Thanks to my friend Heidi, I discovered that today is a very important anniversary. Thirty-five years ago, the Chuckles Bites the Dust episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show aired. If you are not aware, this was perhaps the greatest television episode ever.

Sadly, I had trouble finding a good video file of the best parts. Hulu only has the first three seasons available – Chuckles came during the sixth season. The video below was the best I could find. It covers nine minutes (including the whole theme song), but the audio and video are not synced up. Still, it’s worth a watch.

Also of note (thanks to my friend Dave – yes I have two friends!), Ken Levine’s excellent blog has some info on the script as well as MTM’s performance.