The BEST episodes directed by John Blanchard
#1 - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Grounded for Life - Season 5 - Episode 9
Depressed that she doesn't feel sexy while pregnant, Claudia gets a boost when her cute study buddy, Steve, flirts with her. But her bubble is burst when she finds out that Sean paid him to do it. Meanwhile, Lily helps Eddie write material for his stand-up routine, but it backfires when another comic steals Eddie's jokes. Brad gets a reluctant Jimmy into Sciencenauts and his attitude changes when he finds out that the ""secret"" of every meeting involves porn.
#2 - Space Camp Oddity
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 28
Lily has her doubts when Brad tells her about a girl he once had a relationship with at space camp named Lana. But Brad, tired of Lily thinking this, changes his Summer plans and boards a bus to space camp with a very cute, and very real, Lana.
#3 - Loser
Grounded for Life - Season 1 - Episode 13
Sean volunteers to referee Henry's soccer team and ends up making an unethical decision in the team's favor. Which in hindsight wasn't a great idea, when Henry gets an inflated ego. So Sean tries to make things right the following week by making an unethical decision in the opposing team's favor. . . Meanwhile, Lily flirts with the cute guy at the concession stand and the conversation leaves her walking on air. But when she starts to obsess over the introduction, she replays the scene over and over in her head, each time thinking that she made a bigger and bigger fool of herself.
#4 - Cuts Like a Knife
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 7
Sean has a hard time fighting off an amorous Claudia after lying to her that he's finally undergone a vasectomy. Meanwhile, Brad gets a chance to hang out with Lily by paying her to tutor him in a subject he already excels at.
#5 - One Is the Loneliest Number
Grounded for Life - Season 5 - Episode 3
Now that Eddie is spending all of his free time with Faye, lonely Sean finds every possible thing wrong with her, including the way she parks her car, which he ""accidentally"" smashes into. Meanwhile, Lily's attempt to make Brad jealous by dating Mocha Joey backfires when Brad points out that Lily and Mocha Joey have nothing in common; and Claudia gets upset when she finds out that Sean has told everyone that she is pregnant.
#6 - Pressure Drop
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 26
Claudia tries to alleviate Sean's hypertension and high blood pressure by running the household all by herself but everything goes awry. Jimmy gets suspended from school, which causes a set of problems all its own, and Lily and Brad break her bed so they steal the family car... and get it impounded.
#7 - Just Like a Woman
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 5
The boys mock Sean when he can't get the lugnuts off of the car, leaving him to have his wife attract a trucker's attention to change the flat tire while he sits in drag in the backseat. Elsewhere, Eddie holds a garage sale at Sean's house where he sells off hot merchandise and his brother's possessions, and he welcomes the kids to partake in the sale. But Lily is mortified when Brad buys her old bra from Eddie, then boasts to the school that he and Lily have slept together.
#8 - Pay You Back with Interest
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 7
After Eddie buys an electric car to impress a girl, Sean unwisely gives Eddie a loan without telling Claudia, which results in her college enrollment check bouncing. Meanwhile, Brad discovers a tatoo with Dean's name, but Lily's plea for her parents to pay for her tattoo removal goes ignored.
#9 - I Right the Wrongs
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 4
Brad is bothered that Lily is embarrassed to be seen with him, so Sean tries to make over his geeky image. But all Sean succeeds in doing is inadvertantly getting another student suspended from school... Which leads to an in-bar confrontation with Sister Helen. Meanwhile, Jimmy's ""trademark"" hair-length has become an issue at school. Elsewhere, Claudia helps Eddie deal with an unwise purchase he made for the bar -- by getting drunk with the customers. And Lily confesses her relationship with Brad in front of the entire school.
#10 - Part Time Lover
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 13
When the dump closes, Walt finds himself with an abundance of free time and begins hanging around the house, much to the dismay of Lily, who finds it increasingly hard to get alone-time with Brad. So she schemes to get him a date online... which turns out to be with a drag-queen. Meanwhile, Eddie finds out that his girlfriend has another boyfriend.
#11 - S.A.T. and Sympathy
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 6
Lily and Brad stress over their upcoming S.A.T. tests... and Claudia turns the SAT's into a competition. Meanwhile, Sean teaches Henry a lesson in compassion by taking in a homeless guy (Dave Sheridan).
#12 - Get a Job
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 27
Lily is less than thrilled about Brad's new job, which is taking up all of his time. Meanwhile, Walt's having problems finding work, so Sean and Eddie offer him a job at the bar... but they soon find that he takes over. Jimmy's at the age where he finds his mother to be an embarrassment, so Claudia sets out to bond with him.
#13 - We Didn't Start the Fire
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 1
Claudia learns the results of her pregnancy test and Sean celebrates the news with a major purchase: a bar that Eddie plans to burn down for the insurance money. Meanwhile, Lilly and Brad try their luck at getting liquored-up; and Henry develops a craving for a different kind of watering-hole delicacy.
#14 - The Letters
Grounded for Life - Season 5 - Episode 11
Sean becomes infuriated after receiving letters from the Home Owner's Association telling him to clean up his house, while Claudia is happy about the positive changes to the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Lily insists that Brad buys her an anniversary gift from a list that she's made... but he defies her wishes and gets her a sexy nighty... that he can't enjoy because he's busy picturing Sister Helen, who he ran into at the lingerie store. And Jimmy shocks the family by making an unusual lifestyle choice -- he announces that he's a vegetarian.
#15 - Hello, Goodbye
Grounded for Life - Season 5 - Episode 13
In the series finale, Claudia and Sean miss Lily's graduation (thus spoiling Lily's senior-prank plan) when Claudia goes into labor. Meanwhile, the Finnerty boys learn that Walt has a girlfriend... his cleaning lady!
#16 - Drive Me Crazy
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 4
For the second time, Lily has failed her behind-the-wheel exam. But this time it's not her fault, it's Sean's, who went out of her way to sabotage her driving test by teaching her rediculous driving tips, such as the all-important ""W-turn."" In other events, Claudia is having a devil of a time keeping Henry and Jimmy from playing a violent video game condemned by Sister Helen -- but she winds up addicted to it herself.
#17 - Pictures of Willy
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 21
Eddie persuades Sean to help him break into his ex-girlfriend's apartment to steal embarrassing photographs.
#18 - Henry's Been Working for the Drug Squad
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 6
From TV Guide: Following his school's drug-awareness day, Henry thinks his family is on drugs and stages an intervention for Sean after he finds a suspicious plant growing in the yard.
#19 - Mystery Dance
Grounded for Life - Season 5 - Episode 8
With the bar in financial trouble, Sean and Claudia are having difficulty paying their bills, so Sean applies for a manager position with T.J. Shenanigans, while Claudia works from home collecting unpaid medical bills. Sean and Eddie contemplate selling the bar after finding out that they are competing for the same job. Meanwhile, Brad and Lily get back together, to the dismay of broken-hearted Taya. On the rebound, Taya starts dating Jimmy to help win Brad back.
#20 - Claudia in Disguise with Glasses
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 10
Claudia wreaks havoc at a wedding reception after losing her glasses -- though it may not be Claudia who lost them. Meanwhile Lily convinces Eddie to persuade Dean to get her the perfect birthday gift; and Brad begins spending way too much time with Jimmy.
#21 - Mustang Lily
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 2
Sean blows his shot at snagging a loan from Claudia's dad (Stephen Root) after losing the car he gave Lily for her birthday in a street race. Meanwhile, Henry and Jimmy put the squeeze on their grandfather for some hefty Tooth Fairy funds.
#22 - I Just Paid to Say I Love You
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 5
Brad plans a romantic date with Lily in New York City, but because one incident throws them off schedule, the rest of the evening becomes a disaster. Meanwhile, Eddie breaks a window in the sewing room, leaving it wide open for an animal to wander in...an animal which Henry wants to keep as a pet.
#23 - Tombstone Blues
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 20
Claudia refuses to include Brad in the family portrait; Claudia's father-in-law (guest star Richard Riehle) gives her plot to his dead cat.
#24 - Devil's Haircut
Grounded for Life - Season 1 - Episode 8
Sean (Donal Logue) tries to disguise the fact that he cut Henry's (Jake Burbage) hair himself instead of taking him to a barber shop.
#25 - It's Hard to be a Saint in the City
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 22
This one might be better: Sean is having trouble keeping the bar alive and Claudia asks him to reconsider running it. With St. Patrick's Day around the corner Eddie tries to lure customers over from rival pubs. Meanwhile, Brad and Lily prepare for the parade and Jimmy is having trouble understanding the meaning of St. Patrick's day.
#26 - #217
The Kids in the Hall - Season 2 - Episode 17
Sketches: - Thousand Dollars: Song in a western bar. - Cops - Towing: Ticketing my car. - Decorator #1: A man gets a demon to brighten up his apartment. - Headcrusher - Rival: A battle to the death. - Shortest: They haven't got a clue. - Bellini Finale: Bellini gets touched. - Cops - Graveyard: First traffic ticket. - Governor: A governor talks with hooker. - Ham Of Truth: It's F-ing good ham. - Decorator #2: Credits
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#27 - #209
The Kids in the Hall - Season 2 - Episode 9
Sketches: - Cops - Dream: Bust the queen while drinking tea. - Crushing Hospital: Mr. Tyzik is injured and must undergo physical therapy. - Cops - Dad: Don't love my dad. - Daddy Drank: The story of how daddy drank. - The Leash #1: The slave and master on the street. - Cops - Shelley Long: Enough said. - Knocked Out: A guy knocks himself out. - The Leash #2: Shelly Long. - The Last Straw: Gavin pesters his mother while she's on the phone. - Parenting: Disillusioned parents hold a press conference. - Dead Dad: The Kids discuss beating up their fathers.
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#28 - #521
The Kids in the Hall - Season 5 - Episode 21
End of the Beginning: Bellini listens to the radio • Armada Grows Old: Armada sees the future • The Sixth Kid: Jeff Berman tribute • Buddy’s Bar—Closure: Buddy closes the bar • On Censorship: “recap” of censored episodes • A.T.&Love Buyout: Everyone is fired • Burial: the boys are buried and Bellini speaks!
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#29 - #205
The Kids in the Hall - Season 2 - Episode 5
Sketches: - The Jury: Bruce is charged in court with being an asshole. - Cops - Shootout: A standoff. - Prisoner: Buddy explains how he got put in prison. - Sizzler & The Bank: The Sizzlers try to rob a bank. - Cops - 211 In Progress: The cops in action. - Chicken Lady: The Chicken Lady gets a date. - Drugs Are Bad: Kevin reports hash dealers to the cops. - Cops - Prisoner: Locked keys in car. - Clean Sheets: Best things in life. - Justice: The trial of a lifetime.
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#30 - You're So Vain
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 25
Claudia's father, Tony, has returned to the Finnertys for and operation, and the rest of the family is very sympathetic, except for Sean.
#31 - Ticket to Ride
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 8
After a night of partying, Lily wakes up with a nasty hangover, her car parked on the porch and no memory of how she got home. To teach Lily a lesson, Sean and Claudia decide to sell her car and have her sign a contract that she will call them when she is too drunk to drive. Angry at losing her car, Lily pretends to be drunk night after night in order to make her parents give her a ride home. Meanwhile, Eddie makes a huge profit when he sells Lily's car for Sean.
#32 - The Policy of Truth
Grounded for Life - Season 5 - Episode 1
Brad, after admitting he hooked up with his space camp buddy, Lana (guest star Mila Kunis), begs for forgiveness from Lily until he learns of her infidelity.
#33 - Man, I Feel Like a Woman
Grounded for Life - Season 5 - Episode 2
Sean's feeling sick, and Eddie convinces him that he has sympathetic pregnancy syndrome. Brad and Lily decide to just be friends but their hormones get the best of them. Jimmy tries to impress the new neighbor girl by pretending to be a sports fanatic. Eddie resumes his relationship with his ex, Faye, who's become more bitter and angry than ever.
#34 - #214
The Kids in the Hall - Season 2 - Episode 14
Sketches: - Report: A man coughs up the report in a business meeting. - Gandar #1: An attempt at hypnosis. - M. Piedlourde Court Un Marathon: Speaks for itself. - Jazz Music: Bruce hates jazz. - Gandar #2: Hypnosis attempt continued. - Touch Bellini: Announcement of the contest winner. - The Affair: Story of the secret affair. - M. Piedlourde Essait L'Auto: Speaks for itself. - Queen To Queen: Buddy and the Queen's correspondence.
#35 - #114
The Kids in the Hall - Season 1 - Episode 14
Editors Intro, Editors (Film), Break Up, I Lied, Dull Death, I'm a Cat, My Routine, Schoolroom, Editors Finale Sketches: - Editors Intro: Editors discuss what to cut. - Breakup: Song about Bobby's breakup. - Editors #2: Editors discuss what to cut continued. - I Lied: Story of a man and his father. - Dull Death: The guy with the life-after death experience. - I'm A Cat The life of a cat, with the cat jazz band. - My Routine: The everyday routine of one man. - Schoolroom: Boring teacher has affair during class. - Editors Finale : Editors discuss what to cut continued.
#36 - #211
The Kids in the Hall - Season 2 - Episode 11
Sketches: - Fact #2: Beethoven's 5th - That's America: Bruce salutes America. - Prisoner's Jam: A politician judge at a jam-tasting contest. - Fact #3: Queen's ABC's - Cuttin' It Close #1: A guy who watches for tits on TV. - Secret Of Broadway: Girls backstage discuss the new play. - Cuttin' It Close #2: A guy who finally sees some tits on TV. - Hustlers - Richard Nixon: A message to Richard Nixon. - Mispronouncer: This is why some words are spelled FOU-NET-ICK-LY - Fact #3A: Red-headed Witches. - Dead Fish: Guys who hold their arms in a tank of dead fish. - Fact Girl & Queen: Credits.
#37 - Episode #107
MADtv - Season 1 - Episode 7
Lowered Expectations: Dave | Ken Norton Jr. Opening | Organ Donors | Disruptive Principal | Lowered Expectations: Phil | Navajo Football League | Don Martin: Water-skiing | Tyson vs. Barty | Hard to Oppress | Vud Light: Mob | Spy Vs Spy: Funland | Happy Happy Storytime Lady | Lowered Expectations: Orlando | Tapeworm Monologue | Don Martin: Fat Freak | Math Made Easy | Monologue: Dave Foley | Vud Light: Devil | Imaginary Friends | Spy Vs Spy: Torpedo | Duck, Duck, Goose: The Movie
#38 - #111
The Kids in the Hall - Season 1 - Episode 11
Night of the Living Dead, Can Never Go Home, Thirty Helens Coleslaw, Under Control, Gunslinger 1, Star-Crossed Lovers, Thirty Helens Hawaii, Barbershop Sketches: - Night Of The Living Dead: Silly parody of the movie. - Can Never Go Home: Attila and his lover have a spat. - Thirty Helens Agree #1: Coleslaw - Under Control: Fire at A.T. & Love. - Gunslinger #1: Once shot a man just to watch him die. - Star Crossed Lovers: The lovers that were like Romeo and Juliet were. - Thirty Helens Agree #2: ""Hawaii was better before."" - Barbershop: Clem tells stories in the barber shop.
#39 - #501
The Kids in the Hall - Season 5 - Episode 1
Idiot Boy: Assistant, Cops: Interrogation 1, Feelyat, Cops: Interrogation 2, Catching Up, Martyr, Cops: Interrogation 4, The Beard Skits: - Idiot Boy at Work: Idiot Boy is causing problems at work - Police Department: 10:00 a.m. Precinct House - Did you kill that guy? - You've Gained Weight: woman with eating disorder discusses weight problems - Police Department: 6:00 p.m. Precinct House - Did you kill that guy? - Feelyat!: bizarre foreign-language game show (& news bulletin) - Brian's Been Arrested: Fran tells how Brian was arrested - Police Department: 11:00 p.m. Precinct House - Did you kill that guy? - The Beard: Man's beard takes over his life
#40 - #203
The Kids in the Hall - Season 2 - Episode 3
Sketches: - Newscast - Paper Airplanes: The Channel 7 News Team - Sizzler & Sizzler: Sizzler sisters' lounge act. - Pageant: Kathie wins Miss Canadian - Tony & Nick: Two friends in the subway. - Newscast - Meech Lake: Channel 7 News Team, again. - A Little Something: Executive has cucumber salad on his face. - Phone: A phone rings incessantly!
#41 - Cat Scratch Fever
Grounded for Life - Season 3 - Episode 3
Things get tense at the bar when Sean hires his high school fantasy girl as the bartender. And Lily freaks out when she tells Dean she loves him at a concert and can't hear his reponse.
#42 - Your Father Should Know (1)
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 1
After Sean confronts Brad's father, who's boasting that Lily and Brad have slept together, he confronts Claudia -- and finds out she already knew too. So when Brad mysteriously gets injured by an airborn Christmas decoration, everyone thinks Sean finally lost his temper. Meanwhile, the boys have spent Sean and Eddie's Liberty quarter collection, and Eddie is disgusted. So Eddie takes the boys out to teach them a lesson about stealing from other people -- by stealing a toy machine that Henry loaded with quarters.
#43 - All the Young Nudes
Grounded for Life - Season 4 - Episode 3
Sean and Eddie hire strippers for the bar to help make ends meet -- then wind up being protested by the PTA. But what's most shocking is who set the PTA on their tails. Meanwhile, Brad asks Lily to break up with Dean. Lily doesn't want to hurt Dean, but agrees, only to find that he takes it far easier than she expected.
#44 - #520
The Kids in the Hall - Season 5 - Episode 20
Noisy Roommates: man has problems with his “44” noisy roommates • Memoirs: husband and wife read “Memoirs” and reminesce • Journey to the Top of the Stairs: a musical number
#45 - Tom Sawyer
Grounded for Life - Season 5 - Episode 10
Lily becomes insecure when she learns that she's ""not school smart."" So when Brad snags an interview at Yale, she becomes jealous and connives to land her own interview. Sean takes a second job as a limo driver, to avoid doing work at home. Claudia tries to convince her neighbor, Arianna, that the Finnerty clan is not trash. Jimmy seeks advice from his uncle Eddie for his debut in the school production of Tom Sawyer.
#46 - The Great White North
SCTV Network 90 - Season 1 - Episode 9
1. Max Lax Coffee Laxative 2. Bob and Doug Wrap 3. Harry Filth 4. Money Talks with Brian Johns: William Douglas 5. The Johnny La Rue Exercise Show 6. Shakespeare in the Park 7. The Heys of Our Lives 8. SCTV Afternoon Movie: Fantasy Island 9. Anne Murray Super Special 10. PSA: Mental Illness 11. David Susskind Show 12. LaRue Tachi Portable Quadraphonic System 13. Great White North: Ian Thomas 14. Signoff: The National Anthem
#47 - #201
The Kids in the Hall - Season 2 - Episode 1
Sketches: - Spring: What a man likes about spring. - Comfortable: How comfortable are these couples? - Trucker #2: Truck Owner makes a phone call. - Hard Day: An undercover alien overreacts to innocent questions. - Off Swingin': One cool cat. - The Doctor: How far can you coast on just charm? - Bobby & The Devil: Bobby has a guitar fight with Satan.
#48 - Episode #115
MADtv - Season 1 - Episode 15
Coffee and Donuts Ink Blot Lowered Expectations-Rick #1 That's My White Mama Terms of Imprisonment Lowered Expectations-Rick #2 Dream Stealer Joel and Connie: Small Claims Lowered Expectations-Rick #3 Spy Vs Spy-Bomb Assembly Eddie Murphy Audition Monologue-Dave Higgins Gohhar and Hagop Don Martin-Assembly Line Lowered Expectations-Rick #4
#49 - #519
The Kids in the Hall - Season 5 - Episode 19
Francesca, Bruno, & the Voiceover Guy: voiceover guy corrects Francesca’s grammar • Sperm Bank I: the humanoids rob a sperm bank • The Queen at Tea: the Queen drops by unexpectedly for tea • Sperm Bank II: sperm bank continued • Man of Destiny: a busy guy • Sperm Bank III: sperm bank continued • Heart Channel: a truly bizarre pledge drive • Sperm Bank IV: sperm bank concluded
#50 - Episode #105
MADtv - Season 1 - Episode 5
Conference Call | IZM-Paris | Krishna Rock | Lowered Expectations: Mary | Urine Monologue | Affirmative Crips | Got Urine? | Don Martin: Beach Shovel | Larry King Gone Mad | Lowered Expectations: Artie | IZM: Torture | When Harry Met Willy | Lowered Expectations: Nicole | IZM: Drug Deal | Celibacy | Backstage | Spy Vs Spy: Log Jam