Clip Show

An episode that's just a bunch of clips from previous episodes with a loose wraparound story.

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Appearances

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 5, episodes 32, "The Last Chapter" (1966). In the final episode of the series, Rob finishes his autobiography and shows it to Laura, which results in a series of clips from previous episodes.
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman: Season 1, episode 36 (1976). The local garbage collector goes through the Hartmans' trash and reminisces about the previous 35 episodes.
Welcome Back, Kotter: Season 3, episode 1, "Sweathog Back-to-School Special" (1977). The Sweathogs, Julie, and Mr. Woodman throw a surprise party for Mr. Kotter to celebrate the last school year, which results in their reminiscing through clips from previous episodes.
Diff'rent Strokes: Season 1, episode 8, "Retrospective" (1978). Mr. Drummond reminisces about the day Willis and Arnold came to live with him with clips from the previous seven episodes in the earliest clip show in sitcom history.
Mork & Mindy: Season 2, episode 26, "The Way Mork Were" (1980). Fred's new marriage is having difficulties, so he visits Mork and Mindy for advice, and they recount stories of their own difficulties from previous episodes.
Diff'rent Strokes: Season 2, episode 19, "Valentine's Day Retrospective" (1980). On Valentine's Day, Mr. Drummond proclaims that he's the "luckiest dad in the world to have such wonderful kids," and the kids correct him through clips from previous episodes where they "weren't so wonderful."
Too Close for Comfort: Season 5, episode 12, "These Stupid Things Remind Me of You" (1985). While Monroe is away visiting his father, the Rushes reminisce about all the stupid stuff he has said and done in clips from previous episodes.
It's a Living: Season 3, episode 22, "The Mann Act" (1986). Sonny reminisces about the waitresses in clips from previous episodes.
ALF: Season 1, episodes 16-17, "Amnesia" (1987). Alf's amnesia serves as a wraparound story for a shameless two-part clip show.
It's a Living: Season 4, episode 25, "Nancy's Shrink" (1987). Nancy talks to her therapist in clips from previous episodes.
It's a Living: Season 5, episode 25, "The Waiting" (1988). A writer interviews the staff for a magazine article, and they tell her stories in clips from episodes from the last two seasons.
ALF: Season 3, episodes 4-5, "Tonight, Tonight" (1988). Alf guest hosts The Tonight Show and introduces clips from previous episodes while bantering with Ed McMahon.
It's a Living: Season 6, episode 20, "The Sonny and Dot Show" (1989). Dot and Sonny find themselves hanging around at the restaurant after closing, and they reminisce about clips from previous episodes.
The Golden Girls: Season 4, episodes 25-26, "We're Outta Here" (1989). A wealthy businessman wants to buy the gang's house, and this leads to a bunch of clips from previous episodes somehow. I'll be honest, I didn't even watch it.
Night Court: Season 6, episodes 12-13, "Clip Show" (1989). When the city sends an accountant to audit the court's expenses, it leads to reminiscing about clips from previous episodes.
The Golden Girls: Season 5, episodes 25-26, "The President's Coming! The President's Coming!" (1990). The president is coming to the neighborhood, and a Secret Service agent shows up at the house to interview them and decide if the president can stop by their house, each interview leads to clips from previous episodes.
Herman's Head: Season 2, episode 23, "I Wanna Go Home" (1993). Herman's brother wants him to move back home to Ohio and take a junior executive job with his company, and as the head gang are deciding whether or not to do it, they recall clips from previous episodes.
Seinfeld: Season 6, episode 14, "The Highlights of a Hundred" (1995). The 100th episode of the series looks back on clips from the last 99.
Wings: Season 6, episode 21, "The Love Life and Times of Joe and Helen" (1995). Brian is making a video about Joe and Helen's relationship, which leads to the gang discussing clips from previous episodes.
Dream On: Season 6, episode 7, "Take Two Tablets, and Get Me to Mt. Sinai" (1995). Martin almost chokes to death, and in the afterlife, he's judged based on clips from previous episodes.
The Nanny: Season 3, episode 16, "Where's Fran?" (1996). When Mr. Sheffield gets mad at Fran and accidentally calls her "dense," she runs away, leaving him and Niles to reminisce about the whacky things she did in clips from previous episodes.
The Nanny: Season 4, episode 11, "Hurricane Fran" (1996). Fran and Val take a vacation together and get caught in a hurricane, and this storyline is inexplicably interspersed with clips from previous episodes. (I wish I could tell you why. It doesn't make sense with the wraparound story. It's like they didn't even try. Boo, writers. Boo.)
3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 3, episode 9, "Seven Deadly Clips" (1997). The Solomons recall their experiences on earth using the seven deadly sins as an outline.
The Nanny: Season 5, episode 22, "The Wedding" (1998). A thinly veiled clip show of romantic scenes from previous episodes leading up to Fran and Mr. Sheffield's wedding.
Seinfeld: Season 9, episode 21, "The Chronicle" (1998). The penultimate episode of the series shows clips from the most memorable episodes through the years.
Spin City: Season 3, episode 20, "That's Entertainment" (1999). The gang has to work on the night the Oscars are airing, so they sit around talking about movies interspersed with movie-related clips from previous episodes.
Malcolm in the Middle: Season 3, episode 19, "Clip Show" (2002). Hal takes the boys to see a psychiatrist, and they tell him stories in clips from previous episodes.
Malcolm in the Middle: Season 4, episode 17, "Clip Show #2" (2003). Hal and Lois are making out their will in the middle of the night to avoid upsetting the boys. As they go over their assets and expenses, they reminisce about them through clips from previous episodes.
The Office (US): Season 6, episode 14, "The Banker" (2010). Dunder Mifflin is being sold, land first an investment banker has to check out the branch. To impress him, Michael creates a fake version of the office with a robot assistant, an actor playing Stanley, and Dwight posing as Toby. When the real Toby shows up, the banker asks him about potential liabilities, and Toby thinks about them in clips from previous episodes.