Following the sad, yet apt, demise of Different Strokes star Gary Coleman from an intercranial haemorrhage, we wondered what other deaths might be appropriate for the casts of American sitcoms. Here's what we came up with. You can join in too.
Scrubs: E. coli infection
Cheers: Cirrhosis of the liver
Keep It in the Family: Parricide
Two and a Half Men: Farm accident
Samantha Who?: Crushed by Tardis
Everyone Loves Raymond: AIDS
Everyone Hates Chris: Lynching
My Name Is Earl: Proletarian Revolution
Friends: Stalker
The Big Bang Theory: Act of God
Happy Days: Suicide
Third Rock from the Sun: Skin cancer
Soap: Slipped in the shower
Car 54, Where Are You?: Roadside IED
Flight of the Conchords: Plane crash
The Munsters: Potato famine
M*A*S*H: Potato famine
Arrested Development: Inexplicably, in a police cell.
Bewitched: Drowned in a duck pond, then burned at the stake.
I Dream of Jeannie: In his sleep. With an erection.
The Wild Wild West: Serial killer
How I Met Your Mother: Dismembered, in a river.
Now it's your turn. Remember, it's the show's title we're looking at, not the setting.
17 comments:
and for our UK readers:
Robin's Nest: Bird Flu
Fawlty Towers: 9/11
CHiPs: heart disease
The Sopranos: botched castration
Big Love: syphilis
ha ha ha. Excellent, Colette. Now try it with sitcoms. ;-)
xxxx
i am shocked and appalled, sugar! (ok, not really, but i can't think of anything witty right now...i have a mysterious earworm..)
xoxoxoxo
shocked and appalled in a nice way, though, I hope, Savannah.
That earworm isn't Rick Astley by any chance is it? ;-)
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absolutely in a nice way, sugar! ;~D xoxoxo
(and yes, it is! *snickering*)
The Golden Girls - drowning (apologies)
Coupling - train crash
At this point, I can't even think of any more comedies. And I have no idea how those two came into my mind.
Sex And The City - consumption.
Fantasy Island - microbes
I Love Lucy - swallowed tongue
Steptoe and Son - rats
Some Mothers do 'ave 'em - infanticide
Seinfeld: axe murderer chops off legs.
Family Guy: murdered by Charles Manson
South Park: killed by JCB in deforestation accident
Stray Taoist: Class! (but not classy). ;-)
Ganching: Wittiness incarnate, as ever, but you cheated (see Rules!)
Phil: Ditto. I think. You're just too obtuse for me. Infanticide made me chuckle though. How will actors die of infanticide?
notRuairi: Nice. Family Guy in particular.
American Dad: Tracked down by illegitimate Vietnamese offspring.
Fr. Ted: Spanish Inquisition
The 70s Show: Driving while on LSD
Not Alzheimer's?
Because I've never heard of actoricide.
But I just made it up, and you're welcome to it.
Cheers, Phil. We'll treasure it. ;-)
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