Gimme a Break S1E05 Do or Diet

[@eltravo2112]

“It’s mostly water weight. Just squirt it out through your trunk 🐘 “ 😂😂😂😂 R.I.P Dolph “Chief” Sweet

[@deez596]

Chief: I'll get the butter and the garlic. Nell: I'll get the bread and the wine. Bump that diet 😂. This my fav episode

[@musiklovers3189]

I LOVE this show and theme song. I've watched this episode so many times, that it's still hilarious. The horrible mess those two made in the kitchen. Lol.

[@PBWK]

That eating scene was a moment in TV history! It resembled every dieter's guilty day.

[@kennnethtreistman1973]

Blame that on society because the powers that be that run it are fucking jerks!!

[@niketv2847]

“Take a seat!” “Or SEATS if necessary!” 😂😂😂😂

[@barbaraunderwood1762]

I totally lost it when they went to kitchen & started with the food . Mixed nuts n the blender with tuna fish. Sardines , bologna & cheese. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sparkina]

Even as a young teen, I always thought they should have had Nell and the Chief become sweethearts ❤️ 💕 💗

[@joannross8412]

Me too!!

[@kefkarothsephka7708]

yeah i like to think if dolph sweet never had that stomach cancer and lived on to continue the show it wouldve made it to like 8 seasons with the girls moving out and the chief feeling lonely which wouldve eventually had him and nell fall in love and got married

[@Itzovr-z3f]

That would’ve ruined the show

[@Sparkina]

@@Itzovr-z3f Ruined it how?

[@felix121984]

Yeah me too ! Season 6 was absolutely abysmal !

[@greatgownsbeautifulgowns7160]

Thanks for the uploads. I’m reliving my childhood with these.

[@christopherbako]

Before his career. Chief was a boxer & A prisoner of war. He was a legit Tough Guy.

[@valerievasilievas4038]

God, I missed this show! I saw it all the time growing up in the 80s. When I start to watch an episode now, it's amazing how I quickly I remember the episodes. Thanks for posting these! Brings back so many good memories for me. :)

[@lrowe5846]

Me too.

[@joannapatterson4625]

Same!

[@alexsdb9712]

The true and quality works are always the remembered ones no matter what era.

[@minnieciaminniewinston8658]

Valerie Vasilievas it brings back memories for me too!!!

[@TremendousSax]

This is some of the best TV ever. Nell all day

[@kokomodiva5547]

This was one of my favorite episodes as a child even though I saw it in syndication because I believe the show started in 1981 and I was born in 1981 so I remember watching this when I was around seven it was my favorite show thank you so much for uploading this episode. All of the shows are on Tubi I’m so glad but I will watch it on KZbin as well lol look how big Dolph Sweet was if you look in later episodes you will see that Dolph was looking sick he died from stomach cancer later on he was losing a lot of weight it was very sad to look at now that I’m an adult I haven’t watch this show in years but I have been on a gimme a break binge

[@itsjustme.7059]

When Nell does her weigh in and she took off everything it made me laugh. I’m like that too. I take off everything too. Lol

[@gypseenomad3956]

Best episode!! Singing the diet anthem to Chief!!😅🤣🤣

[@zulemanichellegarces7196]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrAlvaradosClass]

This was such a hilarious show! RIP, Nell! 🥰

[@aussieskates]

I lost it when the group sang their welcome song at Chief.

[@sha11235]

You know, that song is a parody of Give My Regards to Broadway. Just realized it recently.

[@drewski1535]

9:28 HEY HEY KNOCK IT OFF KNOCK IT OFF YOU HEAR ME? why you afraid a loud noise might stampede the heard?? Hahahahaha

[@sherellharris2075]

Me too 😂😂😂😂

[@sha11235]

I loved it too.

[@FreshRose-z3s]

@@drewski1535 😂

[@thestones2789]

rip nell carter, her gospel singing was beautiful...........

[@hb120877]

I think Nell Carter was on Broadway also...

[@peggymoss3185]

It true she was on Broadway

[@orationi]

The scene in the kitchen when they were eating everything reminded me of an episode of the Golden Girls.

[@daisy3601]

Like every episode of the Golden Girls.

[@shon7425]

When he asked Nell. Well where do u sit, in the refrigerator? I damn near died

[@lakeviouslacy6392]

I threw up my lunch when she replied, If you don’t watch it, I’m going to sit on your head.

[@minnieciaminniewinston8658]

Shon me too

[@wilykat]

Nell and The Chief with that Lasagna... LMAO 😁 This is classic 80's sitcom people ENJOY.

[@chedebnam6025]

Such a true to life show.

[@jdub8419]

This was my favorite episode of all time.

[@RickAiello]

I remember this episode so well. It was a favorite of our family-- we struggled with weight issues, so we could relate to the Chief and Nell's problems. We laughed hysterically at the PORKO scenes, and the pig-out in the kitchen. When the episode re-ran, I recorded it using my tape recorder next to the speaker of the TV (it was the early 80s, *ahem* gimme a break!) I still have that cassette. You can hear me laughing like a hyena in the background during the show. I was a strange kid. ;-) Thank you so much for posting this and refreshing a lot of great memories!!

[@gypseenomad3956]

I've never laughed this hard at any tv episode. Nell & Chief had amazing chemistry.

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Classic! I used to do that too 😄 I used to tape Lamb Chops Play Along on my mother's tape recorder.

[@lorimiller4301]

I taped a song that I would play over and over to my Dad. It went "you're ahead, you're ahead on a Honda". Took me 4 years to get a motorbike. He got me an old Hodaka Ace 100 and I have the scars to prove it.

[@Jessica.Wakefield]

Haha, I used to record the theme songs of shows I liked that same way!

[@chicagorainbow8935]

I Did That TOO MYSELF!!!

[@jimcharnoske9614]

I Miss This Show, Watched It All The Time Growing Up :).

[@Port35]

Excellent show and Nell Carter ruled.

[@albertadams2095]

I burst out laughing when Nell made a pitcher of Alka-Seltzer!

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

👍🏽💯🤣🤣

[@wilykat]

"All I want is what's coming to me" "Fine... BEND OVER AND SMILE" Nell was a trip! LMAO 😁

[@dianebenson4323]

He look like an old entitled Trump

[@starkid77]

This episode was hilarious, especially the end. I appreciate this upload because I tried to record this on antenna tv with my DVR, and I or it recorded wrong and it cut off just before Nell and the Chief were sitting on the couch watching the seemingly sadistically suggestive tv and gradually from there degrades into their wild food orgy, lol thanks for the upload, from a very happy subscriber😃

[@sha11235]

So just watch it here.

[@alexanderpytko5394]

Carl: Three weeks of nothing but lettuce, celery and carrots. I wonder why rabbits aren't more vicious. LOL Good line!

[@cellytron]

“You are what you eat. Another helping of jackass, Chief?” I guffawed in an empty room and it echoed off the walls. 😂😂

[@loveinspired7]

That's a helluva diet club... We're so damned sensitive today, that someone would create and circulate a petition to have this show taken off the air!

[@StrongnBeautiful]

This was very rude though.

[@KK-tr9kb]

Truth girl!🖑

[@KK-tr9kb]

@@StrongnBeautiful you must have been born after 1990

[@fyufb]

How true!!

[@Panwere36]

@@StrongnBeautiful , truth isn't supposed to always be nice. That is the problem today. Too many people think they can "cancel" you if they cannot handle the truth.

[@drewski1535]

Oh great now I’m hungry for Lasagna or any kind of pasta now 🍝🍝🍝

[@cocomochalatte5937]

I was watching this and my kids were listening and they yell, "Mrs. Puff!!"

[@blkeddie1964]

"SPOOONGEBOOOB! GIVE ME THAT LICENSE!

[@meggrotte4760]

In today's climate there's no way the show would be on the air. Oh I miss normal TV

[@NancyJane7]

Hi yall..omg..how i have really missed this show..i loved this show and many other awesome great funny 80s shows just like this one..great chemistry for sure...I just loved Nell n cheif girls were great to..hope Nell and chief are in great restn peace..better place..good to meet you all

[@FreshRose-z3s]

That TV audio that parodies Dallas. The female sounds like Julie doing a southern accent 🤠

[@JustTramayne]

Love this show. Crazy how they got away with saying "whatever " back then.

[@spamasf3661]

Because unlike my generation everyone wasn’t a puss! I’d much rather go back to this. You say what you mean and you mean what you say. Much more simple.

[@stevarino1989]

@@spamasf3661 God yes. I cannot stand this generation of pansies anymore. Every little thing triggers them and has to be changed. Aka, a bottle of syrup with a picture of a black lady on it is "racist." I'm only 32 1/2 but I wish I was maybe 15 years older.

[@KingCharming]

@@stevarino1989 Yup. As a 25 year old, I wish I could just fly away... Probably like 97% of the time. Thank heavens though, for the few good times in my life. Things are already difficult, and some people find ways to make it more so - from people with power (high scums), to the lowest ones. It seems as if even Comedians are getting pressured... *"Cancel Culture,"* just a bunch of weirdos nowadays 🤕 _All the best folks._

[@erikandrus4387]

I don't think you could do this episode now. Too many people would be angry that this was fat shaming. The problem wasn't that these people weren't beautiful or handsome because they were overweight. They were. However, being overweight myself, I can attest - it's not a comfortable position to be in. So, that's where I have empathy for the struggle.

[@Stan0070]

Love this show, this was before my time.

[@angelsasmrchannel]

As much as we love and miss the 80's and shows like this, there 's a lot of material that if attempted in 2023 just would not pass...and this episode is unfortunately an excellent example of such material.

[@happycook6737]

As a fatty, I can say the honking horn was a hillarious touch!!! Porko Club is for 👏 me.

[@terrywhitney9768]

"You cut the comedy and eat your dinner" lol 😂😂

[@drewski1535]

Chief reminds me a cross between Archie Bunker for loudness and Mr Wilson for grouchyness

[@kachoo2135]

But he doesn't use the expression Great Scott

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

And Howard Cunningham for comebacks and heart of gold. Even if itt can be hidden under the badge!

[@phyllisglenn6107]

😃😃😃😃😃 love me some Nell R.I.P

[@sheree1994sa]

her and chief

[@gypseenomad3956]

Everyone's favorite thick chick!💓💓

[@ShawnBen]

People wouldn't have watched the show if they were skinny.

[@ziggy12657]

As the saying goes, “old habits are hard to break”.

[@pedsdoc93]

I'm watching this episode as we speak and had to come here for the song again, lmaooooo

[@MusicInMe3]

Thank you for posting this!

[@garyedwards3269]

I was sold on the show after this one great episode.

[@foreverHis.period]

They made me hungry.😛

[@crystalgrose]

MsLmt100 Me too. Lol

[@noelmaldonado2903]

MsLmt100 me too

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

TO MANY FAT HUNGRY PEOPLE TODAY ESPECIALLY WOMEN BACK THEN OBESITY WAS NOT A EPIDEMIC LIKE IT IS TODAY EAT HEALTHY FOODS ESPECIALLY BLACK FEMALES TO OBESE OVERWEIGHT 😠

[@olly2027]

If they added peanut better it would have been good.

[@ShawnBen]

I have just ate and still hungry.

[@medusagorgon9]

Listening to him turn that tv button brings back a lot of memories!

[@adrianbridges9035]

Me trying to diet 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@tan_ya_]

SAME! **eats chips**

[@sha11235]

The Porko's song is sung to the tune of "Give My Regards to Broadway". And I loved it when the Chief came in and they think he's another member so they sing it to him.

[@SweetsBawa]

This was my favorite episode of this show!! 🙂🙂

[@kahleesaangelofthenight2895]

This episode would never fly in PC culture today!

[@TheOfficialIceman]

Didn't realize Mary Jo Catlett made an appearance on this show. She played Pearl...one of the many maids who worked for the Drummonds...on "Different Strokes" from 82-86

[@kristabrewer9363]

3rd and Final maid

[@sha11235]

Diff'rent Strokes actually filmed in the same studios as Break.

[@andredupuis5461]

@@sha11235 Yes, truth. I was about write that. 😊

[@sha11235]

@@andredupuis5461 Also, Nedra Volz appeared on Break twice.

[@andredupuis5461]

@@sha11235 I think I do remember now.

[@mpmg67]

That's the thinnest lasagna I've ever seen lol

[@davidrubio9753]

Love this episode. I remember seeing it as a kid.

[@selfmade4733]

That was a good case of the munchies!

[@twistnloc3247]

That Porto welcoming song is too much 😂😂. I almost died

[@dannysimion]

Love how she wanted to dump that tray of food on that arrogant Mr Myers!

[@alexanderpytko5394]

It's 2022 and this year I've heard of 2 celebrities who used to be overweight, well past 300lbs, but have slimmed down nicely, Billy Gardell and Rebel Wilson. They have wowed a lot of people. And they did it the old fashioned way with dieting and exercise.

[@minnieciaminniewinston8658]

Oh that's so thoughtful of you!!!

[@ald668]

A GREAT CLASSIC SHOW!

[@tellurye]

OMG thanks so much for uploading these!! I was telling my wife about the horn honking when she gains weight. Now I can show her.

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Ouuu, you about to be in trouble!

[@tellurye]

@@StrongnBeautiful not at all, my wife is super skinny. Me I fat! I'm so fat one horn wouldnt do it. I would need an orchestra lol!!

[@StrongnBeautiful]

@@tellurye I see. 😶

[@tellurye]

@@StrongnBeautiful lol 2 yrs later? Hope everything is OK

[@maryammure5151]

one of My fave episode sooo funny it's so damn hard to be on a diet and you see other people around you eating junk food lol it's a pain in the ass. loved when they were eating celery and they were watching tv and all of a sudden food comes on and they get craving lol I love their faces

[@sha11235]

I think I have more willpower than these characters.

[@SuperN1ntendoChalmers]

Damn, the chief pwned all fat people in this episode. He was savage as HELL!

[@zulemanichellegarces7196]

Peanut butter i want peanut butter 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wendybabendy]

All I can say is "Wow" (after the food binge)... LOL

[@kokomodiva5547]

This was so hilarious I enjoyed this💜

[@omadjourney]

😂😂😂 me when I stumble on my #omad when I'm hungover😂.

[@cvdixon29]

Does anyone notice Gertrude and the fish tank and table were missing from behind the couch?

[@teemorris5757]

BEST SHOW EVER!

[@neitajames6029]

This is a comedy show. Let's not get carried away. Funny but I only remember the last part when Nell and the chief started eating everything,🤣. Kinda what made this show fun. You learned something. I remember this one friend in school she got teased a lot. You never saw her eat. Years later I saw her again. She'd lost a lot of weight. She said to me. You know in school how I got picked on in high school how they said I was pretty but they was afraid to ask me out. I said yes. She said. I had a thyroid problem. My body don't burn calories. all those years and had they did the right blood test she could of been treated with medication. That her mom had a illness it seemed like 3 of the girls had have surgery but she was the only one who kept gaining. But with having proper diagnosis, surgery and medication. She learned to handle her weight. Sometimes we don't know. It might be a case where one over eat or eat too much of the wrong things. Support groups are good. No matter the problem, you have to do it for you.👍💯💜. ✌🙌🙂🖐. Nj.

[@JasonRourhier]

RIP NELL CARTER & DOLPH SWEET😢❤MISS YA NELL & "CHIEF" KANASKY!!

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Loved the silliness of this sitcom. It covered touchy subjects . I liked this show back then. Over the years things change , yet stay the same.

[@charleymartinez-rodriguez8358]

Just ate a bag of cheddar sour cream chips going to eat 2 brownies later.

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Good chips 😉

[@noreenwilson1811]

Hee hee

[@danicegewiss862]

I need a brownie.

[@christopherbako]

Before Chief was an Actor , he was actually a good boxer!

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

I believe it!

[@christopherbako]

@@KendrickHarrisKenfinity Cancer is very tough. He fought and worked till he died.

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

@@christopherbako Wow, just like boxing legend Jack Dempsey said "A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can't." There's nothing that WE can't overcome and understand everyday!

[@christopherbako]

@@KendrickHarrisKenfinity Thank you! That's Beautiful.

[@christopherbako]

@@KendrickHarrisKenfinity I heard courage is fighting even when you know you can't win.

[@519forestmonk9]

It’s amazing looking back on the sitcoms of the past. How many episodes would’ve gotten the shows canceled immediately today. We had a sense of humor back then.

[@lorimiller4301]

For sure! We laughed at everybody and it was all in good fun 🤣 People are too uptight these days 🙄

[@musicaltheatergeek79]

The best comedy is when we can laugh at ourselves. Satire is dead, too, because people today are so damn literal.

[@Dizzyfingers2]

Mary Jo Catlett: Mrs Puff!

[@danicegewiss862]

What would we do without Sam? Lol. You're all warm and soft and gushy. Nell getting on that scale is like me at the doctor's office. Diets don't work unless you give yourself a cheat meal once a week.

[@itoro22]

Omgosh that’s Mrs. Puff!! 🐡

[@drewski1535]

Even here she's a great teacher

[@ameliabedelia7018]

Who’s Mrs. Puff? When she from?

[@tan_ya_]

@@ameliabedelia7018 Mrs Puff is from Sponge Bob she's the driving teacher. In this episode she led the weight loss group.

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

Exactly! And Cory's juice box tackling teacher!

[@florants6214]

Yes!! Mrs. Puff from Spongebob and Mrs. Applebaum from That’s So Raven 😊

[@christopherphillips6164]

"You're a disgusting fatso ..." to chief. Hilarious!

[@jamesorsby7553]

🤭😆😂

[@jeremiahrose4681]

The conductor for the diet class is the actress that eventually becomes the house keeper in Different Strokes.

[@mashroob]

Cake, CAKE! Gimme da cake!!

[@christophertracy4377]

Isn't that Pearl the maid from Different Strokes? Remember when it was fine 2 make fat jokes? Any kind of jokes?

[@sha11235]

Yes, that is Mary Jo Catlett, before she went on to DS.

[@erikbunty2016]

And she is the voice of Mrs. Puff on SpongeBob Squarepants.

[@remember2136]

15:26 now don't they look hungry walking to the kitchen lol Nell your my favorite you know me I had to put a little joke in there love you Nell 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@blkeddie1964]

My favorite episode.....marshmallows in the toaster.

[@minnieciaminniewinston8658]

When you fall down pick yourself up and start all over again??!! Yup that's right

[@StrongnBeautiful]

You can't just diet. You have to know how to eat. There are PLENTY of delicious healthy options when you know what they are. 😄

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

Balance is key!

[@Sparkina]

We are in accord. Enjoying some berries as I type this. Just had some carrots 🥕. Raw, fresh carrots. 🥕 Sweet, earthy, crunchy and PLENTY OF TASTY! What’s up, Doc? 🐰 🥕 🐰 🥕 🐰 🥕

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Love frozen fruits!❤

[@krisblunt6293]

This show was ruthless. Good thing I'm not p.c.

[@creating1_c1999]

Restricting leads to binging.

[@crystalgrose]

SParkApCider True! I have been there plenty of times.

[@Sparkina]

You are preaching to the choir!

[@carytheus5058]

This episode made me so hungry lol

[@TheSlipperyOtter]

My dad's favourite episode

[@WWAHP]

Damn, they only had one more week to go, and they would have seen the results of their diet, oh well. LOL

[@mistymitchell2790]

Yeah right

[@StrongnBeautiful]

Sad shame. NEVER give up!

[@msstern3056]

The woman that was weighing everyone was the maid on different strokes. I miss Neil. Talented lady. This show reminds me of the sweetness of my childhood.

[@stevarino1989]

and the voice of Mrs. Puff on Spongebob lol

[@Foolishpleazure]

you know how I got here? because,for some reason,the "you're a disgusting fatso" song popped into my head......lmfao :P

[@TremendousSax]

Welcome to the PORKO family

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

I know how Nell and the chief felt. Unfortunately the types of food they consumed plays a large part in America's poor health...like diabetes and cancer.

[@gloriabowie5629]

You can eat well and still get cancer,it's in the air,in the soil and chemicals we use.

[@MrCJ-qz9dl]

@@gloriabowie5629 Time after time l've talked to the relatives of the deceased. They claimed that their loved one took good care of themselves. But when l listened or examined more closely, l can see that it was only according to themselves that they ate right. Time after time l've seen people waist away due to smoking OR poor dietary and drinking habits. This in particular of my Black American family, friends, and acquaintances. @7:50...this man (George Memmoli) died at the ripe old age of 46. The other "dieter" on the sofa died at age 54. We often like to find refuge in genetic and environmental excuses, but the bottom line is EAT RIGHT, LIVE LONGER.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Nell Carter also died at 54.😥😥😥

[@leejganderson7827]

Ms Pat the comedian looks like Nell Carter! 🌞💙🔮💙🔮💙🔮💙🌞

[@brianhines1452]

Nell and the Chief's attitude about food is similar to my attitude about it as a kid. I ate everything in sight, but now I eat things in moderation.

[@hazemcdanill8336]

Nell: I'll be damned if I'm gonna stand here empty handed and watch you eat a sardine sandwich 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@britboyrugby]

This would be "fat shaming" today.

[@noelmaldonado2903]

Anglo 1066 but then it was Comedy

[@StrongnBeautiful]

It was fat shaming then.

[@Everettescottortiz]

@@StrongnBeautiful well there should be more fat shaming then maybe people wouldn’t be the disgusting cows we are now. My fat ass is guilty of that.

[@Sparkina]

It would indeed!

[@angelb9812]

@@Everettescottortiz it's been five months, just curious how your self loathing has served you? How much have you lost? 💜