taken as a snip from my friends at the alt.tv.x-files site in its entirety (so no one says I robbed them ;-)
See #41
kc
Subject: GQ Critics name the 45 best tv episodes Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 13:02:36 -0400 From: "marlene steinberg" Newsgroups: alt.tv.x-files
Good for DD his appearance on the Larry Sanders Show was one of the picks:)
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The Sept. issue of GQ (U.S edition) with Heidi Klum on the cover is the 45th anniversary issue. The GQ critics name the 45 best movies, books, TV episodes, etc. of the past 45 years. Although it says "in no particular order," for some reason they're numbered. Here are the TV eps [I'm only including the descriptions for two for obvious reasons]:
GQ September 2002
page 282
THE LISTS TELEVISION
THE GREATEST EPISODES (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
1) The X-Files "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" The X-Files sends up The X-Files with the help of Charles Nelson Reilly, Jesse Ventura as a Man in Black and a scene in which an alien smokes a cigarette.
- The Odd Couple "Big Mouth"
- Cheers "What is...Cliff Clavin?"
- NYPD Blue "Hearts and Souls"
- I Love Lucy "Lucy Does a Commercial"
- Good Times "The Evans Get Involved" parts 1-4
- Fawlty Towers "The Germans"
- Star Trek "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
- The Brady Bunch "Adios, Johnny Bravo"
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Lamb to the Slaughter"
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
- ER "Love's Labor Lost"
- The Simpsons "Marge vs. the Monorail"
14) The Larry Sanders Show "Everybody Loves Larry" David Duchovny wants to spend quality time with Larry. Hank buys Elvis Costello's sports car on the promise it will "bring him pussy."
- Behind the Music "Lief Garrett"
- Bosom Buddies "Cablevision"
- The Six Million Dollar Man "The Return of Bigfoot" parts 1 and 2
- Playhouse 90 "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
- The Andy Griffith Show "Fun Girls"
- Taxi "Latka the Playboy"
21) The Mike Douglas Show February 14-18, 1972 John Lennon & Yoko Ono cohost
- Leave it to Beaver "The Pipe"
- The Sopranos "Pine Barrens"
- Happy Days "The Skin Game"
- Sex and the City "Politically Erect"
- The Honeymooners "Better Living Through TV"
- M*A*S*H "Abyssinia, Henry"
- The Dick Van Dyke Show "100 Terrible Hours"
- All in the Family "Stretch Cunningham, Good-bye"
30) The Muppet Show Host: Alice Cooper
- The Twilight Zone "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"
- Freaks and Geeks "Discos and Dragons"
- Diff'rent Strokes "The Reporter"
- The West Wing "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen" parts 1 and 2
- Dragnet "The LSD Story"
- Gilligan's Island "Hi-Fi Gilligan"
- Twin Peaks "Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer"
- The Love Boat "The Fashion Show" parts 1 and 2
- The Rockford Files "Backlash of the Hunter" parts 1 and 2
40) The Tonight Show Johnny Carson's final week
- Seinfeld "The Chinese Restaurant"
- James at 16 "Star-Crossed Lovers"
43) An American Family "Episode 8 - March 1, 1973"
- Laverne & Shirley "Bus Stop"
- Batman "Surf's Up! Joker's Under!"
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Marlene