Talk:Bottle episode

message: The first example is an episode of Porridge, but I'm not sure this fits the definition. Porridge (and sitcoms in general) tend to have tiny budgets that vary little from episode to episode, and in this specific case I always assumed that the idea was a homage to "The Bedsitter", an old installment of Hancock which had Tony Hancock on his own for the entire show. The same is true of the episodes of One Foot in the Grave, and EastEnders tried it too - the idea is to show off an actor's range and also it's a challenge for the screenwriters, rather than a means of saving money. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:13, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Porridge

message: I don't think calling Fourth Wall Break on Community (see examples section) is correct; the method used for masking self awareness in that show is extremely simple, yet pretty much airtight. I'm not nitpicking, I just think that comment mislead readers about the writing style of the show.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.9.165.198 (talk) 14:04, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Community and the fourth wall 

message: I've culled the bulk of this article. I cut out the long list of examples, since only one episode had a substantiating third-party citation identifying it as a bottle episode; other entries are WP:OR. I integrated that example with the definition/explanation of the format. I also dug up an citation regarding the Friends episode, although I confess I just copy-and-pasted that citation from another site, and didn't verify the actual content myself. Also excised other unsubstantiated, ORish claims. --EEMIV (talk) 19:52, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Had been meaning to source some of the entries, so this was a good incentive for me to go back and do exactly that. GRAPPLE X 00:47, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

text: I understand why you cut out the long list of examples, but why did you cut the Use and Influence sections?  Those both seem like important encyclopedic content.  Rather than cutting unsourced content, could you work to find sources?  Simply being unsourced does not automatically make them original research; the WP:OR guideline says all material "must be attributable to a reliable published source, even if not actually attributed" (emphasis mine).  However, it is listcruft and fancruft.  I think it would be illustrative to include some of the best examples of bottle episodes.  Andrew Keenan Richardson (talk) 23:39, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Culling 

message: Anyone have any links to commentary regarding the Family Guy episode where Brian and Stewie are locked in a bank vault? It appears to be a perfect satire piece of the bottle episode.--Chimino (talk) 01:01, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family Guy 

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message: A rare radio example. In the episode Hold, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002r1h Harry Hill is on hold trying to renew the insurance on the prison. 
To pass the time he tries to solve a crossword clue to "Bottle Episode" which the insurance operator solves for him and explains the meaning - joking that the only reason a radio show would need such an episode is the excessive pay demands of the star.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.140.106.50 (talk) 12:19, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life on Egg