Sitcoms which reference other sitcoms

[Pink Gregory]

community had a few. abed taking a class on who's the boss, comparing the s5 repilot to scrubs, stuff like that

Abed taking a trip to the set of Cougartown

[notjosh]

Characters in 30 Rock putting on a Night Court reunion.

[NoOffenceLynn]

Yes! it is a great scene
Made all the better with Wilson trying not to corpse.

@Glebe

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[Glebe]

I'm sure there's some sitcom where one character is referred to disparagingly as being like Frank Spencer but annoyingly I cannae think wot it is.

[wobinidan]

I think South Park may have had some references too.

They had an entire episode called 'Simpsons did it' about how South Park couldn't think of any plotlines that the Simpsons hadn't already done!

[Glebe]

Oh yeah in OFaH's 'It Never Rains...', in the Spanish prison Grandad talks about the trouble he and his mate Nobby Clark got into in Spain during the Civil War - and the character of the same name from It Ain't Half Hot Mum was played by none other than Kenneth MacDonald, who had yet to join OFaH as Mike.

[McChesney Duntz]

There's an episode of Seinfeld (during the heavy-meta "Jerry" pilot season) with an NBC executive having to leave a meeting because there's "trouble on the set of Blossom" (a fairly innocuous, kid-friendly sitcom on the same network at the time) ("Poor Blossom," said Jerry), who in turn had an NBC executive leaving a meeting (or something) because there's "trouble on the set of Seinfeld." ("Poor Jerry," said Blossom.) Since there was likely no major overlap between the two shows' audiences (except, ahem, me, apparently), I imagine the reference was lost on most everyone watching.

[FredNurke]

Oh yeah in OFaH's 'It Never Rains...', in the Spanish prison Grandad talks about the trouble he and his mate Nobby Clark got into in Spain during the Civil War - and the character of the same name from It Ain't Half Hot Mum was played by none other than Kenneth MacDonald, who had yet to join OFaH as Mike.

Doesn't count, I'm afraid - people with the surname Clark(e) traditionally got the nickname 'Nobby', especially in the armed forces (another is 'Dusty' Miller).

[Andy147]

Scrubs has a bit about the theme tune to Charles In Charge.

So does Superstore (Jonah dares Amy to sing the theme over the P.A.), and it's on Family Guy a few times.

[Glebe]

Doesn't count, I'm afraid - people with the surname Clark(e) traditionally got the nickname 'Nobby', especially in the armed forces (another is 'Dusty' Miller).

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[g0m]

Abed taking a trip to the set of Cougartown

cougartown having danny pudi as abed in the bg of a scene

[Bartholomew J Krishna]

Why isn't Larry Sanders available to stream in the U.K. for fuck's sake

I have no idea.
But it is available for download.

[chip]

cougartown having danny pudi as abed in the bg of a scene

That's 'background', for the benefit of literally everyone else.

[Oosp]

I have no idea.
But it is available for download.

Best post in ages

[Minami Minegishi]

Just rewatching Arrested Development and there are mentions of both Happy Days and Curb which is disorientatingly fun given they share so many actors. 

[idunnosomename]

They had an entire episode called 'Simpsons did it' about how South Park couldn't think of any plotlines that the Simpsons hadn't already done!

and a two-parter about Family Guy! They're going to show a cutaway gag with the prophet Muhammad, Cartman hates the show so much he cycles to California to pretend he cares about Muslims to get the show cancelled.

A Bart Simpson character also shows up in that as an accomplice of Cartman in trying to get Family Guy pulled.

[Dr M1nx PhD]

Family Guy and the Simpsons did a crossover two-parter set in Springfield where each character got paired off with their equivalent (Meg/Lisa, Stewie/Bart, Brian/Santa's Little Helper etc) and had a little story. It was just... wrong. I blame Disney.

[g0m]

That's 'background', for the benefit of literally everyone else.

i think some people probably cracked the code

[dissolute ocelot]

Family Guy and the Simpsons did a crossover two-parter set in Springfield where each character got paired off with their equivalent (Meg/Lisa, Stewie/Bart, Brian/Santa's Little Helper etc) and had a little story. It was just... wrong. I blame Disney.

It aired in 2014, well before Disney bought Fox. I blame everybody else (except Harry Shearer who managed to throw up some "scheduling conflicts" to avoid appearing).

[Autopsy Turvey]

Hancock episode The Bowmans if it counts, there must other ones in Hancock i'm forgetting

"24 Bilkos have been flashing round this room with nobody to watch 'em"

[Dr M1nx PhD]

It aired in 2014, well before Disney bought Fox. I blame everybody else (except Harry Shearer who managed to throw up some "scheduling conflicts" to avoid appearing).

Bloody hell was it really that long ago? I don't doubt you, I'm just aghast at the passage of time.

Fair fucks to Harry Shearer though.

[Gulftastic]

In the sitcom Ellen, one of the characters was dating an actor who appeared in 'Welcome Back Kotter', the us remake of 'Please, Sir'.

It helped make John Travolata a star. Apparently, in the Yank version, the class members were nicknamed 'the sweat hogs'. Not a clue why.

[Video Game Fan 2000]

"24 Bilkos have been flashing round this room with nobody to watch 'em"

excellent

[Huxleys Babkins]

Family Guy and the Simpsons did a crossover two-parter set in Springfield where each character got paired off with their equivalent (Meg/Lisa, Stewie/Bart, Brian/Santa's Little Helper etc) and had a little story. It was just... wrong. I blame Disney.

My hat was thoroughly fucked when I found out the "I'm in danger" meme wasn't from Zombie Simpsons, but from Family Guy.

[thenoise]

The Good Life in The Young Ones.

Men behaving badly also referenced the Good Life. Clunes suggested that he wouldn't be able to do much small-holding as he'd be too busy shagging Felicity Kendell (or words to that effect).

[thenoise]

I guess Royle Family had a few, it being so heavily based around TV watching? The only one I can think of right now is Antony and Darren trading rubbish Ali G impressions.

[Angst in my Pants]

FRIENDS had a full-on crossover with Mad About You, the show Lisa Kudrow was in (playing Ursula) before she was cast as Phoebe in FRIENDS.

Ursula appeared in an episode of FRIENDS as Phoebe's twin sister, which also featured an appearance from Helen Hunt playing her Mad About You character Jamie.

This E! News article surprised me in that I had no idea that Michael Richards had also appeared on Mad About You in character as Kramer from Seinfeld.

Unless I'm mistaken I don't think Mad About You was ever broadcast in the UK, was it similar in tone to either of FRIENDS or Seinfeld?

[Average Comedy Enjoyer]

Just to tie together the two thread of the Simpsons and Andy Capp:

[Oh, Nobody]

South Park episode with the counter at the bottom for how many times they say "shit" features the Drew Carey Show

Dave Foley's character in Newsradio loves Green Acres, Vicki Lewis is IN love with Beavis, Steven Root buys what he believes to be George 'Goober' Lindsay's skull and Andy Dick is gifted the rights to Fibber McGee and Molly in an episode.

Cheers episode where Frasier is trying to make the patrons more literate has dialogue along these lines: "A Tale of Two Cities? Charles..."  "In Charge?"

[bigfatheart]

Dave Foley's character in Newsradio loves Green Acres, Vicki Lewis is IN love with Beavis, Steven Root buys what he believes to be George 'Goober' Lindsay's skull and Andy Dick is gifted the rights to Fibber McGee and Molly in an episode.

Came here to post about the Green Acres references in NewsRadio. There's also this reference to M*A*S*H:

Dave : I didn't just sign for a stolen jeep, did I, Radar?
Beth : Dave, I don't watch "Star Trek".