Tuesdays are Top 10 Tuesdays where I count down a topic in the TV realm. This week is Top 10 TV Weddings!
Close Calls
Hank & Sarah - Parenthood
Cam & Mitch - Modern Family
Dwight & Angela - The Office
The coupling of Jeannie and Tony may have been a "jump the shark" event for I Dream of Jeannie but their wedding itself is a pretty fun episode. The idea that Jeannie can't be photographed makes for a madcap wedding ceremony and it feels very sweet even if you know it means the show can't go on much longer.
9. Max & 99 - Get Smart
Another madcap wedding, Max and 99 getting married was less of a death sentence on its show. It was very fitting that it was wrapped up in a mission and it leads to a truly hilarious sequence during the actual ceremony.
8. Ben & Leslie - Parks and Recreation
The first of two Parks and Recreation weddings on this list, Ben and Leslie was as much about the two made for each other characters finally getting married as it was about the wedding itself. But the wedding itself was quite sweet too, fittingly in the Parks department.
7. Ted & Georgette - The Mary Tyler Moore Show
This would probably chalk up as one of Mary's more successful gatherings. What was just supposed to be an afternoon luncheon turns into a wedding for Ted and Georgette complete with John Ritter as the minister pulled from his tennis game. It has a bunch of great moments, especially Murray feeding Ted his lines.
Like Ben and Leslie on Parks and Recreation, this wedding was as much about the two characters getting married as it was about the wedding itself. It was a big event with some great moments such as Chandler's shoes not working, Joey barely making it to perform the wedding and, of course, Rachel's pregnancy reveal at the end of the episode.
5. April & Andy - Parks and Recreation
It was just supposed to be a party and everyone, including the audience, was caught off guard that Andy and April's party turned out to be a wedding. With Andy in a Colts jersey and April's friend Orion making the proceedings appropriately weird, it was the perfect wedding for the two characters.
4. Jake & Amy - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a great job with the Jake and Amy relationship as they had much less drama that Ross and Rachel or even Jim and Pam. Their wedding was sweet but also silly with the ceremony happening the same day as the bomb scare. The episode and the wedding itself was perfect for the couple.
3. Phoebe & Mike - Friends
Although other couples on Friends get the most attention, Phoebe and Mike had the best wedding of the series. In the midst of a snowstorm and everything going wrong, it was a simple and very scenic in front of Central Perk. It was one of the most satisfying moments of the final season to see Phoebe get her happy ending.
2. Rhoda & Joe - Rhoda
We all know Rhoda and Joe's marriage ended in divorce but the wedding was still one of TV's most iconic of all time. Rhoda had to navigate her way through New York City and the subway to make it to the wedding in a very memorable sequence. It was one of TV's first big event episodes and paved the way for decades of big event wedding episodes to follow.
I remember watching this episode with all of my college friends and it was like we were attending the wedding of two very close friends. We watched their awkward interactions, their courtship and so many key moments leading up to the big event. When Jim and Pam were married at Niagara Falls (along with the very 2009 church service flash mob), it was a joyous occasion.
Tomorrow: A One Season Wonder look at Too Something!
Next Tuesday: Top 10 TV Births!
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