The BEST episodes directed by John Blanchard
#1 - #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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#2 - 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.
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#3 - Dream On
Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 2
Claudia's dream about Eddie has Sean out to relight his wife's fire, until he goes down in flames during an impromptu visit to her work. Meanwhile, Lily bombs out with a new boy after guzzling Jimmy's spiked cider. (TV Guide)
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#4 - The Godfather
SCTV Network 90 - Season 2 - Episode 6
1. Katharine Hepburn for Twillings Tea 2. The Godfather 3. Great White North: Long Underwear and Backbacon 4. SCTV Special Presentation: 3-D House of Beef 5. Birkney's Diamonds 6. SCTV Movie of the Week: The Vikings and the Beekeepers.
#5 - I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, and No Guy's Gonna Tell Me it Ain't
SCTV Network 90 - Season 2 - Episode 2
1. Ricardo Montalban School of Fine Acting 2. Sunrise Semester: Ventriloquism with Mr. Wilcox 3. Night School High Q 4. Perma-Lacque Hair Spray 5. Great White North: Mouse in a Bottle 6. You: I'm Taking My Own Head... 7. Video Dinners from Videotech 8. Critic's Corner with Bill Needle: Theatre Beat 9. The Fishin' Musician: The Plasmatics 10. Send $10.00 to BOX 1980 11. Theatre Beat with Bill Needle: I'm Taking My Own Head 12. You: Dr. Bernard Coddle 13. Dusty Towne at Lucifer's Arena 14. My Bloody Hand 15. Cow Malt Liquor 16. SCTV Movie of the Week: Power Play
#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.
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#7 - Smoke on the Daughter
Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 6
During a stressful day at work, Claudia takes a puff of a co-worker's cigarette which quickly turns into an entire cigarette and then a daily habit. Desperate to keep her smoking habit from Sean and the kids, Claudia tries her best to smoke without being found out, but is busted by Lily. Lily makes a deal with her - she won't say anything if Claudia will get her a cell phone and Claudia agrees. Sean thinks that Claudia's bizarre behavior lately has something to do with him, prompting him to buy her the expensive armoire Claudia was admiring recently at the flea market. When her quest for a cigarette leads to her digging through the trash and landing outside Brad O'Keefe's window, she realizes she has hit a new low and swears off her habit. Meanwhile, after setting a date with Dean on her new cell phone, Lily is humiliated to find out Dean heard her gushing about him when the phone didn't turn off.
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#8 - 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.
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#9 - 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.
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#10 - 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.
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#11 - 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.
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#12 - 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.
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#13 - Swearin' to God
Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 18
Sean exploits a nun's foulmouthed slip of the tongue to get Claudia and the kids everything they've ever wanted from St. Finnian's.
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#14 - 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!
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#15 - 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.
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#16 - 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.
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#17 - #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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#18 - 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.
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#19 - #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.
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#20 - 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.
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#21 - 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.
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#22 - #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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#23 - 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.
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#24 - Bang on a Drum
Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 5
Sean and Eddie revive their old high school band to play a wedding reception, but Sean gets nervous when Lily seems way too interested in their hot new drummer. Jimmy convinces Henry that the reson he can't find baby pictures of himself is that Henry's a robot.
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#25 - 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.
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#26 - #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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#27 - 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.
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#28 - 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.
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#29 - 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.
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#30 - 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).
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#31 - 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.
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#32 - 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.
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#33 - 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.
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#34 - 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.
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#35 - 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.
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#36 - 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.
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#37 - Mr. Roboto
Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 11
Jimmy and his class are having a robot science fair. Sean goes all out to create a ""first place"" robot for Jimmy. When the judge of the fair calls Jimmy's robot ""substantial robot"" and ""you could prop a door wide open with this!"" Sean stands up and admits that he made his son's robot. He requests that the other parents do the same (It's obvious that the other robots were made by the parents.) In the end, Jimmy and his robot, fight Benji (his classmate) and his robot in a robot battle! Benji, who was marvelously acted wins!
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#38 - Relax!
Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 16
Sean tries to talk a gay co-worker into coming out of the closet before it gets out that Sean has already done it for him. Meanwhile, Lily's ready to rumble for her man after realizing that women keep hitting on Dean.
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#39 - #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.
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#40 - Polynesiantown
SCTV Network 90 - Season 1 - Episode 2
1. 5 Neat Guys: Neatest Hits 2. Tim Ishimuni Show 3. Kwallada 4. Message from Prickley: Polynesiantown 5. SCTV Movie Of the Week: Polynesiantown 6. Larry Siegel Talk Show 7. Indira, live at the Ackron Arena 8. Great White North: Traveling and Salaries 9. Brenda Vaccaro for Bren's Genfem Protecteze Pons 10. Sammy Maudlin Show: Drugs and Hollywood 11. The Rosemans 12. Yuri: Getting to Know You 13. Will: The Movie 14. SCTV British Film Festival: Look Back in a Bloody Rage 15. Gerry Todd Show 16. Crazy Hy's: TVs 17. Incredible Cash Contest 18. Crazy Hy's: Satellite Dishes
#41 - #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.
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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
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#43 - I Saw Daddy Hitting Santa Claus
Grounded for Life - Season 2 - Episode 7
Sean gets ticked off with Walt, who's playing Santa Claus, when he promises Henry a $350 Astro Jammer Battle Buggy for Christmas. So Sean responds by bringing violence to Santaland. Meanwhile Lily tries to figure out if the blurry giftcard on her boxershorts reads ""from Brad"" or ""from Dean.""
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MADtv - Season 1 - Episode 19
Sketches: Martial Arts #1 Spishak Margarine Meet The Folks Lowered Expectations-Danielle Fugitive Martial Arts #2 Spy Vs Spy- Sidewalk Switch Party Dad Lowered Expectations-Budduda Gumboy and Poker Martial Arts #3 Joey Devanzo Monologue-Harland Williams Lowered Expectations-Carol I'll Kick Your Ass Zany and Madcap
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#45 - 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.
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#46 - 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.
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#47 - 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.
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#48 - 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.
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#49 - #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.
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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
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