Top 30 Most Shocking Sitcom Moments

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Tonight, on a very special episode of MsMojo... we’re counting down our picks for the sitcom moments that left our jaws on the floor. For this list, we’re not including animated shows. Our countdown includes "Ellen," "The Jeffersons," "Boy Meets World," and more! Which sitcom shocker will YOU never forget? Let us know in the comments!
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@MsMojo 20 күн бұрын

Which sitcom shocker will YOU never forget? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 10 Most Shocking Sitcom Moments of the Century So Far - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7ijeLyrtMqcj4U.html

@oldpunker885 20 күн бұрын

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.

@sherryelle225 20 күн бұрын

@@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.

@williamsummerson1204 20 күн бұрын

Ben from Scrubs and John Ritter from 8 simple rules.🙏

@Albatross-365 20 күн бұрын

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.

@melissacooper8724 19 күн бұрын

The episode where Colonel Henry Blake was killed when he was on his way home.

@kendra.1 20 күн бұрын

Will’s “How come he don’t want me man?” still hits so hard.

@nawtygi 16 күн бұрын

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.

@ChichKrav 16 күн бұрын

Best tv scene ever

@lucycarola 16 күн бұрын

@@nawtygiso sorry for your loss…😢

@lucycarola 16 күн бұрын

@@ChichKravI agree. Just about a week ago, my sis and I were talking about this episode. We were both teens when we saw this.

@DrJekyll38 15 күн бұрын

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.

@danharris5999 16 күн бұрын

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.

@barbidahoinsummer6769 15 күн бұрын

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.

@joshpatrick8809 15 күн бұрын

"It wasn't a chicken, it was a baby!" 😭😭😭😭 I found the scene to be utterly hilarious, TBH. Maudlin Alan Alda.

@user-tp1ps5pe6f 15 күн бұрын

@@joshpatrick8809Really. That is sick

@joshpatrick8809 15 күн бұрын

@@user-tp1ps5pe6f Alan Alda ruined MASH. Everyone knows it.

@trappervz9478 14 күн бұрын

Up until 2010 The M.A.S.H. final episode was the most watched broadcast in history (officially) just shy of 106 million.

@lune78 17 күн бұрын

The Golden Girls was such a groundbreaking show on so many levels. RIP to all four incredible ladies.

@tiga92001 5 күн бұрын

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 ❤

@dieterdelange9488 46 минут бұрын

That show is timeless. ❤🎉

@donnahaynes138 20 күн бұрын

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

@jaycee330 19 күн бұрын

Which help to bring up the most narm moment on television.

@leigharmstrong9940 17 күн бұрын

They should have used ADHD meds since they are so widely abused by Everyone! 👏🏼💪🏼😘

@MsDisneylandlover 16 күн бұрын

That is certainly right

@KristinaNorman 15 күн бұрын

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

@TxJanna 15 күн бұрын

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.

@trinaq 20 күн бұрын

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.

@mananimal3644 20 күн бұрын

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.

@trinaq 20 күн бұрын

@@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.

@Father_of_Death 20 күн бұрын

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.

@loveit2910 20 күн бұрын

Light hearted sitcom?!

@woodworkingandepoxy643 20 күн бұрын

@@loveit2910yes, back before words heart people it was

@RayvenLunaNite 20 күн бұрын

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

@forestannie 14 күн бұрын

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 9 күн бұрын

Which one are you talking about?

@forestannie 9 күн бұрын

@@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.

@RayvenLunaNite 9 күн бұрын

@@Hoosier_man01 mash and Blake's death scene

@daryengreye6573 20 сағат бұрын

The sound of a scalpel dropping was not scripted. But because it fit the scene, it was kept in.

@jsheikh8 20 күн бұрын

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 👏🏽

@johnnycash4161 19 күн бұрын

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.

@Borgking79 19 күн бұрын

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.

@lizhowerton895 19 күн бұрын

Yup, i agree, too bad how he ended up, clearly. So sad

@brookes2610 17 күн бұрын

No matter how many times I've seen that scene, I've sobbed every time.

@zoeyrochellezhombie829 16 күн бұрын

I saw the original episode.

@zhanzhaozhanzhao69 19 күн бұрын

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."

@lifeoflph 13 күн бұрын

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

@tessajones9393 12 күн бұрын

Omg I forgot about that! 😢

@JunjiDorito 11 күн бұрын

omg yes. this one. its absolutely heartbreaking.

@paulorufalco 8 күн бұрын

great serie

@TimBurtonPrincess 8 күн бұрын

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

@VolcanoGroupie 20 күн бұрын

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.

@moniqueengleman873 19 күн бұрын

Yes absolutely 💯

@wxkat 19 күн бұрын

There was also the parody on the Cher show where McLean Stevenson was in a raft dressed as Henry saying he was okay.

@PamReese-fe3pe 19 күн бұрын

Yes. I still remember where I was at that exact moment

@bubwal23xifan 19 күн бұрын

💯. 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.

@dameducksauce7992 16 күн бұрын

I think the most shocking was the series finale 😞

@nickwheeler5396 17 күн бұрын

I'm surprised that James's death on Good Times wasn't one of these. Florida's breakdown was always upsetting to see

@HawaiiBlack 15 күн бұрын

IKR...wasn't that like the first time a sitcom character was killed off.

@londonlady227 14 күн бұрын

Agreed. It was well acted.

@donnac.3273 12 күн бұрын

FACTS

@hotmesssouthernmom4542 11 күн бұрын

I remember that. I was a child but damn.. It got me.

@robertbrown8900 11 күн бұрын

The whole time, I thought that "damn, damn, damn!" scene would be # 1.

@Koopatroop5421 15 күн бұрын

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.

@Scottocaster6668 13 күн бұрын

And they always say "Never go to bed mad" (at each other). 🙂

@RealTalk1411 12 күн бұрын

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.

@aspirationavenue 8 күн бұрын

I remember this! My mom loved that show.

@myopinionmatters 17 сағат бұрын

Same

@joiedevivre2005 19 күн бұрын

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.

@i-Maven 19 күн бұрын

The same thing was done on The Closer with Brenda Lee’s mother. She was just suddenly dead.

@vanessahenry7238 19 күн бұрын

That one I remember hit me HARD. and as you said - how she said 'Mommy?" just broke me.

@dawggirl 19 күн бұрын

No, that shouldn't be on this list. Everyone is ignoring the title. Buffy isn't a sitcom.

@laurab5750 19 күн бұрын

Not a sit-com.

@bellafrangipani8342 16 күн бұрын

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.

@trippyboi91 19 күн бұрын

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… 😢

@ashleyburns8072 11 күн бұрын

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.

@MarkSchultz-ct8yz 16 күн бұрын

Edith Bunker's Death was also one of the most heart wrenching shows.

@trinaq 20 күн бұрын

Sandy's death is even harder to watch now, after Matthew Perry's untimely passing.

@themayhemofmadness7038 20 күн бұрын

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.

@marcofalzone6469 15 күн бұрын

Creepily, death has always followed Matthew in several of his tv roles

@summerskandy5248 15 күн бұрын

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.

@sithhunter126 15 күн бұрын

The Friends reunion episode should be titled the one where he died...lol

@GingerWizzard1994 13 күн бұрын

What's wrong with you @@sithhunter126

@Ksinthehouse 17 күн бұрын

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

@samw8452 16 күн бұрын

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.

@AnonYmous-ry2jn 6 күн бұрын

I think this scene is copied from "The Wall," about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising.

@Biancanevesony 16 күн бұрын

Topanga's professor is Fred Savage, Ben Savage's older brother.

@nedraleggett6837 15 күн бұрын

Yes. In knew it. I used to watch the older series. I was born 1956.

@mattsnyderARTIST 13 күн бұрын

Which makes it more disturbing being that Fred got fired from the Wonder Years reboot because of sexual harrassment.

@Scootaskyeee 12 күн бұрын

I always used to wonder why i got them mixed up all the time

@AnonYmous-ry2jn 6 күн бұрын

Who is Ben Savage?

@tanyabell9316 6 күн бұрын

@@AnonYmous-ry2jnhe played in Boy Meets World

@susanswanson4079 20 күн бұрын

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.

@HawaiiBlack 15 күн бұрын

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.

@JustTanya. 19 күн бұрын

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.

@nsasupporter7557 11 күн бұрын

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

@ajanderson2787 6 күн бұрын

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.

@JustTanya. 6 күн бұрын

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 paying 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.

@nsasupporter7557 6 күн бұрын

@@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

@suzannemenuet947 19 күн бұрын

For me, the chicken episode of MASH and Colonel Blake dying were equally traumatizing.

@vanessahenry7238 19 күн бұрын

YES the chicken episode hit you like a gut punch, but you not wrong, the Blake episode hurt as well!

@laurab5750 19 күн бұрын

Even now, both episodes still bring me to tears

@LaManteca76 17 күн бұрын

Uff! I still can't watch the chicken episode.

@annebodee 17 күн бұрын

The chicken episode was traumatizing.

@MarianGarrett-jr3nh 8 күн бұрын

Yeah man that was just to much

@thegood9 20 күн бұрын

Will Smith has never been better than he was in that episode of "Fresh Prince..."

@paulleckner8235 14 күн бұрын

Agreed! It influenced to be a loving, involved father with my own son.

@asmith8947 3 сағат бұрын

Seven Pounds? The Pursuit of Happyness? The guy is (was?) a gifted actor.

@lhuntley4577 17 күн бұрын

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.

@byronrush9802 10 күн бұрын

Yep that was a sad moment in television history 😢😢😢😢 still chokes me up every time I watch it

@mousetreehouse6833 Күн бұрын

@@byronrush9802 To this day, I wish they had just given John Amos the money and kept him on the show!!

@dragonweyr44 20 күн бұрын

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

@melissacooper8724 19 күн бұрын

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.

@larry01902 9 күн бұрын

It was in All in the Family.

@geekishgal7843 17 күн бұрын

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.

@au_barb 13 күн бұрын

It's at the very end of the video

@nsasupporter7557 11 күн бұрын

Hey now, don’t be dissing Full House! That was my show as a kid lol

@Voidandhopevalkyrie 20 күн бұрын

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.

@gabrielledarwin1158 17 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I never really understood it until I got older.

@joeymims5852 14 күн бұрын

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.

@pamwoutila2407 20 күн бұрын

At that time no one knew how close to home Matthew Perry’s role on Growing Pains would actually be

@StaceyChamberlain-kf1qx 20 күн бұрын

Why couldn’t he learn

@Kikiricki11 19 күн бұрын

@@StaceyChamberlain-kf1qx He did learn. He overcame it.

@donnamacauley4080 15 күн бұрын

@@Kikiricki11he didn’t though He was still taking drugs up until his death

@summerskandy5248 15 күн бұрын

@@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.

@summerskandy5248 15 күн бұрын

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

@mikhail5428 20 күн бұрын

*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*

@acalia_sariah 19 күн бұрын

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.

@acalia_sariah 19 күн бұрын

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.

@mikhail5428 19 күн бұрын

@@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*

@llyrghmnghyll 15 күн бұрын

Katey Sagal is a national treasure.

@RealTalk1411 12 күн бұрын

@@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.

@allisonreimers9411 18 күн бұрын

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.

@dieseljester3466 15 күн бұрын

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.

@kamsismith 20 күн бұрын

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.

@nailsbyknotty4575 20 күн бұрын

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🤷🏾‍♀️

@cantduckinbelieveit7426 20 күн бұрын

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.

@samanthakoller533 16 күн бұрын

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”

@KJDall07 12 күн бұрын

Completely gut wrenching! It took so long before the cast could film this. Lea screamed and cried for hours, when she got the news.

@danmarshctr 6 күн бұрын

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."

@ebinrock 19 күн бұрын

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.

@vanessahenry7238 19 күн бұрын

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

@lorisewsstuff1607 19 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

Amazing how us little kids watched that show but never got it lol

@ebinrock 16 күн бұрын

@@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!

@lionsfan7500 15 күн бұрын

Riverfront Stadium was the venue

@themayhemofmadness7038 20 күн бұрын

Facts of Life should have at least had an honorable mention on this list with the attempted rape of Natalie.

@LaManteca76 17 күн бұрын

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. 😢

@HawaiiBlack 15 күн бұрын

Or the girl who committed suici**de

@paulleckner8235 14 күн бұрын

On Happy Days, when Fonzie saved Joanie. The Fonz was gonna stomp him into the ground.

@btshea9537 11 күн бұрын

Or the one where the new girl killed herself that one was so sad

@themayhemofmadness7038 10 күн бұрын

@@btshea9537 Oh man. I totally forgot about that episode. But you’re right. It is definitely a stronger contender for this list.

@Father_of_Death 20 күн бұрын

"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.

@chrissyellem7397 16 күн бұрын

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.

@au_barb 13 күн бұрын

@chrissyellem7397 lucky you

@JoanRudith 19 күн бұрын

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.

@saradunlop8054 5 күн бұрын

Dude, the amount of scrolling I had to do to finally find someone mentioning Roseanne’s finale is a shame

@Tadoka_Inamo Күн бұрын

Then they retconned it by having the season 9 finale revelations as the made-up up stuff in Roseanne's book.

@darcysharon5222 18 күн бұрын

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.

@alisasteinberg2650 16 күн бұрын

I just wrote about ThirtySomething, too and the death of Gary. Still gut wrenching just to think about it even after all these years.

@BrianBrayMedia 19 сағат бұрын

Not a sitcom.

@donnahaynes138 20 күн бұрын

"The fact that George Costanza was getting married at all is probably shocking enough to make this list."

@IrishChola7 15 күн бұрын

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. 🙄🤣

@user-wh5ir4fo4r 12 күн бұрын

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@dieterdelange9488 57 минут бұрын

I hated the gang for their terrible reaction to her death. They deserved going to jail in the finale. 😅

@erichb4530 12 күн бұрын

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.

@nursiebelle 20 күн бұрын

how about the last episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where he wouldn’t wake up after surgery?

@sammitchell3657 9 күн бұрын

That's a good one. They all thought Ray passed.

@Father_of_Death 20 күн бұрын

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.

@Borgking79 19 күн бұрын

Chett Hunter's death in Boy Meets World was a pretty hard one to absorb for me.

@ryanmccauslin7578 15 күн бұрын

Yeah, that one was one of the saddest moments of the show

@XENONPLASMA 19 күн бұрын

Edith's birthday and her death later on are 2 episodes that hit the heart hard

@jasontodd8071 18 күн бұрын

Especially when Edith died. To see Archie break down.... it is heartbreaking......

@brianagrzybowski4734 19 күн бұрын

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.

@zhanzhaozhanzhao69 19 күн бұрын

That's more of a drama than a sit-com though

@acalia_sariah 19 күн бұрын

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.

@nancyhey1012 16 күн бұрын

@@acalia_sariahit affected Winnie for the rest of her life, including her relationship with Kevin.

@curtismartin2866 15 күн бұрын

I remember thinking - those eyes, that young woman is brilliant.

@skinni_the_P00hBear 6 күн бұрын

I just started watching The Wonder Years, and I didn't expect that, especially in the first ep.

@sallysimpson7 20 күн бұрын

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.

@SonicGamerGirl2006 17 күн бұрын

I don't blame you. That episode was very uncomfortable to watch. Sexual assault is no laughing matter. 😖😖😖😖

@chrissyellem7397 16 күн бұрын

Wow so young didn't anyone watch the show with you? My parents watched shows with us most of the time.

@sallysimpson7 16 күн бұрын

@@chrissyellem7397 my dad wasn't around, my mom worked nights, my older siblings "watched me"

@Marysmith-kh7dt 16 күн бұрын

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.

@brendalg4 13 күн бұрын

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

@SlothRunClubReady_Set_No 13 күн бұрын

Not silly

@polishprincess86 5 күн бұрын

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.

@BlenderStudy 20 күн бұрын

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.

@juliemcarthur3004 20 күн бұрын

That was a good one

@COMPFUNK2 19 күн бұрын

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.

@LaManteca76 17 күн бұрын

Man I still can't think about The Challenger to this day without wanting to cry.

@JasonTaylor-po5xc 14 күн бұрын

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.

@ashleyburns8072 11 күн бұрын

Nice! I forgot about this. I think i was 8 years old. Very sad.

@DianaTrushkov 16 күн бұрын

Imagine taking your brother to court for sexual harassment.

@au_barb 13 күн бұрын

And how it eerily reflected real life?

@colleen4ever 18 күн бұрын

2:28- this is why you're supposed to use a sponge when you seal a huge amount of envelopes!

@dynad00d15 6 күн бұрын

Michael J. Fox's performance was so powerful and intense, it still get my eyes watered..

@jaimereupert4247 17 күн бұрын

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. 😮

@MCOTIB 17 күн бұрын

All the more shocking when we realize what went on behind the scenes on those sets.

@amytgt903 13 күн бұрын

I thought I recognized Fred Savage!

@sfletch3042 13 күн бұрын

I never knew they were brothers. That's crazy.

@thegood9 20 күн бұрын

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).

@sherryelle225 20 күн бұрын

I remember that happening and idk that I’m over it yet. Hartman was so talented.

@DepezPoopsie 18 күн бұрын

And it was Andy Dicks fault for getting Phils ex wife back on drugs.

@LilDemonkulous 16 күн бұрын

@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.

@mousetreehouse6833 Күн бұрын

@@DepezPoopsie Phil's wife had a lot of mental health issues.

@zchris87v80 16 күн бұрын

Scrubs also covered John Ritter's death. But "My Lunch" had to be one of the most emotional episodes of the series.

@melissacooper8724 19 күн бұрын

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! 😢

@henri191 20 күн бұрын

Marshall's father death is one of the saddest sitcom moments ever

@forestannie 14 күн бұрын

yeah, she cut out when he said "....my dad's dead?"

@QueSara1111 13 күн бұрын

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 😢

@mrs.creature3443 19 күн бұрын

The episode about the HIV positive classmate of Wesley on Mr. Belvedere always got me.

@marcofalzone6469 15 күн бұрын

Oh yeah

@cameronjr8 20 күн бұрын

Drake confessing his mistakes to Josh after he made him late for his exam.

@moriah93ohio 17 күн бұрын

I remember that episode

@byronrush9802 10 күн бұрын

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

@jessicamays8892 18 күн бұрын

Phil Hartman’s death didn’t just effect Newsweek but it also impacted the Simpsons

@stevehall4141 6 күн бұрын

*NewsRadio

@chriskay1449 21 сағат бұрын

It also impacted Futurama. Phil was to be he voice of Zapp Branigan. AFter his death, Billy West took the role and played the role as if it was Phil voicing it.

@OtterMay 19 күн бұрын

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.

@alcook8339 19 күн бұрын

Oh my gosh, I'm getting emotional over some of these scenes. Where are the tissues!

@ciscoduncan1490 16 күн бұрын

In young Sheldon, when Sheldon lost his dad. And did not say anything at his funeral.

@tessajones9393 12 күн бұрын

We knew that was coming though

@1024laf 20 күн бұрын

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.

@lisasharf1442 19 күн бұрын

That scene when he finds her slipper…😢

@tillyny 19 күн бұрын

To this day it still causes me to ugly cry. 😭😭😭

@seanmccormick3270 18 күн бұрын

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

@Michael-dy2lb 20 күн бұрын

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.

@lisasharf1442 19 күн бұрын

And now getting her own show! Well, with Montana…

@donidunn9577 17 сағат бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@IreneSmith 19 күн бұрын

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.

@relaunchinglife 20 күн бұрын

Great video! Thank you for continuing to include content that older generations remember & value.

@ActorWarrenCurle-cq8gb 9 күн бұрын

Missed when Archie finds Edith's Slipper after she had suddenly died.

@jasonmercer5779 20 күн бұрын

The most disturbing thing about Edith's assault is the laugh track that continues through the whole scene.🤦‍♂️

@Father_of_Death 20 күн бұрын

The later seasons don't use a laugh track. They were pre-recorded without a studio audience. The show was then shown to the audience and their laughs and reacts were added post production. None of the Norman Lear sitcoms utilized a laugh track.

@wxkat 19 күн бұрын

There was also a Silver Spoons episode where Ricky finds out that his friend Toby is being abused by his father.

@trassaya 19 күн бұрын

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.

@chrissyellem7397 16 күн бұрын

If you read his book he had problems since he was a kid.

@candigates3291 19 күн бұрын

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.

@JasonTaylor-po5xc 14 күн бұрын

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.

@SuhxToBYou 16 күн бұрын

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.

@kakeyshagarcia3683 19 күн бұрын

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

@NYChica23 13 күн бұрын

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

@kieraingeaney6437 19 күн бұрын

What about Punky Brewster and the Challenger explosion? That aired about a month and a half after the disaster

@wbrownshadow 16 күн бұрын

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.

@tessajones9393 12 күн бұрын

That show was so good! I still enjoy the show now.

@60Airflyte 19 күн бұрын

I’m surprised you didn’t mention that Penny from Good Times was played by Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson’s sister.

@deepdarkmelanin 14 күн бұрын

I’ve been binging your videos all week! As soon as I complete my fast I’m making this! MY GOD!

@bigb6866 17 күн бұрын

Dan Connor is the real OG

@kwest5171 13 күн бұрын

The Family Ties one still gets me. And when uncle Phil snatches Will into that hug, I just completely come undone.

@42awww 12 күн бұрын

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.

@mrhoffame 20 күн бұрын

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.

@karenporter4227 18 күн бұрын

To this day Papouli's death in Full House breaks my heart.

@DarkWolf77 14 күн бұрын

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

@nicolequist9957 5 күн бұрын

Jessie took those caffeine pills and went straight into showgirls

@asmith8947 3 сағат бұрын

And ended her career.

@sherryelle225 20 күн бұрын

That is my favorite episode of Roseanne.

@johnbachman8908 19 күн бұрын

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.

@tessajones9393 12 күн бұрын

We knew George was going to pass, though.

@chrishernandez8918 19 күн бұрын

Various CBS stations in the South did not air the "Maude's Pregnancy" episode.

@jermdukes2007 19 күн бұрын

I was sure JT’s death on Degrassi would be on here. Or the school shooting.

@csi2000 15 күн бұрын

Yes! There's a few episodes on some shows I kind of struggle to rewatch & those two episodes of degrassi are a few that get me all teary

@happychaosofthenorth 15 күн бұрын

Degrassi is not a sitcom.

@jermdukes2007 14 күн бұрын

@@happychaosofthenorth oh ok lol

@jeffrix27 11 күн бұрын

LOVE these Mojo videos where they talk through tho whole thing!

@thegood9 20 күн бұрын

The sad premonition involved in Matthew Perry's appearance on the "Growing Pains" part of this list is quite sad.

@sherryelle225 20 күн бұрын

Oh I had forgotten about that. Was he Carols bf Sandy? Oh yeah, just saw it.

@joylindadichamounix 16 күн бұрын

The Family Ties episode was called "MY Name Is Alex".

@davidlawrence2915 19 күн бұрын

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.

@sydnigrauberger5984 5 күн бұрын

I hope you got some help for your drinking issues

@SkurdrawingandVR 18 күн бұрын

What about in home improvement when they thought Randy had cancer

@mbrow 19 күн бұрын

I don't envy this channel's task of having to come up with new topics all the time, but hasn't this one been done 3 - 4 times recently? Anyway, it's very hard to believe that the MASH finale scene where the chicken that the mother kills is actually her child didn't make this list. Infanticide.

@bsolomon1027 14 күн бұрын

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

@alexcurry9388 17 күн бұрын

surprised they didn't include Randy's cancer from Home Improvement, although it ended on a positive note it was gut wrenching to watch.

@paulwarren3413 9 күн бұрын

Yes...that is a shocking ep.

@valmc4452 17 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. You're an inspiration 😊 It is just hard to figure out where to start.

@adambennett2737 14 күн бұрын

Will told the truth he did get married and had kids and he had a successful career until he slapped chris rock which destroyed his reputation

@Kpopk1ng 17 күн бұрын

Why isn’t Full House’s episode with Charles’ dad being abusive on this list that episode really shocked me

@Gremlinsfan40 17 күн бұрын

It's in every other list like this and the fact that it aired a month after my mom got reported to the state of Illinois for abusing me only hits me harder