About this episode

The episode explores various sitcoms featuring New Year's Eve plans that go awry.

Frasier hits the road for the new millennium, Laverne and Shirley look for love at the dawn of the 1960s, and Paul Reiser brings time to a halt from the rooftops of Times Square... this week's trope is New Year's Eve plans gone wrong! Here's what we're watching: Laverne & Shirley S3 E12 "New Years Eve, 1959" Mad About You S4 E9 "New Years Eve" Frasier S7 E12 "RDWRER" How I Met Your Mother S1 E11 "The Limo"

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy, Jay

Topics covered

• New Year's Eve
• TV sitcoms
• plans gone wrong
• comedy
• nostalgia

Keywords

• New Year's Eve
• Frasier
• Laverne & Shirley
• Mad About You
• How I Met Your Mother

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Laverne & Shirley, Mad About You, Frasier, How I Met Your Mother

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