About this episode

The episode discusses the portrayal of the Olympics in various sitcoms with guest David Smith.

The doctors of MASH get whipped into shape, Dharma and Greg embark on equally inspirational quests, and the Goldbergs triumph in sports that don't exist... This week we're talking about the Olympics in sitcoms with sports professional David Smith! Here's what we're watching: M*A*S*H S6 E11 "The MASH Olympics" Dharma & Greg S1 E17 "The Official Dharma & Greg Episode of the 1998 Winter Olympics" The Goldbergs S3 E16 "Edward 'Eddie the Eagle' Edwards" Superstore S2 E1 "Olympics" This is a good old fashioned RERUN! We'll be back with a new episode next week!

People in this episode

Hosts: Amy, Jay

Guest: David Smith

Topics covered

• sitcoms
• Olympics
• sports
• television
• comedy

Keywords

• M*A*S*H
• Dharma & Greg
• The Goldbergs
• Superstore
• Olympics
• sitcoms
• sports

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: M*A*S*H, Dharma & Greg, The Goldbergs, Superstore

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