15 Horrifying Episodes Of Classic Comedies
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Have you ever been watching a classic comedy and all of a sudden found yourself shocked or disturbed by an inexplicable scene or joke? If so, you're not alone. Many classic comedies contain scenes that are horrifying, cringe-worthy, or just plain weird. Comedies can pull off drama very effectively by pulling the rug out from the audience, who aren't expecting their feel-good sitcom to veer suddenly into issues on sexual assault, child abuse, and occasionally the entire cast being killed.
We all know and love the classic comedies that have been around for decades. However, some of these comedies contain horrifying episodes that can't be explained. In this article, we'll take a look at such episodes from classic comedies. We'll try to understand why these scenes were included in the films and what purpose they serve. Here are some of the most inexplicable episodes in classic comedies. Stay tuned for a spooky good time! Enjoy! (or not...)
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM PUNKY BREWSTER PUNKY DESCENDS INTO A CAVE OF NIGHTMARES The plucky orphan and her friends, lost in the woods, shelter in a cave when they are visited by a group of Native Americans. This group tells the kids a story about an evil spirit that resides in that very cave, and the children march into the darkness to destroy it. What follows is a John Carpenter movie, full of dead children and monstrous entities, until it's revealed that all the horror that transpired was a story Punky was telling her friends.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/8/803968.jpg)
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![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER MARSHALL'S DAD DIES After finding out he's going to be a father, Marshall tries to call his dad to tell him the good news. This is when his wife, Lily, pulls up in a cab to deliver shocking news: Marshall's dad had a heart attack and died. Jason Segel, who plays Marshall, wasn't told about this twist until shooting the scene, making his reaction authentic. For the next few episodes, the characters deal with loss and moving on.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/7/803967.jpg)
Source: Independent
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DINOSAURS THE DINOSAURS CAUSE THE ICE AGE The finale of Dinosaurs put a period firmly at the end of the series, with an impending apocalyptic event being the final send-off to the beloved characters - and one for which they are directly responsible. The intelligent species of the planet, the dinosaurs, are so fixated on technology that they bring about an ice age. The father, Earl, has to then explain to his infant son that he royally screwed the world up, and there will be no future for them.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/5/803965.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DIFF'RENT STROKES ARNOLD AND DUDLEY GET MOLESTED No cutesy catchphrase can soothe the sting of this uncomfortable episode, where an elderly bicycle shop owner tries to seduce two adolescent boys. Mr. Horton plies the boys, Arnold and Dudley, with junk food, alcohol, and pornographic magazines. When Arnold finally tells a grown-up about the bike shop of horrors, the police arrive just in time to find a half-naked, drugged Dudley sprawled on the floor, and take the neighborhood child predator away.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/6/803966.jpg)
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![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM ALL IN THE FAMILY EDITH BUNKER IS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED In this two-parter, the wide-eyed innocent Edith has to fend off a rapist in her home. On her birthday, no less. When an officer stops by to describe a rapist that has been assaulting people in the neighborhood, Edith realizes he is describing himself. Edith is attacked, pinned on the couch, and has to watch helplessly as her husband returns home briefly while her rapist hides. She is unable to cry for help, and is left alone again. On her birthday.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/3/803963.jpg)
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![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR WILL IS SHOT AND HOSPITALIZED Will Smith's character played a fish-out-of-water role in the affluent suburbs of Bel Air, far from his roots in the dangerous streets of Philadelphia, where guys are often found to be up to no good. Even in his cushy new life, the dangers of crime find Will, and he and Carlton are held at gunpoint for their cash. The gunman fires, hitting Will as he pushes Carlton out of harm's way. Carlton now carries his own, personal security firearm, but the shooter is never caught.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/2/803962.jpg)
Source: E Online
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM BLACKADDER THE CHARACTERS WE LOVE MEET THEIR END The show somehow managed to be funny despite the wartime setting, but the backdrop of WWI catches up to the crew at its final moments. Ordered to climb out of the trenches and charge the enemy, Blackadder and his group know this will be the end, and no clever plan will save them now. The cavalry charges in slow motion, and we fade to a shot of modern day, the old trenches now a peaceful field of poppies, and the men long forgotten.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/0/803960.jpg)
Source: AV Club
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DIFF'RENT STROKES SAM GETS KIDNAPPED AND HELD HOSTAGE Diff'rent Strokes makes the list again, seemingly trying to top their previous attempt to disturb audiences. The adolescent Sam is kidnapped by a father that had recently lost his own young boy, under threat that if Sam doesn't comply his real family will be harmed. The man lies to his own family, saying he found Sam in a box, and Sam has to try to navigate lying and trying not to get his family killed. The police eventually kick down their door and the kidnapper's family completely unravels as](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/4/803964.jpg)
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![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM SEINFELD ELAINE IS STALKED AND ALMOST HELD CAPTIVE K SI The season four episode is a payoff to the building of the secondary character, Crazy Joe Davola, an unstable and violent presence in the lives of the cast. Elaine isn't aware that the Joey she is seeing is the same person that has been threatening and assaulting her male friends, even after she views a wall in his apartment that is covered in voyeuristic photos of her. Davola corners Elaine, telling her she isn't leaving, and he ends up with an eyeful of Binaca (cherry flavored, naturally).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/4/803954.jpg)
Source: Uproxx
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM RED DWARF THE CAST IS MURDERED BY THEIR FUTURE SELVES In the season 6 finale, the cast of this sci-fi comedy in space meets with their future selves, who have all turned to greedy assholes. At one point, the future group, in their much more advanced spacecraft, gives their past selves an ultimatum: either hand over information that will further enrich them, or die. Both groups agree they'd rather be dead than turn into each other, so they fight, and the crew we've been watching for years is killed one by one. It wasn't until 4 years](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/1/803961.jpg)
Source: Buzzfeed
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT MONROE IS KIDNAPPED AND ASSAULTED Sometimes it isn't the subject matter of an older show that doesn't age well, but the dated reaction, as is the case with the For Every Man, There's Two Women episode of Too Close For Comfort, an otherwise goofy sitcom. When the male character Monroe returns home and declares he was kidnapped by two women and forcibly raped, the audience roars with laughter. When Monroe goes to the police, they tell him it's too embarrassing a crime to report.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/5/803955.jpg)
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![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM FAMILY GUY QUAGMIRE'S SISTER IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Family Guy's approach to violence was always slap-stick and non sequitur up until this point. Lois and Peter Griffin go at it so much you could say they have an abusive relationship, but it's always played for laughs. The situation with Quagmire's sister Brenda, however, is played straight, the point being that her very real abuse is something the main characters have to address.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/9/803959.jpg)
Source: AV Club
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE GOOD LIFE HOME-STEADERS ARE VANDALIZED WITH SWASTIKAS This British sitcom from the 70's revolves around a couple, now middle aged, who leave the corporate world to become self-sufficient, turning their suburban home into their entire world. This new world is shattered, however, when vandals break in while the couple and their friends are out. As they happily prance back into their home, the cheerful singing stops, and the horror is shown.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/8/803958.jpg)
Source: British Comedy Guide
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE SIMPSONS MAUDE FLANDERS IS KILLED OFF Maude dies in a sudden, unceremonial, and off putting t-shirt cannon mishap in the 11th season of the show. Although the show was built on cartoon violence like casual child abuse, the violent, undeserving end to the wife and mother was a confusing take. Unlike the not-actually-Skinner Armin Tamzarian, the show doesn't go back on the decision, and Maude was never seen again (except in flashbacks).](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/7/803957.jpg)
Source: CBR
![COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM MASH HAWKEYE TELLS A HORRIFIC STORY The wartime sitcom ends with Hawkeye, in the hospital for a nervous breakdown, telling a story about a harrowing trip through enemy territory. Hawkeye's team takes a bus back to base, with some locals, only to find out that the enemy was nearby. All the passengers must remain quiet, but one local woman has a chicken that won't shut up, so Hawkeye sternly tells her to keep it quiet. She presumably smothers it, and Hawkeye reveals it wasn't a chicken, it was her infant child.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/5/6/803956.jpg)
Source: What Culture