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It's a Living: The One About the Tattooed Lady (1988)
Funniest episode ever!!
This episode (in my honest opinion) is the funniest episode of the entire series run. You can clearly see Nancy (the maitre d', and I dare say that the late and great Marian Mercer was perfect for that role) being shocked and dismayed to discover that her long-lost cousin Grace (who was visiting the restaurant) is a very heavily tattooed lady. The pompous and wise-cracking Sonny Mann (portrayed hilariously by Paul Kreppel, and I wonder if he REALLY did play the piano, because I'm a pianist myself and could tell many times that he wasn't actually playing, especially in one episode when he wears a boxing glove on his right hand) began to perform the ever-timeless Groucho Marx classic "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady." And of course, Nancy was quick to put the kibosh on his contemptible performance by marching straight over to the piano and slamming the piano key cover on his hands. The resulting discordant noise was priceless, as well as Nancy threatening Sonny through clenched teeth that she was going to tell Frank Sinatra where he lives (remember at the beginning of the episode that Sonny had a confrontational incident with Sinatra earlier).
I do know that the piano key cover being slammed on Sonny's hands was a running gag in a lot of "It's a Living" episodes, but the incident in this episode was the best. I have the episode recorded on my DVR thanks to my cable servicer and the Antenna TV channel, and I crack up every time I watch the scene when Nancy slams the piano key cover on Sonny's hands. Love it!! 😊
McHale's Navy: Will the Alligator Take the Stand? (1964)
Joe Flynn and Tim Conway are hilariously incredible!!
If you look beyond the story (as well as the robotic-like alligator), you will see that Joe Flynn (who plays the ever-conniving Capt. Binghamton) and Tim Conway (the ineptly lovable Ensign Parker) are an outstanding comedic duo. The endless bantering, bickering, and buffoonery help to liven up what would usually be a very dull court-martial. And of course, once Parker's alligator friend named Sydney shows up to save the day, he wastes no time in going after who was really responsible for the scheme. I could watch this over and over again just to see the hilarity that Binghamton and Parker perfectly exhibit during the court-martial.