t get to have a child anymore”
Completely gut wrenching!
It took so long before the cast could film this. Lea screamed and cried for hours, when she got the news.
I can't watch that episode past "Seasons of Love" (the opening song). Between Carol (Finn's mom) and Naya breaking down. It's just too difficult
Wow! I read that & started crying. The scene with his mom is positively heart breaking. 😢
IMO the most shocking is the Episode of MASH when Hawkeye is having flashbacks of being amongst civilians hiding from enemies and a mother couldn't get her newborn baby to stop crying... I still think about that decades later
The chicken episode. It was gut wrenching. The look in his eyes when Hawkeye discovered it was a baby and not a chicken was haunting.
I think this scene is copied from "The Wall," about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.
@@AnonYmous-ry2jnwow.
I noticed a lot of people said the same comment, I was very young and of course I thought the show was very boring but just to hear that happened is so sad and devastating
That entire episode was bittersweet as hell. Any happy moments were pretty much negated by the end of the episode.
Sandy's death is even harder to watch now, after Matthew Perry's untimely passing.
That episode, along with a few others on this list, has always been one of my go-tos whenever I need to cry (it helps clear the sinuses). I haven’t watched it since his death. I’m almost afraid to, because I know it will just hurt all the more.
Creepily, death has always followed Matthew in several of his tv roles
His accident was becuase he was taking buprenorphine use which is used to treat addiction to opoids and his prescribed medication of ketamine that was to treat depression. He also has a history of at least 2 known hospitalizations for Heart failure after he got clean. This is due to his repitive and extensive use of drugs and alcohol as it does to many people.
Despite social media drama, both levels were within theraputic range. However, combined with his history of heart issues, were not appropriate. Several investigations to the physicians who each prescirbed one are underway since neither seemed to take into consideration of the other medications along with his history.
This is way more common than people know, espescially for those who has a history of addiction of drugs/alcohol as their body no longer works effectively any more.
The Friends reunion episode should be titled the one where he died...lol
What's wrong with you @@sithhunter126
A bit of trivia: Edith Bunker was such a beloved character that the actor who had portrayed that fake detective had to be sneaked out after the taping because the audience was so mad at him they were afraid they would do him bodily hsrm.
Yup...I heard that. I saw an interview with David Dukes, who played that part. He said it hampered his acting for a minute, but he rebounded. He was a good actor gone to soon.
That’s messed up
Louder for the people in the back row: "When someone tells you to keep secrets from your parents, that is not a person to be trusted."
a kid needs to know to rat them out and report them.
Predators are capable of stuff that a kid isn't gonna be able to identify from naivety or brain fog that happens when being seduced or suggested to do something they've never heard of as shady behavior. Even if the creep says the "if you tell anyone" u do it any way.
Predators have adapted. They say things like “it’s totally normal for this to happen, so you shouldn’t feel uneasy with it” when it is absolutely something that’s horrendously NOT normal and deserves to be something kids should feel the need to report
Another scene from Fresh Prince is when Carlton and Will get robbed at the ATM. The guy aimed at Carlton but Will got in the way to protect Carlton and got shot instead. Carlton gets a gun and goes to the hospital to see Will and shows it to him. Will gets upset and tells Carlton, "I saved your life! Now give me the gun!".
The series finale of Alf. I was young when the show aired but it was so sad that the ship left him but he was apparently to be taken by the military. Of course we can imagine why.
Two episodes on Punky Brewster, the episode about the Challenger explosion. That one hit hard too because at my school, we were watching it live as well in our class. Another episode when Cherie accidently gets stuck in the fridge while playing hide and seek. Punky and Margo end up performing CPR on her, because they had just learned it in school, and saves her life.
Or the gun episode on Family Matters, when the gang of thug girls attacked Laura and then threatens her with a gun and she thinks about buying a gun herself and then another girl gets shot
Also on Family Matters when Eddie got harassed by the cops because he was Black, and Carl confronts them at the diner. Mr. Winslow wasn't playing that night, his cop and dad duties kicked in at the same time.
Oh, I forgot about an episode in A Different World when Dwayne and Ron get in a fight with a few white guys who were racist. (one of the guys was played by Dean Cain) Their colleges were playing football and Dwayne and Ron's college won. The guys were harassing them and took a spray paint can and began writing the 'n word' on Ron's new car. They all got put in jail but were released later only to find that someone had finished writing the 'n word' with a hard 'r' on Ron's car.
@@ajanderson2787 yeah, I mentioned that earlier. The other racism episode was when Laura requested a black history class and the other students didn’t like that
Carlton being denied admittance to a fraternity because he wasn't black enough.
Seeing the episode of Family Ties where Alex's friend dies and then later seeing Michael J Fox in Casualties of War made me realize what an incredible actor he was. He could obviously do comedy, but he was excellent at drama as well.
Alex's rant hits home even more when you realize that he was starting to show Parkinson's even during the later years of Family Ties. It didn't become really noticeable (and officially diagnosed) until a couple of years later when he did Doc Hollywood.
Casualties of War was ..shocking.. Yes, an excellent actor!
I think the finale of Rosanne was far more shocking. Finding out the Dan had actually died the season prior of his heart attack and the final season was all her imagination, writing to cope with grief.
Dude, the amount of scrolling I had to do to finally find someone mentioning Roseanne’s finale is a shame
Then they retconned it by having the season 9 finale revelations as the made-up up stuff in Roseanne's book.
@@Tadoka_Inamo Then the show got cancelled because she did! Who knows what we could've gotten had she not said what she said? The Connors is ending this year and we can only hope we get a much better ending than what Roseanne got.
@@Ziko577 Honestly I would have loved to see what the show could have been had she stayed around, but she really had nobody to blame but herself for the situation.
Topanga's professor is Fred Savage, Ben Savage's older brother.
Yes. In knew it. I used to watch the older series. I was born 1956.
Which makes it more disturbing being that Fred got fired from the Wonder Years reboot because of sexual harrassment.
I always used to wonder why i got them mixed up all the time
Who is Ben Savage?
@@AnonYmous-ry2jnhe played in Boy Meets World
So nobody is going to mention James Evans' death on Good Times? You could feel the air leave the room when Florida read that telegram.
Yep that was a sad moment in television history 😢😢😢😢 still chokes me up every time I watch it
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To this day, I wish they had just given John Amos the money and kept him on the show!!
@@mousetreehouse6833 it's not like he immediately asked for more money he waited they were a successful syndicated show so of course their pay should reflect that, he called the writers out on their bullshit as they wanted to continue playing to Black stereotypes and to focus on JJ the black stereotype completely ignore the other children who had the potential to be positive role models, when most people remember the show now they know Michael was smart and they completely forget Thelma was very intelligent as well,notice they chose to focus on JJ the majority of the time
@@mousetreehouse6833 it's honestly the moment I stopped watching Good times it wasn't the same without James, honestly him getting paid fairly when he was supposed to was the right thing to do but we know old Hollywood doesn't like doing the right thing, pretty much undercutting everybody but Jimmy Walker even though he wasn't the main character Florida and James were the main characters without Florida there is no Good times show, originally they wanted good times to follow a single mother but Florida thought it was important to have a two-parent black household so she got John Amos audition for the role of her husband as they already had good chemistry from their previous work together that good times is a spin-off of
Thank you for the update, MsMojo..!! I remember "Punky Brewster" had an episode called "Accidents Happen" back in 1986. The way she described the final moment of the Challenger Space Shuttle made me feel sad back then.
That was a good one
How about the episode when they were playing hide and seek and Cherie got locked inside an abandoned refrigerator? Even as a child, I couldn’t understand why a refrigerator was left in the backyard.
Man I still can't think about The Challenger to this day without wanting to cry.
Yeap. I was in 5th grade. We were all watching it live. It was one of the few events from that period of my life that I remember clearly. I was so excited because we got to watch TV during class. When it happened, my teacher was in so much shock she didn't know how to react - in fact, I think she briefly removed herself from the classroom to regain composure. Shuttle launches had become so successful they were basically routine by then, so no one was expecting it.
Nice! I forgot about this. I think i was 8 years old. Very sad.
*8 simple rules hit me harder cuz I started watching the show and his death was all of the sudden, the acting is top notch for every actor in it, specially the daughters and wife*
I had to stop watching the show after that. I couldn't make it past the episodes surrounding John's death because it was so painful to watch.
Also, they weren't acting. One of the reasons why those episodes hit so hard is because the actors weren't acting. They were really just grieving John's passing for real - in front of the camera.
@@acalia_sariah *I couldn't, but it was a shame the show couldn't survive, I feel it could've been a great show for a lot of seasons*
Katey Sagal is a national treasure.
@@acalia_sariah Those first episodes after John's death were tough for the entire cast. It also reminded me of Mr. Hooper's death on Sesame Street.
That was probably worse than John Ritter's death. Those were real tears from the cast of Sesame Street as well. Years later the cast members came out and said that the scene where they told Big Bird about Mr. Hooper's death was done in one take. It was too emotional for them and those scenes were filmed about 9 months after Mr. Hooper's death so emotions were still very raw.
Some cast members said being on the set was very difficult for them.
I'm thinking about the episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati" called "In Concert". Throughout most of the episode it just seems like a normal sitcom story about the radio station promoting a concert. ONLY in the final moments of the show do we learn that concert goers got crushed in a stampede, and the tone immediately shifts to a somber one, as the WKRP staff discuss the downside of general admission seating that leads to tragedies like this, and discuss how they're going to publicly deal with this tragedy. And we don't learn until the VERY end with an onscreen disclaimer that the whole episode was based on a real life incident at a The Who concert, in Cincinnati, no less.
I remember that episode! I later became security at concerts - and saw the changes that were made since then.
That was just a stunner of an episode
There was another episode of WKRP where Loni Anderson's character was doing an advice talk show. A caller complained of being bullied by her husband. Loni told her to stand up for herself. When the caller called back, she said her husband had beaten her in retaliation, and Loni broke down. That was such an important episode that showed how easy it is to form opinions and give advice without considering the reality of the situation. Such topics should always be treated as more than just entertainment because they impact real lives. There are no simple answers to these problems.
Amazing how us little kids watched that show but never got it lol
@@chrissyellem7397 I never watched it as a kid (wasn't interested - and to be fair, it was an adult-themed TV show, so it didn't appeal to me as a kid). But I decided recently to give it a try since it's about a radio station (that's the beauty of DVD box sets!). Now I love it!
Riverfront Stadium was the venue
Thirtysomething - Gary dying on his way to Nancy's party was devastating. It went from celebrating Nancy being cancer free to Ellyn getting a call that Gary died in a bicycle accident on his way to the party. Among his belongings was the book that Gary was going to give to Nancy. It had the same extreme emotional impact as Henry Blake's death. Celebrating Henry's discharge to the shock of his plane crash, and Radar delivering the news to a silent operating room is still so emotional to watch.
I just wrote about ThirtySomething, too and the death of Gary. Still gut wrenching just to think about it even after all these years.
Not a sitcom.
Will Smith’s father returning in his life only to leave him again. I know a lot of viewers who were in a similar position as Will could relate while the casual viewers were heartbroken and in tears.
I dealt with thus same thing, except i wasn't as old as will when he popped back in... needless to say I have no idea what the sperms donor is up to these days🤷🏾♀️
My brother and I watched it one time, he ended up sobbing and it broke me. I had always known our father was a pos but he idolized the man.
I feel like the episode that gets overlooked the most from this category is the episode from Fresh Prince where Carlton and Will get thrown in jail. The scene with Uncle Phil at the station is moving.
I was thinking the same thing. I never really understood it until I got older.
Yeah there were reallt a lot of amazing monets from that show. Obviously the Will and his Dad leaving is the most heart breaking. But the scene you describe is also great. the other one that always got me was when WIll was on drugs and Carlton almost died taking his pills by accident. When hes saying im sorry and hugging the aunt for almost causing Carlton to die, always brought me to tears.
I almost forgot about that one
"Did you call their parents? No, because we're their parents. Did they have representation? No, because I'm their representation." That speech is such a brutal takedown of the cops. And then Carlton has that heart-wrenching conversation with Phil after, questioning whether the police were really well-intentioned or not.
Thank you for not only including, but prominently showcasing those great 70s shows. Even just seeing a few seconds where Radar is saying goodbye to Henry caused me to tear up.
For me, the chicken episode of MASH and Colonel Blake dying were equally traumatizing.
YES the chicken episode hit you like a gut punch, but you not wrong, the Blake episode hurt as well!
Even now, both episodes still bring me to tears
Uff! I still can't watch the chicken episode.
The chicken episode was traumatizing.
Yeah man that was just to much
One thing that isn't mentioned here that should have been was an episode, I forget in it was in All In The Family or Archie Bunker's Place, in which perennially racist Archie Bunker, goes to the hospital to get a blood transfusion and learns that the donor was a black woman nurse and realizes he has black blood in him now
Later, he unknowingly attends a kkk meeting and reveals that he reveals that he won't be a member as he had the blood transfusion from a black woman
He was never racist after that
I haven't seen that show in about 50 years ago but I still remember the impact that it had on me
I'm glad that Archie Bunker saw the error of his ways after getting that blood transfusion. I wish the KKK leader would've had a change of heart after George Jefferson saved his life.
It was in All in the Family.
How about the episode when someone mistaken archie's house for a Jewish household and they blew up Paul at the end?
@@mamacindyrogofsky495 I don't remember that episode, but it has been decades since I've watched it
I remember there beingba swastika painted on Bunker door and Archie covers it with US flag. It's uncovered by a boy scout. Don't remember anyone being blown up. Guess it's a good opportunity to go and rewatch
"One Day at a Time" where Barbara and Mark learn that they aren't going to be able to adopt Jesse. Barbara immediately breaks down and despite Mark trying to comfort her she is deeply hurt because it's a cruel reminder that she is sterile and can't have any of her own children. Norman Lear's shows definitely knew how to punch you in the gut.
I never got that show. I guess since I had a great childhood with 2 parents and we lived in a house with no problems I couldn't relate.
@chrissyellem7397 lucky you
At that time no one knew how close to home Matthew Perry’s role on Growing Pains would actually be
Why couldn’t he learn
@@StaceyChamberlain-kf1qx He did learn. He overcame it.
@@Kikiricki11he didn’t though
He was still taking drugs up until his death
@@donnamacauley4080 he was taking prescirbed drugs, 2 drugs that were medically prescirbed to him. Ketamine was a PRESCRIBED drive that he alloted to take for depression, it is used often for treatment of severe depression. He was also taking buprenorphine which was also PRESCRIBED to him to help treat his addiction disease. What did the most damange was his HISTORY of having heart issues and attacks in the past several years after he got sober.
no yes he was taking drugs... that were PRESRIBED to him. his Ketamine levels were very low, within treatment range. his buprenorphrine was also found in his system, also within treatment range. he has a Heart Attack, which made both of those a deadly combination in water alone.
His accident was becuase he was taking buprenorphine use which is used to treat addiction to opoids and his prescribed medication of ketamine that was to treat depression. He also has a history of at least 2 known hospitalizations for Heart failure after he got clean. This is due to his repitive and extensive use of drugs and alcohol as it does to many people.
It was not intentional as social media would like you to believe.
Infact, there are investigations into the medical practices he was using to help treat his depression and the other for his addiction. If anything, they should have been aware of the other medication as with his history of heart issues, should probably not have been combined. by probably i mean obviously
Michael J. Fox's performance was so powerful and intense, it still get my eyes watered..
That Fresh Prince scene with his dad was incredible, the writing, acting, it was so real, and especially powerful as a contrast to someone who was always joking and never down.
Yeah! The victim blaming himself because his biological father rejected him. I shed some tears!!
Great video! Thank you for continuing to include content that older generations remember & value.
Sounds silly but one of the main reasons i dont drink and drive is because of that episode of Growing Pains. That stuck in my head as a kid and has never left.
It's not silly. I think it's one reason we have more problems today. We don't have shows like we did back then
Not silly
I feel like some of these shows need to come back and syndication more so that the next generation can see these episodes and maybe learn some thing.
Not silly at all. That means that episode accomplished it's purpose❤.
I never really watched the Jeffersons but wow 😳
I still say the Wonder Years pilot should be included on lists like this. Brian Cooper dying in combat in Vietnam came out of left field.
That's more of a drama than a sit-com though
The fact that it happened in the pilot, I think, is the most shocking. Character deaths happen in shows, and it can be sad, but it happens. This happened in the pilot, so it's quite a shock.
@@acalia_sariahit affected Winnie for the rest of her life, including her relationship with Kevin.
I remember thinking - those eyes, that young woman is brilliant.
I just started watching The Wonder Years, and I didn't expect that, especially in the first ep.
Will Smith has never been better than he was in that episode of "Fresh Prince..."
Agreed! It influenced to be a loving, involved father with my own son.
Seven Pounds? The Pursuit of Happyness? The guy is (was?) a gifted actor.
@@asmith8947 True that!
2:28- this is why you're supposed to use a sponge when you seal a huge amount of envelopes!
The “Full House” episode where Stephanie learns her classmate Charles has a physically abusive father should have been included. The series was mostly cheesy and predictable, but
this one dealt with a serious issue which I’m sure shocked most viewers. The dialogue with Steph and Charles and later her and Uncle Jesse were well written and acted.
It's at the very end of the video
Hey now, don’t be dissing Full House! That was my show as a kid lol
Or on full House when Papulie passed away member he was teaching Michelle how to do a certain tap dance and then he passed away before he could finish teaching it to her then Uncle Jesse had to finish teaching it to her that was a touching sitcom moments😊
@@keyanasteen3409 no, it was Michelle who he was teaching to dance… not Stephanie.
And they called him “papulie,” not pop pop.
@@nsasupporter7557 thank you! I know it was a very touching episode.
I was ten years old when Edith's assault was aired. It has stayed with me all this time. It still makes me feel very sick to my stomach.
I don't blame you. That episode was very uncomfortable to watch. Sexual assault is no laughing matter. 😖😖😖😖
Wow so young didn't anyone watch the show with you? My parents watched shows with us most of the time.
@@chrissyellem7397 my dad wasn't around, my mom worked nights, my older siblings "watched me"
Darlene walking in on Jackie was BRUTAL to me. It was like 3 seconds, but the look on her face was so telling.
Then Jackie’s breakdown… 😢
I agree and I'd like to add the episode when Darlene's baby, Harris, nearly died made me cry lol. Also, after Dan had the heart attack and the huge fight he and Roseanne had omg that was brutal.
I think john Goodman And Barr wasn't getting along so that maybe why he was written out for a bit. But I'm not sure. @@ashleyburns8072
We were HUGE Newsradio watchers (and SNL). That show after his death was absolutely heart-wrenching. A great man and talent taken down by drugs (via the crazed wife).
I remember that happening and idk that I’m over it yet. Hartman was so talented.
And it was Andy Dicks fault for getting Phils ex wife back on drugs.
@DepezPoopsie it's nowhere near the level of tragedy on whom he's wronged but it's a definitely a tragedy that Andy Dick is leaps and bounds funnier than a lot of other comedians yet he just loves to ruin his own success and is a total bastard.
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Phil's wife had a lot of mental health issues.
The episode that really was heartbreaking was the episode where Will got drunk at a frat party and was dropped off at the cemetery. The heartbreaking part was when he had this conversation with a boy named Billy whose big dream was to play shortstop for the Dodgers. But then we learn that Billy's life was cut short because he was killed by a drunk driver! 😢
"The fact that George Costanza was getting married at all is probably shocking enough to make this list."
Not nearly as shocking as him supposedly being Marisa Tomei's ideal type of guy. What a load of crap!!! As if that lovely lady would even give that lump the time of day. 🙄🤣
I hated the gang for their terrible reaction to her death. They deserved going to jail in the finale. 😅
😂😂 Yes. That's y the finale was gold because they all deserved to go to jail.
@@JackiePollard-rp3bq I never liked the show. I know I was probably about the only person in America who didn't like it, but I just didn't find it funny.
@@clarky23You weren't the only person in America who didn't like Seinfeld. I'm the second one.
Edith's birthday and her death later on are 2 episodes that hit the heart hard
Especially when Edith died. To see Archie break down.... it is heartbreaking......
The "8 Simple Rules" episode Goodbye is so much better when you watch it without the syndication edits. The addition of audience laughter ruins the episode. It's supposed to be sad and dramatic because it pays tribute to John Ritter.
The Saved by the Bell episode hit hard back when it aired and still does. Jessie’s breakdown gets me every time. I was a freshman in high school when it aired and had friends going through that type of addiction.
Both Edith's assault and death on All in the Family were shocking and memorable episodes. All in the Family was groundbreaking in so many ways. Another episode that shook me was Edith's reaction to the murder of her dear friend Beverly La Salle. My heart broke for Edith that day
Chett Hunter's death in Boy Meets World was a pretty hard one to absorb for me.
Yeah, that one was one of the saddest moments of the show
Moms was just funny enough to keep me watching from time to time, but Jodi's overdose and death was so well done. I'm glad Jodi actually made it and went on to get knocked up by Sheldon's older brother.
And now getting her own show! Well, with Montana…
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Facts of Life should have at least had an honorable mention on this list with the attempted rape of Natalie.
Natalie almost got raped? I remember Jo almost got raped. He was a rich preppy guy that thought because she was from "the wrong side of the tracks" that she would put out. Mrs Garrett loaned her a dress & shoes for the date & she came home dress torn, hair messed up, missing a shoe. 😢
Or the girl who committed suici**de
On Happy Days, when Fonzie saved Joanie. The Fonz was gonna stomp him into the ground.
Or the one where the new girl killed herself that one was so sad
@@btshea9537 Oh man. I totally forgot about that episode. But you’re right. It is definitely a stronger contender for this list.
The Boy Meets World one is even more shocking when you realize that the actor who played Cory had his real brother play the part of the professor. 😮
All the more shocking when we realize what went on behind the scenes on those sets.
I thought I recognized Fred Savage!
I never knew they were brothers. That's crazy.
Scrubs also covered John Ritter's death. But "My Lunch" had to be one of the most emotional episodes of the series.
New Girl also covered it as John Ritter was a dad on that show, too.
To this day Papouli's death in Full House breaks my heart.
You bet! When Michelle walks in from her club meeting it was like when I walked in and learned my Grandpa had died. I always cry with that scene and Grandpa has been gone more than 50 years. It shows that grief never leaves us as long as we have memories.
Marshall's father death is one of the saddest sitcom moments ever
yeah, she cut out when he said "....my dad's dead?"
It gets me every time. The look of him processing what he has just been told, how unexpected it was, is a horribly familiar feeling for many of us. It wasnt acting, it was genuine, and you can feel that as a viewer. It's a credit to Jason that he chose not to know what Lily's news was before filming. I cant watch that scene without bursting into tears 😢
It's always the end of the episode "Alex's Old Buddy" on Taxi, for me. Just when you think his dog will survive, Alex tells Louie he had to put the dig to sleep. He acts like he's OK, but then reaches into his jacket for his car keys and finds Buddy's leash. He breaks down, sobbing, just as we all do while watching.
I saw that MASH episode the first time it aired. It was really shocking. Even now, when I know what happened, it still makes me cry.
Quantum Leap - The episode where Sam is trying to save his brother’s life during a SEAL operation and in saving him, fails to rescue a POW who in the final photo is revealed to be his closest friend Al…That one should definitely have made this list!
Punky Brewster had a few episodes too: drugs in youngs, parental kidnapping, Cherie in the fridge, Fulton meets his mother, Henry’s heart attack, Challenger’s explotion… and the own Punky’s abandonment.
how about the last episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where he wouldn’t wake up after surgery?
That's a good one. They all thought Ray passed.
Wow! Never saw that NewsRaido episode, but that looked powerful. Great idea and tribute to a great!! Good Times was show that had a BUNCH of these: Penny's abuse, Jame's Death, JJs Girlfriend's drug addiction, the kid killed in the gang war, and so many more.
I’ve been binging your videos all week! As soon as I complete my fast I’m making this! MY GOD!
Oh my gosh, I'm getting emotional over some of these scenes. Where are the tissues!
That episode of Scrubs, plus seeing the emotional aftermath for Perry and Jordan, still hits hard every time I do a rewatch.
The episode about the HIV positive classmate of Wesley on Mr. Belvedere always got me.
Oh yeah
That too!
Phil Hartman's death was the first celebrity death to hit me hard as a big fan of The Simpsons,NewsRadio and Houseguest. I couldn't hold back my tears during that episode.
The of M.A.S.H. when Hawkeye finally remembers the Korean woman on the bus had suffocated her own baby to save them all from being discovered and killed. I'll NEVER forget the impact of that moment. I was 19 when that episode aired. That show was one of only a few that my parents never seemed to miss as I was growing up. The impact of that episode was so powerful, it was as though I'd seen something I wasn't supposed to see because I wasn't old enough (or grown up enough) to see. I still vividly remember wishing I hadn't seen it. The horror, not only for the mother, but for everyone who owed their lives to her actions was overwhelming. In hindsight, I suppose it was a harsh coming of age moment that I just wasn't ready for.
I’m surprised you didn’t mention that Penny from Good Times was played by Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson’s sister.
That's fine, since literally everyone knows that.
@@geoffoldread7684 “literally”? “Literally everyone”?
LOVE these Mojo videos where they talk through tho whole thing!
Wow everyone's death is mentioned but the death of Edith Bunker from the All in the Family spin off Archie Bunker's Place, that sad moment should have been shown in place of Seinfeld's death of Susan where the selfish characters including George, didn't even care; in Edith's death you saw the pain in Archie and Stephanie's faces.
That scene when he finds her slipper…😢
To this day it still causes me to ugly cry. 😭😭😭
One of the absolutely heartbreaking scenes ever in TV.
The way he sees Edith's slipper on the floor, and then finally he's able to really grieve.
It's incredibly hard to watch him talk about Edith
Missed when Archie finds Edith's Slipper after she had suddenly died.
"when someone tells you to lie to your parents" or to hide something from your parents...
They are not to be trusted.
Something we seem to have forgotten in America.
that 8 simple rules episode was brutal. i was like 8 or 9 but i remember seeing my mom wanna cry and my dad just got up and walked out.
In young Sheldon, when Sheldon lost his dad. And did not say anything at his funeral.
We knew that was coming though
@@tessajones9393true we knew George was gonna die but it was still heartbreaking
@@Tv10120 I felt it was even moreso because Sheldon's stories about his dad on the BBT were always unflattering, but his portrayal on Young Sheldon showed to be a wonderful father.
@@jabello yes and a good husband. Nothing at all the way Sheldon and Mary talked about him on tbbt
Drake confessing his mistakes to Josh after he made him late for his exam.
I remember that episode
Oh yeah when he said he was done with Drake, oddly enough his life gets better without Drake while Drake's life goes completely downhill and finally realizes how much he was taking Josh for granted
You could have put George’s death from Young Sheldon on the list. Edith’s attack is the one I’ve seen that was the most that had the most impact. Also the episode when Gloria lost her baby.
We knew George was going to pass, though.
What about when Howard's mother died on tbbt? She died for real so no one saw that coming
As a child of the 80s I always loved the "very special episodes". Everyone today should watch All In The Family, a very important & ground breaking show.
will’s dad leaving in fresh prince of bel air and uncle Phil hugging him and also Monica and chandler finding out that they can’t have children always makes me cry 😢
This list is AMAZING! I was hoping so much that you would have the Different Strokes episode and you did! That was such a scary episode growing up!
Penny on Good Times was played by Janet Jackson.. Some dark irony that she played a character from an abusive home, when irl she was the child of a very abusive parent
Damn you’re right
In the all in the family episode was more than a Home Invasion. The man was going to rape Edith. I hated this episode because it downplayed a horrific event. It lacked the depth of brutality and evilness of such an event. You cannot sugarcoat or downplay such a vile abomination of everything we hold sacred.
I figured that was the real intent. Granted, at that time, showing that would have been censored like crazy so they choose to self-censor.
So, I was very drunk when I was told my Dad had died. I just said “Okay”. I got a call the next morning asking me when I could meet for a Family meeting. I said, “Why”? My Mom told me, because your Dad died last night. And I reacted half Howard Wolowitz and Marshall Erickson.
I hope you got some help for your drinking issues
surprised they didn't include Randy's cancer from Home Improvement, although it ended on a positive note it was gut wrenching to watch.
Yes...that is a shocking ep.
Or Jill’s oompharectomy
One I would have put in would be the episode of Webster when he finds out that a friend of his played by a young Alison Sweeney is molested by a substitute teacher. When he gets her out of the classroom, the teacher tells Webster he is next. The next day, Webster refuses to go to school. He tells his parents what happened. They have the creep arrested and arrange for a psychologist to speak to his class .
I remember seeing this episode as a little kid and not realizing what it was about that it was something really bad. Then watching it again years later, it was done really well and the actors did a great job. Especially with Webster's dad, George. He was in such a rage that he wanted to do bodily harm to the teacher. A natural reaction to a parent of an authority figure who threatened his kid that already hurt another kid
The “I’m not ready for this” from Marshall hits so hard man. I had that same feeling when my mom passed.
Imagine taking your brother to court for sexual harassment.
And how it eerily reflected real life?
How is Full House not on the list? That show had a lot of serious topics. I'm surprised you did put it on here
For real...I was expecting either the episode where Stephanie learns that one of her classmates is abused by his dad, or the one where DJ starves herself because she wants to look good in a bathing suit would be there
All in the Family could have filled this list itself. Greatest sitcom ever.
There was also a Silver Spoons episode where Ricky finds out that his friend Toby is being abused by his father.
Now that we know Matthew Perry was already starting to have problems with substance abuse when he made this episode, makes it even more heartbreaking than when it originally aired.
If you read his book he had problems since he was a kid.
That episode of " family ties " is the perfect representation of what " Survivors guilt" looks like ❤❤❤
Penny getting burnt by that iron on "Good Times" will always get me
Mauds abortion, Ediths sexual assault, Alex's guilt, Col. Blakes death, are all memorial, but
John Ritters passing was heartbreaking and shocking,
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The very worst was Phil Hartman, murdered by his psychotic wife.
His years on SNL are classic, some of my favorites.
Yeah, John and Phil - to this day - still choke me up.
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Excellent episode, Mojo!
What about Punky Brewster and the Challenger explosion? That aired about a month and a half after the disaster
Family Ties had a good episode where young Andy had a friend who was Deaf and Andy was a really good friend even to the point when his friend was bullied as a form of allegiance acted Deaf himself. in the end his friend “said” dont act deaf .. id need your voice . I dont remember the exact wording but even as a kid it hit me hard.
That show was so good! I still enjoy the show now.
Various CBS stations in the South did not air the "Maude's Pregnancy" episode.