The Decade in TV: Great Moments, Shows, and Other

TELEVISION Television Miscellany
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Let’s do this shit:

“Matt, Matt, you’re being glib. You don’t understand the history of psychology. I do.”

“Every man, at some point in his life, is going to lose a battle. He’s going to fight, and he’s going to lose. But what makes him a man is that in the midst of that battle, he does not lose himself.”

“This never happened. It will shock you how much this never happened.”

Justin Kirk at the end of Angels in America: “You are beautiful creatures, each and every one. And I bless you: More life. The great work begins.”

Warren Zevon’s last appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, 2002

“Get on with it, motherfuckers!”

“Don’t tell me what I can’t do!”

Jon Stewart and Letterman’s 9/11 monologues. Stewart on Crossfire. Colbert at the correspondent’s dinner ("Hindenberg."Wink

More to come as I think of it. Add your own!

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Vic Mackey, laying it all out.

I guess all of The Wire.

And a number of Adama’s speeches.

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  • Michael Richards’ post-meltdown apology on Letterman is the real standout for me. Just a disaster on every level. Because Michael Richards is so naturally hilarious, his awkward pause after “I said some pretty nasty things to some Afro-Americans” elicits only laughter from the confused studio audience, at which point Jerry Seinfeld snaps at them; “STOP LAUGHING, IT’S NOT FUNNY!”
  • The part in Nip/Tuck when Sean’s girlfriend took a shit in his hot tub.
  • Rosie O’Donnell getting attacked by an eagle and crashing her hang-glider in Nip/Tuck.
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Richard Hatch winning the original Survivor season.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul McCartney View Post - The part in Nip/Tuck when Sean’s girlfriend took a shit in his hot tub. - Rosie O’Donnell getting attacked by an eagle and crashing her hang-glider in Nip/Tuck.

You’re forgetting the doctor who fucks couches.

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The very last minutes of the season three finales of Lost and Battlestar Galactica.

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Doctor Who’s “The Empty Child” and “Blink” episodes.

Simply for the heralding the return of the long-missed ‘Doctor Who Child Safety Position’ (ie - peering out from behind the couch).

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The Kodak Carousel pitch and Don coming home to an empty house while “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” plays in Mad Men’s “The Wheel”.

In Deadwood:
Trixie opening her blouse while she marched to shoot Hearst.. That was some powerful shit.

Al’s “give some back” speech.

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Angel: “Let’s go to work!” Cut to black.

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Governor Jim McGreevy coming out of the closet on national TV: The shock of it was huge.

Will I am appearing via Hologram in November 2008. I thought we were in the 23rd century for a second.

Axel destroying the legacy of Guns and Roses at the VMA’s.

Lems death on The Shield

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Bullock hangs a horse thief in the opening scene of Deadwood.
“That’s a deal, ya loud-mouth cocksucker!”

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The death toll from the 7 seasons of 24… and Jack’s kill count… and the cougar. Hell, 24 in general.

“I’m Rick James, bitch.”

“Gonna have you naked by the end of this song” *rip* → Janet Jackson’s bare boob with ornate decorative accoutrements around the nipple seen around the world.

You all everybody… You all everybody!

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Obama at Grant Park 11/04/2008. That was a great moment. I had the pleasure of watching it at the house of my district’s precinct captain with my coworkers.

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Jon Stewart announces Obama’s victory during Comedy Central’s election night coverage.

The reveal that we’ve been flashing forward during the Season 3 finale of Lost.

The Adama maneuver.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul McCartney View Post - Michael Richards’ post-meltdown apology on Letterman is the real standout for me. Just a disaster on every level. Because Michael Richards is so naturally hilarious, his awkward pause after “I said some pretty nasty things to some Afro-Americans” elicits only laughter from the confused studio audience, at which point Jerry Seinfeld snaps at them; “STOP LAUGHING, IT’S NOT FUNNY!” - The part in Nip/Tuck when Sean’s girlfriend took a shit in his hot tub. - Rosie O’Donnell getting attacked by an eagle and crashing her hang-glider in Nip/Tuck.

All great, but I’m partial to when Christian fucked that HIV-positive lady so hard on a roof that she fell off the ledge and died.

My favorite Nip line of the decade was from Vanessa Redgrave this season:

“Was it me you thought of as you masturbated into my granddaughter’s panties?”

Oh, and of course when Obama won.

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Charlie Crews finally out of prison, at the end.

Riggins saying goodbye to Street.

Smash leading the team cheer, one last time.

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Any of Danny DeVito’s moments in this season’s Sunny.

-The Trashman “… and then, I start eatin garbage!”
-Frank emerging from the couch
-Frank’s thought’s on his burial “Whaddya mean ‘bury me’? When I’m dead, just throw me in the trash!”

I’m convinced Danny DeVito is method acting at this point

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Alec Baldwin pretending to be Tracy Jordan’s mother, father and Hispanic Neighbour in 30 Rock is probably one of my favourite comedy moments this decade.

Bunny Colvin’s brown paper bag speech in Season 3 of the Wire is a great example of why I love that show so much.

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The last 2 hours of The Wire Season 3 are about the best 2 hours of TV I’ve seen.

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“Don’t stop believin! Hold onto to that feelin! Streetlight, people, ohhhohh! Don’t stop.”