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The Sitcom Study

Welcome to the Sitcom Study, where we contemplate the TV shows we grew up with and search for the truth and wisdom amidst the tropes and clichés. Each week we’ll compare and contrast several TV episodes that share a common theme, be it characters plagued by amnesia, pop star guest spots, jump-the-shark moments, or women giving birth in elevators. It happens more than you think...

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All Episodes

117:45

Halloween Parties!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/10/23

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"

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99:14

Horror Movie Parodies!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/10/16

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"

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89:00

Earthquakes!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/10/02

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"

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93:14

Babysitting!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/09/25

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"

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01:29:58

The Many Sitcoms of Julia Louis-Dreyfus [rerun]

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/08/07

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

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01:41:02

Going on a Cruise!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/07/24

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

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01:29:42

Let's Start a Business! [rerun]

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/07/17

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

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01:33:40

Murder Mysteries!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/06/19

The Golden Girls enter the mind of a killer, Zack Morris sees through several dastardly disguises, and the Jeffersons set sail on the bloody seas... This week's trope is Murder Mysteries! Here's what we're watching: The Jeffersons S9 E8-9 "Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner Part 1 & 2" Golden Girls S7 E2 "The Case of the Libertine Belle" Saved by the Bell S6 E10 "Mystery Weekend" The Office S6 E10 "Murder"

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01:32:23

Run-ins with the Mafia! [rerun]

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/06/05

ALF catches a backyard assassin, the bosom buddies land a client with connections, and Howard Hesseman attends a "family" wedding... This week's trope is run-ins with the mafia! Here's what we're watching: Bosom Buddies S2 E12 "The Grandfather" ALF S3 E13 "Hideaway" Head of the Class S4 E25 "Cement High Tops" Everybody Hates Chris S2 E19 "Everybody Hates Gambling" This is a good old fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with a new episode next week!

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01:30:56

Getting a Pet!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/05/29

Beaver and Wally raise a mail-order alligator, Will and Grace vie over puppy parenting styles, and Webster orchestrates a vast web of manipulation to procure the dog of his dreams... this week's trope is Getting a pet! Here's what we're watching: Leave it to Beaver S1 E2 "Captain Jack" What's Happening S1 E10 "Puppy Love" Webster S2 E13 "It's a Dog's Life" Will & Grace S1 E9 "The Truth About Will and Dogs"

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01:26:57

Superpowers!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/05/01

Gilligan and friends feast on radioactive veggies, Zack and Cody wish upon a star to supercharge their suite lives, and Earl Sinclair will make you believe a dinosaur can fly... This week's trope is Superpowers! Here's what we're watching: Gilligan's Island S3 E3 "Pass the Vegetables Please" Bewitched S6 E20 "Super Arthur" Dinosaurs S4 E2 "Earl, Don't Be a Hero" Suite Life of Zack & Cody S3 E4 "Super Twins"

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01:45:06

The Facts of Life Mixtape & Trivia Midterm

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/04/23

It's time to take the good, take the bad, take them both and you know the rest... This week is all about the gals of Eastland and their matronly mentor as we revisit all of our discussions of The Facts of Life! Plus we're tackling trivia and personality quizzes so we can understand where we fit in the Facts of Life ecosystem. It's not a clip show... It's a mixtape!Segments in this episode: Facts of Life S9 E16 "The First Time" from Losing Our Virginity Facts of Life S7 E14 "Tootie Drives" from

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01:30:25

Dream Episodes! [rerun]

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/04/16

Frasier is stumped by his own homoerotic fantasies, Angela ponders the road not taken, and Punky Brewster ages 75 years in one night... This week's trope is Dream episodes! Here's what we're watching: Punky Brewster S1 E17 "My Aged Valentine" Growing Pains S3 E10 "This Is Your Life" Who's the Boss S6 E3 "In Your Dreams" Frasier S4 E3 "The Impossible Dream" This is good old-fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with a new episode next week!

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01:49:34

Alternate Timelines!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/03/26

We're diving into the madness of the multiverse as Scrubs demonstrates the butterfly effect, Malcolm in the Middle and My Two Dads ponder the results of different parenting styles, and Community rolls the cosmic infinity dice... This week's trope is Alternate Timelines! Here's what we're watching: My Two Dads S2 E10 "In her Dreams" Malcolm in the Middle S2 E20 "Bowling" Scrubs S3 E16 "My Butterfly" Community S3 E4 "Remedial Chaos Theory"

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01:44:57

School Radio Stations!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/03/12

Dwayne Wayne woos the campus through the airwaves, Alex P. Keaton DJs his way into a controversial romance, and Corey and Shawn become the bad boys of the FM dial... this week's trope is school radio stations! Here's what we're watching: Welcome Back Kotter S3 E16 "Sweatwork" Family Ties S2 E7 "Sweet Lorraine" A Different World S1 E15 "Dr Cupid" Boy Meets World S2 E17 On the Air"

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01:43:20

Save Our Hangout!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/02/26

Zack and friends take to the airwaves, Charles wades into the muck of schoolboard corruption, and Webster harnesses the power of his own cuteness, all to avoid their favorite businesses becoming parking lots! This week's trope is SAVE OUR HANGOUT! Here's what we're watching: Webster S2 E12 "Katherine Fights City Hall" Charles in Charge S2 E9 "Pizza Parlor Protest" Saved by the Bell S3 E3 "Save the Max" Home Improvement S8 E21 "A Hardware Habit to Break"

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01:32:04

Road Trips!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/01/29

Bart Simpson takes the wheel, Grace heads for Memphis, and Joey takes his ill fated spin-off on the open road... this week's trope is Road Trips! Here's what we're watching: Grace Under Fire S2 E21 "Memphis Bound" The Simpsons S7 E20 "Bart on the Road" Joey S1 E11 "Joey and the Road Trip" Parks & Recreation S3 E14 "Road Trip"

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01:39:39

Going to Jail!

The Sitcom Study ·

2025/01/15

The Golden Girls are mistaken for sex workers, Mary Tyler Moore refuses to name names, and Ellen's antics fail to amuse the penitentiary crowd... This week's trope is Going to Jail! Here's what we're watching... The Mary Tyler Moore Show S5 E1 "Will Mary Hart Go to Jail?" Golden Girls S2 E2 "Ladies of the Evening" Ellen S2 E21 "Three Strikes" Everybody Loves Raymond S7 E21 "The Shower"

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01:54:40

The New Sitcoms of 2024!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/12/11

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

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01:28:42

Threesomes & Orgies!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/12/04

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"

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