Best pure humor episodes

[The Wormhole]

I don't get how Data's Day and A Matter of Time are meant to be comedies. Data's Day is basically a character piece about Data. Since he doesn't sleep and is up and about all 24 hours of the day, this explores a typical day for him. Hell, the scene with Dr Crusher teaching him how to dance is the only part of the episode that comes off as comedic in any way.

I don't remember anything comedic, intentional or unintentional, about A Matter of Time.

[sonak]

The Wormhole wrote:

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I don't get how Data's Day and A Matter of Time are meant to be comedies. Data's Day is basically a character piece about Data. Since he doesn't sleep and is up and about all 24 hours of the day, this explores a typical day for him. Hell, the scene with Dr Crusher teaching him how to dance is the only part of the episode that comes off as comedic in any way.

I don't remember anything comedic, intentional or unintentional, about A Matter of Time.

agreed, I've never seen these episodes referred to as "comedies."

[JirinPanthosa]

Data's Day and Matter of Time might not strictly be referred to as comedies so much as 'light hearted episodes', or episodes with humorous B-plots.

Data's perspective in Data's Day is rather humorous, particularly his musings on O'Brien's wedding. The dancing, his delivery of the 'good news'.

And A Matter of Time, the entire con is humorous. His questioning of the layout of the briefing room, his entire act.

[Cyke101]

Dover wrote:

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I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Take Me Out to the Holosuite," but I'm a big baseball fan.

I'm not a baseball fan and it's still one of my favorite episodes. I'd certainly rank it as one of the great humor episodes.

[CorporalCaptain]

"Up the Long Ladder" isn't primarily a comedy, either.

[The Wormhole]

JirinPanthosa wrote:

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Data's Day and Matter of Time might not strictly be referred to as comedies so much as 'light hearted episodes', or episodes with humorous B-plots.

Data's perspective in Data's Day is rather humorous, particularly his musings on O'Brien's wedding. The dancing, his delivery of the 'good news'.

And A Matter of Time, the entire con is humorous. His questioning of the layout of the briefing room, his entire act.

Eh, Data's Day might have more comedic moments than a typical TNG episode, but it still isn't really a comedy, IMO. And I've never viewed anything in A Matter of Time as comedic. At all.

[Tiberius]

And how is "The Royale" a comedy?

[The Wormhole]

Tiberius wrote:

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And how is "The Royale" a comedy?

It's possible the original intention was for that to be a comedy, but things didn't turn out as planned. Then again, it's been ver a decade since I last watched that one, so maybe I shouldn't comment.

[Delta Vega]

I think that 95% of The Next Generations back catalogue make me laugh, purely because of their shitness, but hey, thats just me.

[CoveTom]

For honorable mention, even though it is not a comedy episode in the slightest, I would nominate the teaser from "The Pegasus." The entire Captain Picard Day scene is hilarious, IMHO. Stewart and Frakes sell it brilliantly.

[The Wormhole]

CoveTom wrote:

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For honorable mention, even though it is not a comedy episode in the slightest, I would nominate the teaser from "The Pegasus." The entire Captain Picard Day scene is hilarious, IMHO. Stewart and Frakes sell it brilliantly.

Yeah, it's at times hard to believe that scene is from The Pegasus, given that the rest of the episode is so deadly serious. The same episode which has Riker facing actions from his past which could potentially end his career starts off with Riker playing with a Captain Picard doll.

[foxhot]

To me, the Q/Robin Hood episode, RASCALS and the first section of CAPTAIN'S HOLIDAY are TNG humor at its finest.

TRIBBLES, A PIECE OF THE ACTION and I, MUDD are generally Classic TREK's comedy triumvirate, but for reasons I never understood I, MUDD has many detractors.

[JirinPanthosa]

I think the Royale is a great parody of bad literature.

[heavy lids]

Devo wrote:

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No one's mentioned "Who Mourns For Morn?". For shame!

Thank you. I love this episode. "You know Morn, he never shuts up."

[sbk1234]

The Wormhole wrote:

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Yeah, it's at times hard to believe that scene is from The Pegasus, given that the rest of the episode is so deadly serious. The same episode which has Riker facing actions from his past which could potentially end his career starts off with Riker playing with a Captain Picard doll.

I think that's part of what makes that episode work so well. It starts off with this ridiculous farce, which totally works against the seriousness of the rest of the episode. It makes the rest seem even darker, by comparrison.

As for the rest, I honestly don't think of them as comedies. True, many episodes have more than their share of humor, but there's always SOME serious element to the episode. To me, the term comedy sounds like Spock will be running around with a woopie cushion.