The BEST episodes written by Jay Kogen
#1 - Swindle and Vinnie
Wendell & Vinnie - Season 1 - Episode 14
An angry Wendell sells a treasured item of Vinnie's without knowing its full value, so then he must figure out how to retrieve the item.
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#2 - Peter Comes Out Again
Happily Divorced - Season 2 - Episode 2
Fran is shocked to discover that Peter is not out to his family so, when his brother Matthew is in town, she pushes him to finally come out. Once Matthew realizes that Fran is single, things between them heat up.
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#3 - We are the Champions... Maybe
School of Rock - Season 1 - Episode 12
School of Rock faces defeat at the Battle of the Bands when a rival group steals their song, but realize using an original song to show off their rock star power might be the best way to win.
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#4 - Lisa the Greek
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 14
Sundays become “Daddy-Daughter Days” when Homer discovers Lisa’s uncanny ability to pick winning football teams.
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#5 - A Kiss Is Just a Kiss
George Lopez - Season 2 - Episode 17
As a surprise for Angie's birthday, George arranges for her father Vic and sister Gloria to visit for the celebration. Upset about her upcoming divorce and jealous of her sister's marriage to a good man, Gloria makes an inappropriate advance towards George-which Max witnesses.
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#6 - Bart the Daredevil
The Simpsons - Season 2 - Episode 8
Bart decides to emulate his hero, daredevil Lance Murdoch, and performs increasingly risky stunts on his skateboard. When he sets his sights on Springfield Gorge, Homer intervenes.
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#7 - Last Exit to Springfield
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 17
Homer negotiates his union's contract with Mr. Burns, mindful that he needs a dental plan for Lisa's new braces. Burns mistakes Homer's utter ineptitude for strategy and concedes, on the condition that Homer resign as union president.
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#8 - Marie's Vision
Everybody Loves Raymond - Season 7 - Episode 10
While Raymond, Robert and Frank don't want to bring up the fact that Marie is having vision trouble, Debra decides to level with her and suggests she visit an eye doctor. When Marie winds up with a pair of specs just in time for the holidays, she winds up putting the family on edge when she starts seeing them for better and for worse! Meanwhile, Robert gets back together with Amy and invites her to a Thanksgiving dinner.
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#9 - College Recruiters
Malcolm in the Middle - Season 7 - Episode 12
A broke Francis gets talked into getting a real job by Dewey, but one of Francis' rocker friends decides to offer him the position of tour manager of his band instead. Back home, Hal takes over the college recruiters, which Malcolm refuses to meet with, and treats each one as a suitor. However, Hal's plans are ruined when Malcolm chooses to go Harvard.
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#10 - Krusty Gets Busted
The Simpsons - Season 1 - Episode 12
Krusty the Clown gets busted for robbing the Kwik-E-Mart, with Homer as an eyewitness. Convinced that their idol was wrongly accused, Bart and Lisa investigate the crime.
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#11 - Treehouse of Horror III
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 5
In "Clown Without Pity," Bart's Krusty doll is determined to murder Homer. In "King Homer," Homer plays King Kong to Marge's Fay Wray. Finally, in "Dial Z for Zombies," Bart finds a book of witchcraft and accidentally brings Springfield's dead to life.
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#12 - Hal's Dentist
Malcolm in the Middle - Season 7 - Episode 17
Hal's friend Trey tells him to come to his dental office when he looses a tooth during a poker game, but their friendship becomes in jeopardy when Hal's faced with a $2,000 bill and causes a fight between them. Reese, meanwhile, teaches Lois how to ride a bike, while Malcolm and Dewey find sleeping as their new favorite pastime.
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#14 - Treehouse of Horror
The Simpsons - Season 2 - Episode 3
The family moves into a haunted mansion, Aliens abduct the Simpsons and invite them to what might be their last supper, and Lisa reads Bart Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven."
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#16 - Time in a Bottle
Happily Divorced - Season 2 - Episode 8
Everybody's at Fran's and they all gather to watch Judi's commercial. When Fran raises the question of what made Peter come out two years ago, everybody tells their memories, but Fran then realizes some things are better left in the past.
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#17 - Old Money
The Simpsons - Season 2 - Episode 17
When Grandpa's new girlfriend at the Springfield Retirement Castle dies, he inherits her savings and must decide the best way to spend his windfall.
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#18 - I Like Your Moxie
Ned and Stacey - Season 2 - Episode 18
It's nervous times at the agency with a new board of directors installed, and they want Ned to prove his worth by creating a catchy campaign for a client's product--sponges. A fire at work forces Ned and his creative team to work at his apartment. Eric and Amanda are at a hotel continuing with their task of trying to get her pregnant, while Stacey babysits Howard at their apartment. The couple returns home, though, after Eric refuses to cross a picket line at the hotel. Stacey's slobbish ways have resulted in a cockroach invasion, so she returns to her apartment with the Moyers in tow. Amanda and Eric immediately commandeer a bedroom and get back to work. But it's hard for Ned and the team to get any work done, especially with Jeannie admiring Eric's heroic efforts in the bedroom. The next day at the meeting with the client Ned still has nothing. The clients are about to leave dissatisfied, but some tossed-off remarks by Ned result in some slogans he likes for some of their other produ
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#19 - Bart's Friend Falls in Love
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 23
Everything’s coming up Milhouse when Bart’s best friend falls in love with the new girl at school. Jealous, Bart snitches to Milhouse’s father and the lovebirds are separated.
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#20 - Pilot
Wendell & Vinnie - Season 1 - Episode 1
Vinnie Bassett, a 30-year-old a carefree bachelor and proprietor of a pop culture memorabilia store suddenly becomes the legal guardian of his precocious, wise-beyond-his-years nephew, Wendell.
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#21 - Tiki Lounge
Malcolm in the Middle - Season 6 - Episode 13
When Hal and Lois realize how little time they spend together, Hal turns the garage into a private tiki lounge where he and Lois can retreat. Things go smoothly until they feud over philosophical beliefs. Meanwhile, Mr. Herkabe cons Malcolm into joining the Booster Club, where he learns a lesson about taking one for the team.
#22 - Sweet Dreams
Frasier - Season 5 - Episode 24
Frasier refuses to comply when the new station manager mandates that on-air talent must read commercials during their programs. Frasier leads his forces to "The Black Tower" to protest, reckoning that the might of the on-air talent will force management to accede to their demands.
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#26 - Like Father, Like Clown
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 6
Bart and Lisa work to reunite Krusty the Clown with his estranged father, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi who had never accepted Krusty’s career choice.
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#27 - Frasier's Curse
Frasier - Season 6 - Episode 2
Frasier, still unemployed, is hesitant to attend his high school reunion due to what he deems 'Frasier's Curse'. Every five years, when reunion time comes up, Frasier is temporarily down on his luck; losing his job at KACL is just another symptom of the curse. Frasier fears if he attends, he'll sit at the last table with the chess club barbershop quartet.
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#28 - Homer's Odyssey
The Simpsons - Season 1 - Episode 3
Homer is fired for nearly causing a meltdown at the nuclear plant. Unable to provide for his family, he contemplates ending it all - until he discovers a new life path as a campaigner for safety.
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#29 - iStart Over
iCarly (2021) - Season 1 - Episode 1
Carly Shay navigates the next chapter of her life, moving past a failed relationship and reinventing her web show. Meanwhile, Spencer can't accept the fact that Harper doesn't like his latest sculpture.
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#32 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Eric
Ned and Stacey - Season 2 - Episode 7
Ned comes over to Eric's with plans to sneak into the new movie ""Turbine Man,"" but Eric wants to prepare for his big presentation the next day. At that presentation, Ned puts on a very entertaining show and promises to take the clients to meet supermodels, but first Eric gives his very dry and dull report on the accounting numbers. Ned breaks up the presentation by shooting foam darts at Eric and taking the clients away in search of the promised models. Out to dinner with their wives that night, Ned and Eric argue. Eric is furious with Ned for the way he humiliated him and stalks out on the dinner with Amanda. Later Ned comes by the Moyer house, but he finds Eric playing poker with a new bunch of guys and he pointedly refuses to accept Ned's peace offering. Stacey comes home to find Ned putting on a big party with his supposed friends, a motley crew including Cornelius the doorman, Nate and Chazz from the muffin shop, Will (a cabdriver he just met), and Alex Trebek. The party is incred
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