10 Funniest Halloween TV Episodes

Halloween isn’t usually thought of as a funny season, but clearly no one told these shows.

The Simpsons The Shinning
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Halloween is almost upon us, and with that comes amazing television specials. Though plenty of shows will whip out new editions (The Simpsons 666th episode is Treehouse Of Horror XXX, for example), there’ll be many reruns on TV too and classics to indulge in.

However, horror shows like The Haunting Of Hill House, American Horror Story or Scream aren't what this list is about. They’re certainly good to watch on October 31st, but they’re not really Halloween specials, they’re just straight up scary.

Instead, it's comedies in the spotlight. Sitcoms and animated shows qualify, as long as their Halloween episode is hilarious. Dramas might have a Halloween party in the background, but comedies, with lower stakes and fewer boundaries, are able to fully commit to the holiday and go completely nuts.

They take ridiculous steps, dress up the cast in knowing costumes and just generally have fun with Halloween as a concept. When they do go scary, it makes for a good change of pace too, as it's usually matched with wackiness.

These classic Halloween episodes are definitely not to be missed.

10. Family Guy - Halloween On Spooner Street

The Simpsons The Shinning
FOX

A few of the animated shows here do a Halloween episode every couple of years, eager for the chance to switch things up. Family Guy though, despite pushing the envelope in other areas, only really has three specific Halloween episodes, with a couple of other kinda-sortas like Viewer Mail.

They’re often accused of beating jokes into the ground, so it’s a little surprising that they’ve largely avoided what feels like such easy territory.

Nevertheless, when they have gone there, they’ve delivered some great episodes. Halloween On Spooner Street deserves to be here on the back of Stewie in his little duck costume alone, but the episode is great elsewhere too.

Brian helps Stewie with his first ever trick or treating night, but the candy ends up getting stolen by bullies. However, their fate is significantly better than Meg’s & Chris’. Meg sneaks into an older kids’ party and, thanks to both of them wearing masks, the pair end up enthusiastically participating in seven minutes in heaven together.

Rounding off the truly terrible (but very funny) night, Peter and Joe prank Quagmire, resulting in Quagmire almost crashing a plane with them aboard while pretending to be a kamikaze pilot.

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