A&E Biography for Kids : The episode on Harry Houdini was hosted by a pretty teenage girl named Tara. About halfway through, Tara attempted an escape from an SJ as a "tribute" to the great escape artist. Unfortunately, the SJ used was an extra-large Posey, when the girl could have easily been housed in a small. *sigh*

Adventure, Inc. : "Waves of the Future" (episode 116; original air date 3 March 2003) : This syndicated show deals with a team of three adventurers-for-hire, one of whom is Mac (Karen Cliche). Here's a partial synopsis, courtesy of TV Tome : "The team recovers a Roman plate that holds research on a synthetic gill unit tied to the research of a Professor Pendergast. Judson loses the plate when he and the curator are attacked while Gabe and Mac track the doctor to an insane asylum where he insists he is from Atlantis. Pendergast's partner Helmer needs the rebreather unit to silently get into a UN-quarantined area with sunken toxic gas tanks protected by sensors and is in league with the folks running the asylum to get the info out of Pendergast. Gabe and Mac try to break Pendergast out but Mac and Pendergast get captured and Helmer threats Mac to get Pendergast to give him the secret." Cliche and a man are taken from the asylum in Posey SJs (they didn't use the front loop on her, though). She is then hoisted above a water tank and dunked, before she's rescued. The scene starts about 36 minutes into the episode, pauses for a commercial break, and lasts about 6 minutes in total. There's a small picture of Cliche at the show's offical web site.

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The : "The Eligible Bachelor" (6th series, 1992-3, episodes 6-5 and 6-6, original ITV air date 3 Feb 1993) : At the beginning of the episode, a struggling redhead (Lady Helena, played by Anna Calder-Marshall) is tied in a lace-up SJ, chloroformed, and placed in a locked horse-drawn carriage. About 15 minutes later, there is a flashback to this scene, showing the unconscious woman carried towards the camera. You can check A&E for future showings, or buy the videotape from MPI Home Video.

Against Their Will: Women in Prison (1994) : (1) After a black female inmate tries to kill herself, she is taken away in a Humane Restraints jacket, hogtied with ankle restraints. (2) Judith Light protests this, and is later tied to a table with HR restraints and covered with a canvas sheet that straps beneath the table (her hands and feet fit through holes in the sheet).

UPDATE! Airwolf: In the first-season episode "Echoes in the Past," both Jan-Michael Vincent and an attractive brunette (Michelle Nicastro) are imprisoned in Posey SJs for several scenes. After Vincent's sidekick (Ernest Borgnine) helps them gain the upper hand, the bad guys (including an older woman) are imprisoned in the very same SJs. Rodrigo put the scene on YouTube, and you can also watch the entire episode on Hulu. The episode is available on Disc 4 of the Complete Season 1 DVD set. There's a nice picture of Nicastro on a fan site.

Alegrijes y Rebujos (August 2 2003) : Roxana Castellanos is chloroformed by her lover and wakes up tied in an SJ, according to the Chlorodatabase site.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents : "The Last Escape" (original air date 31 Jan 1961) : The wife of an escape artist conspires with her lover to rig an underwater escape, so her husband will drown. After the funeral, the coffin is dug up on coroner's orders, but the body is nowhere to be seen. As a result, the widow goes insane, and we see her SJed at the very end of the show for about 10 seconds.

Alias : "Reckoning" (season 1, episode 6, original air date 18 November 2001) : Sydney (Jennifer Garner), a graduate student leading a double-life as an agent for the SD-6 (a CIA division), is committed to a Roumanian mental institution to obtain information from a patient who was programmed to be an assassin. Near the end of the episode, she is seen in a green-collared Posey being escorted by three attendants. She manages to fight them off and escape from the SJ. (The plotline continues into the next episode, "Color Blind," but there is no SJ bondage; Garner is seen in leather restraints in a washtub, undergoing electrical torture.) The scene is available on YouTube.

All My Children (October 22, 2001) : In one stort arc, Laura and Greenlee are fighting over Leo. Laura, imagining an SJed Greenlee carried away to Oakhaven Mental Hospital, decides to start plotting to gaslight Greenlee.
(April 15, 2002) : "At Oak Haven, David walked up to Anna and Jackson who were outside Vanessa's cell. He confirmed that Vanessa tested positive for a controlled substance that induces psychosis. Jackson asked the question of how she got the drug when she was in a secure room. As they walked away, Anna said that anything's possible in her world. In her cell, Vanessa is in a straight jacket when she hears Proteus' voice through the loud speaker asking her where she stashed the money." (courtesy of SoapCentral.com.)
(June 18, 2002) : Vanessa (Marg Dusay) is again SJed, according to this summary.
(October 31, 2007) : Concerned over Greenlee's mental stability and possible danger to her family, Erica Kane schemes to have her involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital. She daydreams that Greenlee (Sabine Singh) comes into her office to confront her, but is met by two orderlies who put her in a Humane Restraints SJ and lead her away. The scene lasts about 30 seconds, with some nice struggling by Singh. BuddyTV has a synopsis with a small vidcap (thanks, Heath) and the scene is available for download on MegaUpload (thanks, CarFetish).

Alma Rebelde : There are SJ scenes in this telenovela.

America's Next Top Model : "The Girls Go Rock Climbing" (Season 8, Episode 3, original air date Oct 3 2007) : This reality show centers on a modeling competition, as host Tyra Banks and her mob of fashion judges and consultants winnow 13 contestants down to determine the fashion world's next "it girl". On this episode, the contestants went to a "fashion madhouse", where they had to showcase their "runway walk" while strapped into Humane Restraints SJs. Fortunately, the producers had the good sense to do this early in the season, with 12 beautiful women strutting their stuff in jeans and SJs! The scene lasts about 4:30 and occurs in the first 10 minutes of the show. The scene is available both on YouTube as well as MegaUpload, and there are some behind-the-scenes photos on the show's web site. Another synopsis with a different cap is available at TVGasm.

American Girls : This very short-lived TV show (September to November 1978) starred Priscilla Barnes and Debra Clinger as reporters for "The American Report," a Sixty Minutes-style investigative show. One episode is listed on Brian R's Scene Database with this description: "While infiltrating an insane asylum a patient is seen in a straitjacket and gagged with adhesive tape."

Ancient Prophecies : the first part of this three-part series shown on The Learning Channel has a brief shot of a blonde in a white SJ.

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986) : Amy Irving plays the title character in this miniseries (available on video only in EP mode), and ends up in an SJ and a padded cell in one scene. The original video on YouTuve was deleted, but someone put another video up.

Another World (June 8, 1998) : Cindy (Kim Rhodes) was framed for a hit-and-run accident by her scummy husband Grant, and was carried off in an SJ to a psychiatric ward (she's been placed in psych wards twice before in her short history on the show). I haven't seen this scene (heard about it too late), but here is a head shot of Rhodes, in which you can see the collar of the SJ.
(March 3, 1999) Dr. Shelly Clarke (Kimberlin Brown), the sympathetic doctor who comforted Marley in the psychiatric ward, turned out to be a patient herself, as an orderly SJed her and carried her off.

Angel : "Damage" (original air date 28 January 2004) : "When an emotionally unstable woman, Dana (guest star Navi Rawat, "House of Sand and Fog"), escapes from a psychiatric ward, Angel (David Boreanaz) learns that she was tortured as a child and is now searching for her tormentor. Andrew (guest star Tom Lenk, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), a watcher-in-training, arrives from Sunnydale with surprising information about Buffy and to inform the group that Dana is also a vampire slayer. Meanwhile, Spike (James Marsters) believes that if he can save Dana, he will prove that he is destined to be the vampire champion." About 15 minutes in, Angel is looking at a video tape of Dana windly struggling in a Posey. Not bad, but considering how dangerous everyone in the episode claioms she is, shoudn't they have used the front and side loops on the jacket?

As The World Turns (June 24, 1999) : Rita (Barbara Garrick) tries to convince Julia that she should fear Reid, not her. Julia calls the cops anyway and they haul Rita away. Rita's warnings do make an impact on Julia, who later acknowledges to Liam that she's having some serious misgivings about Reid. Reid visits Rita and tries to get her back into his good graces. When he is unable to regain her trust, Reid gives orders for Rita to be put in a straightjacket. As the cops cart off Rita, she vows to pay Reid back for his terrible misdeeds.
(sometime in 2001): Julia, who committed herself to a psych ward in a last-ditch effort to hold on to her husband Jack, escaped and attempted to kill Jack's paramour Carly. The police arrive just in time, and Julia is last seen smiling in the corner of a padded cell, wearing a Humane Restaints SJ with the straps in front. SJtemp put the scene on YouTube.
(March 2002) : Julia is released from the hospital (by series ubervillain James Stenbeck) and holds Jack hostage in his house, tying him in a Humane Restaints SJ. When his current girlfriend Mitzi (Anne Sayre) comes to the house, she's knocked out by Julia, who decides to take Jack elsewhere. When the police arrive, they find Mitzi gagged and tied in the SJ.
(May 10, 2004) : "Mike dreams he is marrying Katie (Terri Colombino) who is wearing a straight jacket as orderlies drag her away." (courtesy of SoapCentral.com) Katie was manipulated into a mental hospital, but other than a brief shot of her wrists tied to a chair with medical restaints, there was no bondage.
(September 17, 2004) : Barbara (Colleen Pink Zinter) managed to wind up in the same psych unit as her teenage son Will, after she escaped from a courthouse and took two other characters hostage. Will managed to sneak into her room and set up a plan for their escape; however, Will despises Barbara, and she is quickly caught and placed in a Humane Restraints SJ. She's seen for a few minutes, mostly sitting down while having an argument with her daughter Jennifer; there's little struggling.

Avengers, The : "You'll Catch Your Death" (sixth series, Linda Thorson) : "Steed keeps Mother posted about events, as he dons a gas mask to discover what lethal weapon lies within an ordinary envelope. Each victim was an anti-allergist who could have found a cure for Dr. Glover's new killer virus. When Tara is chosen as a guinea-pig for the final test, Steed gives the baddies a cold reception." Thorson is subdued by two baddies after some nice struggling, but the SJ is a weak-looking two-strap model.

Babylon 5 : "The Wheel of Fire" and "Objects in Motion" (Season 5, Episodes 19 and 20; original air dates 4/11 Nov 98) : The super-empath Lyta Alexander (Patricia Tallman) is tied in an unusual SJ (showing cleavage) after she is traced to reports of vandalism on earth. This show is exclusive to TNT, and their web site contains a photo showing the top of the SJ. Fans of the show noted that Lyta's massive mental powers would make any physical restraints useless, and she demonstrates this in the second episode, when she makes a handcuff-related restraint dissolve. When asked why she tolerated the SJ, she replied that it made the others feel safe, and that she was actually beginning to like it. Hmmmm.... You can access transcipts of the episodes here and here.
In Jane Killick's guide to season 5, The Wheel of Fire (Ballantine Publishing Group, New York, 1999), Tallman talks about the restraint: "It's the sexiest straitjacket you've ever seen in your life! . . . it's this really nice fabric, and it's open at the neckline, and when I put it on with the sweater that I had been wearing underneath my jacket, it became all about my cleavage - it was a different scene! So I went back to wardrobe and they pulled out a sweater that is the same texture and color, but it's cut a little higher, but it still had the same effect. I'm not a little woman, I'm a big girl and - not that I've got huge breasts or anything - but I have a full figure, and when your arms are under your boobs like that . . . it was just so funny! The crew loved it, the soundman loved it, everybody had a great time with that." (pg 156-7)

Batman : "Zelda the Great" : "Batman and Robin match wits and escape techniques with luscious Zelda the Great and fiendish master Elvol Ekdal (part 1 of 2)." (courtesy the FX network episode guide) There's a long shot of Aunt Harriet in a phony, black satin SJ.

Behind The Music : "Pat Benetar" (2001) : This episode of the VH1 music biography show displayed several alternate SJ shots from the photo shoot for Get Nervous.

Betrayal (1978) : Leslie Ann Warren has an affair with her unscrupulous psychiatrist (Rip Torn); not a very good idea, as evidenced by a scene in which she is SJed and locked in a strong room. The scene is up on YouTube.

Beverly Hillbillies, The : There are two episodes with SJ shots: 1) Miss Drysdale (Harriet MacGibbon) at the end of "Collard Greens 'an Fatback," an episode featuring Pat Boone, and 2) Miss Jane (Nancy Kulp), in one of the episodes involving Granny's battle against the "frogmen" (actually, Navy officers in wetsuits). Kulp is seen in a car, SJed and cloth-gagged, for about a minute.

Big Brother (Czechoslovakia) (2006) : The cast members in this version of Big Brother got a SJ as a "present", and one woman gets tied in it. Here's a fuller explaination, courtesy of Hmane: "They all got the straitjacket as a present from Big brother. Lena tried it as first. When guys dressed her in it, she still asked, if they free her and don't let her in it too long. When Lena is in straitjacket, Filip said, that he carries a spider, but then he was kind to her. Shrek tied her feet with a ducttape, they laid her on a couch and they left. Lena didn't want to lie alone, she wants to play "Don't worry man". She rolled down from the couch and tries to crawl. Shrek put her on his shoulder and carried her to the table. Filip holds a glass of cola by her mouth to let her drink. They decided to let her play allthough tied-up. Filip put a die on her head and she threw the die down, but it was not successfull, so they decided to free her."
You can find a few pics and a video at the official site.

Bionic Woman, The : "In This Corner, Jaime Summers" (episode 2-2; original air date 29 Sept 76) : "Jaime competes as 'Joltin Jaime', a professional lady wrestler, while on an undercover assignment to search for a missing OSI agent." A tag-team records a promo for the next house show, with one of the wrestlers SJed so she "won't kill her opponents." The SJ has three straps in the front, with no arm loops nor crotch strap. There's some nice struggling during the 2 minute scene. It comes about halfway through the episode. The series is currently shown on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Blind Date (Episode #2-378W, weekend of May 19-20, 2001) : On this syndicated show, two couples go on a guess-what with various contrived situations. On this episode, ER doctor Rutledge and sex therapist Sydney meet up with a street magician, who shows them how to escape from a Posey SJ. He then straps the couple into medium Poseys (without arm loops, alas) and challenges them to escape; Rutledge wins, while Sydney struggles and finally implores them to unstrap her. The scene lasts for a few minutes. You can visit the show's web site for an episode guide and upcoming listings.

Blonde (2001) : This four-hour CBS miniseries was based on Joyce Carol Oates' book on Marilyn Monroe. In one scene, her mother (Patricia Robertson) sets their house on fire and refuses to let Marilyn leave. When the authorities arrive, they force Richardson out of the house; she is seen strapped to a stretcher and struggling in what appears to be an SJ for about 5 seconds.

Carol and Company : (Carol Burnett, at the end of the show)

Celebrity Paranormal Project : "Pearl" (episode 2, October 2006) : "Supermodel Rachel Hunter, comedian Godfrey, Baywatch's Traci Bingham, workout video guru Tony Little, and Survivor winner Ethan Zohn visit New England to stay overnight at an abandoned asylum for the criminally insane. The team investigates the story of Nell Marley, a patient at the asylum who claimed to be possessed by a dangerous entity named Pearl -- an entity that eventually drove Nell to commit suicide. It's no joke when Godfrey descends into the tunnels and turns stone-scared, leaving Rachel behind to face the ghost of Pearl alone. By the end of the night, Traci's fear jeopardizes the team's chances of completing their investigations." (courtesy of VH1's site. Barry tells me this episode had a lot of female SJ action; VH1 has a photo section.

Charles in Charge : One episode of this Scott Baio sitcom showed Ellen Travolta in a Posey SJ. Nickelodeon is showing episodes every day at 4:30 and 7:30 AM.

Charmed : "Brain Drain" (episode 4.07, original air date 7 November 2001) : The witch Piper Halliwell (Holly Marie Combs) is fooled by a demon into thinking she's a patient in a mental institution, as a means of sapping her magical powers. Combs is forced into a red-collared Posey by two attendants at the 23-minute mark, and is seen in 4-point restraints along with Rose McGowan a few minutes later. There are excellent caps available at HtF_Vidcaps, and a creative music video uploaded to YouTube.

UPDATE! Chicago Hope : Laurie Geiger (Kim Greist), the wife of Dr. Geiger (Mandy Patankin), was institutionalized after drowning their son. Several episodes in the first season have scenes with her in an (reportedly too large) SJ. Rusty tells me that neither "Full Moon" (1.21; 15 May 95) nor "Songs of the Cuckoo Birds" (1.22; 22 May 95) have any scenes. There's still hope for the following episodes: "Over the Rainbow" (1.2, 22 Sept 1994); "Love and Hope" (1.11; 9 Jan 95); "Cutting Edges" (1.14; 9 Feb 95); "Wild Cards" (2.5; 16 Oct 95); "From Soup to Nuts" (2.7; 6 Nov 1995). Someone recently posted the SJ scene from "Over The Rainbow" on YouTube, and you can see the entire episode on Hulu (it's near the end).

Clarissa Explains It All : "Revenge" (episode #101, original air date March 23 1991) : Clarissa (Melissa Joan Hart) wants to wreak havoc on her little brother for bringing one of her training bras to show-and-tell, so she comes up with a fiendish plan: wrap him in an SJ, attach him to a bunch of helium balloons, and watch him float away. She tries on the SJ (courtesy of a friend), and is seen wearing it for a good 5 minutes, and for once it's an actual Humane Restraints jacket, not one of those cheap things the Prop Dept. throws together. Recommended. I thought this had been released on videotape, but I've been told otherwise. Does anybody know anything about this?
There are some screen captures from this episode at this FTP site. The files are p01clstr.gif, p01fall.gif, p01fall2.gif, p01think.gif, and p01thkme.gif. The scene is up on YouTube: Part One and Part Two.

Cleopatra 2525 : "Trial and Error" (original air date April 17 2000) : One of the bad guys in this futuristic action series is the psychic Raina. She is subdued with a white leather sleeves-only SJ. You can see a picture of her at the show's official site, and there are even more pics at this fan site.

Clueless : "Parent Trap" (episode 3.17, original air date 20 April 1999) : There is a black and white flashback with a scene where Dr. Mariens (Amber's father) meets his future wife, Ginger Mariens (Linda Carlson). She was bound in a Posey straitjacket and wheeled in on a handcart. Some nice struggling, but they didn't use the crotch strap. (Props to Brian R's Scene Database.)

NEW! Code Geass : "The Day A New Demon Was Born" (Episode 1, 2006) : According to this synopsis, an SJed woman is seen near the end of this episode of this recent anime.

Cosmopolitan Prayers (2004) : One episode of this anime series featured a "bondage ceremony" with an SJed woman, according to the Jellyfish Anime Reviews site.

Counterstrike : One episode of this '80s spy drama featured an SJed woman gagged and seated in a chair.

CSI New York : "Sleight Out Of Hand" (original air date Feb 28 2007) : Real-life illusionist Criss Angel plays a magician who is killing people to get revenge on his adopted family. In the final act of the show, a middle-aged woman is tied in a Humane Restraints SJ and gagged with silver duct tape. Angel chains her upside-down and dunks her in a tank of water to drown her. Fortunately, the detective arrive just in time to save the day. You can see stills of the scene at Criss Angel's homepage, and find the video on YouTube. (thanks to ARNie! and Joe)

Daphne in the Brilliant Blue (2004) "Siberian Special Vacation" (episode 10) : This anime series centers on a young woman who, after failing her college entrance exams and sufffering more bad luck, joins up with the "Nereids", a help-for-hire organization of other women. This episode has the main characters heading off for a much-needed vacation. Gloria, the weapons speciallist, is caught at the airport with a suitcase full of guns and other nasty devices, and is hauled off to the police station. In a montage, the other women are seen having fun in the sun as Gloria struggles in a SJ in a jail cell. There are two short clips of her in this predicament, and ARNie! was kind enough to send these pics along:

Dark Realm (2001) : In one episode of this X-Files ripoff, a woman in a mental hospital was SJed, and later strapped to the bed, reportedly in the first few minutes.

Days of Our Lives (April 20, 1998) : Laura has a nightmare, in which she is SJed and taunted by the villains Kate, Vivian, and Stefano.
(December 14, 1998) : In a strikingly similar scenario, Vivian dreams that John, Marlena, Ivan, and Celeste are going to turn her into a vegetable and are laughing at her. She screams to Stephano for help, but finds herself SJed.
(January 25, 2006): Dr. Lois Banks (Gigi Bermingham) comes to Salem to try to split John and Marlena up. Part of this scheme involves faking insanity, and she is seen in a padded cell in a Posey SJ. There are caps available at the MSN Group Days of our Lives 2 (there's a photo on page 4 of that folder, too).

Death Note : "Gamble" and "Decision" (season 1, episodes 15 and 16) : This recent anime adaptation of the original Japanese manga (see the bottom of the Miscellaneous Media page for scans from the manga) contains the same SJ scene. The series won't be released on DVD until November 2007, but Joe told me that TV Links has the episodes for online viewing, and ARnie! sent a vidcap for our enjoyment:

Delta State : "Couch Time" (episode 15, 2004): This Canadian animated series uses rotoscoping (tracing over photographs of live action movement frame-by-frame) to tell the story of four roommates who have the ability to enter the titular state, a dreamlike realm. (The Wikipedia entry has much more info.) In this episode, Claire is seen in a nondescript SJ for about 30 seconds. There's a large vidclip at the Cartoon Heroine DiD Videoclips page.

Desprecio, El (2006) : Episode 173 of this Venezuelan telenovela shows an SJed woman being led out of her home and into the paddy wagon. The image on the video on YouTube is rather poor.

Drew Carey Show, The : "Mimi's A Partner" (original air date Nov 1 2000) : "Much to Drew's horror, Mimi (Kathy Kinney) wins Kate's (Christa Miller) partnership in Buzz Beer in a poker game." (taken from ABC's Drew Carey Show site) At the end of the show, Kate is seen in the "Psycho 2000" (looks like a Posey SJ, no crotch strap, but the front loop is used) on a stretcher, wheeled in by Mimi. The scene lasts about 2 minutes with absolutely no struggling on Kate's part, but the scene is pretty funny. THe scene is up on YouTube.

Dr. Who : "The Sunmakers" (original air date 26 Nov 1977 (Part 1)) : "The TARDIS arrives on top of a building on a mysteriously Earth-like Pluto with a human population enslaved by fear-inducing gases and crippled by ridiculously high taxes." This was a four part episode. The Doctor's comely assistant (Louise Jameson) was seen at least twice in a beige padded SJ; once when she was mentally forced to give up info (she was then carried out over a soldier's shoulder), and once while she was hanging off a wall (her feet on the wall, her shoulders about a foot away) and being taunted by a bad guy. The scenes are up on YouTube; part 6 and part 7.
Grimbor alerted me to the Tardis Keyhole site, which has more caps here, here, and here.
The episode "Ghost Light" also has an SJ scene, but it involves a man.
Also, here's a fanfic which would make for a verrrrry interesting episode.

Dynasty : According to a German fan site (which seems to be down now, dammit!), Claudia Carrington (Pamela Bellwood) was seen in a straitjacket, being carted off to a mental institution. This apparently happened 2 years before the show began, so I'm assuming this is a flashback in a first-season episode (1981-2). You can read her whole sad story at the Ultimate Dynasty site.

Edge of Night : Mariann Aalda played the attorney DiDi Bannister on the ABC soap from 1981 to 1985, and according to her column on EURweb, DiDi was once tied in an SJ and taken to an insane asylum. Looking at the weekly summaries at the Edge of Night Homepage, I'd guess this happened during the week of September 5 1983.

Elfen Lied (2004) : One episode of the anime features a female psychic character in an SJ and helmet.

Ellen DeGeneres Show, The (2006) : The Halloween episode of the talk show began with Ellen being kidnapped and stuffed in a sack by her "evil twin", who goes on to host the show herself. The audience is dressed in costumes, including a woman in an SJ. Someone posted a big hunk of the show on YouTube, and you can kind of see the SJed person abut 5 minutes in, when the evil Ellen is dancing in the audience.

Emily of New Moon (2nd season, original air date 15 Nov 98) : The titular character of this Canadian family show is a young girl who is sent to live with her elderly relatives after the death of her father. In this episode, her Aunt Laura, who succumbed to a laudanum addiction, is committed to an asylum by another of her relatives (I didn't catch her name). Emily and her cousin Jimmy go to the asylum in hopes of getting Laura out; they steal into the basement, where several inmates are groggily milling about. There is a brief glimpse of Laura in an SJ and tied to the wall with a wide leather band. They come back later with a reputable doctor and lock the asylum doctor in his office with his head nurse, enabling them to unstrap Laura from a chair (looking suspiciously like one of Dr. Benjamin Rush's "Tranquilizer Chairs"). However, Aunt Laura is not the most attractive of women, as you can see here.

Evening at the Improv, An : Ruth Buzzi was the guest host of a 1986 episode of this long-running standup-comedy series. At the end of the show, she became so carried away with laughter that an attendant tied her in an SJ and carried her outside to a waiting ambulance.

Family, The (episode 7; original air date 27 August 2003) : In this ABC "reality" show, a working-class extended family is transported to a mansion to compete against each other for a million dollar prize. On this particular episode, four people (three men and Dawn Marie ) have to escape from Humane Restraints SJs while stuffed into a giant "money sack" (with only their heads showing) and then put 50 coins into a piggy bank. Dawn Marie managed to escape first (using the strategy of withdrawing into the sack to escape the jacket, unlike the men), so we don't get to see much of her struggling. However, it is amusing to hear her talk about how much she hates being confined. You can visit the official web site for synopses and other info. There's a very thorough synopsis at Reality News Online.

FarScape : "Dream A Little Dream" : The character of Zhaan (Virginia Hey) is accused of murder on the planet of Litigara, and is restrained in an arms-to-the-side SJ. Check the Sci-Fi Channel site for future broadcasts.

Faust (1989) : According to the listing on the Internet Movie Database, this French opera has the character Maugerite (Mirella Freni) "in a strait-jacket while a child plays hopscotch."

Fear Factor : "Psycho Fear Factor, Part 3" (episode 6.6, original air date January 17 2006) : This was the last of 3 episodes which took place at the legendary Bates Motel set from the PSYCHO movies. In one stunt, couples are put in a straight jacket and timed as they try to eat two live Iraqi Camel Spiders (blech!).

Flapjack Floozy (c. 1988) : Teri Garr appears in this short film, SJed and cleave-gagged (with a white cloth), reportedly displaying some nice struggling and "gag noises" before her "treatment" for pancake addiction, and is much more docile afterwards. This was reportedly shown on the cable channel Showtime between films.

Freddy's Nightmares (episode unknown) : Hili Park, an attractive middle-aged blonde, wanders about a white room in a nice SJ (metal grommets and roller buckles) for about 15 seconds. Warner Home Video released 5 videotapes from this series, but I don't know if this episode is on any of them.
"Sister's Keeper" (episode 7) : This episode concerns twin teenage sisters who are tormented by Freddy in their dreams. There's lots of whacky, nonsensical swapping of sister's identities, until one sister is hauled off by two orderlies and is seen in an SJ for about 20 seconds (natch, it's just another dream). This episode WAS released on video, and it's up on YouTube. You can also see a still courtesy of I-Mockery.com.

Game On! : This Brit-com covers the travails of three roommates - agoraphobic Matt (Ben Chaplin, Neil Stuke after the first season), best friend Martin (Matthew Cottle), and party girl Mandie (Samantha Jenkins). In one of the first-season episodes, Matt sees Mandie in a Human Restraints SJ during a nightmare. The Game On! web site doesn't have any pics of this, nor are their synopses detailed enough to pin down the exact title, but there are a lot of photos of Samantha Jenkins to drool over, and the first-season is available on PAL video.
"Not Telling" has uploaded the scene to RapidShare, in both VCD-quality (11 MB) as well as DVD-quality (42 MB) video.

General Hospital : Lucy (Lynn Herring) was kidnapped and kept in a Humane Restraints SJ, hidden away in the hospital basement, several years ago by Olivia and a man, searching for diamonds. Interested parties can contact Eldon; the tapes with these scenes are gh89-25 and gh89-26.
(December 19, 1997) : According to the synopsis from TV Megasite, Brenda (Vanessa Marcis) also spent some time in an SJ.
(September 6, 2002) : To expediate Genie Francis' (Laura) exit from the show, her character went into full-meltdown mode (confessing to killing her father), was SJed (yellow-collared Posey) and sedated, and shipped off to a psych clinic in London. (Beats having her "die" again.) You can check the About.com recap. There is a more detailed breakdown, complete with caps, available at the End of Laura Spencer page, but there are no SJ pics there. I just found this recap which does have one small cap of Francis in the SJ. The scene was uploaded to YouTube, part one and part 2.
(January 19 and 20, 2004) : Distraught over her love for Alcazar, Carly (Tamara Braun) asks to be committed to the local sanitarium. However, Faith (Cynthia Preston) manages to sneak in to does Carly with drugs and hypnotize her into retaining her feelings. A doped-up Carly tries to escape, but is put into a Humane Restraints SJ as Faith arranges to have her transferred to a more secure institution. Luckily, Alcazar breaks in and ties Faith in the jacket (and cleave-gags her) and rescues Carly. Faith is subsequently transferred in Carly's stead (as Carly was admitted under a false name) and stayed in the jacket for the entire episode of the 20th. The General Hospital Happenings Two group at MSN has detailed synopses with vidcaps; check out the ones for the 19th and the 20th.
(August 19-20, 2004) : Nikolas Cassadine is imprisoned in a mental hospital by his evil mother Helena, who wants to mold him into a "proper" son. His love interest Emily Quartermaine (Natalia Livingston) commits herself to the hospital to be near him, but Helena finds out . . . Near the end of the 8/19 episode, Emily is seen on a bed, motionless, in a Humane Restaints jacket. My TV reception went on the fritz for the 20th, so I couldn't see what went on, though it seems they both escape from the hospital Check out the GH Happenings Two summaries for 8/19 and 8/20 (no caps for this one).
(December 3, 2004) : "Heather is buckled into a straitjacket and transferred to Ferncliff." (according to the Journey Fan Site) There are a couple of caps at the General Hospital Happenings 2 site.
(August 5, 2005) : Reese (Kari Wurher) was seen in a much-too-large Humane Restraints SJ in a padded cell, before being rescued. There are a few pics at the General Hospital Happenings Screen Captures group.
(November 15, 2006) : According to this synopsis, Helena (Constance Towers) was seen SJed in this episode. Rodrigo found caps at the General Hospital Happenings site:
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(June 21, 2007) : Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot), the current CEO of Quartermaine Enterprises, was seen having imaginary conversations with her dead brother Alan, whose will she forged to give her the bulk of his estate. Her father Edward, both concerned with her mental health and wanting to get back into power, gets a psychiatrist to exmaine Tracy during one of her "conversations", and agrees to commit her to Shadybrook Mental Institution. There are two short scenes in this episode; one in which two orderlies put Tracy in an extra-small Posey SJ, and one where a calm-yet-angry Tracy is sitting in her room in the hospital, and offers the psychiatrist money to let her out. Here is a studio still, courtesy of General Hospital Happenings:

Ghost Chasers : one episode of this paranormal-investigators series opened with several doctors (male and female) in SJs in a padded cell.

Ghost Stories : "Back Ward" (episode 1-1; original air date 27 Sept 97) : A female doctor is rendered unconscious in an abandoned hospital; she wakes up "in the past," where nurses strap her into a canvas, SJ-type garment and put her in an ice bath.

Ghost Whisperer : "Dead Reckoning" (episode 12 of season 2, original air date 5 January 2007) : Jennifer love Hewitt has a vision of herself in an SJ and padded cell in this episode. I'm afraid I don't remember who sent me this cap, but thank you:

Girl Called Hatter Fox, A (1977) : This film concerns a "wild" Native American woman (Joanelle Romero) and the psychiatrist (Ronny Cox) who tries to "civilize" her. It's based on the novel Hatter Fox by Marilyn Harris. The scene on YouTube shows her cleave-gagged and struggling in the SJ.

Girls Behaving Badly : One episode of this all-female pranks show (airing on Oxygen and in syndication) features cast member Kira Soltanovich playing a mentally unstable sister introduced to an unwitting diner by a supposed acquaintance. The prank is entitled "Koo-Koo Goes Out on the Town." She's seen in an SJ with crotch straps. She tells the dupe that the SJ is "a big misunderstanding" and defends herself by saying "if a sale says 50% off, it better BE 50% off!" (thanks to Straitlaced8)
Recording the syndicated shows, I found a SECOND SJ appearance by Kira, in a segment called "Koo-Koo Chanel". The prank takes place in a fake psychiatrist's office, where Kira is led into the waiting room in an SJ with thin leather straps. As the "psychiatrist" leaves to handle the paperwork, Kira strikes up conversation with the unsuspecting dupes (a young woman and an older man in separate scenes). She doesn't "act crazy", just complains that her boyfriend had her committed after a shopping spree. When the psychiatrist returns, Kira claims friendship with the other person, and tries to get released into their custody before the prank is revealed. The entire segment lasts about 5 minutes, and there's a funny joke when Kira gets the young woman to loosen her crotch strap, as she "just had a Brazilian". Neither scene appears on the Volume 1 DVD set, I'm afraid.

Gitanas : There's a pretty decent SJ scene in this telenovela, which is on YouTube.

Gong Show, The : One episode of the campy '70s game show featured a woman who performed an SJ escape, wearing only a green bikini underneath.

Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling : This infamous wrestling show had its share of SJ sightings. One involved a "loser-strapped-into-straitjacket" match between Justice and Dementia; the latter lost,but her restraint is shown in a long shot and mostly obscured by the referees tying her in. The blonde member of the Heavy Metal Sisters tag team was occasionally shown being led to and from the ring in an SJ; in one match against Little Fiji and Mt. Fiji, they tied the former in the SJ (the latter was chained in the opposite corner) and cut off some of her hair.
One good source for GLOW videos (and other women's wrestling tapes) is Manzerman.

Great Detective, The : a Canadian series about a turn-of-the- century policeman (presumably not Sherlock Holmes). One episode involved a hypnotist who drove women mad.

Guadalupe (1994) : According to a listing in Brian R's Scene Database, the title character (Adela Noriega) of this telenovela spends several episodes in an institution, and is seen SJed twice (at the beginning of her stay and after an unsuccessful escape attempt). You can visit Adela Noriega's Website for pictures, but there are no vidcaps of her SJed there. Rodrigo found a video of her SJed on YouTube.

Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten (July 12, 1999) : Anna (Simone Hanselmann), suffering from split-personality disorder, assaulted her family and friends and was taken away in an SJ. BTW, this episode was Hanselmann's last on this kult-soap; talk about going out with a bang! You can find a rather spastic GIF file of her struggling at the German soap site.

Harper Valley P.T.A. : On one episode of this short-lived (January 1981 - August 1982) TV series based on the popular movie (which was in turn "based" on Jeannie C. Riley's sassy 1968 C&W hit), Barbara Eden portrayed twins, one of whom acted strangely. An older lady who had it in for Eden called the men in the white suits for a visit. They got as far as putting an SJ on the "strange" twin when the other Eden came and explained it all, upon which the older lady was SJed and taken away.

Hell Hath No Fury (1994) : (Loretta Swit; at the end, taken away in a Posey by two nurses in an ambulance).

Heroes : "Godsend" (original air date ) and "The Fix" (original air date) : This drama centers on a disparate group of people who suddenly discover their superpowers. Ali Larter plays a woman with split-personality disorder; her other personality is reeeeeally good at killing people, and she eventually gets put into prison (the police are actually after her estranged husband). After snapping a guard's baton in two with her bare hands, she's seen at the end of the first episode in a dirty padded cell, wearing a Posey SJ with one arm through the front loop. She's seen again in the same predicament in the second episode, but it just looks like recycled footage. There is a video on YouTube that Universal hasn't discovered yet.

The Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Show : "Record Breaker" (episode 24) : Yumi ends up SJed in this lvei-action/animation mix show. You can check Comedy Central's site for more details.

Hollywood Babylon : Series "based" on Kenneth Anger's books, hosted by Tony Curtis. There was a segment about Frances Farmer. There was a package of 3 videocassettes released, but the Farmer segment isn't on any of them.

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (19??) : A Hollywood Babylon-style documentary series aired on E!; there was a segment on Frances Farmer.

I Due Volti dell'Amore (roughly, "The Two Faces of Love") : This Hispanic period-piece soap opera was shown (dubbed into Italian) on CFMT, Toronto's multicultural TV station. A woman attacks her doctor with a knife, and is later seen SJed in a padded cell with another woman, laughing. They both wear long SJs with laces up the sides. They later convince a nurse to release them for a change of clothes (they were wearing bodiced dresses), and they escape by hiding in a wagon. It appears the original title was "Amor Sagrado", as two clips were posted under this name on YouTube:
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I'm Still Alive! (2004) : This short series from the UPN showcased reality footage of people surviving disasterous situations. One episode segment dealt with escape artist Bill Shirk, who was chained in a plexiglas coffin and buried under cement, which collapsed the coffin surfaces (luckily, Shirk found an air bubble, and was dug out safely). Shirk apparently holds the world record for fastest SJ escape (5 seconds!), and the segment showed background footage of him and his daughter in a dueling SJ escape challenge.

Inocente De Ti (2004) : This Mexican telenovela contains several SJ scenes of interest, some of which are available on YouTube (thanks to Rodrigo):
First clip
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Third Clip (no SJ, but nice 4-point restraints)
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Invisible Man, The : "Death Cell" (from the '60s British edition, not the most recent series) : Lana Morris escapes from a mental institution to contact the title character, but she's recaptured and tied in an SJ and gagged with a white cloth. Luckily, the Invisible Man comes to save the day. Pictures are available at Biff's site, and the scene is up on YouTube.

Iron-Jawed Angels (2004) : "Activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns take the women's suffrage movement by storm." Near the end of the made-for-HBO movie, Hilary Swank goes on a hunger strike in a jail and is forced into an SJ by two men and taken from the jail for a psychiatric evaluation.

Jem (1986-8) : This animated series focused on the travails of businesswoman Jerrica Benton, who with the help of the powerful computer Synergy (which can create holograms), transforms herself into Jem, the leader of an all-girl rock band (Jem and the Holograms). In the episode "Music is Magic" (episode 37), Jem's arch-rivals, The Misfits, fall victim to a crooked magician, who imprisons them and ties Pizzazz in an SJ. There is one brief shot of the full-length SJ from a distance, and another shot panning from her feet to her head, about 16 minutes into the episode. The memebers of the Misfits get to tie the villain up in the SJ at the end, too. THe episode is included on Disc 2 of the DVD set of the complete 3rd season.
In another episode, whose name I can't figure out, the lead singer of The Misfits challenges the Holograms to a magic contest. She is subsequently seen struggling in an SJ, until her manager reminds her of the jacket's gimmick (a flower on the front, when pulled, provides a quick release).

Johnny Vegas - 18 Stone of Idiot : "Episode 4" (original air date June 17, 2005) : This is a late night show on Britain's Channel 4 (BTW, a "stone" is an archaic unit of weight, approximately 13 pounds). One of the episodes reportedly featured "glamour model" (i.e., topless Page 3 girl) Jodie Marsh, tied in a Posey SJ while topless and hung upside down from the ceiling, as part of an escapology challenge. She was given 60 seconds to escape, before the show went to a commercial; when they came back, Vegas said "Don't worry Jodie, you're going to have to piss sometime, and when you do, I'll be underneath". There doesn't seem to be any pics of this at the official web site, but there's one at the Weasel Dandaw site.

Juega de la Vida, El (2003): In this telenovela, Tania (Maki) was committed to a hospital by her hateful father, and was seen strapped to the bed and SJed in separate scenes, before escaping.

Laugh-In : Goldie Hawn and Artie Johnson told a brief joke in SJs.

Live It Up (c. 1990) : On one episode of this "infotainment" show (broadcast on Canada's CTV network), host Diane Bruckner was SJed by magician Dean Gunnarson (looks like an old Posey with the grommetted straps, but they didn't use the side loops). Someone's posted the clip on YouTube.

Love, Lies, and Murder (1991) (Sheryl Lee) : "A young mother is murdered in her sleep. Her teenage stepdaughter confesses to the crime. But what seemed like an open-and-shut case is only the beginning in this chilling true story of the unspeakable crime that shocked a nation." This miniseries is available on a two-videotape package; the scene we want is about 40 minutes into the second tape; as an SJed Lee is seen lying on the floor of a padded cell after a suicide attempt; the shot is about 15 seconds. She is seen in the following scene strapped hand and foot to a chair, and in handcuffs and legirons near the end.

MacGyver : "Two Times Trouble" (original air date December 11 1989) At the beginning of the episode is a strange shoot for an anti-drug music video, where a young woman (blonde Kimberly Sheppard) is put in a yellow neoprene (?) SJ and thrown in a tank of water (shaped like a beaker?). MacGyver ends up in the same predicament at the climax of the episode.

MAD TV : An episode of this comedy-sketch show featured a spoof of Felicity, entitled Intensity, in which the title character (Nicole Sullivan, a cute blonde), obsessed with a boy, ends up in a yellow-collared Posey SJ at the end of the sketch. The shot is about 10 seconds long, in slow-motion with nice struggling. The Unoffical Nicole Sullivan Tribute Page has a vidcap of this scene, and the whole skit is posted on YouTube. You can also visit the Nicole Sullivan Fan Site to find a (poor) picture of the cast members in SJs.
(September 30, 2006): This episode (hosted by WWE wrestler John Cena) featured a parody of the Dixie Chicks, where the two sisters sing sbout kicking the "loudmouthed" Natalie Maines out of the group. The actress portraying Maines is seen struggling in a small Posey SJ before being given a lobotomy with a huge railroad spike. The scene occurs 15 minutes into the episode.
One episode early in 2007 opened with an actress dressed as Britney Spears, shaved head and all, SJed and tied to a cart like Hannibal Lector.

Madrasta, La : Ana Rosa is seen SJed and struggling in a padded cell in one episode of this telenovela. Rodrigo was kind enough to upload the scene to YouTube, and he's put a lot of vidcaps up at his ImageShack page. The scene is included on the 3-DVD condensation of the series; it's on Disc 2, Side 1, about 15:25 - 16:00.

Mafia Princess (1986) (Susan Lucci) : Based on the memoirs of Antoinette Giancana, daughter of infamous Mafia kingpin Sam Giancana. In the book, she is committed to a hospital by her father. She says she was strapped to her bed most of the time, and was once put in an SJ. In the film, Lucci is seen in a padded cell with a mediocre SJ (but with some nice struggling); after she's untied, we can see that the sleeves are open at the ends. The scene is about 2 minutes long.

Marian Again: (original air dates 5 & 6 September 2005) : This two-part British miniseries (originally shown on the ITV network) focuses on a woman who was kidnapped and imprisoned in a small box for 15 years. When her old boyfriend sees her on the street, years after he thought she had died, she denies being the women he believes her to be. The show contains some scenes with the woman SJed and wearing a scold's bridle (without gag), as part of a magic act she does with her former captor.

Martin : "One Flew Over The Hoochie's Nest" (season 5, episode 130, original air date 24 April 1997): "Pam (Tichina Arnold) is thought to be her twin cousin, who has recently escaped from a mental institution." There is an SJ scene with plenty of struggling by Arnold, though one reports states that the Posey with roller buckles used in the scene doesn't have the arm straps buckled up. A more recent report suggests that the jacket was improperly applied in some shots in the middle of the scene (sleeves not buckled) and properly tied at the beginning and end of the scene. There's a good overview of the episode at TV.com, and the segment was recently posted on YouTube.

Mask, The : One episode of this animated show, adapted from the Jim Carrey film of the same name, featured a "bad girl" magician briefly struggling in an SJ.

Mea Culpa (2005) : This Chilean telenovela apparently has an SJ scene; you can see a vidcap at link Rodrigo sent me.

Melrose Place : "It's a Bad World After All" (original air date 19 Sept 95) : Sydney (Laura Leighton) was arrested for the hit-and-run of her former hubbie (she was framed, but it's a real mess and I'm sure you don't care). Her father and sister meet her in jail and beg her to confess, and when she blows up at them, they sadly decide to have her committed. At the end of the show, she is tied in a small Posey SJ by two attendants and led out of the police station. They do a pretty bad job of it too; Leighton's right arm ends up OVER her left shoulder, and they didn't even use the front or side hoops! Tsk. The next episode, "Inlaws and Outlaws," has some time devoted to her unpleasant stay at the hospital, but the summaries I've read don't indicate any SJ shots.

Mi Gorda Bella (2002; roughly "My Beautiful Fat Friend") : In this telenovela, the character Tza Tza (Emma Rabe) is kidnapped and kept in a lace-up SJ for at least two episodes. She undergoes some abuse as well, with some blood dripping into the SJ. You can visit the Antena 3 site for more Spanish-language details. Also, the character Pandora (Marianela González) appears to be SJed in a padded cell in a vidcap from the show's MSN Group; this latter scene is on YouTube.

Mission : Impossible : "Committed" (episode 141; sixth season) : The team infiltrates an institution to rescue a wrongly committed woman who witnessed a murder. Lynda Day George ends up in an SJ in the padded cell next to the one imprisoning the woman in question.

Models Inc. : "Till Death Do Us Part" (original air date 23 Nov 94) and "Bad Moon Rising" (original air date 30 Nov 94) : One of the story arcs in this now-defunct Aaron Spelling nighttime soap revolved about Carrie (Carrie-Anne Moss), an older model reeling from the murder of her sister. Concerned, the head of Models Inc. (Linda Grey) tricks her into meeting with a psychiatrist, and she checks into a hospital for "voluntary" (heh heh...) treatment. Soon, he's extorting sex from her,and gets Grey (who had power of attorney) to commit her for six months. I wasn't watching this show regularly, and it was pure luck that I got 2 very nice SJ shots of Moss (I had the tape cued up while I was watching a magicians' special). From the summaries I've read, there are some more SJ shots in the 2nd episode, which I haven't seen (it apparently takes place at the doctor's private institution, where he tells Carrie of the things in store for her, at which point Grey pops out from behind a door with a tape recorder (Carrie slipped her a note before she was shipped off) and foils his evil plans).

Most Awesomely Bad Fashion (2007) : Barry tells me that he saw an SJed woman on this VH1 special. Since I don't get cable, could someone please confirm or deny this?

Mostly True Stories: Urban Myths Revealed : One of the myths explored in this Learning Channel show was that of the woman with the beehive hairdo, who discovered a nest of spiders inside. (I'll pause so everyone can shudder.) In the show's "recreation," the woman hacks away at her hair and has to be restrained in a Posey SJ. The shot is only a few seconds long.

New Batman/Superman Adventures, The : 1) "Live Wire" : A female shock-jock insists on holding a celebratory concert in a park during a wild lighting storm, and gets a massive shock, transforming her into the titular villainess. After she's defeated, she is carried away in a full-body SJ (insulated?), and strapped to a stretcher. 2) "Trial" : During a takeover of Arkham Asylum by the inmates, Batman is captured along with an anti-Batman attorney who doesn't know of his importance to Gotham City. She is forced to defend Batman during a kangaroo tiral presided over by The Joker. The lawyer is successful, but the inmates renege and decide to kill Batman anyway. He is SJed during the trial, but escapes before he is unmasked and executed. Harley Quinn gets put in the SJ (as she took his utility belt) as a diversion for their escape.

Night Gallery : "The Diary" : Patty Duke portrays a gossip columnist who comes into possession of a special diary; it records the future. At the end of the episode, she is seen in a locked cell and tied in a black SJ. Renfield was kind enough to upload the scene to YouTube.

Night Heat : "Tonight's News" : According to one report, Cynthia Belliveau is blindfolded, cleave-gagged and SJed on this episode of a Canadian crime drama.

Nobody's Child (1986) (Marlo Thomas) : "Woman released from mental hospital after 20 years returns to a normal life. TV films love a true story and they love those end credits informing us that so-and-so is now -- in this case -- a mental health administrator. Marlo won an Emmy." (Thanks to the Film involving Disabilities site.) Marlo is wheeled into the hospital in a Humane Restraints-style SJ and strapped to a stretcher; she is placed in a cell, still SJed and her ankles tied to a matress on the floor. The scene is about 1 minute long. I have heard reports that a second SJ scene was edited out in recent showings on Lifetime (no doubt for more ad time).

Nowhere Man : "Turnabout" (episode 1-2; original air date Sept 4 1995) : "Assuming he's Dr. Bellamy, agents take Veil to a sanitarium used by the mysterious conspiracy. There he's asked to 'treat' a woman who has also lost her identity and family." Ellen Combs has two scenes in a medium Posey SJ (in a locked cell; in a large steel cage), and another woman (Combs?) is seen in the same SJ and cage at the end of the episode. The entire episode was recently uploaded to YouTube in two parts:
First Half
Second Half

O Profeta : There's an SJ scene from this novela on YouTube titled "Arnaldo e Tony procuram Carola no hospício". Office Monkey (Oct. 2005) : "Two people are secretly challenged to perform silly comic dares in an office of unsuspecting people recorded by hidden cameras. The only one in the joke is the managing director, who after watching our office monkeys perform decides which of them wins a lovely holiday." (courtesy of UkGameShows.com.) One of the shows featured a woman whose mission was to escape from an SJ. She had her co-worker strap her in in front of all her co-workers, and despite her bragging that she could escape in 30 seconds, she struggled for a few minutes before giving up. The show is broadcast in Britain by the ITV network.

One Life To Live (July 18 and 21, 2003) : Lindsay (Catherine Hickland) was tied in a Humane Restraints SJ and thrown in a padded cell. She was later released from the jacket and joined by her daughter Jen (who wasn't SJed) before being rescued (she was stashed there by a serial killer).
(March 22-23, 2005) : As part of a plan for revenge, Asa Buchanan, the show's main patriarchal character, faked the death of his ex-wife Blair (Kassie DePaiva) and stashed her away in a mental hospital (judging by the set, the same one Lindsay spent some time in above). She's seen in a green-collared Posey at the end of the 3/22 episode, and in four short scenes in the 3/23 one. The video on YouTube. is from 3/23.
(August 26, 2002) : Alison, who escaped with Lindsay from the prison, is seen "outfitted in a straight jacket, sitting in a padded room saying 'I did a bad thing.'" (courtesy of SoapCentral.com) There's a pic of her at the bottom of her page on the official ABC site (thanks to pcoop!).

Oprah (c. 1993-4) : When Ms. Winfrey had an escape artist as a guest, she didn't know he would bring out an SJ for her to try on - and she did, crotch strap and all (reportedly).

Outer Limits, The : “Mind Reacher” (Episode 7.144, original air date 4 August 2001) : “A doctor puts her sanity on the line when testing a psychological tool allowing her to enter her patients' minds.” (Episode Guide) The show is syndicated, and also shown on The Sci-Fi Channel.

Passions (March 17, 20-22 2000) : Charity (Molly Stanton), a young woman subject to powerful psychic visions, and Tabitha (Juliet Mills), an evil harridan, are both confined to rooms at the psychiatric ward of the local hospital. When Tabitha hears that Charity was given a drug which makes her highly succeptable to the words of others, she whispers through the air vent, urging Charity to kill the man she loves. Tabitha is caught and is tied in a small Posey SJ by two attendants. There are several scenes on her in the jacket, with some struggling, but her arms weren't put through the loops. (Charity was not restrained, except for some blue wrist cuffs whilst unconscious.) The vast majority of the scenes took place on the 17th and 20th; there were brief flashbacks on the latter two dates.
(September 28, 2001) : The hulking psychopath “Norma Bates,” who had been stalking Tabitha and Timmy for most of the summer, was proven certifiable and led away SJed to a padded cell. There's a pic at the Passions Central site. (They don't have pics for the other scenes in this listing, though)
(December 19 and 26, 2003; January 6, 2004) : One of the long-running story lines on this soap revolves around the star-crossed romance between poor little rich girl Sheridan Crane (McKenzie Whitmore) and chief of police Luis Lopez-Fitgerald. Except for brief moments of repast, they've been kept apart pretty much for the entire run so far, due to the independent machinations of Sheridan's eeeeeeeevil father Alistair (who doesn't want Luis nosing into Crane family affairs) and Beth Wallace (who is obssessed with Luis, and will go to any lengths to get Sheridan out of the picture). In the major story arc of the past year, Beth kept a pregnant Sheridan captive in a pit, where she eventually gave birth. The baby was thought to have died in an accident, but Beth has claimed the baby as her own. Sheridan is understandably addled by all this trauma, and her insistence that her child is still alive leads to her being jacketed and dragged into the psych ward. She attempted to escape, but ended up getting jacketed (yellow-collared Posey; used the front loop and crotch strap but not the side loops) again and locked into a quiet room. A few days later, Luis stormed in and "rescued" her. (Amusingly enough, on the same episode, a nurse played by Ruth Buzzi is also dragged in the ward in a Posey.)
Antonio, Sheridan's husband and Luis' brother, stumbles across them in the throes of ecstasy, and is easily manipulated by Alistair into signing commitment papers. A psychiatrist and two orderlies show up at the cabin where Sheridan is residing and begin to force her into a jacket, but Sheridan promises to go quietly and they remove it. Of course, as soon as they do that, she runs back into the cabin and locks the front door. Too bad she didn't lock the back door also, as the orderlies come in that way, force her into the jacket, and eventually lock her into a padded cell in the psych ward. Lots of great struggling and facial expressions on Westmore's part; here's the video on YouTube. The arc has ended without any further SJ scenes, but electroshock aficianados should note that Sheridan gets the living hell zapped out of her (these scenes lasted over several episodes, seriously!) in an attempt to eliminate Luis from her mind (doesn't work, natch).
(January 16,17, and 20, 2005) : Another of the over-arching storylines deals with the love triangle between wealthy young heir Ethan Crane, WASPy fiancee Gwen Winthrop (played by Liza Huber, daughter of soap queen Susan Lucci), and lowly servant's daughter Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald. Things recently came to a head when Gwen stabbed Theresa twice, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. In jail, Gwen drifts off into fantasyland, where she and Ethan and all her children live happily. When Sheridan comes to visit, Gwen thinks she's going to steal her baby and chokes her through the cell bars. The police come and tie Gwen in a Posey straitjacket. She alternates between wildy struggling and sitting in a catatonic state. You can see some small vidcaps from the 01/21 episode courtesy of Google Video Search. There are better caps at Pure Class, but you have to register with the site (it's free, though). Here's a scan from a soap mag:

Pe Na Jaca (2007) : The character of Beth is SJed and led out of her house by two men in white, as you can see on YouTube.

NEW! Pecados Ajenos : This telenovela had a pretty good SJ scene with dramatic lighting; you can see it on YouTube.

Penn and Teller's Sin City Spectacular : Episode 120 of the eccentric magicians' variety show (featuring Roseanne, Martina Sirtis, and Lance Burton) contained a segment with Penn, Teller, and their Eight Deadly Sin Dancers in SJs. This was broadcast on the FX Network, but it seems to be long gone.

Piano Man's Daughter, The (2003) : This two-part miniseries, based on the novel by Timothy Finley, contains one SJ scene about 20 minutes into the first part. Lily (Marnie McPhail) is seen struggling in a green-collared Posey while sitting in a wheelchair. The scene lasts for about a minute. You can visit Sullivan Entertainment for more information.

Plateados, Los (May 17-18, 2005) : Camila (Tamara Montserrat) was committed to a mental hospital by her adulterous husband in this telenovela. According to the synopses at Telenovela World, the episode of the 17th ended with her being tied in an SJ, and the next day's show featured her being "treated" at the hospital (through drugs, baths, and hypnosis); I don't know if there were more SJ scenes.

Pobre Diabla ("Poor Devil") (199?) : This telenovela (a remake of another telenovela from the early '70s) features the female lead Monica (Jeanette Rodriguez) in a lengthy S J scene. You can read a bilingual synopsis and check out the scene on YouTube.

Popular : "All About Adam" (original air date 17 Feb 2000) : This episode of an hour-long show set in a high school is a gloss on All About Eve, as a young man stops at nothing to get on the cheerleading squad. The offended cheerleaders find a victim of his from his previous school, a cheerleader who rejected his advances and who he subsequently drove insane. She is seen with an SJ (with open and untied sleeves) over her cheerleading uniform for a couple of minutes; there is no struggling whatsoever. Rodrigo uploaded a video of the scene to YouTube.

Popular Mechanics for Kids : "Escape" (third season, 1999-2000) : This episode of the educational children's show featured an upside-down SJ escape by a (male) escape artist. To show the level of difficulty, the SJ is first tied on Vanessa Lengies, one of the teenage hosts of the show.

Port Charles (December 31, 1998; January 4-6, 1999): This was a spin-off of the ABC soap General Hospital. In the "General Homicide" serial-killer story arc, Greg and Julie (the killers) have kidnapped Kevin (who is writing a book on the murders) and Eve. They tie Eve in a green-collar Posey SJ and begin to wall her up. Eve seems a size too small for it, and they didn't put the sleeves through the front hoop the first two episodes, but they corrected it for the later episodes (it looks as though they put the sleeves through the side hoops too!). Lucy (Lynn Herring), who has a long history with Greg, tries to sneak in to help, but is captured, SJed and placed with Eve. They are walled in, but Eve manages to escape from her SJ and help Lucy out of hers just in time for their rescue. All in all, very nice. Some of the scenes are up on YouTube.
Here's another video from YouTube of the end of the scenes.

Price is Right, The : There are at least three SJ sightings on this long-running game show. Two revolve about a lovely brunette hostess who is so excited about the amazing prizes that she has to be restrained in a small Posey SJ by the other hostesses. The third concerns the black hostess, who is seeing a psychiatrist over her "forestphobia," a fear of the great outdoors (too bad she can't enjoy this lovely RV!); she is summarily SJed by the unsympathetic therapist. In all these instances, the SJs are not securely strapped on.

Priory, The (1999-present) : In one episode of this British talk show, co-host and former model Zoe Ball goes insane and is trussed up a la Hannibal Lector. The Zoe Ball Nexus has several episodes available on RealVideo, but the image is rather poor through my dinky 28.8, so I'm not going to audit every episode.

Prisoner, The : On some episodes of this cult favorite, there were shots of a room with SJed men and women sitting on the floor. At some point, they would simultaneously flex their ankles. Face it, folks, this show wasn't supposed to make sense. :-)

Prisoner : Cell Block H : This long-running Australian soap, set in a woman's prison, has produced at least one SJ scene.

Project ARMS (2001) : In this anime, ARMS are "inorganic materials with the characteristics of organic materials, in that they have metabolisms and can regenerate. When implanted in a person's body, they camouflage themselves to resemble the body organ they replace." (thanks to the Call My Name fansite) Kuruma Kei, one of the four main characters (and someone with a ARMS powers), goes beserk when told that she's not human and has to be SJed and put into a padded cell. The scene occurs in episode 17 ("Heaven (Advent)") on volume 6 of the DVD releases by Viz, and lasts about 45 seconds. Here are some caps, courtesy of Michael:

Racquel Welch special : I don't know the precise title of this hour-long show from the mid-80s. In one skit, she is kidnapped and SJed in a van by her agent; there's no gag, but plenty of squirming. Her dog undid the sleeve strap, and she ran singing through the streets of New York.

UPDATE! Remington Steele : "Elementary Steele" (original air date 22 May 1984, final episode of the second season) : "Role-playing mystery fans are duped into solving the real-life case of a murdered bank embezzler." Steele (Pierce Brosnan) and Laura (Stephanie Zimbalist) visit a friend, an OK-looking brunette, who is SJed and lying in a hospital bed, as she claims that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were chasing her. The scene is available on YouTube, and it's included on disc 7 of the Season 2 DVD set. You can also watch the entire episode on Hulu.

Reporter, Die (1999) : Merlin tells me this is a German documentary series. One episode showed a woman trying out an upside-down SJ escape.

Revancha, La : From Brian R's Scene Database: "Diana Quijano is committed to a mental hospital by her husband. She is lead in unwillingly, then securred in a straitjacket. she is placed on a bed and her feet secured with hospital restraints."

Road Rules (season 11 (2002), episode 14): This MTV "reality" show follows several annoying twenty-somethings as they travel around the US doing stunts and looking for clues to complete a pre-defined "mission" of some sort (I haven't seen the show). On this episode, the cast had to do an upside-down SJ escape. One person on Usenet commented that the jackets were so cheap that the viewe could see one of them rip during the show. There are a couple of pics on the MTV site, and a more detailed summary at Reality News Onine.

Rosalinda (2000) : According to these summaries, this telenovela features some SJ scenes. The show was recently released in a 2-DVD set (condensed to 9 hours and nicely packaged in a hardcover-book style snapcase); Thalia is seen in a weak-looking SJ in two short scenes with little struggling. The scenes are on Disc 1, Side 2, starting at 1:35 (in Chapter 3). You can get it for under $20 on eBay.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch : "To Tell A Mortal" (original air date 21 Nov 1997, second season) : On Friday the 13th, witches can tell mortals anything, secure in the knowledge that the mortals will forget it by the following day. Sabrina (Melissa Joan Hart) decides to tell her friends of her magical powers, but her aunts warn her against it. Aunt Hilda (Caroline Rhea) flashes back to when she told her boyfriend - Sigmund Freud - who had her wheeled out in a Posey SJ (didn't know they made those back then! :-) Sabrina tells her best friend anyway, and briefly imagines herself in the same predicament. Both scenes are quite short, especially the second.

St. Elsewhere : Cathy Morgan (Barbara Whinnery), a morgue worker, was seen in a Posey SJ after a rape-induced nervous breakdown. The show is currently being rerun weekdays on Bravo at 2:00 PM EST. The incident occured sometime in 1985, the show's third or fourth season.

Santa Barbara : On one episode of this now-defunct NBC soap (1984-1993), either singer Cassie Phillips (Mendy Lee) or the character played by Robin Wright had a nightmare where the character is in an SJ with a gun pointed to her head. The scene is reportedly quite short, about 15 seconds. More information on this show, which is still airing in some foreign countries, can be found at this site.

Saturday Night Live: On an episode hosted by John Candy, Candy played the host of a "spooky tales" type of show, which drives Larraine Newman insane. Al Franken and Tom Davis appear as hospital attendants, and slip an SJ over Newman before the end of the skit.
(April 3, 2004) : Guest host Donald Trump was bragging about how successful his show THE APPRENTICE was, and claimed that NBC would collapse without it. Jimmy Fallon came out, dressed as a high-ranking network official, and claimed NBC had plenty of great new shows lined up. For example, he said, "What happens when two gay brothers inherit a mental hospital? A new comedy - FRUITS AND NUTS!" They showed a fake ad still with the gay brothers, an orderly holding a butterfly net, and several patients, including two young women wearing red miniskirts, high heels, and Posey SJs. Trump then said, "That sounds HORRIBLE!" ;-) The shot came about 10 minutes into the show, during the monologue.

Scarecrow and Mrs. King : "Sudden Death" (original air date 5 Dec 83) : "Lee [Bruce Boxleitner] and Amanda [Kate Jackson] pose as a football player and sportswriter to foil a team owner's plot to assassinate the prime minister of a European tax haven who plans to confiscate the owner's sheltered millions." One scene has both protagonists in SJs. Here is a transcript of this episode, and the scene is up on YouTube.

Scream Test (2001) : This Australian program follows contestants into allegedly haunted locales (chosen by a pair of psychics), where they must endure am overnight stay. One episode was set at the Parramatta Orphanage, where young girls were apparently “beaten, shaved and locked in solitary confinement” (according to the official site). All contestants spent some time alone in the “Treatment Room” tied in a Posey SJ.

Sea Hunt : "The Girl in the Trunk" : The curiosity of expert diver Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) is piqued by "Baldwin the Great and his Death Defying Girl in the Trunk." In the act, an attractive blonde is SJed, locked in a steamer trunk with chains around it, and thrown into a lake to escape. We see the SJed blonde 3 times in the episode, twice as she's tied up, and once as she escapes; not a lot of struggling. She also wears a bathing cap for the first two appearances. According to this episode guide, this episode was remade as "Girl in Trunk" for the revived series, which lasted for one season in 1987-8 and starred Ron Ely. SJWR tells me that the Outdoor LIfe Network is showing reruns.

Secret Adventures of Jules Verne: "The Victorian Candidate" (season 1, episode 21 Phileas Fogg, mentor to the young Jules Verne, is brainwashed into believing that his friends are dead, and that the Queen is responsible. Jules, Phileas' sister Rebecca (Francesca Hunt), and their valet Passepartout are SJed and locked in a prison cell, but later escape to prevent Phileas' assassination attempt. A more detailed synopsis is found at the Two Evil Monks' comprehensive site. There is a small vidcap of this predicament at the Valet Protection Agency site, and you can check The Sci-Fi Channel for upcoming airings.

Secret World of Alex Mack, The: "The Secret" (season 2, episode 10) : The title character of this Nickelodeon show is a young girl with chemical-induced super powers. In this episode, her sister tells her a story about a woman who kept her children locked away and eventually went mad; Alex subsequently has a nightmare featuring her mother in a Posey SJ for about 30 seconds with a little struggling.

Secrets of Escape Artists : This special, broadcast on the Learning Channel, included a segment demonstrating the difference between a regulation SJ and a "gaffed" model (whichhas a sleeve strap which can be pulled partially within the sleeve for more slack). A cute blond is called from the audience to try it out, and she escapes with little difficulty.

Shadows of Fear: "Death Watcher" : This episode of the British series (1970-73) featured Judy Parfitt tied in an SJ and nearly drowned by John Neville. You can see clips from the show, edited in time to a dance song, on YouTube.

Shock Treatment (2004) : This British reality show takes four volunteers to an abandoned mental institution to test their limits as they confront their worst fears. I haven't seen the show, but a correspondent tells me that on one episode, the people (two men and two women) were strapped into green SJs, strapped onto tables, and had plastic boxes with snakes and scorpions placed over their heads. You can see more info at the Sky One Network site and at the offical site of the show's host, actor Rutger Hauer.

Showcase for Aspiring TV Writers, A (1987) : This AFI special featured 4 skits written by, well, aspiring TV writers. One of them is a spoof of This is Your Life, featuring an SJed woman.

Silent Force, The : The title of this thirty-minute police drama (September 1970 - January 1971) refers to an undercover operation which infiltrated organized crime. Lynda Day George played Amelia Cole, and was SJed in one episode.

Silk Stalkings : "Carrie and Jessie" (original air date October 9 1994) : "Carrie Morgan and her mother Victoria do not get along very well; Carrie claims to have a second, wilder personality named Jessie, but her mother does not believe her. One night, Victoria is beaten to death with a fire poker; when the police come, they find the poker in Carrie's hand, and Carrie crying over her mother's dead body." (courtesy of the Official SS Fan Club site.) Carrie, a cute, crew-cutted blonde, is carried out to a waiting police car in a medium Posey SJ, struggling all the way; the shot is about 10 seconds - or so I thought. The video clip Ron sent me is twice as long, and shows the actress in a wheelchair for several seconds. This shot was not in the version I taped off of the USA Network; perhaps it was trimmed for rerun showings. The shorter version is available on YouTube, thanks to Renfield.

Simpsons, The : "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" (original air date 14 May 2000, 11th season) : Marge becomes unhinged when she thinks the family's new nanny is trying to kill her. She goes on the run after being declared insane, and Krusty the Clown shows his customary sensitivity by introducing the Crazy Marge Dancers - 5 women in SJs and Marge masks, bouncing around for a few seconds. TV Guide printed an ad showing Marge SJed, but I was slow enough to miss that (no doubt one of the 5 hillion jillion Simpsons web sites may have a scan).

Sleep Room, The (1998) : This two-part miniseries about mind control experiments in a Canadian mental institution is based on actual events. One of the affected patients is shown being dragged into the hospital by two police officers, while tied in a Humane Restraints SJ. The scene is about 2 minutes long, and occurs 1:40 into the first part. The scene is available on YouTube.

Smallville : "Scare" (episode 4.10, original air date 1 December 2004) : "In a hallucination Chloe aproaches a blonde woman in a straight jacket from behind. When she gets to her the woman spins around and it turns out to be herself with a make up job that makes her look like the living dead. Chloe backs away in shock and then relizes she is in a straight jacket. She lets out a scream and runs from the room struggling. Then we see Chloe run down a hallway in reality no longer wearing the straight jacket but still hallucinating that she is and struggling against her imaginary bonds." (thanks to Brian R's Database) The scene lasts about 2 minutes and occurs 13 minutes into the episode. There are some caps at Devoted To Smallville.

SpongeBob SquarePants: "Doing Time" : In this episode of the inexplicably popular cartoon show, Mrs. Puff, SpongeBob's driving teacher, is so freaked out by him that she starts "seeing" him everywhere, leading ths authorities to SJ her and throw her into a yellow padded cell.

Starting Over (February 22, 2006) : According to this reality show's blog, Kelly was put in an SJ to learn a lesson about reaching out to others. No, I am NOT making that up, as you can see in this vidcap.

Street Cents : During the 1995-96 season of this Canadian consumer-reports show for kids, the "Fashion" show featured a skit with an SJed Susan Powter doppleganger.

Sunset Beach (27 Jan 1997): Annie (Sarah Buxton), who was held in custody on suspicion of murdering her father, was returned to her cell in SJ and gag after mouthing off at the judge at her trial hearing.
(March 4, 1999) Vanessa confronted a supposedly SJed Virginia about her crimes. However, Virginia threw off the untied SJ and tried to wrap Vanessa up before the orderlies foiled her plans. This YouTube video doesn't show this scene, but has a few seconds of an SJed Virginia with two electrodes taped to her forehead.

Tales from the Crypt : "Mute Witness to Murder" (episode 21 of the 1990-91 season) : A lovely young woman (redhead Patricia Clarkson) witnesses a murder while looking into another apartment, and is so shocked she cannot speak. Her husband gets a doctor - THE SAME MAN WHO COMMITTED THE MURDER SHE JUST SAW!!!! AAAAHH! Excuse me. Anyway, Doc puts 2 and 2 together and has her committed to his private sanitarium. Lots of GREAT SJ shots; try to get the original HBO version, as the edited versions shown on FOX and on CBC have several good shots deleted. BTW, the evil doc is played by Richard Thomas - yes, John-Boy! - and he's agreeably greasy. :-)
If you want to see a copy of the comic book "cover" painting that they show at the beginning of the episode, go to the 1990-91 section of the "Episode Graveyard" on the official site. (BTW, if this plot sounds familiar, it was probably ripped off of the old B-movie Shock, starring Vincent Price. It's not bad, but it has no SJ scenes.)
The show is currently showing on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Telenovelas : For some reason, SJ scenes seem to pop up on Spanish soaps with some regularity (see "Pobre Diabla" above). A Spanish reader of this site provided me with the following titles: Maria Merceres, Gotita de Amor, and Rosa Salvaje. Rodrigo told me about a scene from a novela that I think is called "Escrava Isaura", which is typical of these scenes.
Rodrigo found another, longer scene from Escrava Isaura. I forget which soap this scene is from.
Here's another unkwown novela scene posted on YouTube.

That's Incredible! : on one segment of this '80s variety show, Cathy Lee Crosby loses an SJ escape match with a teenage female escape artist.

Time Trax : "Darrow for the Defense" (original air date 22 Nov 1993) : "Linda Darrow (Amy Lynn Pulitzer), a lawyer from the future once involved with Darien, comes to the past to return one of the fugitives whose conviction was over-turned. After checking out a lead on Sahmbi, Darien assists her in finding the fugitive, now a doctor in Minnesota. They give him a day to decide whether to go back or not, but the fugitive is working with Sahmbi, who is attempting to take over the Stategic Science Center. The two are trapped by Sahmbi's men, but escape from a straitjacket with Selma's help." Both are seen in thigh-length, lace-up SJs for a few minutes; not much struggling on Pulitzer's part. Check the Sci-Fi Channel for future showings.

Titus : "Insanity Genetic" (third season) : There's a flashback scene in which Titus talks to his mom, who is SJed in a padded cell. The camera shows her from the back. (thanks to Joe)

To Tell The Truth (season 1, episode 22, sometime in 1956) : In this episode of the long-running game show, the panel had to determine which of three straitjacketed ladies was magician and escape artist Celeste Evans. The real Evans revealed herself by escaping in 9 seconds; the other women did not escape and walked off the set still strapped in. The guy who put the entry into Brian R's Scene Database said that all three ladies had "great legs!"

Tommyknockers (1994) : Near the end of the first part of this miniseries, Allyce Beasley (the secretary from "Moonlighting") is seen in an SJ in a padded cell, barefoot. Some kind soul has posted the scene on YouTube.

Tormenta, La : A YouTube promo for this telenovela shows two attendants in a padded cell wrestling with a SJed woman.

Touched by an Angel: "Angel of Death" (season 3, episode 317, original air date 9 Feb 97) : On this episode of this heavenly TV show, Corbin Bernsen plays an escape artist who is obsessed with the accidental death of his brother (suffocated in an abandoned fridge). Their mother was so distraught over the tragedy that she was committed; there is a very brief flashback with her in an SJ. You can see reruns on PAX TV stations.

Tracion, La (2008) : One female character on this telenovela is seen in an interesting full-body SJ (thanks, Rodrigo):
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Trashed : This MTV game show lasted for one season in 1994-5. The show pitted two teams of two people apiece against each other. After the first round (answering inane questions), one member of each team was restrained as the other member answered questions in an attempt to keep them from being "trashed" (i.e., humilitated, mortified). The restraints included ropes, stocks, an electric chair, and a medium Posey SJ, and my informant witnessed at least 4 cute women being tied in the SJ. Two of the teams involved lost; one blonde was insulted by a comedian, and another was pummeled with spit balls. The other two teams won their rounds, and the SJed women were led off stage. Prehensile contains a first-person account of a taping in which a female contestant was SJed, but sadly doesn't include any 'caps.

TV Total : This German comedy show had an amusing scene, in which Simon, a VJ for the music channel Viva Plus, was judged to have been too hyperactive on a previous appearance, and was subsequently wheeled out SJed a la Hannibal Lecter. The caps below were taken from the Bound Singers site, which seems to be defunct:

Twentieth Century, The : The "Porn in America" episode of this History Channel series contains a clip of an SJed blonde from a fetish video. The accompanying commentary is said to be quite negative towards the B&D crowd.

Uga Uga (2001) : This Brasilian telenovela, which appears to be a gloss on Tarzan, reportedly had an SJ scene sometime in the first 2 weeks.

Under the Piano (1995, Canada) : "...the poignant story of a sister's over-whelming faith in her autistic savant sister. Franny (Amanda Plummer) nurtures and protects Rosetta (Megan Follows) as they grow up together in a household devoid of love." (Check out Sullivan Entertainment .) Follows has 3 short scenes in a nice SJ (canvas w/leather straps; goes to mid-thigh!); they're available on YouTube.

Unknown : A TV commercial by an insurance company demonstrated how less "restricting" their policies were (when compared to other companies) by showing a woman in SJ and balls-and-chain, and having these implements disappear as she explained the benefits of the company's products.

Unknown #2 : There was a report on Brian R's Discussion Page about a cheerleading competition aired on ESPN. A pair of teenage girls on one of the teams did the first part of their routine in fake SJs (the sleeves were not attached, and the jackets had velcro closures), and then removed them for the rest of the routine. The team even won! Good taste on the judges' part. :-) You can also read this story about a similar routine (no pics, though).

Underground With Damon Wayans, The (2006) : Print and TV ads for this Showtime sketch comdedy show have the cast members (including two women) playing around in SJs, but I don't know if they're used in any sketches. (thanks to Barry)

Untouchables, The : "Head of Fire, Feet of Clay" : According to the Kink Index, Madlyn Rhue is seen SJed in a hospital after a suicide attempt. Eliot Ness later removes the jacket.

Venganza, La (May 14 - 16, 2003) : The final few episodes of this telenovela featured bad girl Grazzia (Catherine Siachoque) jacketed and carted off. She fell under the control of a nurse with a grudge, but managed to escape in the final episode. There are a few vidcaps posted at a Telemundo forum, and there's a video on YouTube.

Viper : "Double Team" : A cute blonde (one of the bad guys, natch) appears in a green-collared Posey SJ for about 10 seconds (she was tied up after trying to escape from prison). The scene is up on YouTube.

War of the Worlds : "The Meek Shall Inherit" : In a sanitarium, a matronly woman is seen several times in a Posey SJ. You can find more information at this excellent web site.

Will There Really Be A Morning? (1982) : TV-movie based on Frances Farmer's autobiography. In one scene, Farmer (Susan Blakely) is led out of her house in an SJ (with a thin band of cloth tied around her arms above the elbows).

Winnie (1988) : This TV-movie features Meredith Baxter as a mentally handicapped woman in an institution. There is a scene where two attendants hold her in an SJ while a sadistic nurse holds a plastic bag over her head.

Without Consent (1994) : TV film with Jennie Garth (YUM!) committed by her parents to a for-profit private psychiatric hospital. There are 3 bondage scenes with Garth: (1) tied to a wheelchair; (2) mediocre SJ scene (Posey?); (3) tied to a bed with 4-point restraints after escaping; there are three separate scenes of Garth tied like this. This film is also known as Tell Laura I Love Her and Trapped and Deceived. (The film also has Johnny Galicki from Roseanne in 4-points for a brief scene.)
The SJ footage was reportedly shown in the "Beverly Hills 90210" episode of E! True Hollywood Story.

Women's Wrestling Championship in 3-D, The : One of the matches in this one-shot pay-per-view event (not GLOW; heck, it's barely wrestling) involved the tag team of Psycho Ward and Dazzling Dina taking on The Clones. Ward and Dina walked to the ring in Posey SJs and fought with each other before trying to wrestle the Clones with their SJs still on. Their manager removes the jackets, but Psycho Ward has to be restrained again during the match. Psycho Ward also displayed her poetical talents during an interview, and viewers were further treated to a montage of her with another partner (possibly named Tigris), using the same SJ gimmick.

X-Files, The : "Eve" (original air date 10 Dec 93) : Two scenes in a padded cell with a woman in SJ and ankle hobbles. See the official web site for a synopsis. This is available on videotape (Fox Video #8937, with "Fallen Angel") and DVD (as part of "The Complete First Season").

X-Men: Evolution : "The HeX Factor" : At the start of this episode of the "Fox 4 Kids" animated show, Wanda Maximoff (aka The Scarlet Witch) is incarcerated in a maximum security institution, straitjacketed and wrapped in a leather harness (straps around her arms and waist, and 2 crotch straps) which has two long poles attached to it, so she can be controlled by 4 attendants. Wanda uses her psychic powers to free herself, but keeps the jacket on as she runs through the institution before being subdued by Prof. Xavier. She's later smuggled out of the place. The entire scene lasts about 3-1/4 minutes; not bad for a show rated "TV-Y7" (suitable for youths 7 and up). There's a detailed synopsis at the Uncanny X-Men fan site, and the episode is available on YouTube. Harry Tasker also put up a "music video" of the scene on RapidShare.

Young and the Restless, The : There are at least 3 scenes of note in this long-running soap opera: (1) A few years ago, Mary Jo (Diane Barton) had to be restrained while in custody for kidnaping Christine (Lauralee Bell); (2) In December 1997, Veronica/Sarah had a flashback to her stay in a mental institution, when two orderlies forced her into an SJ; (3) Sometime in 1986, Ashley was an amnesiac patient in a mental hospital.
(March 2, 2007) : Druscilla (Victoria Rowell) signs herself into a psych ward after she hurts her daughter Lily (she's being "gaslighted" by another cast member). After mouthing off to a nurse about medications, she's wrestled to the ground by two orderlies as the scene fades to black. At the end of the episode, she's seen through a door window, strapped to a bed and wearing a red-collared Posey.

NEW! You Asked For It : According to this DVD, this show once featured Phyllis Kirkham doing an SJ escape.

You Wish : "Bride and Prejudice" : This recent ABC sitcom concerns a genie, whose current master is a young mother (Harley Jane Kozak). In this episode, we discover that the genie has a very jealous bride, who expresses her displeasure with Kozak in a variety of ways, including a brief jump shot of Kozak trussed up a la Hannibal Lector.