9 WTF Moments in Otherwise Lighthearted Shows
When that very special episode rubbed the viewers the wrong way or had them scratching their heads.
Published 7 years ago in Feels
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In one episode of The Facts of Life, Cindy is worried about her sexuality because she's becoming too friendly with another girl and other girls are making fun of her for it. Mrs. Garrett tells her she should never be ashamed of loving another person. Then two weeks later she falls for a boy at a dance because sometimes audiences really hate mature themes.
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This one time the Brady Bunch went to Hawaii on vacation and Bobby found a cursed Tiki idol. Near disasters occur with alarming frequency until 30 minutes later when Don Ho sings a song. If this episode aired today, all hell would break loose on twitter due to the literally hundreds of Hawaiian and Polynesian stereotypes presented and lumped together as one culture.
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Punky Brewster did a class presentation on wanting to be an astronaut, just a few weeks after the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch and killed all seven crew members. This was meant to be a hopeful episode and tribute to the late Christa Mcauliffe, a teacher who was also a NASA crew member, but it greatly missed the mark. The words "too soon" may have been involved.
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Family Ties' alcoholic Uncle Ned (Tom Hanks) drinks a bottle of vanilla extract because all the beer in the house is gone. He attempts to pressure his nephew into driving him to the store (which is closed because it's 2am) for a beer run, before randomly consuming baking ingredients hoping they contain some alcohol.
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