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ST Poll: What shows other than Friends or Seinfeld would you expect deserve an episode by episode ranking? -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:46 28
- SNL -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 10, 13:39
- Emily's Reasons Why Not -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 13:09
- Any of the Star Treks -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 13:08
- 30 Rock -- (edited) - Krusty Aug 10, 12:56 2
  - Bob's Burgers in a few years. Maybe Curb Your Enthusiasm and It's Always Sunny. -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 12:57
  - I only wish that Tina Fey kept it going long enough to address nicknames on jerseys. -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:56
- The Office, Parks and Rec, 30 Rock, Brooklyn 99 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:54 1
  - and Arrested Development. The Good Place (in a couple of seasons) -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:56
- X Files -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:52
- Rick & Morty, Breaking Bad -- nm - Budice Aug 10, 12:50
- Ren & Stimpy -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:49 2
  - #1 Space Madness, #2 Rubber Nipple Salesmen, #3 Stimpy's Invention, #4 Sven Hoek nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 10, 12:53 1
    - word -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:59
- Buffy, Angel, The Wire, Game of Thrones, Manimal, The Sopranos, OZ, -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:49 6
  - Speaking of Oz - I can't tell you how tickled I am to have Ryan O'Reilly playing for the Blues this season. -- nm - Johnny Lawrence Aug 10, 12:54 1
    - uh oh, someone on the Blackhawks messed with his brother! -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:55
  - The West Wing -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:53
  - One of these is not like the others -- nm - Amoxy Aug 10, 12:50 2
    - Truly Buffy did not have the same level of gritty violence. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 10, 12:51
    - yeah, OZ was a bit hard to take at times -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:51
- Walking Dead, Breaking Bad -- nm - groiny Aug 10, 12:48 1
  - The one where someone does something stupid! -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:50
- Simpsons, Modern Family, Cheers -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:48
- Viva Laughlin ;) -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 10, 12:48 1
  - Reno 911 -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:50
- Psych -- nm - Amoxy Aug 10, 12:47
- #1, Simpsons. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:47
- Scrubs -- nm - Amoxy Aug 10, 12:47
I'll make this $3 million penthouse my UK apartment -- (link) - crash davis Aug 10, 12:45 2
- nice. it comes with a Hurricane & Spitfire on the lawn. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 10, 12:49 1
  - Yeah, I've never lived on top of a museum before so I'm getting it when I win the Powerball -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:50
What is your Friday Earworm? -- (link) - Amoxy Aug 10, 12:38 [youtube] 3
- DMX - Ruff Ryders Anthem Remix -- (link) - Krusty Aug 10, 12:59 [youtube]
- Semi-tangent: Now that Logan gets up and catches the bus before I am even awake means that I don't have anyone to sing Friday to. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:43
- Through the Ghost - Shinedown -- (link) - Epiphany Aug 10, 12:42 [youtube]
I'd never heard of this guy until this week and now "Why the Left Is So Afraid of Jordan Peterson" -- (link) - crash davis Aug 10, 12:37 2
- Who? -- nm - Krusty Aug 10, 13:02
- He wishes. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:40
This is the medical version of "How does a dog wear blue jeans?" -- (link) - Reagen Aug 10, 12:31 1
- The fact that it got taken so seriously is what makes this great -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:36
For Seinfeld, was Vandelay Industries guessed, or the fire alarm one or Festivus? - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:14 4
- Yes - Vandelay Industries was also the magic loogie episode, fire alarm was top 10 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:22
- down below he says Festivus is #127, which just invalidates the whole deal -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:18
- ...and you want to be my latex salesman... -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 10, 12:16 1
  - One of my EVE characters is named Arthur Vandeley -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:16
Chick's curiosity - saw it in a show - how often do men's urinals go all the way to the floor? - Epiphany Aug 10, 12:12 13
- Older thing. You still pee your normal level, but they are one size fits all. In case you did not know, mens rooms with several urinals have some low - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:27 2
  - hmmm - thanks everyone. -- nm - Epiphany Aug 10, 12:53
  - and low hangers -- nm - Budice Aug 10, 12:29
- Could guys were complaining what's with these shorty pissers, do they get that many midgets in here? - zeitgeist Aug 10, 12:25
- I've only seen them is bars that were built between 1880 - 1950ish. - howie Aug 10, 12:20 5
  - 1880? -- nm - Budice Aug 10, 12:21 1
    - The oldest bar I've been in is McSorley's Ale House in NYC which dates from the mid-1800's. That bar didn't even have a ladies room. - howie Aug 10, 12:36
  - In that time frame, I've seen troughs loaded with ice cubes. -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:21 2
    - Like Wrigley, without the ice cubes -- nm* - oblique Aug 10, 12:21 1
      - The old Kingdome had stainless steel troughs. But this old bar near Pike Place Market had a porcelain trough they kept filled with ice cubes. -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:22
- Yeah, it's an older thing. Rare to see them in newer buildings now. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:15
- maybe 20%? it's not super common to see those -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 12:15
- Older ones did, most are compact now. Figure its cost savings. -- nm - Budice Aug 10, 12:14
ST Counter-poll: Name the top 10 Friends episodes as ranked by Gawker -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:11 56
- the one where Phoebe went mad and carved everyone up into little pieces. -- nm - peglegpete Aug 10, 12:52 1
  - #237. S11E1. The One With All the Gore -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:53
- #8 and #6 are left. Clues. One should be obvious and the opposite of Seinfeld. The other involves a lot of information in 30 seconds. -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:36 4
  - #6 (spoilers) - oblique Aug 10, 12:42 1
    - Okay, I can agree with that one. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:43
  - The Last one - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:37 1
    - Part 2. #8 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:37
- When Rachel Finds Out -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:34 1
  - #7! -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:34
- The One With Chandler In a Box? -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:32 1
  - #3! -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:34
- PIVOT! -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 12:32 2
  - Yeah, The One With The Cop was what I meant below. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:36
  - #182 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:34
- I would not personally put this one there, but The One With the Blackout? -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:30 2
  - *looks down* - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:31
  - #9 (see below) -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:31
- Cop and Sandwich and Blackout -- nm* - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:28 3
  - #181 The Ride Along. And #9 The One with the Blackout (ATM vestibule) -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:31 2
    - What about Ross' Sandwich? -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:32 1
      - #38 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:33
- Ross's wedding -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:27 2
  - #99/75 (2 part) -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:30 1
    - THIS LIST IS STUPID!!! -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:41
- Still looking for #9, #8, #7, #6, #3 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:26 4
  - The Blackout - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:33 1
    - #9 (see above) -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:33
  - The one were Drake Ramorey Dies -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:27 1
    - #165 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:29
- The One at the Beach. -- nm - pmb Aug 10, 12:24 1
  - #41 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:24
- One of my personal favorites is the one where Ross has his leather pants which is sadly at #102. The One with All the Resolutions -- nm* - oblique Aug 10, 12:22 2
  - the powder and the lotion have formed a kind of paste! -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:24 1
    - I can watch him slap himself in the head over and over and over - oblique Aug 10, 12:25
- The One Without The Ski Trip -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:20 2
  - #120 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:21 1
    - Bah. Look at what you're doing to Chandler! -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:21
- Thanksgiving -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:17 3
  - #11 The One with All The Thanksgivings -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:17 2
    - I loved 2 of their T-Givings (spoils - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:19 1
      - Brad Pitt: The One With the Rumor: #5 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:20
- The One Where No One's Ready, The One With The Embryos, The One Where Everyone Finds Out -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:14 1
  - #2, #4, #22 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:15
- The One With The Embryos (Roommate Trivia Contest). -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 10, 12:14 3
  - #4 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:15 2
    - I have a pretty spotty record of Friends-watching, but I think I've seen this one at least 10 times. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 10, 12:22 1
      - It is deeply funny. Miss Chanandler Bong. - oblique Aug 10, 12:23
- Smelly Cat, I don't know the name of the episode -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:13 2
  - First appearance is in S1E6: The One with the Butt (#170) -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:14 1
    - boo, everyone was singing that song the next day -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:16
- The Lobster, Monica and Chandler's wedding, M&C's proposal... -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:12 1
  - #1, #98/20 (2 part), #10 -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:13
- Lobsters -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:12 3
  - #1. The One with the Prom Video -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:12 2
    - I hear Ross's dad say, "Oh no." in my head a lot. -- (link*) - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:19 [youtube] 1
      - "How many cameras were on you?!" -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:19
If Vulture ranked Friends like this, they'd put all of Season 4 in the top 25 - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:10
I don't like Seinfeld, and I think those rankings are utterly garbage -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:04 16
- OK, the remaining top 10 are... - Roger More Aug 10, 12:15 3
  - I'll give them Bosco. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:16
  - Again, the lack of Festivus here is criminal -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:16 1
    - #127 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:17
- I haaaated the Marble Rye. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:09 3
  - But the brick joke of it in Del Boca Vista was gold. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 10, 12:13
  - #7 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:11 1
    - I know, that's why I;m saying that. - Reagen Aug 10, 12:13
- I turned against it when George's fiancee died licking envelopes and it was supposed to be funny. I bet that made Vulture's top 10 -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:07
- I consider myself something of a Seinfeld connoisseur and I completely agree with you. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 10, 12:06
- Let's pick the real low point -- where they kill off George's fiancee and go for food. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:06 5
  - #16 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:12
  - Depends on whether you embrace the idea of them being horrible people or not. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:09
  - There are tons of mediocre episodes I can pack the bottom of the list with. I don't see how every single one we named wasn't at least in the top half -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:07 1
    - Seriously, if you're recalling it with a 3-word summary 25 years later and that immediately conjures direct quotes - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:11
  - No, the series finale. -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:07
The one where Kramer drives Jerry's car til it runs out of gas -- nm - Shaun Aug 10, 12:01 8
- #124 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:10
- The Pool Guy (has Kramer doing the movie line). -- nm - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:06 1
  - #66 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:08
- The one where they impersonate the IRA -- nm - Beryllium Aug 10, 12:06 1
  - #67 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:08
- The one where we first see Elaine dance -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:03 2
  - #22 -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:07
  - heh. we still regularly say "but I'm a good dancer, Jerry" in my house -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:04
maybe Vulture doesn't know how rankings work - crash davis Aug 10, 12:00 9
- Still better than Rotten Tomatoes. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:08
- Seinfeld had some truly hilarious moments - oblique Aug 10, 12:03 7
  - I think this is the issue - we think of hilarious moments, while they're judging on an episode. -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:07 1
    - The legacy of the episode isn't in how well it was crafted as a whole but how memorable it was as a joke. It was a comedy after all - oblique Aug 10, 12:08
  - Given those rankings, I'm now confused on how they got #1 right. -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Blood Feud Aug 10, 12:05 1
    - I think the editor insisted upon it, and didn't give a rat's patoot about the rest. -- nm - Baron Starr Aug 10, 12:08
  - Soup Nazi is one of my faves -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:03 2
    - One I liked that I'm sure nobody else did was when George asked Steinbrenner how could he have possibly traded Jay Buhner. -- nm - crash davis Aug 10, 12:05 1
      - I'll pay this. #3 The Opposite -- nm - Roger More Aug 10, 12:07
TIL that Vulture has no idea how to rank anything -- nm - oblique Aug 10, 12:00
Every time I see them I am astoundingly reminded that Leicester won the league. It’s unreal. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 10, 11:59
Follow-up to yesterday RE: radar detector. Last night I took backroads to get around a two week bridge repair on the highway. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 11:59 2
- saved your bacon! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 10, 12:07 1
  - Last night I decided to take my old route to see if it was opened yet. It technically was not. I still drove it anyway, though. - Spawn: Blood Feud God Aug 10, 12:10

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