Too Close for Comfort S5 E10 - ''For Every Man, There's Two Women'' Part 1 of 2

[Chrisruffolo81]

Please stop insulting me fool!!!!

[howardtheman]

You can't forget rape and put it behind you.

[howardtheman]

Thank God they weren't lesbians and just imagine what the episode would've turned into.

[AvatarRoku]

Seems like old Mr Rush is the only sane person in the show. and how is there humor in this whole situation?

[videoaa99]

can someone please post some more eps of Too Close for Comfort

[radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 0:00 To 0:57, It Was "Too Close For Comfort" Video Open From July 20, 1985.

[kmvt4ver]

yes it did air on antenna tv a couple months ago

[flyguy773]

His daughters look like they are in their early thirties.

[PatrickLHawkins]

@flyguy773 pretty close! The brunette was 29 and the blonde 28 at the time of this episode. Back then they were more than likely considered to look younger than their actually age. I bet 30 yrs from now someone will be watching a rerun of some show like Gossip Girl and think they look 40.

[Mangina9000]

It must have been so nice to snort an ounce of cocaine, get drunk, write a TV script in 2 hours, and take the rest of the week off.

[samisyosam]

5:35

And then suddenly the episode turns REALLY retarded.

[dawnsherie]

Oh this is horrible =(

[JENDALL714]

What's shocking is that Monroe got raped in San Francisco by straight women!

[PatrickLHawkins]

@JENDALL714 i saw your comment and died laughing

[JENDALL714]

@PatrickLHawkins well, I think the writers used straight women because Monroe getting raped in San Francisco by gay men would not have created any seriousness to the epsiode, since Monroe was obviously gay himself! The audience would not have believed he was actually "raped'.

[PatrickLHawkins]

@JENDALL714 I think your probably right. The Monroe character was also not openly gay. And like you said the audience wouldn't have believed it. And chances are it never even crossed the writers minds to make the rapists two gay men. And with it being early 80's television if it did I'm sure that idea was quickly shot down.

[CitySkin09]

"Well the big one did break my beeper!!" - ROFL!!!

[PhyscoZombieChickie]

This definitely aired past 85, i was born in 89, and i saw this when i was fairly young. Too young though that i thought it was actually a episode of three's company and tried googling the Jack gets raped episode.

[FlinkFritzpow]

It's sad that this came out in the 80's and people STILL think that men can't be raped.

[fjl05]

@FlinkFritzpow Yes but not necessarily by women.

[FlinkFritzpow]

@fjl05 Of course not, but it definitely does happen. I hear from an army buddy that there is no law in Alabama against a woman raping a man. Feel free to correct this if it's not true.

[MorroccoSurrogate]

Actually, having watched the whole episode, I do feel like the writers were attempting to tackle the topic of male-victim rape with some seriousness at first. It's just that this is a sitcom and apparently one can never, ever, make a sitcom episode without exactly four jokes a minute.

[MorroccoSurrogate]

Is this a transmission intercepted from an alternate reality where the citizens are indoctrinated to accept violence and rape?

[royiex]

anyone else from Cracked.com here? lol

[FareezLovesMe]

@royiex Yep : from 5 Inexplicably Horrifying Episodes of Classic Comedies

[NYCPulpHero]

*facepalm* that's the gag you people.

#1 Monroe is gay

#2 two fat chicks

#3 the EIGHTIES.

[GigglesKelly]

that is just the way things were said back then it was more commical to say things like that. i don't think they were really comparing it to an actual rapist but when you are in crazy situations like that as scared as you are you could end up saying that.

[rob111674]

Their handling of rape in this episode is disturbing. Mixing humor and rape seems very disrespectful. Lines like "the big one did break my beeper" (audience laugh track plays) just isn't right. Imagine a woman who had been raped saying "well, the big man did break my beeper". Pretty odd, I think. I think the writers were trying to make a point about men being raped, but also tried to go for the joke at the same time. I think it fell flat in poor taste.

[PhyscoZombieChickie]

@rob111674 oh yes of course it reeks of poor taste. Male victim ape and domestic abuse is too often played up for laughs when in reality it's a very clear and present issue.

[SpringSamurai]

Some pre-redditor is in charge of the fucking laugh track.

[PhilM662]

oh my God, thanks for posting

[jaysatanfox]

The laugh track was really awkward.

[adhiofawkes]

Get raped? Better clean your body with ice soap.

[wbrown95]

rape can be traumatizing, i found myself shaking in the shower scrubbing my body with frozen soap to clean myself

[TRCOOLGUY]

@wbrown95 this fucking comment

[jakedude11]

@wbrown95 what the fuck has reddit done to us....why....Why, WHY!

[BIGRED224FOREVER]

@wbrown95 I find that brillo, the non sos type works best for rug burns and grass burns for future encounters.

[Icix1]

Rape: Never too soon

[Crustyfisherman911]

Rape's Hilarious (':

[TheDcrypter]

wow, its almost like every time you think they are going to actually get the point across that rape is wrong no matter what, they throw in a punch line and a laugh track...

[DontEatTheReaper]

If ever I've hated a female character, I did during this. Especially around 5:50.

[WinslowSagan]

It's like the laugh track is another antagonist.

[hzac1337]

RAPE DESERVES A LAUGH TRACK

[gwenlizabeth1971]

Thanks for posting:)

[TheSonOfMississippi]

i hope you plan to put more episodes on here i have not seen these in years its good to know someone still cares about how tv was really meant to be....

[ParksideFiveTwo]

a milestone in sitcom surrealism.