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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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01:27:26

Sitcom Thanksgivings! [rerun]

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/11/27

As God is our witness, we thought turkeys could fly... We're watching classic Thanksgiving episodes from the seventies to the aughties! Here's the lineup: WKRP in Cincinnati S1 E7 "Turkeys Away" Seinfeld S6 E8 "The Mom and Pop Store" King of Queens S6 E9 "Thanks, Man" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S9 E10 "the Gang Squashes Their Beefs" This is a good old fashioned RERUN... We'll be back with new episodes soon!

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01:29:19

Bonked on the Head, New Personality! [rerun]

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/11/20

Fred Flintstone gets a touch of class, Maryanne goes full "Single White Female" on Ginger, and Charles becomes Chaz, all thanks to brain trauma! This week's trope is New personalities from bonks to the head! Here's the lineup: The Flintstones S1 E5 "Split personality" The Addams Family S1 E22 "Amnesia in the Addams Family" Gilligan's Island S3 E24 "The Second Ginger Grant" Charles in Charge S4 E14-15 "Charles Splits" This is a good old fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with new episodes soon!

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01:46:25

Shoplifting!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/11/13

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

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01:36:19

Going on a Diet!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/11/06

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

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01:23:20

Best Sitcom Hangouts!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/10/30

From bars and restaurants to attics and garages, we're celebrating all the places where the gangs congregate and the zany schemes are hatched... This episode is all about our favorite sitcom hangout spots!Let us know what we missed at sitcomstudypodcast@gmail.com or instagram.com/sitcomstudypodcast Next week's trope is Going on a Diet!

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01:52:58

Bar Wars, Slap Bets & Other Yearly Traditions!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/09/18

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

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01:59:57

90s Reboots!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/09/11

The Tanners return after three decades, Boy Meets World spawns a new generation, and the Fresh Prince is FINALLY reimagined as a gritty, melancholy drama... This week we're discussing 90s REBOOTS! Here's what we're watching: Girl Meets World S1 E1 "Girl Meets World" Fuller House S1 E1 "Our Very First Show Again" Bel-Air S1 E1 "Dreams and Nightmares"

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01:42:11

Kids Aging Several Years Between Seasons!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/09/04

From the Keatons to the Seavers to the rich tapestry of Modern Family, sitcoms have a habit of blithely skipping over the terrible twos and playing fast and loose with the ages of their youngest cast members... This week's trope is kids who age several years between seasons! Here's what we're watching: Family Ties S5 E1 "Be True to Your Preschool" Growing Pains S6 E13 "The World According to Chrissie" Step by Step S6 E19 "The Facts of Life" Modern Family S3 E13 "Little Bo Bleep"

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01:38:31

Caught Smoking!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/08/21

Beaver packs the perfect pipe, Arnold Drummond hits tobacco road, and Hank Hill employs the age-old parenting technique of making your child smoke the whole carton... This week's trope is Getting Caught Smoking! Here's what we're watching:Leave it to Beaver S2 E9 "The Pipe" Diff'rent Strokes S6 E12 "Where There's Smoke" King of the Hill S1 E10 "Keeping Up With Our Joneses" Abbott Elementary S3 E4 "Smoking"

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01:48:40

The British Sitcom Invasion!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/08/14

Blimey! This week we're skipping across the pond to check out two iconic British sitcoms and the American remakes/imitators they inspired! Here's what we're watching: Man About the House S1 E1 "Three's a Crowd" Three's Company S1 E1 "Man About the House" Absolutely Fabulous S1 E1 "Fashion" Cybill S1 E1 "Virgin, Mother, Crone"

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01:38:49

Going to the Beach!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/07/31

Tony Danza rides the waves, Mister Ed soaks up the sun, and Monica Geller has a fateful run-in with a jellyfish... this week's trope is Going to the Beach! Here's what we're watching: Mister Ed S2 E23 "Ed the Beachcomber" Who's the Boss S2 E6 "Custody Part 1" Married with Children S3 E21 "Life's a Beach" Friends S4 E1 "The One with the Jellyfish"

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02:02:07

The Saved by the Bell Mixtape

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/07/17

We've covered the gang from Bayside four times so far, so we've extracted all of our Saved by the Bell discussions and combined them into one scheming, class-cutting, Belding-defying sensation! From our past episodes, we're listening to:SBTB S2 E5 "House Party" from our Party When the Parents Are Away podcast SBTB S4 E3 "Screech's Spaghetti Sauce" from Let's Start a Business SBTB S2 E9 "Jesse's Song" from Hooked on Pills SBTB College Years S1 E3 "Zack, Lies and Videotape" from Going to

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01:35:45

Pranks & Practical Jokes!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/07/11

Stephanie Tanner gets even, Jan Brady goes full American Psycho, and iCarly drags her brother back into the depths of prank addiction... This weeks trope is Pranks and Practical Jokes! Here's what we're watching: The Brady Bunch S2 E13 "The Impractical Joker" Coach S5 E20 "Dirty Tricks" Full House S7 E14 "Is It True About Stephanie?" iCarly S4 E3 "iGet Pranky"

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01:43:33

Homemade Movies!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/06/26

Doogie Howser portrays a zombie, Ben Seaver adds a touch of eroticism to the killer alligator genre, and the It's Always Sunny gang fail to make an impression on fellow Philadelphian M. Night Shyamalan... This week's trope is Making a Movie! Here's what we're watching:Growing Pains S5 E25 "Ben's Movie" Doogie Howser S2 E8 "Revenge of the Teenage Dead" Community S1 E3 "Introduction to Film" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia S5 E11 "Mac and Charlie Write a Movie"

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01:26:51

Obsessed with Chess!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/06/05

Frasier is driven to madness by his dad's effortless victories, Bernie Mac delivers age-old wisdom in metaphors of knights and bishops, and Felix Unger falls back into the depths of his childhood obsession... This week's trope is CHESS! Here's what we're watching: The Danny Thomas Show S5 E13 "The Chess Game" Frasier S3 E18 "Chess Pains" The Bernie Mac Show S2 E16 "Chess Wars" The Odd Couple S2 E9 "Chess Nuts"

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01:45:05

Going to College w/Doug McCambridge

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/05/29

Alex P. Keaton, Zack Morris and Will Smith all make spectacularly bad first impressions on their professors, and the Hogan Family faces an angry wolverine in a typical freshman prank gone wrong... This week's trope is Going to College and we're joined by college professor and fellow podcaster Doug McCambridge of Good Times Great Movies and Schitts and Giggles! Here's what we're watching:The Hogan Family S4 E1 "Animal House" Family Ties S3 E3 "Little Man on Campus" Saved by the Bell: The College

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01:30:37

Don't Date My Sister!

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/05/01

Joannie Cunningham takes a ride with Fonzie's mini-me, the Bosom Buddies come to blows, and Alex P. Keaton is up all night worried sick, young lady... We're back for YEAR TWO of The Sitcom Study and this week's trope is Don't Date My Sister! Here's what we're watching: Happy Days S2 E8 "Not With My Sister You Don't" Bosom Buddies S2 E17 "Not With My Sister You Pig" Family Ties S1 E2 "Not With My Sister You Don't" Herman's Head S1 E25 "Twisted Sister"

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01:29:19

Conked on the Head, New Personality! [rerun]

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/04/24

Fred Flintstone gets a touch of class, Maryanne goes full "Single White Female" on Ginger, and Charles becomes Chaz, all thanks to brain trauma! This week's trope is New personalities from bonks to the head! Here's the lineup: The Flintstones S1 E5 "Split personality" The Addams Family S1 E22 "Amnesia in the Addams Family" Gilligan's Island S3 E24 "The Second Ginger Grant" Charles in Charge S4 E14-15 "Charles Splits" This a good old fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with new episodes very soon!

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01:07:45

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Mixtape

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/04/10

This week we're chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool and revisiting the three Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes we've covered so far:S4 E5 "It's Better to Have Loved and Lost It" from our Losing Virginity podcast S4 E7 "Hex and the Single Guy" from Halloween Séances S2 E11 "The Butler Did It" from Early 90s Hip Hop Guest Stars It's not a clip show... It's a mixtape! Plus we'll test our knowledge of His Freshness by taking a FPoBA trivia quiz... We'll be back with new episodes in a few weeks!

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02:11:51

Will They / Won't They Romances ACT FIVE: Happily...

The Sitcom Study ·

2024/03/13

Sam and Diane gaze into the future, Jim and Pam finally take the plunge, and Ross pulls an airport love confession for the ages... Our epic Will They / Won't They case study concludes with ACT FIVE: Happily Ever After(?)...Here are SOME of the episodes what we're watching... Cheers S5 E26 "I Do, Adieu" Friends S10 E17 "The Last One" The Office S5 E1-2 "Weight Loss" New Girls S6 E22 "Five Stars for Beezus"

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