Caroline in the City - Season 4 - Eps 17: Caroline and the 2000th Strip
There's to be a big celebrity banquet to celebrate Caroline's 2000th strip, but there's a snag: Caroline is completely blocked in terms of fresh, funny ideas. While everyone else waits for her to get ready (Richard in a cheap rental tuxedo which gradually disintegrates), Caroline fantasizes about what life would be like if she retired. When she tearfully refuses to attend the banquet and does laundry instead, Richard gently points out that she has stopped writing about her real life in the strip (her fictional counterpart is ""still dating that veterinarian"") and perhaps it is time to bring her readers up to date -- and Caroline immediately draws a strip about their first date on the side of the washing machine.
About Caroline in the City

Title: Caroline in the City
First Air Date: 1995-09-21
Last Air Date: 1999-04-26
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.367/10 (from 30 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 97
Network: NBC
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Three Sisters Entertainment, Barron/Pennette Productions, CBS Entertainment Productions
Synopsis
Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran on the NBC television network. It stars Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy, who lives in Manhattan in New York City. The series premiered on September 21, 1995 in the "Must See TV" Thursday night block after Seinfeld. The show ran for 97 episodes over four seasons, before it was cancelled; its final episode was broadcast on April 26, 1999.
Cast

Lea Thompson
Caroline Duffy

Eric Lutes
Del Cassidy

Malcolm Gets
Richard Karinsky

Amy Pietz
Annie Spadaro