History HilariousInHindsight / Comedy

** On the season 24 Christmas episode hosted by Alec Baldwin, JimmyFallon takes Baldwin on a trip to the future which depicts what ''SNL'' will be like in the year 2011 (Fallon says the episode they're visiting is from December 12, 2011, even though December 12 is not on a Saturday in that year). Even though there are a lot of things that are way off (the opening they used for the fictitious 2011 episode is not the one they used now, the cast does not include John Goodman [who hasn't appeared on ''SNL'' since season 28 when Dan Aykroyd came back to host] nor does it have older people in it [there are some that were born before or on 1975, like Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, SethMeyers, and Jason Sudeikis, but most of the current cast members, such as Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Kenan Thompson, AbbyElliott, and Taran Killam were all born after ''SNL'' premiered in 1975], Don Pardo was not replaced with a robot [he's still announcer, only he does all of his recordings in Arizona], and the monologue stage is now modeled after Grand Central Station [the wrought-iron alley setting was retired after season 28]), there was one thing they got right: [[spoiler:JimmyFallon will be hosting a Christmas episode in 2011, only the musical guest scheduled is Michael Buble, not R.E.M., who sadly broke up earlier this year]].

* MadMagazine had a ''StarTrek'' special issue around the time of the release of ''StarTrekGenerations'' which included an introductory poem reviewing the history of the franchise up to that point: the final paragraph was devoted to wondering where the series would go from there. In particular, it wondered, "Would Worf and Sulu join up with the crew of ''[[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]''?" Well, they got it half right... And Sulu did appear on ''StarTrekVoyager''...

* Daniel Tosh once made a joke about how he wishes God rested on a Wednesday (implying that it is a useless day). Once ''[[{{Main/ptitledzx0p3j9}} Tosh.0]]'' was moved to Wednesday it's funny for a different reason.

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** On the season 24 Christmas episode hosted by Alec Baldwin, JimmyFallon takes Baldwin on a trip to the future which depicts what ''SNL'' will be like in the year 2011 (Fallon says the episode they're visiting is from December 12, 2011, even though December 12 is not on a Saturday in that year). Even though there are a lot of things that are way off (the opening they used for the fictitious 2011 episode is not the one they used now, the cast does not include John Goodman [who hasn't appeared on ''SNL'' since season 28 when Dan Aykroyd came back to host] nor does it have older people in it [most of the current cast members, such as Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Kenan Thompson, AbbyElliot, and Taran Killam were all born after ''SNL'' premiered in 1975], Don Pardo was not replaced with a robot [he's still announcer, only he does all of his recordings in Arizona], and the monologue stage is now modeled after Grand Central Station [the wrought-iron alley setting was retired after season 28]), there was one thing they got right: [[spoiler:JimmyFallon will be hosting an episode in 2011, only the musical guest scheduled is Michael Buble, not R.E.M., who sadly broke up earlier this year]].

** And there's also the exchange "I've got naked pictures of my sister." "Who doesn't?" Quite true after a certain wardrobe malfunction. (At the time, it was a reference to La Toya's ''{{Playboy}}'' appearance, which makes the gag doubly funny now.)

** SaturdayNightLive also accidentally predicted "Spike TV" in a sketch where fake commercials for "The Man Channel" showed nothing but cars crashing, driving off cliffs, and generally [[EveryCarIsAPinto exploding]] at the slightest provocation in SloMo.

** The last sketch of the season 34 premiere episode hosted by Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps had a fake commercial for Michael Phelps' infamous 12,000-calorie diet that only works for him (and a cameo by Subway spokesman, Jared Fogel, who declares that the Michael Phelps' Diet "sucks a foot long"). Fast forward to the Bradley Cooper/TV on the Radio episode on February 7, 2009, where Seth Meyers does a Weekend Update joke about Michael Phelps getting busted for smoking marijuana from a bong, with the punchline, "Though, suddenly, the Michael Phelps Diet makes a lot more sense," with a photo of Michael Phelps surrounded by two stacks of pancakes (which were featured in the "Michael Phelps Diet" commercial). Fast forward further to June/July, where Subway actually had a commercial with Jared Fogle and Michael Phelps, together again. It's like a real-life Chekov's Gag.

** A season 36 episode featured a fake trailer for the movie ''Unstoppable''. Denzel Washington (played by Jay Pharoah) asks Chris Pine (played by [[MADtv Taran Killam]]), "Where'd you learn trains, huh? ''Thomas The Tank Engine''?" Couple months later, Cartoon Network's sketch show ''MAD'' came up with their parody of ''Unstoppable'' that also had a reference to ''Thomas The Tank Engine'' (only ''MAD'''s version combined ''Unstoppable'' with ''Thomas The Tank Engine'').

* RadioFreeVestibule did a sketch called "Laurence Oliver for Diet Coke" in which samples of LaurenceOlivier's voice are assembled into a testimonial for Diet "Koh-kuh Koh-luh". Funny, and much funnier after the release of ''SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''.
* An offhand joke in the MAD parody of ''StarWars: Return of the Jedi'' noted that the final battle had everything but a kitchen sink, followed by a character remarking that he was wrong, the sink was on their side. ''Revenge of the Sith'' has a kitchen sink as an EasterEgg in its opening battle.

* Daniel Tosh once made a joke about how he wishes God rested on a Wednesday (implying that it is a useless day). Once [[{{Main/ptitledzx0p3j9}} Tosh.0]] was moved to Wednesday it's funny for a different reason.

** Denis Leary was once friends with Hicks until Leary released his album No Cure For Cancer, making Hicks feel Leary stole his material. Hicks died of pancreatic cancer.

** His insistence that ''hopscotch'' is spooky [[WomensMysteries Womens' Mysteries]] that allows them to escape {{the Grim Reaper}} becomes even more funny after seeing ''CorpseBride'', where "hopscotch" is the return word used in a specific casting of a visit-the-world-of-the-living-until-saying-the-return-word spell.

** "It's funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating." So said Jack Handey in one of his Deep Thoughts segments. You'd be forgiven for thinking that the quote had anything to do with that ''OnePiece'' manga/anime that was released later that decade.

* BillHicks' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSm8rAOaLtE whole bit]] about Billy Ray Cyrus seems even funnier [[HannahMontana these days]].

** A sketch in 1995 had Ellen [=DeGeneres=] (played by KidsInTheHall regular Mark McKinney, who was also on SNL) & Anne Heche (Chris Kattan) on Oprah Winfrey's (Tim Meadows) show talking about their relationship, with the sketch implying that Heche wasn't really a lesbian and had only become one to get fame. Seeing as what happened several years later, SNL was on the ball with this one.

** [[http://www.theonion.com/content/video/9_11_conspiracy_theories One skit]] on ''TheOnion News Network'' had a representative of Al-Qaeda get into a furious argument with a 9-11 conspiracy theorist who claimed Al-Qaeda did not plan and execute the 9-11 attacks. The Al-Qaeda represenative assured the conspiracy theorist that Al-Qaeda was, in fact, responsible. Later, the ''real'' Al-Qaeda represenative, al-Zawahiri, released a statement attacking 9-11 conspiracy theorists and claiming 9-11 conspiracy theories were all a plot by Shiites to discredit Sunni terrorists, as shown in [[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-22-2120396933_x.htm this article]].

** A sketch in 1995 had Ellen DeGeneres (played by KidsInTheHall regular Mark McKinney, who was also on SNL) & Anne Heche (Chris Kattan) on Oprah Winfrey's (Tim Meadows) show talking about their relationship, with the sketch implying that Heche wasn't really a lesbian and had only become one to get fame. Seeing as what happened several years later, SNL was on the ball with this one.

** On the first episode of ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'', WillFerrell told Conan to enjoy the hosting the show while he could, and this was all "fleeting at best." Actually, this might be Depressing in Hindsight.

** Even more hilariously, when the DS9 crew timetravels into a classic ''StarTrek'' episode, only one main crew member of the original Enterprise is not seen: Sulu. As he did not appear in the original episode.

* In a game of "Newsflash" on ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', Colin started it off by saying "It all started with a badly timed bald joke." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yQDCLGMv7c The rest really needs to be seen.]]
** The SwissMoment came quite some time later when they were back in their seats, with Colin muttering, in part sportsmanship, part horror, "I said the bald joke thing too."

* In a game of "Newsflash" on ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', Colin started it off by saying "It all started with a badly timed bald joke." [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=zvpo24-Nzl4 The rest really needs to be seen.]]

* RadioFreeVestibule did a sketch called "Laurence Oliver for Diet Coke" in which samples of Laurence Olivier's voice are assembled into a testimonial for Diet "Koh-kuh Koh-luh". Funny, and much funnier after the release of ''SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow''.

** Dennis Leary was once friends with Hicks until Leary released his album No Cure For Cancer, making Hicks feel Leary stole his material. Hicks died of pancreatic cancer.

** Lampshaded almost immediately afterward, with Colin muttering, in part sportsmanship, part horror, "I said the bald joke thing too."

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