Chuckles Bites the Dust [SEP] series
Chuckles Bites the Dust
"Chuckles Bites the Dust" is an episode of the television situation comedy "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" which first aired on October 25, 1975. The episode's plot centers on the WJM-TV staff's humorous reaction to the absurd death of Chuckles the Clown, an often-mentioned but seldom-seen character who starred in an eponymously titled show at the station.
Plot.
News anchor Ted Baxter is hired as the grand marshal for a circus parade, but is ordered
show this season", and compared the Li'l Sebastian funeral to the funeral scenes in the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust". "The Atlantic" writer Scott Meslow called the episode a "triumphant exclamation point at the end of "Parks and Recreation"'s third season", and described every moment as "uproariously funny". Meslow particularly praised the twists and major character developments of the final 10 minutes, and said it demonstrates how much the show and characters have changed since the series