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Year |
Situation Comedy |
Description |
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1988/1991/ |
Roseanne* |
1. Roseanne and Dan argue about who will work on whose
tired feet. |
1988 |
Who's the Boss?** |
Great confusion arises when Tony mistakes the intentions of Angela's co-worker who he sees working on Angela's feet. The co-worker is responding to her sore neck, saying, "I know shiatsu, reflexology--all that trendy stuff." The misunderstanding is cleared up by the end of the show and Angela is pictured working on Tony's foot saying, "Every organ is connected to all the nerve endings in your feet. Here's your liver. I think this is your knee." |
1988 |
Dear John*** |
A foot rub is administered to Judd Hirsch whether he likes it or not by a female political candidate who surprises him with romantic intentions. |
1988 |
Eisenhower & Lutz |
The lead character's girl friend works on his feet as the two talk. |
1989 |
Family Ties*** |
"Did you know there are pressure points on the feet to every part of the body?" asks Justine Bateman's character. The actor portraying her father responds, "Oops, I stubbed my kidney." |
1989 |
It's a Living |
"Now would you like me to do your feet?" asks a waitress trapped in an elevator with her boss after working on his shoulders. |
1990/1991/1995 |
Murphy Brown* |
1. Murphy Brown shares an intimate moment with her
mother, played by Colleen Dewhurst. The mother rubs Murphy's
feet as they discuss philosophies of life. |
1990 |
Tracy Ulmann** |
A wife leaving a bar says to her husband, "Don't be long. Remember you promised to rub my feet." After she leaves, his former lover, who the couple has encountered while on vacation says, "Don't you have to go attend to your wife's feet? ... You might try using Dr. Scholl's bunion softener." The husband says, "I shall be rubbing her feet, but I'll be thinking of your face." |
1991 |
Cheers** |
Bar maid Carla seeks to curry the favor of bar patron Cliff to win a contest. She rubs his back and then he shows his bare foot, saying, "You did such a good job on my back that my feet are jealous." Carla later describes the work on Cliff's feet saying, "I rubbed his feet. I rubbed his feet. I swear I could feel six toes on his left foot." Carla loses the contest but Cliff notes that something good came out of the event, "I got Carla to rub my feet. They should put that on my tomb stone." |
1991/1992/1993/1995 |
Married with Children* |
1. Peg Bundy promises that nothing will change now that
she's pregnant. In the next scene, husband Al and son Bud
are shown, each rubbing one of her feet. "Rub harder," Peg
commands. |
1991/1993 |
Designing Women** |
1. Anthony helps a woman move into her new home and
comments, "And then she wanted me to rub her feet." |
1991 |
Evening Shade** |
Mary Lou Henner works on Burt Reynold's feet as the two talk. |
1991 |
Alf*** |
Alf is sick and is offered hot soup. Another character offers to cool the soup by blowing on it. Alf says, "Good idea. And maybe you could massage my feet while it cools." |
1992 |
Golden Girls*** |
"Should I read it (the newspaper) to you and massage your feet like I did this morning?" asks Rose to Blanche illustrating how Blanche continually takes advantage of her. |
1992 |
Mad about You* |
As the program opens, actress Helen Hunt moves to the end of the couch and rubs the feet of actor Paul Reiser. |
1992 |
Inside Herman's Head |
Herman is meeting with his boss when she comments, "These shoes are killing me. Do me a favor. Rub my feet." He rubs her feet in a prelude to a romantic encounter. |
1992 |
Powers That Be |
"And you can rub our feet." says Senator Powers' daughter as she rubs her mother's shoulder following a long trip. |
1993 |
Joe's Life |
Main character Joe says to his wife who is returning from work, "Go sit in the living room and I'll rub your feet." As they are sitting on the couch the wife comment, "Good enough. Start rubbing." |
1993 |
Dave's World**** |
As Shel mangles playing cards with a card shuffler/dealer that he bought through a home shopping network, main character Dave says, "I guess it could have been worse. He could have ordered the foot massager." |
1994/1996 |
Wings* |
1. His ankle injured in a fall at Helen's house, a
querulous older man announces, "It's time for somebody to
rub my feet." Cab driver Antonio obliges against his
will. |
1994/1995 |
Home Improvement* |
1. Tim defends his attempt to discuss a problem with one
of their children. He says to Jill, "What you have rather
had me do (to relax him)? Rubbed his neck? Massaged his
feet?" |
1994/1995 |
Friends**** |
1. "All right, come here and give me your feet," says one
friend to another who is distressed about her love life. The
friend then works on her feet. |
1994/1995/1996 |
Frasier**** |
1. Daphne, foot sore from dressy shoes, is introduced to
someone at an awards ceremony. She says "Nice to meet you.
Can you rub me feet?" Later she greets Niles with "Good
evening. Can you rub me feet?" |
1994/1995 |
Coach* |
1. Football coach Hayden has not seen girl friend
Christine for six weeks as he talks to her by long distance
and says, "I'm going to play with my feet and pretend that
you're rubbing them." |
1994 |
Ellen**** |
Audrey turns to Ellen and says, "Rub my feet again." As Ellen rubs her feet they discuss Ellen's guilt over a past incident involving Audrey. |
1994 |
Absolutely Fabulous*** |
Busy lady executive is leaving town and she asks her assistant to cancel her personal appointments. "You-- remember. Cancel my aromatherapy, my psychotherapy, my reflexology, my osteopath, my homeopath, my naturopath, my crystal reader, my shiatsu, my organic hair dresser. And see if I can be rebirthed next Thursday," she says. |
1995 |
Cybill**** |
1. Cybill's pregnant daughter says, "My feet hurt. Will
you rub them?" Cybill obliges. |
1995 |
Grace Under Fire**** |
Grace's neighbors are sitting on the couch talking, each rubbing a foot of the other. The husband's work gets more vigorous as he does not like the direction of the conversation. |
1995 |
The Jeff Foxworthy Show**** |
Jeff works on his wife's feet as the two sit on the couch talking. |
1995 |
Pride and Joy |
"You always get other people to do things for you," the husband comments as his wife puts her foot into his lap. He rubs it as the two sit on the couch. |
1995 |
Madman of the People |
Newspaper columnist Dabney Coleman works on his wife's feet at the beginning of the program as the two discuss events of the day. |
1995 |
One Foot in the Grave*** |
Victor seems so relaxed his wife asks what is wrong. He talks about how relaxed he feels after visiting his reflexologist "when she runs her little finger across the foot." Later in the program he recommends it highly to someone for relaxation -- "It is a science you know." In the last scene, his wife reads from the local newspaper about a prostitute who plies her wares by running parts of her female anatomy across the soles of the feet. One local elderly man is reported to have thought she was a reflexologist. The husband protests that she was suggested by a bar keeper. |
1996 |
The Nanny**** |
"I've just been massaging his feet," states the nanny in response to a misunderstanding about what she was doing under the boss's desk. |
1996 |
3rd Rock from the Sun**** |
Actor John Lithgow works on the feet of fellow space-traveler-visiting-earth who is experiencing tired feet after her first earth job--waitressing. |
1996 |
Almost Perfect**** |
Main character Kim argues with her boyfriend saying, "I didn't like rubbing your foot but I did it anyway." |
1996 |
Dream On*** |
Martin talks to a woman whose husband has died. She says, "My friend TC cried and rubbed my feet till four in the morning... I want George to rub my feet." |
Year |
Drama/Action |
Description |
Pre-1988 |
Magnum, PI |
Higgins uses a foot work "technique I learned in Burma" to successfully bring around an unconscious baseball player who has been beaned by the ball. |
Pre-1988 |
The A-Team |
"Here, let me show you something I learned in the discos of New York," says an A-Team member to a foot sore hiking companion as he rubs her tired feet. |
Pre-1988 |
Fall Guy |
"It's called reflexology. You ought to try it sometime. It works," says Lee Majors' stunt man character as he works on the feet of a foot sore fellow hiker. |
1990 |
Dallas |
Bob Ewing rubs girl friend April's feet. |
1991 |
Star Trek |
Telepathic character Deanna Troy has her feet rubbed by a suitor during a romantic interlude. |
1991 |
Columbo |
Columbo discusses his hair cut with a make-up man. On the wall of the make-up trailer is a foot and hand reflexology chart. |
1992 |
Murder She Wrote |
Woman asks if male character in a cast wants his feet rubbed after complains about a cramp in his leg. She comments that maybe I can help you relax as she works on his feet. His wife walks into the room and interrupts the scene. |
1992 |
Sweating Bullets |
Female character receiving a massage comments on the foot work portion saying, "My right foot is jealous." |
1993 |
Beverly Hills 90910 |
Reflexology services are offered at a spa shown on camera. |
1993 |
Wild Palms |
A patent attorney, played by Jim Belushi, works on the feet of a female friend. She comments, "It feels good." |
1995 |
ER |
Dr. Benton has finally made the decision to place his mother in a rest home. As he leaves her there for her first day, he rubs her feet and talks to her. |
1996 |
Star Trek Voyager |
The story is about a particular species that mates only once in life. As the ship passes through a certain area, a woman aboard the ship of that species has to couple and she has to decide if she will couple with a man not of her species but who she has a relationship with. Part of the ritual is that one of her parents must work on her feet. By massaging the feet, a hormonal change in the body is caused, enabling the woman to conceive. |
1996 |
Sisters |
Foot working scene |
1996 |
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman |
The feet of Dr. Quinn are rubbed by her husband in a scene opening the program with an Old West theme. |
1996 |
Second Noah |
A child whose feet are being rubbed asks for the parent to play "this little piggy" with the toes. |