History Main / CreatorsFavoriteEpisode

* In December 1983, ''Series/SixtyMinutes' aired a report titled "Lenell Getter's in Jail", which chronicled a Texas black man serving life in prison after a wrongful armed robbery charge; ten days later, the state released Getter in response to the scathing criticism in the report. The show won Peabody, George Polk, and a duPont-Columbia awards, and creator Don Hewitt called it the show's finest work.

* During the summer of 2015 Creator/MeTV ran a ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' weekly marathon showing the casts' (Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Eddie Mekka) favorite episodes of the series.

* Music/GaMetal[='s=] creator, Jonny Atma, stated in an interview that his favourite [=GaMetal=] songs are ''[[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Hyrule Temple]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut Punch-Out!]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Dark Star Core]]'', ''[[VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen Deoxys]]'', ''[[VideoGame/LegendOfZeldaI The Legend of]] [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Mario]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Fierce Battle]]'', among others.

* ''WebVideo/TheCompletionist'': In the 2014 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxgMud6RxjQ NormalBoots Panel]] at SGC, Greg states that his favourite episode is "Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow", and Jirard states that his is "Dark Souls".

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Creator/MelBlanc cited ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'' as the favorite short for which he did voices, especially when it came to Sylvester.

* Matt Groening said that his favorite episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is "Bart the Daredevil". No wonder they added a reference to it in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''.

* Bill Freiberger, the co-executive producer of ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'', has stated on Website/{{Twitter}} that his favorite episode of the series is "[[Recap/SonicBoomS1E40TailsCrush Tails' Crush]]".
* Creator/CraigMcCracken has stated that his Top 10 favorite episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' are: "Mime for a Change", "Monkey See, Doggie Do", "Meet the Beat-Alls", "Twisted Sister", "Uh-Oh Dynamo", "Boogie Frights", "The Powerpuff Girls' Best Rainy Day Adventure Ever", "The Rowdyruff Boys", "Beat Your Greens", and "Bubblevicious".
* Creator/JhonenVasquez has stated that his favorite episodes of ''WesternAnimation/Invader Zim'' are "Bolognius Maximus", "Game Slave 2" and "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars".

* Matt Groening said that his favorite episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is "Bart the Daredevil". No wonder they added a reference to it in ''The Simpsons Movie''.

* Matt Groening said that his favorite episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is "Bart the Daredevil".

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' and ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' were Creator/KeijiInafune' favorite VideoGame/MegaManClassic games.

* The ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' special "[[HalloweenSpecial Boo Haw Haw]]" is creator Danny Antonucci's favorite. Antonucci also likes the episode "If It Smells Like An Ed," which some fans (most on this site) despise due to Jimmy being too cruel to the Edds.

* The ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' special "[[HalloweenSpecial Boo Haw Haw]]" is creator Danny Antonucci's favorite.

** "I Have No Son" and "Wacky Delly", and ''not'' because he did the voice of Ralph Bighead, but rather how true to life they are in regards to the animation industry; particularly how "Wacky Delly" satirizes contractual obligations with studios and networks.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' head writer Christopher Yost called "Ultron Unlimited", "The Fall of Asgard", and "Who Do You Trust?" his favorite episodes.

* During the summer of 2015 Creator/MeTV ran a ''Series/LaverneAndShirely'' weekly marathon showing the casts' (Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Eddie Mekka) favorite episodes of the series

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' and ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' were Creator/KeijiInafune' favorite MegaManClassic games.

* Creator/ColinBaker's favorite ''Series/DoctorWho'' story is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E9TheEmptyChild The Empty Child]]."

* ''Series/SesameStreet''. Caroll Spinney has often said that the episode dealing with Mr. Hooper's death was the best ''Sesame Street'' ever did; explaining Mr. Hooper's absence was a debate behind the scenes, but the decision to truthfully explain his death to children in the manner of which they did, and the genuine emotion on the set the day of taping made this Sesame's finest moment in Spinney's memory.

Whenever you have a series that's really adored by the fans, it's natural that many different fans are going to have their own favorite episodes. At the same time, creators, and other people involved with the shows can definitely feel a sense of pride with their work, and as such, will find a particular episode that they feel really stands out that they favor. Many creators particularly favor groundbreaking episodes.

* There was a series of videocassettes called ''HannaBarbera Personal Favorites'', where Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera introduced their favorite episodes of several of their shows.

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Whenever you have a series that's really adored by the fans, it's natural that many different fans are going to have their own favorite episodes. At the same time, creators, and other people involved with the shows can definitely feel a sense of pride with their work, and as such, will find a particular episode that they feel really stands out that they favor. Many creators particularly favor groundbreaking episodes.

Not to be confused with CreatorsFavorite, which covers creators favorite characters.
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* ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''
** When asked to pick one episode has his favorite, Andy Griffith said "Barney's First Car" was it.
** Creator/DonKnotts has said that "The Pickle Story" is his favorite episode, because he liked the overtone message of the story of people going to extreme lengths to avoid hurting someone's feelings - in this case, Andy and Barney quietly switching out Aunt Bee's nasty homemade pickles for delicious store-bought pickles to show they do enjoy her pickles.
* ''Series/{{Bewitched}}''
** Elizabeth Montgomery's two favorite episodes are:
*** "Driving is the Only Way to Fly," which was Paul Lynde's first appearance on the show, pre-Uncle Arthur - they both really enjoyed working together, which is why Uncle Arthur was later created to have Lynde on the show on a semi-regular basis.
*** "Sisters at Heart" was penned by a 10th-grade English class, whose favorite show was ''Bewitched''; although one of the show's underlying messages was tackling prejudice, this episode was the gutsiest one (though tame by today's standards) in tackling racism head-on with Tabitha wishing she and her friend could be "real" sisters, despite the different colors of their skin.
** Dick York's favorite episode is "I Confess," as it took a chance on seeing just what Darrin's and Samantha's lives would be like if the secret of Samantha being a witch ''was'' made public, along with the underlying BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor plot point.
* Creator/ColinBaker's favorite ''Series/DoctorWho'' story is "[[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS1E9TheEmptyChild The Empty Child]]."
* ''Series/HogansHeroes''. When asked whether he had a favorite episode, Richard Dawson brought up "Hot Money", where the heroes are making counterfeit German money that they then hide in the iron stove in their barrack, only for Schultz to light up a fire in the stove, thus burning all the money. [[note]]Richard Dawson admitted he had a stroke a few years before the interview, and said he remembered the moments from this episode, particularly his line of, "Story of my life, Colonel," when Schultz burned their money, but he could not remember the actual episode it came from.[[/note]]
* ''Series/HRPufnstuf'': Marty Krofft's favorite episode is "The Mechanical Boy" because Jack Wild's acting chops came into play with Jimmy being under a Witchiepoo spell that has turned him into a mechanical boy, programmed to steal Freddie the Flute and bring it to her within 24 hours.
* ''Series/LandOfTheLost'': The pilot episode, "Cha-Ka," is Sid Krofft's favorite, as he enjoyed both the excitement and the challenge of bringing a new concept to life for the first time, and making something special out of it (especially, considering this is actually one of [[Creator/SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid & Marty Krofft's]] longest-running series). In fact, for those reasons, Sid tends to often favor the pilot episodes of his and Marty's shows.
* Creator/DickWolf said the notorious ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode "Life Choice" was his favorite.
* ''[[Series/{{Mash}} M*A*S*H]]''
** Creator/producer Larry Gelbart has said that one episode that really sticks out in his mind is the WhamEpisode from the first season, "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet," because it was the first episode they did that truly mixed comedy and drama, with the subplot of Hawkeye being powerless to save the life of his wounded childhood friend; from that moment on, Gelbart and the other producers really felt the show had found the tone they were looking for.
** "Dear Sigmund" is among Alan Alda's favorite episodes; he had always felt that Allan Arbus was convincing as psychiatrist Sidney Freedman, and felt he [Arbus] needed ADayInTheLimelight, so he wrote this episode, not only to give Sidney his own episode, but to also play with the idea that sometimes psychiatrists may need a psychiatrist.
** "Quo Vadis, Captain Chandler?" is Gary Burghoff's favorite episode, not merely because Radar's real name is finally revealed, but being a Christian in RealLife, Burghoff found the idea of a shell-shocked bomber pilot being so fed up with killing innocent people and the horrors of war that he convinces himself he's Jesus Christ to be intriguing.
** "Period of Adjustment" is a favorite of Mike Farrell, as the episode really required himself to stretch his acting abilities far beyond B.J.'s usually calm and serene demeanor by being violently upset over his daughter, Erin, calling Radar "Daddy."
** "Mulcahy's War" is a favorite of William Christopher, because Father Mulcahy was given a chance to not only get a little taste of action by taking a trip to the front lines (against Potter's wishes), but also gets the chance to be a hero by saving a casualty's life, while under fire.
** "Hot Lips in Empty Arms" is one of Loretta Swit's favorite episodes, because even though this was still fairly early in the show's run, it was already clear that Margaret had a lot of internal conflict, regarding her military career, her affair with Frank, and even her overall life in general.
* ''Monty Python's Personal Best'' is a six-episode PBS miniseries in which the five remaining Pythons discuss and show their favorite bits from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. The five collaborated on the sixth episode, showcasing deceased member Creator/GrahamChapman. A few sketches appear in more than one episode; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9SSOWORzw4 "Fish Slapping Dance"]] holds the record with four, marking it by extension the group's collective favorite.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. Jim Henson's favorite episode is when Harry Belafonte guest starred, specifically the show's closing number, "Turn the World Around," which featured a number of puppets designed to look like traditional African masks, which Henson felt was among the best work his Muppet team ever did.
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''. Joel's favorite episode was ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E03PodPeople Pod People]]'', because "the entire production seems to be [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs one big misunderstanding]]". Mike cited the post-finale episode, ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E03MerlinsShopOfMysticalWonders Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders]]'', as his own favorite: "Ernest Borgnine traumatizing his poor grandson with a bizarre story of demons, evil monkeys and roasted cats -- can't beat that."
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': Averted. During the tour to retire his original material, Jerry Seinfeld decided to field some questions for the audience. One person asked him what his favorite ''Seinfeld'' episode was. He replied that he didn't have one saying "They're all my babies. I love each one. Comedy is really a survival art. It's like asking 'What's your favorite breath of air?' 'Whatever keeps me going to the next one.'"
* ''Series/SesameStreet''. Caroll Spinney has often said that the episode dealing with Mr. Hooper's death was the best ''Sesame Street'' ever did; explaining Mr. Hooper's absence was a debate behind the scenes, but the decision to truthfully explain his death to children in the manner of which they did, and the genuine emotion on the set the day of taping made this Sesame's finest moment in Spinney's memory.
* ''Series/StarTrek''. "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]]" was one of Leonard Nimoy's favorite episodes.
* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''. ''Countrycide'' is the cast's favorite episode because they're "sick people" in the words of Eve Myles and the gruesome, horror film like content appealed to them.

[[AC: VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' and ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' were Creator/KeijiInafune' favorite MegaManClassic games.
* Richard Garriot named ''VideoGame/UltimaIV'' and ''VideoGame/UltimaVII'' as his favorite single-player ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}'' installments.

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* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''. In 2012, Doug Walker released his list of his Top 11 favorite ''Nostalgia Critic'' episodes, which were (from 11 to 1): ''Film/PatchAdams'', ''The Animaniacs Tribute'', ''The Haunting'', ''Film/{{North}}'', ''Film/TheNeverendingStory III'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic'', all three "Commercials" specials, ''Film/ASimpleWish'', ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'', ''Film/{{Casper}}'', and ''Film/MoulinRouge''.

[[AC: WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' head writer Christopher Yost called "Ultron Unlimited", "The Fall of Asgard", and "Who Do You Trust?" his favorite episodes.
* ''Blucik and Driba go to Mr Smoothie'' has been mentioned by ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' writers to be their favourite episode. Ironically, this episode is loathed by the majority of the fans, due to being essentially a useless filler episode focusing on [[CreatorsPet Blucik and Driba]].
* Mike Jupp stated his favorite episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' to be "Robobird" and "Urpgor's Auntie", having provided gags and storyboards for them.
* The ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' special "[[HalloweenSpecial Boo Haw Haw]]" is creator Danny Antonucci's favorite.
* There was a series of videocassettes called ''HannaBarbera Personal Favorites'', where Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera introduced their favorite episodes of several of their shows.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Creator/MelBlanc cited ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'' as the favorite short for which he did voices, especially when it came to Sylvester.
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. Joe Murray has listed a few episodes as his favorites:
** "I Have No Son" and "Wacky Delly", and ''not'' because he did the voice of Ralph Bighead, but rather how true to life they are in regards to the animation industry; particularly how "Wacky Delly" satirizes contractual obligations with studios and networks.
** "Zanzibar" was an idea proposed for a musical episode that Joe was willing to participate in, but the only condition he had was that Rocko could not sing at all - hence the plot detail that Rocko somehow missed all of the rehersals for the impromptu musical numbers.
** "Fatal Contraption" because it was a throw-back to Joe's earlier work in animation before ''Rocko'', in which many of his cartoons lacked any dialogue.
** "Who's for Dinner?", because of the mature way they handled Heffer learning of, and dealing with, the fact that he's adopted.
** "Jet Scream", because of how it reminded him of the times he traveled by plane to Korea and back to check on the animation during the show's first season.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** According to the series' 10th anniversary special, Creator/ElizabethDaily has stated that her favorite episode of the series is "[[NakedPeopleAreFunny Naked Tommy]]".
** Within the same special, Gabor Csupo, one of the series' creators, has stated "Chuckie Vs. The Potty" as one of his favorite episodes.
** Creator/KathSoucie has stated in the same special that her favorite episode is "I Remember Melville", due to how touching the episode's subject is [[note]]Chuckie dealing with the death of his pet bug [[/note]].
* Matt Groening said that his favorite episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is "Bart the Daredevil".
* The VHS releases of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' feature segments before each episode in which Trey Parker and Matt Stone discuss it, always prefacing it by saying it's their favorite episode, no matter which one they're discussing.
* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. "Mxyzpixelated" was one of the creators' favorites.
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** When asked to pick one episode has his favorite, Andy Griffith said, "Barney's First Car," was it.
** Don Knotts has said that, "The Pickle Story," is his favorite episode, because he liked the overtone message of the story of people going to extreme lengths to avoid hurting someone's feelings - in this case, Andy and Barney quietly switching out Aunt Bee's nasty homemade pickles for delicious store-bought pickles to show they do enjoy her pickles.

*** "Sisters at Heart" was penned by a tenth-grade English class, whose favorite show was ''Bewitched''; although one of the show's underlying messages was tackling prejudice, this episode was the gutsiest one (though tame by today's standards) in tackling racism head-on with Tabitha wishing she and her friend could be "real" sisters, despite the different colors of their skin.
** Dick York's favorite episode is, "I Confess," as it took a chance on seeing just what Darrin and Samantha's lives would be like if the secret of Samantha being a witch ''was'' made public, along with the underlying BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor plot point.

* ''Series/HogansHeroes''. When asked if he had a favorite episode, Richard Dawson brought up, "Hot Money," where the heroes are making counterfeit German money that they then hide in the iron stove in their barrack, only for Schultz to light up a fire in the stove, thus burning all the money. [[note]]Richard Dawson admitted he had a stroke a few years prior to the interview, and said he remembered the moments from this episode, particularly his line of, "Story of my life, Colonel," when Schultz burned their money, but he could not remember the actual episode it came from.[[/note]]
* ''Series/HRPufnstuf''. Marty Krofft's favorite episode is "The Mechanical Boy" because Jack Wild's acting chops came into play with Jimmy being under a Witchiepoo spell that has turned him into a mechanical boy, programmed to steal Freddie the Flute and bring it to her within 24-hours.
* ''Series/LandOfTheLost''. The pilot episode, "Cha-Ka," is Sid Krofft's favorite, as he enjoyed both the excitement and the challenge of bringing a new concept to life for the first time, and making something special out of it (especially, considering this is actually one of [[SidAndMartyKrofftProductions Sid & Marty Kroffts]]' longest-running series). In fact, for those reasons, Sid tends to often favor the pilot episodes of his and Marty's shows.

** Creator/producer, Larry Gelbart, has said that one episode that really sticks out in his mind is the WhamEpisode from the first season, "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet," because it was the first episode they did that truly mixed comedy and drama, with the subplot of Hawkeye being powerless to save the life of his wounded childhood friend; from that moment on, Gelbart and the other producers really felt the show had found the tone they were looking for.
** "Dear Sigmund" is among Alan Alda's favorite episodes; he had always felt Allan Arbus was so convincing as psychiatrist Sidney Freedman, and felt he needed ADayInTheLimelight, so he wrote this episode, not only give Sidney his own episode, but to also play with the idea that sometimes psychiatrists may need a psychiatrist.

** "Period of Adjustment" is a favorite of Mike Farrell's, as the episode really required himself to stretch his acting abilities far beyond B.J.'s usually calm and serene demeanor by being violently upset over his daughter, Erin, calling Radar, "Daddy."
** "Mulcahy's War" is a favorite of William Christopher's, because Father Mulcahy was given a chance to not only get a little taste of action by taking a trip to the front lines (against Potter's wishes), but also gets the chance to be a hero by saving a casualty's life, while under fire.

* ''Monty Python's Personal Best'' is a 6 episode PBS miniseries in which each of the five remaining Pythons discuss and show their favorite bits from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. The five collaborated on the sixth episode showcasing deceased member Creator/GrahamChapman. A few sketches appear in more than one episode; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9SSOWORzw4 "Fish Slapping Dance"]] holds the record with four, marking it by extension the group's collective favorite.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. Jim Henson's favorite episode is when Harry Belafonte guest starred, specifically the show's closing number, "Turn the World Around," which featured a number of puppets designed to look like traditional African mask, of which Henson felt was among the best work his Muppet team ever did.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Creator/MelBlanc cited ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'' as the favorite short he did voices for, especially when it came to Sylvester.

** "I Have No Son" and "Wacky Delly", and ''not'' because he did the voice of Ralph Bighead, but rather how true-to-life they are in regards to the animation industry; particularly how "Wacky Delly" satirizes contractual obligations with studios and networks.

** "Who's For Dinner?", because of the mature way they handled Heffer learning of, and dealing with, the fact that he's adopted.

* ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. "Mxyzpixelated" was one of the creators' favorites.