The 250 Greatest TV Moments of All Time (Chewer Edition)

TELEVISION Television Miscellany
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  1. Geraldo Rivera opening up Capone’s vault
62
  1. Cronkite sheds tears on-air when relaying the new of JFK’s death.
63
  1. No Toby Me Koonta Kenta. Roots the best mini series I can think of
64
  1. “Sorry, buddy. We’re closed.”
65
  1. Cartman sings “Kyle’s mom’s a bitch” in D minor.
    Season 1, episode Mr. Hanky, the Christmas Poo
66
  1. Frasier – Niles is attempting to help Martin build a model boat:

Daphne: Schooner? I thought it was a frigate.
Niles: No, no, a frigate has a fore-and-aft mainsail.
Daphne: No, no, that’s a brigantine.
Niles: Oh, you’re right. Well, then what’s a frigate?
Martin: That’s when you just don’t give a damn anymore.

One of the funniest lines ever put on television.

67
  1. When Fonzie jumps the shark on skis in Happy Days. No other moment has spawned so much in Internet pop-culture history.
68
  1. The Office. The finale to series 2 where David Brent literally begs for his job back almost to the point of tears. It was one of the most pathetic thing’s I’ve ever seen and a credit to Ricky Gervais for pulling it off.
69
  1. The “White Rabbit” montage on The Simpsons when Homer accidentally uses the “special crop.”
70

The running of the bulls in Cicely, Alaska- Northern Exposure

71
  1. Crispen Glover freaks out on David Letterman.
72
  1. Jon Stewart relating the change in the view out of his apartment window on the first post-9/11 Daily Show.
73

Quote:
Originally Posted by PodBayDoor 66. Jon Stewart relating the change in the view out of his apartment window on the first post-9/11 Daily Show.

*The reason I don’t despair is because this attack happened. It’s not a dream. But the aftermath of it, the recovery is a dream realized. And that is Martin Luther King’s dream. Whatever barriers we’ve put up are gone even if it’s momentary. We’re judging people by not the color of their skin but the content of their character. You know, all this talk about “These guys are criminal masterminds. They’ve gotten together and their extraordinary guile…and their wit and their skill.” It’s a lie. Any fool can blow something up. Any fool can destroy. But to see these guys, these firefighters, these policemen and people from all over the country, literally, with buckets rebuilding. That’s extraordinary. That’s why we’ve already won. It’s light. It’s democracy. We’ve already won. They can’t shut that down. They live in chaos and chaos…it can’t sustain itself. It never could. It’s too easy and it’s too unsatisfying.

The view from my apartment was the World Trade Center and now it’s gone. They attacked it. This symbol of American ingenuity and strength and labor and imagination and commerce and it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the south of Manhattan is now the Statue of Liberty. You can’t beat that.

So we’re going to take a break and I’m going to stop slobbering on myself and on the desk. We’re going to get back to this. It’s gonna be fun and funny and it’s going to be the same as it was and I thank you. We’ll be right back.*

Yes.

74
  1. Cliff Claven’s appearance on Jeopardy.

“Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?”

75
  1. Slapping contest between Diane and Sam in Cheers. Diane slaps Sam not expecting him to slap her back, well he does.
76
  1. On the subject of slapping: The Fish-slapping Dance!
    From Monthy Python’s Flying Circus
77
  1. The “Trials and Tribble-ations” episode of Deep Space Nine
78
  1. The ‘Spreak Break’ episode of Northern Exposure. Mostly for the ‘Simply Irresistable’ parody.
79
  1. The 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debate.
80
  1. The Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.