No Room at the Inn

On Christmas, circumstances remind the gang of the Christmas story in the Bible.

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Appearances

• Newhart: Season 1, episode 9, "No Room at the Inn" (1982). On Christmas Eve, a man named Joe breathlessly runs in asking for a room for him and his pregnant wife, but there's no room at the inn, so Dick and Joanna give them their room. Later, a man comes in asking to use the phone and identifies himself as Alan Wiseman, and he says his two brothers are waiting in the car.
• Bottom: Season 2, episode 5, "Holy" (1992). When Richie finds a baby at the front door, he puts a blue towel on his head to play peekaboo and entertain him. Meanwhile, Eddie, Spudgun, and Dave Hedgehog are all wearing paper crowns from their Christmas crackers, and they try to cheer up the baby by giving him gifts of Terry's All Gold, a Frankenstein mask, and a cologne called "Grrr!" Richie points out that he's a virgin wearing a blue headscarf, and he concludes that the baby must be the second coming, and Richie is his holy mother.
• Dream On: Episodes 12-13, "Silent Night, Holy Cow" (1993). It's Christmas Eve, and Judith talks Martin into joining her on a trip to Pennsylvania Dutch Country, but they get lost and end up in Bethlehem, and there's no room at the inn. As they're on their way to find somewhere else to spend the night, the car breaks down, and Judith suddenly goes to labor, so they seek shelter on a farm, and Judith has her baby in a barn.