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Bang maid
Frank’s term for a partner he expects to provide domestic and sexual services.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesBaseball ownership spoils
Frank’s repeated insistence that team ownership entitles him to snacks and perks.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesBaseball superstitions
Charlie’s rituals linking luck, a mascot and dehydration to winning.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesBird law
Charlie’s preferred field of supposed legal expertise.
4 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesBoiled denim
Charlie and Frank’s method of cleaning found jeans.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesBrowning out
Mac’s term for his fragmented memories after drinking.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesCalling Dee a bird
The Gang’s recurring insults comparing Dee to a bird.
11 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesCar destroyed
The running gag in which the gang wrecks or otherwise leaves Dee without a car.
4 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesCat in the wall
Dee’s escalating attempt to retrieve a pet from her wall.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesCharlie work
The bar’s dirty and unpleasant jobs, normally assigned to Charlie.
16 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesCharlie’s color rituals
Wearing green, eating brown and drinking yellow.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesCharlie’s illiteracy
Written language, as interpreted by Charlie Kelly.
28 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesCharlie's pursuit of the Waitress
Charlie's unwanted pursuit.
3 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesCharlie's stress gestures
Charlie measures stress through hand heights.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesClown Baby
The fighting name Mac and Dennis register for their unlikely contender.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesCultivating mass
Mac’s preferred explanation for his weight gain.
4 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesDancing
The gang’s dance routines, lessons and competitions.
16 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesDee’s dry-heaving
Dee’s involuntary response to performance anxiety.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesDiaper Time
Dennis and Dee’s embarrassing appearances repurposed as television entertainment.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesDoing things in threes
Bonnie’s repeated actions, which begin to influence Charlie and Mac.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesFive-star man
Dennis’s insistence on his own perfect rating.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesFrank in the couch
Frank’s attempt to hide inside office furniture.
1 recorded episode ↗Running jokesFrank’s Froggy story
Frank’s confused memories of a childhood companion.
2 recorded episodes ↗Running jokesFrank’s Rambo stories
Frank recounts movie adventures as his own experiences.
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