Beaver packs the perfect pipe, Arnold Drummond hits tobacco road, and Hank Hill employs the age-old parenting technique of making your child smoke the whole carton... This week's trope is <em>Getting Caught Smoking!</em> Here's what we're watching:
<ul><li>Leave it to Beaver S2 E9 "The Pipe"</li>
<li>Diff'rent Strokes S6 E12 "Where There's Smoke"</li>
<li>King of the Hill S1 E10 "Keeping Up With Our Joneses"</li>
<li>Abbott Elementary S3 E4 "Smoking"</li>
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Beaver packs the perfect pipe, Arnold Drummond hits tobacco road, and Hank Hill employs the age-old parenting technique of making your child smoke the whole carton... This week's trope is Getting Caught Smoking! Here's what we're watching: Leave it to Beaver S2 E9 "The Pipe" Diff'rent Strokes S6 E12 "Where There's Smoke" King of the Hill S1 E10 "Keeping Up With Our Joneses" Abbott Elementary S3 E4 "Smoking"

Caught Smoking!

Welcome to the Sitcom Study, where we contemplate the TV shows we grew up with and search for the truth and wisdom amidst the tropes and clichés.  Each week we’ll compare and contrast several TV episodes that share a common theme, be it characters plagued by amnesia, pop star guest spots, jump-the-shark moments, or women giving birth in elevators. It happens more than you think...

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Welcome to the Sitcom Study, where we contemplate the TV shows we grew up with and search for the truth and wisdom amidst the tropes and clichés. Each week we’ll compare and contrast several TV episodes that share a common theme, be it characters plagued by amnesia, pop star guest spots, jump-the-shark moments, or women giving birth in elevators. It happens more than you think...

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