Hands down, my favorite episode of the entire run…
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darkridedan — 9 years ago(August 24, 2016 09:36 PM)
I'm a big fan of rashomon episodes of sitcoms. They're usually my favorite episode of the series.
Mama's Family has an episode about Mama making gooseberry jam with Carol Burnett and Betty White. Eunice's recollection is my favorite. She turns to Naomi after Naomi says something air-headed, and Carol delivers a great slow burn, "Are you in there?"
Everybody Loves Raymond has an episode that involves a can opener. I like this one especially because I can never operate a can opener, especially if it doesn't create sharp edges. If I ever get tuna juice on me, I have to fight the urge to scream, "OH MY GOD. TUNA FISH!"
I Love Lucy is the earliest I remember. It's the one when Lucy and Ricky give Ethel and Fred a TV for their anniversary. Of course it breaks and they take it all the way to court! -
McGannahanSkjellyfetti — 9 years ago(August 24, 2016 10:13 PM)
There's many shows that had episodes like that. Here is a few off the top of my head:
Gilligan's Island's
Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?
The castaways recall their views of the Japanese WW2 soldier.
Maude's
The Case of the Broken Punch Bowl
The characters recall through their side of the story on what happened.
King Of The Hill's
A Fire-fighting We Will Go
The guys recall through their side of the story on how the fire department got burned down.
Different Strokes'
Rashomon II
The characters give their sides of the story on how a burglar was foiled.
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darkridedan — 9 years ago(August 27, 2016 01:01 PM)
Japanese would be the best origin.
Wikipedia has a pretty decent explanation and list of shows that used the effect:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashomon_effect
Notice most of them are cartoons. It is a mad cap technique, which is why I like it! -
metatron1970 — 9 years ago(September 06, 2016 02:06 PM)
Better than looking it up to find out what "Rashomon" means, you could go back to legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's original film to see where the idea of a story told from diverse points of view began. You can probably find it on Youtube.
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Tresix — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 12:47 AM)
There's a line here that I also heard on "Good Times": when Archie is telling the part of the story where Jack gets the Apple juice on Archie's shirt, Jack says something like "This dude makes my jaw tight!" about Archie. James on "GT" used that phrase more than once. I wonder if that's a NY saying.
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