Out Of Context All In The Family Moment

So I'm watching All In The Family today and this happened.

Apparently after 23 years of marriage, Edith finally got fed up with Archie's crap. "Alright for you, Ahhchie Bunka" she said as she calmly sneaked up behind him during one of his rants. She clocked him in the back of the head with a rolling pin and he dropped like a sack of wet cement.

She laid him out on the kitchen table and stared with detachment at his unconscious form for a few minutes. Then with clinical precision she bent over him and scooped out both his eyeballs with a measuring spoon.

She then mounted the eyeballs on the kitchen cabinet as a grisly warning to the rest of the household.

"We'll see who stifles now!" she croaked in a flat, emotionless tone.

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this Out Of Context Moment!

Funny how Lt. Commander Data's face always did this every time Geordi used the microwave oven...

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy these historical Out Of Context Moments!

This particular episode, The Savage Curtain, is an absolute gold mine of out of context moments. 

"Um... Captain, sensors indicate there's a president dead ahead."

"Gentlemen, permit me to introduce myself. I'm Space Lincoln."

"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the.. ehh, you know how that one goes!"

"Awk-warrrrrrrd!"

"I don't understand, my good Captain. Why are we entering this rounded chamber?"

"Energize."

"Oh sweet Jesus! MO-MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

"I don't see why I can't have one of those fancy pistols you're both carrying."

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this totally Out Of Context Star Trek Moment.

Even positronic androids need tucked into bed now and then!

"Captain, will you read Goodnight Moon to me?"

"Not AGAIN, Mr. Data?"

Out Of Context Mary Tyler Moore Show Moment

So I'm watching the Mary Tyler Moore show today and this happened:

Mary's parents dropped in for a visit. That's her dad next to her on the couch. Take a good look at him there...

He's a dead ringer for that Walter puppet in Jeff Dunham's inexplicably popular ventriloquism act!

Look at 'em! They're practically twins! It's like they sawed off the actor's head, let it sit in the sun to shrink a bit, and then screwed in on the neck of that puppet! Can a person copyright their face? If so, the family of the guy who played Mare's dad needs to file a lawsuit, pronto!

Out Of Context Mary Tyler Moore Moment

So I'm watching the Mary Tyler Moore show today and this happened:

OH GOD, MARY'S TALKING ABOUT HER PERIOD TO MURRAY!!! 

Boundaries, Mary, boundaries! This is the workplace after all. You're making poor Murray uncomfortable and creating a hostile work environment.

OH SWEET JESUS, NOW SHE'S TELLING MR. GRANT ABOUT IT!!!

Great, now the whole newsroom's gonna have to go down to Human Resources and spend the day in a seminar.

This post gets a rating of four Disapproving Mary Tyler Moore Show Ladies. That's bad, by the way.

Out Of Context Family Affair Moment

So a couple days ago I'm watching the first season of Family Affair and this happened:

Whaddya think? Too easy?

HAW, HAW! Making fun of the past and the way language changes over time is hilarious!

Out Of Context Family Affair Moment

So the other day I'm watching Family Affair and I see this scene.

This entire teaser sequence is an absolute goldmine of bone-headed awesomeness.

First of all, take a close look at the incredibly realistic New York skyline in the background (complete with what appears to be brush strokes in the "sky" on the left hand side). I have a feeling those buildings didn't look real even on 1960s era televisions with their 250 scan lines. It also looks suspiciously identical to the skyline outside Uncle Bill's luxury Manhattan apartment.

And where's the horizon? No matter how high up you go you can still see the horizon line, especially with the camera pointing down as it is. The only explanation is that Uncle Bill's constructing a five thousand foot tall building and the curvature of the earth is hiding the horizon..

In the teaser the man in the blue shirt climbs all the way to the top of the building to deliver an important message to Uncle Bill. No convenient cell phones or even walkie-talkies back in 1967!

Uncle Bill can't hear the messenger over the din of the riveters in the background, so he throws his pen at them to get their attention and tell them to knock it off. His pen hits one of the men in the head and bounces off into the void, where I'm sure it couldn't possibly have shattered a windshield or embedded itself into someone's skull several thousand feet below.

Once it's quiet, Blue Shirt delivers his important message: It seems that Uncle Bill's niece Buffy has "torn her tutu." Blue Shirt seems genuinely concerned by this dire news and asks if that's "real bad." Uncle Bill chuckles at his underling's naivete. He tells him that a tutu is a short skirt girls wear in the ballet. Blue Shirt then gives him the uncomprehending look you see above. You can practically see the computer tape reels spinning fitfully inside his meaty head as he desperately searches his inadequate memory banks. 

Yes folks, Blue Shirt here has never before encountered the word "ballet." Never gone to one, sure. Couldn't name the title of one, who could? But to not even know what the word means? Apparently Uncle Bill found out he could get government grant money if he hired the "differently abled" on his construction crew.

The message delivered, Blue Shirt climbs the thousands of feet back to the ground and Uncle Bill and the riveters return to work. 

Apparently they didn't have OSHA back in the 1960s. Take a closer look at this amazing scene. The riveters in the background are both squatting on a sheet of plywood that stradles two girders with nothing between them and the ground but several thousand feet of empty space.

Not to be outdone, Uncle Bill laughs in the face of death as well. Look where he's standing. He's on some kind of makeshift platform made from several planks. With that table in front of him he's got about six inches of space in which to stand. If his mind wanders for a second and he takes even one step backward, Mr. French is gonna be raising the kids alone.

And how the hell are those blueprints lying flat instead of being blown to New Jersey by the strong high-altitude winds?

I told you it's the most awesome teaser in the history of television!

Out Of Context Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Moment

I was a big fan of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. when I was a kid and would watch it every day in syndication. I recently started watching the series again and found that it's still pretty funny. Gomer can be a little grating, but Sergeant Carter, with his short-fused temper, was one of the greatest characters in sitcom history.

 So I'm watching the show today and at the end of the episode this happened:

Probably the oddest tag scene in the entire history of the series.

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this last Out Of Context Star Trek Moment of 2012!

Subtlety, thy name is William Shatner!

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this Out Of Context Star Trek Moment!

Apparently what we're looking at here is Captain Kirk starring in the lead role of the Enterprise's annual Thanksgiving Day Musical Pageant.

"It's a won, wonderful day, yes a won, wonderful day, it's a won, wonderful day to be alive!"

Of all the captains in the various Trek series, Kirk is the only one who regularly hugged himself.

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this Out Of Context Star Trek Moment!

Yikes! Let's hope Captain Kirk put the safety on his phaser before he started scratching with it!

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this Out Of Context Star Trek Moment!

You two think you're a coupla' little cutie pies, don't ya?

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this Out Of Context Star Trek Moment!

 Good to see "The Hokey Pokey" survives well into the 23rd Century.

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this Out Of Context Star Trek Moment!

Yep. That's a dude wearin' a dress.

In fact he's wearing the same style of dress as Counselor Troi (back row in the little blue frock). How embarrassing for the two of them to show up for work wearing the same outfit.

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy what may be the greatest Out Of Context Star Trek Moment ever!

Pink. Why, oh why did it have to be pink?

Did no one on the crew even once glance at the set and gasp in horror (or perhaps suppress a giggle), then approach the director and gently suggest he might want to find a different prop for Kirk to hold?

My parents must be so proud of me right now for this post...

Thanks to my pal Ted for pointing this one out to me. Unbeknownst to him, my heightened sense of immaturity had already seen it (causing me to squeal with glee) and I was already making plans to post it.

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment, Anniversary Edition

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

In honor of Star Trek: The Next Generation's 25th Anniversary, sit back and enjoy this totally Out Of Context Star Trek Moment.

Yep, you're seeing it right. That's Counselor Troi, transformed into a sheet cake. And a rather poorly constructed and unappetizing one at that.

I wonder how they could have achieved this seamless, startling effect?

Later in the episode Troi presents Commander Data with a cake that I assume is supposed to somewhat resemble him. Wow. Did she drop it in the corridor on the way to his quarters? I hope she's the one who baked it, because if she ordered that sad thing up from the replicator then Geordi needs to run a Level one diagnostic on it, stat.

Jesus, I think I could have baked a better cake than that sad looking thing.

In fact the more I look at it, the less it looks like Data and the more it looks like this.

Seriously, Star Trek? Those lumpy, misshapen pastry representations of Troi and Data were the best you could do? We can make cakes that look like the one above right now and we're sitting here in the primitive 21st Century. You guys are supposed to be in the 24th. What the hell?

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this totally Out Of Context Star Trek Moment.

Looks like Captain Kirk finally found the one thing he loves more than the Enterprise... himself!

 

Spock DJ-ing while Kirk slow dances with himself, which greatly agitates McCoy.

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy this totally Out Of Context Star Trek Moment.

Heh. Like shootin' fish in a barrel.

Out Of Context Star Trek Moment #10

I've been an avid Star Trek fan for many decades, but even I have to admit that certain episodes could get a little silly now and then, especially when viewed out of context.

So sit back and enjoy these Out Of Context Star Trek Moments.

Once again this scene is from the third season episode Plato's Stepchildren, which is an absolute goldmine of bizarre out of context moments. This is the last time I pick on this poor episode, I promise.

Here we see Captain Kirk slapping his own face.

Followed by Captain Kirk wearing laurel leaves and showing his dentist his teeth.

And lastly Captain Kirk in a toga getting mugged by a dwarf.

Farewell, Plato's Stepchildren! It's been fun shredding you to bits!