American Gigolo
One or more male characters decide to become escorts to make some extra money. It never goes well.
Note: The term "escort" is commonly used to refer to a prostitute, but it can also mean someone who accompanies people on dates for money. This trope covers both definitions.
The Addams Family
Appearances
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Season 3, episode 5, "The Gigolo" (1961). Maynard starts making money serving as an escort for college girls whose boyfriends are away at other schools.
- The Addams Family: Season 1, episode 26, "Morticia, the Breadwinner" (1965). Morticia and Fester think the family's broke, so they decide to start businesses to make some money. Fester starts his own escort service with Lurch, but they just scare any potential customers away.
- Taxi: Season 1, episode 14, "Sugar Mama" (1979). Alex befriends an elderly woman who likes to pay him to ride around the city in his cab, and soon she promotes him from her driver to her paid escort at society functions.
- The Young Ones: Season 2, episode 6, "Summer Holiday" (1984). When the gang is thrown out of their house, Rick gets the bright idea to prostitute himself to make some money. They run into a former classmate of theirs, and Rick offers to show her "a good time" for lots of money.
- Newhart: Season 4, episode 18, "Will the Real Dick Loudon Please Stand Up?" (1986). To earn some extra money, Larry, Darryl, and Darryl decide to start an escort service, and they advertise with flyers at the Stratford.
- Night Court: Season 3, episode 12, "Dan's Escort" (1986). Dan is broke, so to make some extra money, he becomes an escort for a service called, "Boys Are Us," going to social functions with a glamorous, rich older woman, but when she tells him she wants to sleep with him, Dan starts to regret his new gig.
- Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place: Season 2, episode 9, "Two Guys, a Girl and Oxford" (1998). While working part time driving a limo, Pete accidentally becomes an escort when he accompanies elderly women to social functions for extra tips.