Did anyone else dislike episodes CONNECTED to coffins and funerals?

[TVFactFan]

I wasn;t really a big fan of seeing coffins in a episode or anything having to do with a funeral. i just always felt it wasn't necessary for a sitcom.

[Chain Gang Member]

If someone really died.Not like in Three's Company where Jack had to fake his death to get Max off his back

[Brent88]

Yes. I think of a sitcom as funny, not sad. Same goes for other sad events(like in Family Matters, Harriette and Rachel's father returns and that racial episode).

Oh, but the cremation of Aunt Clotilda is FUNNY. Carl accidentally pours her ashes into the trash can not knowing it was her. :rofl:

[Teddy02]

yeah i dislike anything too sad in sitcoms but sometimes a proper sendoff when a character really does die is necessary. i would have liked cheers to do something more when coach died. all we got was a little conversation about his death and them woody was there! nothing too over the top of course but more than a tiny acknowledgment would be nice!

[BowWowsBreezy]

unless it is funny like the hope and faith funeral episode

and the episode of my wife and kids when michael's co-worker's grandmother dies and they go to the funeral...that was also hilarious

[Brent88]

The Roseanne episode where Roseanne and Jackie's dad die has a really funny scene.

Jackie is calling a friend, Anne Barber to tell her about the death:

Anne Barber, It's Jackie... Jackie... I'm fine, FINE! I have some bad news, Dad is not with us anymore, I said Dad has passed away, HE'S PASSED AWAY, Dad is gone, DAD'S DEAD, NO! DEAD!, DEAD!, he's fine he sends his love.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[barwars]

The CLASSIC episode of Mary Tyler Moore called "Chuckles Bites The Dust" has often been called the best episode of any TV show ever.

I love it.

[FamilyTiesGOP]

Episodes with funerals or "mock funerals" can be funny. Fran's funeral on Mama's Family was a riot and they never did have to show a funeral home or a coffin to be funny either. In the episode where Mama plans her own funeral and then has a dream about it, that is funny too and they do show a coffin and funeral home there. So it just depends on how the show does it whether if it is sad or funny.

[Kristen]

Originally posted by barwars88
The CLASSIC episode of Mary Tyler Moore called "Chuckles Bites The Dust" has often been called the best episode of any TV show ever.

I love it.

Yeah, that's what I was going to say, too. I think the reason that episode works is that Chuckles was a minor character, so it's not like the audience would miss him or anything.

[Sitcomwriter]

I actually think death episodes are some of the better ones. Like these....

8 Simple Rules- When Paul dies (Goodbye)

Newsradio- When Bill dies (Bill Moves On)

And I forget the titles but....

Suddenly Susan- When Todd dies

Scrubs- When Ben dies

[Rhiannon]

I liked the Murphy Brown episode where she and Frank were on a plane and they thought they were going to die, and they had a dream about their funerals and Frank had accidentally been cremated and someone dropped his ashes onto the floor. It was so funny!

[Jrnygrl]

Originally posted by barwars88
The CLASSIC episode of Mary Tyler Moore called "Chuckles Bites The Dust" has often been called the best episode of any TV show ever.

I love it.


That was the funniest episode. Everytime I see it I laugh through the whole thing.

Sanford and Son did a funny episode also when Lamont bought two coffins and Fred wouldn't go in the house.

Isn't there a new reality show on A and E that focuses on this very subject, I have seen the promos for it and it looked pretty funny.

I think alot of times these episodes are written because death or coffins are something that are unknown and strange (morbid) and some people try to take the fear from it. JMO!

I remember something similar like the MTM episode happened to me, I went to a wake for a friend that died suddenly and before me and a friend who went with me got to the door of the funeral home we couldn't stop laughing, and while we were in the room with everyone else, my friend start laughing silently and I could see her shoulders from the corner of my eye and all I could think of was don't laugh so I started crying really hard. So I think these episodes just show that people deal with these sort of things in lot of different ways, sometime funny. Again, JMO.:wave:

[Sean Snow]

I like both serious and comical episodes about funerals and coffins. I loved the Chuckles episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The episode of Maude where Vivian and Maude attend a funeral was also great. Hope & Faith also had a great one this season.

Serious ones can be very good...I thought the "Goodbye" episode of 8 Simple Rules was VERY well done.

[Mrs. John Ritter]

I don't really care for episodes that revolve around death/funerals/coffins. I used to like the episode of Three's Company where Jack pretended to be dead, but ever since John Ritter died it has been very hard for me to watch that. It is also hard for me to see the episode of 8 Simple Rules where Paul dies. The episodes was done very well, but it is just so sad that I can't control myself when I watch it. I don't think I have ever cried so hard over a Tv show before.

[Dean Winchester]

with all the hatred for death and funeral episodes... I highly do not recommend checking Six Feet Under out :lol:

[Buffyboy323]

The Roseanne episode where Roseanne and Jackie's dad die has a really funny scene.

Jackie is calling a friend, Anne Barber to tell her about the death:

Anne Barber, It's Jackie... Jackie... I'm fine, FINE! I have some bad news, Dad is not with us anymore, I said Dad has passed away, HE'S PASSED AWAY, Dad is gone, DAD'S DEAD, NO! DEAD!, DEAD!, he's fine he sends his love.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Hahaha! One of my favorite Jackie scenes ever

[Ireneparalegal]

CHEERS episode when Carla's husband dies and the other wife shows up and next thing you know, there's a big fight right there at the funeral home. CLASSIC EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[TVFactFan]

I did kind of think that the Three's Company Episode was funny with Jack hiding in the Coffin-lol