There is a reasonableness why so many television shows love using smoke as a plot point : watching stoned character is always funny , whether it ’s a realistic and giggly mellow or an over - the - top , rainbow - color in acid trip-up . Aside from the odd part , being pit allow quality to leave their comfort zones for a bit , rid them up to be undefended and solemn with each other . But the best part is the cockeyed trick they get into .
stripling getting lapidate on TV usually make for Very Special Episodes that encourage the " horrors " of smoking weed – but the funreallybegins when adults light up , and doubly so when they ’re normally straitlaced parent . What better Clarence Shepard Day Jr. to revisit these minute than 4/20 ? Here are seven of the best parent - stoner episode to check out .
The Simpsons: “Weekend at Burnsie’s”
Season 13 , Episode 16Available on FXNOWHomer is essentially a walk , talking stoner stereotype – just without the actual weed . But after an accident , he arrive a prescription for medical marijuana , then develop a newfound appreciation for Lisa ’s jazzy saxophone and really ramps up his munchies . The episode takes a bend with a plot of ground about whether weed should be legitimize , but it remains funny – especially for a later - eraSimpsonsep .
Roseanne: “A Stash from the Past”
Season 6 , Episode 4Available on NetflixArguably the best deal - related episode , " A Stash from the yesteryear " focuses on Dan , Roseanne , and Jackie smoking some dope they find . First they thought it was David ’s , but then they realize it was from Dan and Roseanne ’s stoner solar day – and they might be too onetime and responsible to do this . It ’s one of the funniest and most realistic depictions of the silly paranoia of being in high spirits , and an installment you could watch over and over .
Frasier: “High Holidays”
Season 11 , Episode 11Available on NetflixThe reason this one works peculiarly well is because much of the show is based around its grapheme being loaded and highly strung , which is certainly the contrary of the typical television stoner . Nile River undertake to get stone , only to corrode a regular brownie ( while claim he ’s " eminent as the Himalayas " ) – and the genuine special imp goes to his father , Martin .
That ’70s Show: “Garage Sale”
Season 2 , Episode 1Available on NetflixWhile the kid onThat ' LXX Showare stoned just about every minute of every day , " Garage Sale " fix the parents in on the fun . Again , it ’s a case of an accidental senior high when Kitty & Co. eat Hyde ’s " special gremlin " and find themselves in their children ’s normal state .
King of the Hill: “High Anxiety”
Season 4 , Episode 14Available for leverage on AmazonOne thing that most of these figure of speech harp on is the paranoia that comes along with being stone , peculiarly if you ’re go through it for the first time ( and by accident).King of the Hillbuilds on this in an installment where Hank unintentionally takes one smasher of a joint ( mistaking it for an " deficient tobacco plant " cigarette ) in the thick of amurder investigationin which he ’s a major suspect .
Modern Family: “The Party”
Season 7 , Episode 18Available on HuluThe latest entrant to this genre isModern Family ’s " The Party , " which ventilate earlier this calendar month . While look in telephone line for a geeky film , Phil and Mitchell get offered edibles and , actualise neither has ever essay pot , decide to venture on this journeying together . Predictably , thing go awry and hijinks ensue .
Dinosaurs: “A New Leaf”
Season 2 , Episode 17Available on NetflixMy personal favourite of all the heap episodes out there , Dinosaurs– a short - dwell situation comedy about a dinosaur family that deserves sempiternal revisiting – offer a thin twirl on an old story . This time , patriarch Earl peculiarly try out some of his son ’s " glad plant , " and the two of them , along with girl Charlene , get completely hooked on the drug . The intact episode is deserving it for the dance sequence alone .
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