History Funny / TheDayAfter

* A second or two of possibly unintentional visual humor during the blast. Just after all unprotected people have been vaporized, an apparent [[NoKillLikeOverkill third]] bomb creates massive blast that punches through a grove of trees and bends them back, only for them to spring back up like a children's toy in the resultant vacuum. Of course, this comes from StockFootage from the Encore shot (27 kt airbust, effects test) of Operation Upshot-Knothole, these trees were part of a simulated forest.

* There is absolutely ''nothing'' funny about the film itself, but one airing station in Toledo, Ohio inadvertently gave a BlackComedy moment. Since there were no commercial breaks after the bomb droppings, what does WDHO do? [[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/watch/1983/wdho-channel-24-nuclear-destruction-i-catch-it-on-wdho-i-on-screen-id-1983/ Flash station idents during the blasts.]] Er, yeah...
** If the blast sequence came at the top of the hour, the station was, by [=FCC=] rules mandated to identify itself in some fashion, so in this case FailureIsTheOnlyOption.
* There's one overt moment of humor, though, prior to the nukes; only two words... stolen diaphragm.
* Oddly enough, some parts of this film came out as [[{{Narm}} unintentionally funny]] to audiences from Eastern Europe when the film was broadcast on Soviet television. Not because they found anything amusing in horrific deaths of their [[DesignatedVillain supposed enemies]] from America (they certainly did not), but because some hardships endured by characters in the movie, portrayed as grueling ordeal brought onto them by nuclear apocalypse, were just daily occurrences for people living under Soviet rule. A good example is a scene where a nurse shares an orange with a doctor and grimly remarks that this might be the last orange in the next half year. Now, imagine that you are a citizen of Eastern European country subordinate to USSR, who gets to eat oranges ''exactly twice a year only'' (during Easter and during Christmas - if ships from Cuba arrived on time, that is) and you are watching this one. The typical reaction was a burst of (bitter) laughter.

* A second or two of possibly unintentional visual humor during the blast. Just after all unprotected people have been vaporized, an apparent [[NoKillLikeOverkill third]] bomb creates massive blast that punches through a grove of trees and bends them back, only for them to spring back up like a children's toy in the resultant vacuum. Of course, this comes from StockFootage from the Grable shot (15 kt, shell fired from the "Atomic Annie" cannon) of Operation Upshot-Knothole, these trees were part of a simulated forest.

* A second or two of possibly unintentional visual humor during the blast. Just after all unprotected people have been vaporized, an apparent [[NoKillLikeOverkill third]] bomb creates massive gusts of wind and roaring fires, leading to a firestorm that destroys everything in its path...save for a grove of trees, which bend in the wind like bamboo only to pop right back up like a children's toy.

* There is absolutely ''nothing'' funny about the film itself, but one airing station in Toledo, Ohio inadvertently gave a BlackComedy moment. Since there were no commercial breaks after the bomb droppings, what does WDHO do? [[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?contentload=donate#videoclip-1828 Flash station idents during the blasts.]] Er, yeah...

* In a BlinkAndYoullMissIt moment in the lead-up to the attack, after Bruce Gallatin exits a supermarket overwhelmed by panic-buyers, a sign on the supermarket says that this was its grand-opening sale. Suffice to say, the store made a healthy profit that day, but [[WorthlessYellowRocks couldn't really do anything with the money.]] BlackComedy at its finest.

* A second or two of possibly unintentional visual humor during the blast. Just after all unprotected people have been vaporized, an apparent [[NoKillLikeOverkill third]] bomb creates massive gusts of wind and roaring fires, leading to a firestorm that destroys everything in its path...save for a grove of trees, which bend in the wind like bamboo only to pop right back up like a children's toy.

* A second of two of possibly unintentional visual humor during the blast. Just after all unprotected people have been vaporized, an apparent [[NoKillLikeOverkill third]] bomb creates massive gusts of wind and roaring fires, destroying everything in it's path...save for a grove of trees which bend in the wind like bamboo only to pop right back up like a children's toy.

* Oddly enough, some parts of this film came out as [[{{Narm}} unintentionally funny]] to audiences from Eastern Europe when the film was broadcast on Soviet television. Not because they found anything amusing in horrific deaths of their [[DesignatedVillain supposed enemies]] from America (they certainly did not), but because some hardships endured by characters in the movie, portrayed as grueling ordeal brought onto them by nuclear apocalypse, were just daily occurences for people living under Soviet rule. A good example is a scene where a nurse shares an orange with a doctor and grimly remarks that this might be the last orange in the next half year. Now, imagine that you are a citizen of Eastern European country subordinate to USSR, who gets to eat oranges ''exactly twice a year only'' (during Easter and during Christmas - if ships from Cuba arrived on time, that is) and you are watching this one. The typical reaction was a burst of (bitter) laughter.

* Oddly enough, some parts of this film came out as unintentionally funny to audience from Eastern Europe. Not because they found anything amusing in horrific deaths of their [[DesignatedVillain supposed enemies]] from America (they certainly did not), but because some hardships endured by characters in the movie, portrayed as gruelling ordeal brought onto them by nuclear apocalypse, were just daily bread for people living under Soviet rule. A good example is a scene where a nurse shares an orange with a doctor and grimly remarks that this might be the last orange in next half a year. Now, imagine that you are a citizen of Eastern European country subordinate to USSR, who gets to eat oranges ''exactly twice a year only'' (during Easter and during Christmas - if ships from Cuba arrived on time, that is) and you are watching this one. The typical reaction was a burst of (bitter) laughter.

* Oddly enough, some parts of this film came out as unintentionally funny to audience from Eastern Europe. Not because they found anything amusing in horrific deaths of their [[DesignatedVillain supposed enemies]] from America (they certainly did not), but because some hardships endured by characters in the movie, portrayed as gruelling ordeal brought onto them by nuclear apocalypse, were just daily bread for people living under Soviet rule. A good example is the scene were a nurse shares an orange with a doctor and grimly remarks that this might be the last orange in next half a year. Now, imagine that you are a citizen of Eastern European country subordinate to USSR, who gets to eat oranges exactly twice a year only (during Easter and during Christmas - if ships from Cuba arrived on time, that is) and you are watching this one. The typical reaction was a burst of (bitter) laughter.

* There's one overt moment of humor, though, prior to the nukes; only two words... stolen diaphragm.

* There is absolutely ''nothing'' funny about the film itself, but one airing station in Toledo, Ohio inadvertently gave a BlackComedy moment. Since there were no commercial breaks after the bomb droppings, what does WDHO do? [[http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?contentload=donate#videoclip-1828 Flash station idents during the blasts.]] Er, yeah...

* '''Go ahead, find something funny about this film. [[ShmuckBait WE]] [[SarcasmMode DARE YOU]].'''
* Does the fact that there's a CrowningMomentOfFunny section for a non-humorous film count?

* '''Go ahead, find something funny about this film. [[ShmuckBait WE]] [[SarcasmMode DARE YOU]].'''