81. Flintstones: The Masquerade Party (1965): Fred hooks up with a new rock band, the Wayouts, whose promotional campaign panics Bedrock. Their getup combined with Fred’s space costume get the group tossed out of the Water Buffalo Lodge's Halloween Party as Barney mistakes them for alien invaders.
82. Dallas: Who Shot JR? (1980): Dallas ended Season Two by shooting J.R. CBS launched a highly successful campaign building up to the season premier. Who Shot J.R.? became a catch phrase and cultural milestone. At the time, it was the highest rated show of all time. It is now #2 on the list behind the M*A*S*H finale. 83 million watched the episode.
83. WKRP: Turkey’s Away (1978): To celebrate Thanksgiving, WKRP decided to have throw a promotion. The station rented a helicopter and tossed turkeys out the window while in the air. Mr. Carlson did not realize turkeys could not fly. Happy Thanksgiving from WKRP!! Apparently this was based on a real incident.
84. The Night Stalker (1972): Before the X-Files, Kolchak investigated the paranormal. The investigative reporter found himself in Las Vegas hunting a serial killer. The killer turned out to be a vampire. Another TV movie and series followed.
85. Hawaii 5-0: V is for Vashon (1972): Steve McGarrett takes on an old crime family. He takes down the son, father, and patriarch. In the meantime, he has to avoid assassination attempts. The three part storyline centering around a crime family was unique for the time and a fave of 5-0 fans.
86. The Bernie Mac Show : Droobie or Not Droobie (2004): Bernie is the villain in a children’s movie. He battles Droobie (see Barney) in the film which freaks out young Bryana. To prove Bernie and Droobie are tight, the character visits Bryana at home. After the visit, she catches Bernie stuffing the Droobie costume in the car trunk and freaks.
87. The Doors on Ed Sullivan (1967): The show requested the band change the lyrics to “Light My Fire.” They did not like the line “girl we couldn’t get much higher” because of the alleged drug connotations. Jim Morrison sang the line anyway.
88. Unplugged- Clapton (1992): MTV launched the popular “Unplugged” series in the early 90s. Eric Clapton provided one of the series’ highlights. The performance included early versions of later songs as well as an extremely popular working of “Layla” and the song he wrote following the death of his son, “Tears in Heaven.”
89. The Bullwinkle Show (1961-64): Rather than picking one episode, why not a shout out to the entire series. The main show consisted of Rocky and Bullwinkle avoiding Boris and Natasha. However, it also included “Aesop and Son”, “Dudley Doright”, and “Peabody’s Improbable History.”
90. Bugs Bunny: “What’s Opera Doc?” (1957): KILL THE WABBIT!!
http://revver.com/video/109858/bugs-bunny-whats-opera-doc/
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