22 Running Gags in TV Shows That Need to Have Their Legs Broken

Stop that gag before it keeps on running!

Hey, TV writers, just because a joke gets a big laugh, doesn’t mean it needs to be beaten into the ground! Take it from us top-notch fact list writers. We make a sweet analogy about a running gag needing its legs broken and then we move on.

Not trying to start some internet versus TV war here, but sometimes you gotta call a spade a spade.

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Sheldon’s Intimacy Issues on The Big Bang Theory

Friends Being Mistaken for A Gay Couple

Susie’s Swearing on Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Penis Flattener on The Good Place

Hating on Kimmy Gibbler on Full House

Erin’s Naiveté on The Office

Bender’s Catchphrases on Futurama

Marie’s Prying on Everybody Loves Raymond

Drama Queen Gays

Parents Trying to Be Cool

Stuck Up Moms

Dean Pelton’s Creepiness on Community

Kramer Tripping on Seinfeld

‘We Were on A Break!’

Jake on Two and a Half Men

Community’s Paintball Episodes

Barney’s Job on How I Met Your Mother

The Hurt Knee Gag on Family Guy

Dr. Cox’s Insults on Scrubs

The Doodle Board on Friends

‘Bazinga!’