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Great_Milenko		2012-10-28 09:38:45 AM

sno man		2012-10-28 09:39:22 AM

list fails without some Rosanne love.

KrispyKritter		2012-10-28 09:41:48 AM

sno man: list fails without some Rosanne love.

^^^^^^^^^^^This.

howlinmadmurphy		2012-10-28 09:49:21 AM

Tom_Slick		2012-10-28 09:50:36 AM

KrispyKritter: sno man: list fails without some Rosanne love.

^^^^^^^^^^^This.

Needs to be repeated.

/The costumes alone were some of the best on TV.

Oldiron_79		2012-10-28 09:58:07 AM

I like the Treehouse of horror "Citizen Kang" Seems more appropriate every election cycle.

I voted for Kodoos

Stavr0		2012-10-28 10:07:02 AM

I, for one, would like to see a 24h Treehouse of Horror marathon.

ArkPanda		2012-10-28 10:21:08 AM

Avatar: The Last Airbender, "The Puppetmaster". A waterbender manipulates people by bending the blood inside them.

deltaqueen		2012-10-28 10:24:37 AM

List fails miserably without the Halloween Newhart.

"They've kidnapped Gene Barry!"

dentalhilljack		2012-10-28 10:30:35 AM

The original Treehouse of Horror, specifically the interpretation of "The Raven"

Vexed Thespian		2012-10-28 10:36:20 AM

I was going to call bs on the link for not including epidemiology in the list, but then I found it in its proper spot, right at number one

Grey Street		2012-10-28 10:39:59 AM

I'm with Oldiron_79 and Stavr0 - just give me some Treehouse of Horror and I'm all set. The aforementioned "Citizen Kang" ("Very well - abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!") and "The Shinning" ("Shhh, you wanna get sued!") are, of course, phenomenal, but I also especially loved "Clown without Pity" ("The toppings contain potassium benzoate...that's bad.") and "The Devil and Homer Simpson" ("'Dear Homer, I.O.U. one emergency donut. Signed, Homer.' Bastard! He's always one step ahead!").

The English Major		2012-10-28 10:48:56 AM

Newsradio. Dave proving he can let his hair down by wearing Lisa's dress.

jchic		2012-10-28 10:50:58 AM

The English Major: Newsradio. Dave proving he can let his hair down by wearing Lisa's dress.

THIS!

addy2		2012-10-28 11:09:09 AM

sno man: list fails without some Rosanne love.

Came here to say this. List is a loser.

The English Major		2012-10-28 11:13:47 AM

jchic: THIS!

It's tradition to watch that episode on Halloween. The whole Matthew list of costumes is great too. And the scariest part of the episode? The psychic predicting Bill's death. Easily one of the most terrifying moments in TV.

jchic		2012-10-28 11:20:57 AM

The English Major: jchic: THIS!

It's tradition to watch that episode on Halloween. The whole Matthew list of costumes is great too. And the scariest part of the episode? The psychic predicting Bill's death. Easily one of the most terrifying moments in TV.

The tag clearly said motorcycle enthusiast'!!

Soulcatcher		2012-10-28 11:24:03 AM

sno man: list fails without some Rosanne love.

I was going to say the same thing. Roseanne and Home Improvement had some great Halloween episodes.

Justice By Zig		2012-10-28 11:25:13 AM

Some of the psych halloween episodes are great.

lithappens		2012-10-28 11:34:29 AM

Justice By Zig: Some of the psych Halloween episodes are great.

www2.the-burg.com

Blacula agrees, and gives a shout out to Bakula

biyaaatci		2012-10-28 11:43:18 AM

This year's Sunny Halloween episode was great. McPoyles on bath salts.

sinanju		2012-10-28 11:44:28 AM

Looking forward to the Venture Bros special.

Linky pops

Wasn't Looking at his Neck		2012-10-28 11:44:58 AM

Pyramids of Mars, ep. 1. At least it had a Universal Monster vibe.

NeoCortex42		2012-10-28 11:48:37 AM

biyaaatci: This year's Sunny Halloween episode was great. McPoyles on bath salts.

Still not as good as "Who Got Dee Pregnant". The escalation of the joke of "Dee as a bird" was very well done, with the great payoff of an ostrich onscreen.

Fano		2012-10-28 11:51:40 AM

Friday the 13th, the series, when they were trapped in the Vault, I think

mansonozz		2012-10-28 12:06:27 PM

howlinmadmurphy: [upload.wikimedia.org image 180x135]

That

Bathia_Mapes		2012-10-28 12:49:15 PM

sno man: list fails without some Rosanne love.

So much this. They had some really great Halloween episodes, especially in the earlier seasons. Their Halloween version of A Christmas Carol is my personal favorite.

FeedTheCollapse		2012-10-28 12:58:30 PM

Stavr0: I, for one, would like to see a 24h Treehouse of Horror marathon.

eh, you'd only watch the first 10 episodes or so before turning it off.

Mid_mo_mad_man		2012-10-28 01:04:48 PM

They picked the wrong Buffy episode. The season 2 episode were they turn into their costumes was better

AtlanticCoast63		2012-10-28 01:15:06 PM

...The Phineas and Ferb Halloween ep. Funny in and of itself, but an all time hysterical, stand-up-and-applaud-in-your-own-living-room moment when Dad asks a question about horror movies.

/gotta see it, couldn't possibly explain it

Tom_Slick		2012-10-28 01:26:49 PM

AtlanticCoast63: stand-up-and-applaud-in-your-own-living-room moment when Dad asks a question about horror movies.

Well this isn't much of a horror movie where are the rock and roll musical numbers.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache		2012-10-28 01:30:55 PM

No Treehouse of Horror where Bart was riding the bus and saw the monster wrecking it? Fail.

Trebuchet-Farker		2012-10-28 01:37:26 PM

Mid_mo_mad_man: They picked the wrong Buffy episode. The season 2 episode were they turn into their costumes was better

This!

And the author's breadth of TV exposure seems to be limited to the last 5 years, and the CB special that they watched in the 6th grade. There should be a minimum age requirement for anyone to generate a "best ever" list of anything.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom		2012-10-28 01:45:04 PM

The new South Park ep was pretty farking great.

Nina_Hartley's_Ass		2012-10-28 01:46:04 PM

NeoCortex42		2012-10-28 01:46:15 PM

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: No Treehouse of Horror where Bart was riding the bus and saw the monster wrecking it? Fail.

Half the list could have been Treehouse episodes. If you have to limit it to one, it's hard to argue against The Shinning.

Mad_Radhu		2012-10-28 01:48:41 PM

The list fails without "Pink Eye" from South Park.

Also, the uncomfortable humor of having Louie's daughter dressed up in blackface as Frederick Douglas is actually a bit undone in Season 3 when her mother is shown to be African-American. Or maybe it just adds to the weirdness. I'm just not sure.

Jgok		2012-10-28 02:13:31 PM

Mid_mo_mad_man: They picked the wrong Buffy episode. The season 2 episode were they turn into their costumes was better

Came here to say this. Gachnar was cool enough, but the costumes were better.

The All-Powerful Atheismo		2012-10-28 02:15:00 PM

Gunny Highway		2012-10-28 02:38:08 PM

Great episode.

Gunny Highway		2012-10-28 02:41:48 PM

Gunny Highway: Great episode.

Venture Bros. dressed as Star Wars characters and Hank as The Bat.

Mad_Radhu		2012-10-28 02:44:43 PM

Jgok: Mid_mo_mad_man: They picked the wrong Buffy episode. The season 2 episode were they turn into their costumes was better

Came here to say this. Gachnar was cool enough, but the costumes were better.

Anya is a bunny, your argument is invalid.

MayoSlather		2012-10-28 02:47:03 PM

Good to see the Freaks and Geeks episode make the list...Would have liked to see the That 70's Show Halloween episode with copious references to Hitchcock movies.

LemSkroob		2012-10-28 02:49:39 PM

Rosanne owned Halloween. it was their "Christmas episode" from what i remember them saying in some interviews.

eddievercetti		2012-10-28 02:53:40 PM

Reaper had a great one too. As well as The Real Ghostbusters.

DrZiffle		2012-10-28 02:56:41 PM

sno man: list fails without some Rosanne love.

THIS!

Cream of Meat		2012-10-28 03:35:29 PM

Rosanne, Home Improvement, Martin.

BlackArt		2012-10-28 03:50:58 PM

The New Adventures of Beans Baxter episode "A Nightmare on Beans' Street" is one of my favourites. Especially who they cast as "The Pumpkin Princess".

Another good Halloween episode was the Invader Zim Halloween episode. (Even if they did rip off the plot from the Dark Seed video game.)

Capt. Sparkles		2012-10-28 03:51:48 PM

The X-Files - "Home"

While not really a Halloween episode, it was billed as a Halloween special and then subsequently banned from being re-aired on TV for a few years. You know a show is good when it's too graphic for Fox to show again.