Sitcoms came a little late to the Halloween party. While comedies like The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Brady Bunch all featured episodes with ghosts and haunted houses, none thought to tie the episodes to the year’s spookiest holiday. These days, though, it’s almost obligatory to do a Halloween episode, providing a pillowcase full of comedy treats for anyone willing to go door-to-door in search of the goods.
The Office
The Dunder-Mifflin branch has provided a lot of costume-centric episodes to choose from, but let’s go with Season Two’s “Halloween.” The guises are great, from Michael’s papier-mache second head to Jim’s three-hole punch creation. And the plot has real stakes: Who will Michael decide to fire by the end of the day? Be glad it wasn’t Creed, or we would never have gotten this bit from a later Halloween episode.
The Addams Family
Of all the older sitcoms, of course The Addams Family was the one to give Halloween its proper due. Wednesday is upset after a neighbor tells her there’s no such thing as actual witches and goblins. And so, the family holds a good, old-fashioned séance to restore Wednesday’s faith in ghouls.
Freaks and Geeks
In one of the more memorable episodes of the show’s only season, siblings Sam and Lindsay move uncomfortably into new phases of life. For Sam, Halloween is one last chance to hold on to childhood and score free candy before he’s too old. For Lindsay, it’s a night to embrace her inner bad girl and prove she’s one of the freaks — even if it means turning on her family.
Roseanne
In “Boo!,” an episode from Season Two, Roseanne will do anything to get a jump-scare out of Dan. The Conners’ Tunnel of Terror offers plenty of frights, but for pure gore, it’s hard to beat the dismembered head of Jackie served on a platter.
Community
For a genuinely scary sitcom Halloween, head to Greendale Community College, where Dean Pelton has set out old military rations as a holiday treat. Zombie mayhem ensues, with many of your Community favorites joining the ranks of the undead. Run for your lives — and not just because Shirley and Chang have sex!
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Who got Dee pregnant at last year’s Halloween party? Was it Charlie? Dennis? Mac? Who cares with choice dialogue like this:
Dennis: You are dressed like the Phantom of the Opera. He’s not a vampire.
Charlie: He eats theater people.
Dennis: No, he doesn’t.
Mac: I think he might.
Frank: He does.
Dennis: And I’m surprised you even know who the Phantom of the Opera is.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The melancholy two-part episode, “The Last Day,” was a bittersweet treat, ending the Andy Samberg comedy with one final Halloween heist. But was it really the last one? While the gang disperses for jobs and parts unknown, the final scene promises that they’ll always reconvene for spooky fun around the holidays.
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