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* Colin's role as the director of an art museum in ''Film/TheTuxedo'' takes on a different meaning if you've seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMlpeMLqCxQ&t=3m45s this.]]
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* From the original US run, in one Scenes From a Hat category "Things You Shouldn't Do After Heavy Drinking", Ryan imitates an airplane pilot. Years later that's the premise of the film ''Film/{{Flight}}''.

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* From the original US run, in one Scenes From a Hat category "Things You Shouldn't Do After Heavy Drinking", Ryan imitates an airplane pilot. Years later that's the premise of the film ''Film/{{Flight}}''.''Film/{{Flight}}''.
* From a playing of Scenes from a Hat in the original US run:
->'''Drew:''' "First Drafts of Famous Movie Lines."
->'''Colin:''' "[[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Fredzilla! Fredzilla!]]"
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* One game of "Three Headed Broadway Singer" in the old US show came up with the song "They Threw It Away", including the line "my mother never called me a good son". Fast forward to 2020, and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has a parody of Gen-Z white boy rap titled "YEET", with the line "You never loved me mom".

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* One game of "Three Headed Broadway Singer" in the old US show came up with the song "They Threw It Away", including the line "my mother never called me a good son". Fast forward to 2020, and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has a parody of Gen-Z white boy rap titled "YEET", with the line "You never loved me mom".mom".
* From the original US run, in one Scenes From a Hat category "Things You Shouldn't Do After Heavy Drinking", Ryan imitates an airplane pilot. Years later that's the premise of the film ''Film/{{Flight}}''.
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* The revival features an episode guest starring Robbie Amell, who played an employee of Greg Proops' character in ''Series/TrueJacksonVP''.

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* The revival features an episode guest starring Robbie Amell, who played an employee of Greg Proops' Creator/GregProops' character in ''Series/TrueJacksonVP''.
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* One game of "Three Headed Broadway Singer" in the old US show came up with the song "They Threw It Away", includingthe line "my mother never called me a good son". Fast forward to 2020, and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has a parody of Gen-Z white boy rap titled "YEET", with the line "You never loved me mom".

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* One game of "Three Headed Broadway Singer" in the old US show came up with the song "They Threw It Away", includingthe including the line "my mother never called me a good son". Fast forward to 2020, and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has a parody of Gen-Z white boy rap titled "YEET", with the line "You never loved me mom".
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* In one British episode aired in 1995, Greg Proops failed to guess that Tony Slattery was pretending to be ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'', causing the latter to ask him "Do you not have Noddy in America?", which he responded to by [[{{PopCulturalOsmosisFailure}} being confused at the character's name]]. The U.S. did get Noddy [[Series/TheNoddyShop 3 years after that episode was aired]].

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* In one British episode aired in 1995, Greg Proops failed to guess that Tony Slattery was pretending to be ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'', causing the latter to ask him "Do you not have Noddy in America?", which he responded to by [[{{PopCulturalOsmosisFailure}} being confused at the character's name]]. The U.S. did get Noddy [[Series/TheNoddyShop 3 years after that episode was aired]].aired]].
* One game of "Three Headed Broadway Singer" in the old US show came up with the song "They Threw It Away", includingthe line "my mother never called me a good son". Fast forward to 2020, and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' has a parody of Gen-Z white boy rap titled "YEET", with the line "You never loved me mom".
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* In one British episode aired in 1995, Greg Proops failed to guess that Tony Slattery was pretending to be ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'', causing the latter to ask him "Do you not have Noddy in America?", which he responded to by being confused at the character's name. The U.S. did get Noddy [[Series/TheNoddyShop 3 years after that episode was aired]].

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* In one British episode aired in 1995, Greg Proops failed to guess that Tony Slattery was pretending to be ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'', causing the latter to ask him "Do you not have Noddy in America?", which he responded to by [[{{PopCulturalOsmosisFailure}} being confused at the character's name.name]]. The U.S. did get Noddy [[Series/TheNoddyShop 3 years after that episode was aired]].
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** [[ComingOutStory It’s not Ho anymore.]]
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* One rendition of "Weird Superheroes" from the ABC run centered around Colin being given the moniker of "CaptainObvious" by an audience member. The episode in question aired years before ThisVeryWiki launched and the Hotels.com mascot of that name debuted.

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* One rendition of "Weird Superheroes" from the ABC run centered around Colin being given the moniker of "CaptainObvious" by an audience member. The episode in question aired years before ThisVeryWiki [=TV=] Tropes launched and the Hotels.com mascot of that name debuted.

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* One rendition of "Weird Superheroes" from the ABC run centered around Colin being given the moniker of "CaptainObvious" by an audience member. The episode in question aired years before ThisVeryWiki launched and (if memory serves, but I'm probably wrong here) the Hotels.com mascot of that name debuted.

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* One rendition of "Weird Superheroes" from the ABC run centered around Colin being given the moniker of "CaptainObvious" by an audience member. The episode in question aired years before ThisVeryWiki launched and (if memory serves, but I'm probably wrong here) the Hotels.com mascot of that name debuted.debuted.
* In one British episode aired in 1995, Greg Proops failed to guess that Tony Slattery was pretending to be ''[[WesternAnimation/NoddysToylandAdventures Noddy]]'', causing the latter to ask him "Do you not have Noddy in America?", which he responded to by being confused at the character's name. The U.S. did get Noddy [[Series/TheNoddyShop 3 years after that episode was aired]].
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWAi5cpdok In this game of Press Conference]] from the first U.S show, Colin played a retiring Santa Claus. When Ryan asks him who's going to take over the job, Colin responds that he is considering Creator/DonaldTrump. The joke was funny back then, but it is so much funnier today in light of Drumpf's 2016 presidential campaign.
** And then there's an "unlikely presidential slogan to get you elected" prompt in Scenes on a Hat, to which Wayne responded "I love booty!". Fast forward to 2016 presidential campaign and infamous "grab 'em by the pussy!" comment by Drumpf...
** From the same game of "Press Conference", when Ryan asked Colin whether he'd move somewhere warmer, Colin says "I was thinking maybe Mexico, because I like it there.". Drumpf's most noted campaign proposal was building a wall between the American and Mexican borders.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWAi5cpdok In this game of Press Conference]] from the first U.S show, Colin played a retiring Santa Claus. When Ryan asks him who's going to take over the job, Colin responds that he is considering Creator/DonaldTrump. The joke was funny back then, but it is so much funnier today in light of Drumpf's Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
** And then there's an "unlikely presidential slogan to get you elected" prompt in Scenes on a Hat, to which Wayne responded "I love booty!". Fast forward to 2016 presidential campaign and infamous "grab 'em by the pussy!" comment by Drumpf...
Trump...
** From the same game of "Press Conference", when Ryan asked Colin whether he'd move somewhere warmer, Colin says "I was thinking maybe Mexico, because I like it there.". Drumpf's Trump's most noted campaign proposal was building a wall between the American and Mexican borders.
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** Worth noting at this point is that Gary actually has very few lines in "George Carlin vs Richard Pryor" - skip forward to the 2020 season and Ryan decides to name BattleRapping for a song style, which finally gives Gary room to cut loose, even holding his own against Wayne.
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* At some point the guys started a RunningGag about Aisha not only being secretly a man but having a GagPenis - fast forward to the 2019-20 anime season, and [[Manga/InterspeciesReviewers two different]] [[Manga/SetonAcademyJoinThePack animes]] reference the fact that hyenas can be biologically female and still have a faux-penis.

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* At some point the guys started a RunningGag about Aisha not only being secretly a man but having a GagPenis - fast forward to the 2019-20 anime season, and [[Manga/InterspeciesReviewers two different]] [[Manga/SetonAcademyJoinThePack animes]] reference the fact that hyenas can be biologically female and still have a faux-penis.faux-penis.
* One rendition of "Weird Superheroes" from the ABC run centered around Colin being given the moniker of "CaptainObvious" by an audience member. The episode in question aired years before ThisVeryWiki launched and (if memory serves, but I'm probably wrong here) the Hotels.com mascot of that name debuted.
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oh for fucks sake


* At some point the guys started a RunningGag about Aisha not only being secretly a man but having a GagPenis - fast forward to the 2019-20 anime season, and [[Anime/IshuzokuReviewers two different]] [[Anime/MurenaseShiitonGakuen animes]] reference the fact that hyenas can be biologically female and still have a faux-penis.

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* At some point the guys started a RunningGag about Aisha not only being secretly a man but having a GagPenis - fast forward to the 2019-20 anime season, and [[Anime/IshuzokuReviewers [[Manga/InterspeciesReviewers two different]] [[Anime/MurenaseShiitonGakuen [[Manga/SetonAcademyJoinThePack animes]] reference the fact that hyenas can be biologically female and still have a faux-penis.
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* During the Drew Carey run, for one "Scenes From a Hat" category "Things that make the audience boo", Jeff Davis says "And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to...Creator/KeanuReeves." and the audience boos. Such a scene would get a round of applause today with Keanu Reeves being something of a SacredCow since TheNewTens, making the joke very ironic.

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* During the Drew Carey run, for one "Scenes From a Hat" category "Things that make the audience boo", Jeff Davis says "And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to...Creator/KeanuReeves." and the audience boos. Such a scene would get a round of applause today with Keanu Reeves being something of a SacredCow since TheNewTens, making the joke very ironic.ironic.
* At some point the guys started a RunningGag about Aisha not only being secretly a man but having a GagPenis - fast forward to the 2019-20 anime season, and [[Anime/IshuzokuReviewers two different]] [[Anime/MurenaseShiitonGakuen animes]] reference the fact that hyenas can be biologically female and still have a faux-penis.
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** Similarly, in the "Whose Line" set in a ''Star Wars'' scene, Ryan (playing Obi-Wan) wanted to be called "Helen" from then on. The villain in ''Kung Pow'' wanted to be called "Betty" instead of "Master Pain".

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** Similarly, in the "Whose Line" set in a ''Star Wars'' scene, Ryan (playing Obi-Wan) wanted to be called "Helen" from then on. The villain in ''Kung Pow'' wanted to be called "Betty" instead of "Master Pain".Pain".
* During the Drew Carey run, for one "Scenes From a Hat" category "Things that make the audience boo", Jeff Davis says "And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to...Creator/KeanuReeves." and the audience boos. Such a scene would get a round of applause today with Keanu Reeves being something of a SacredCow since TheNewTens, making the joke very ironic.
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* Scenes from a hat suggestion: "Strange causes to raise money for." Ryan: "[[Series/DrewCareysImprovAGanza Get Drew Carey a third show?]]" Well, sort of. [[Series/ThePriceIsRight Although...]]
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* One game of "Hats" has Ryan attempting a JiveTurkey impression by calling everyone "jack", which Aisha and Wayne point out is pretty outdated. [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Maybe now, but in the yey distant future, not so much.]]
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* Brad's second response to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFX3C-QO4RM#t=0m38s Celebrities that Should Never Release Rap Records]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89jt7zJzkNQ Guess]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7-fVtT16k what?]]
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* Remember that "animal porn" line? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdeIpc0wYns Well...]]

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** Noted in a "Scenes From A Hat" sketch from early in the revival, where the prompt involved people who shouldn't be promoting hair-care products - Colin dragged the now-bald Wayne Brady and guest performer Gary Anthony Williams (who is also bald) onto the stage with him, all three staring solemnly into the camera.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWAi5cpdok In this game of Press Conference]] from the first U.S show, Colin played a retiring Santa Claus. When Ryan asks him who's going to take over the job, Colin responds that he is considering Creator/DonaldTrump. The joke was funny back then, but it is so much funnier today in light of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
** And then there's an "unlikely presidential slogan to get you elected" prompt in Scenes on a Hat, to which Wayne responded "I love booty!". Fast forward to 2016 presidential campaign and infamous "grab 'em by the pussy!" comment by Trump...
** From the same game of "Press Conference", when Ryan asked Colin whether he'd move somewhere warmer, Colin says "I was thinking maybe Mexico, because I like it there.". Trump's most noted campaign proposal was building a wall between the American and Mexican borders.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWAi5cpdok In this game of Press Conference]] from the first U.S show, Colin played a retiring Santa Claus. When Ryan asks him who's going to take over the job, Colin responds that he is considering Creator/DonaldTrump. The joke was funny back then, but it is so much funnier today in light of Trump's Drumpf's 2016 presidential campaign.
** And then there's an "unlikely presidential slogan to get you elected" prompt in Scenes on a Hat, to which Wayne responded "I love booty!". Fast forward to 2016 presidential campaign and infamous "grab 'em by the pussy!" comment by Trump...
Drumpf...
** From the same game of "Press Conference", when Ryan asked Colin whether he'd move somewhere warmer, Colin says "I was thinking maybe Mexico, because I like it there.". Trump's Drumpf's most noted campaign proposal was building a wall between the American and Mexican borders.
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* In the U.K. series, one "Film Dub" had Ryan, Colin, and Stephen Frost dubbing over an old martial arts film. Only a few years later, an [[Film/KungPowEnterTheFist entire film]] would do this.

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* In the U.K. series, one "Film Dub" had Ryan, Colin, and Stephen Frost dubbing over an old martial arts film. Only a few years later, an [[Film/KungPowEnterTheFist entire film]] would do this.this.
** Similarly, in the "Whose Line" set in a ''Star Wars'' scene, Ryan (playing Obi-Wan) wanted to be called "Helen" from then on. The villain in ''Kung Pow'' wanted to be called "Betty" instead of "Master Pain".
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* All the jokes about Film/StarWars as well, now that Colin actually has a daughter whose birth name was Luke (she now goes by Kinley).

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* All the jokes about Film/StarWars ''Franchise/StarWars'' as well, now that Colin actually has a daughter whose birth name was Luke (she now goes by Kinley).
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* Creator/KeeganMichaelKey became the last guy to get a Creator/BillCosby reference into the show before the rape allegations finally made it to court. Now that the sentencing has provided some resolution, another new player, Gary Anthony Williams, gets the jump on the show by playing Bill on ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' first.

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* Creator/KeeganMichaelKey became the last guy to get a Creator/BillCosby reference into the show before the rape allegations finally made it to court. Now that the sentencing has provided some resolution, another new player, Gary Anthony Williams, gets the jump on the show by playing Bill on ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' first.first.
* In the U.K. series, one "Film Dub" had Ryan, Colin, and Stephen Frost dubbing over an old martial arts film. Only a few years later, an [[Film/KungPowEnterTheFist entire film]] would do this.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM-aqCNFiKM "That was so nasty they wouldn't even post it on the internet...]]" Indeed.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM-aqCNFiKM "That was so nasty they wouldn't even post it on the internet...]]" Indeed.[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0748115/mediaviewer/rm2117693696 Oh no?]]
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apparently it's already out


* Creator/KeeganMichaelKey became the last guy to get a Creator/BillCosby reference into the show before the rape allegations finally made it to court. Now that the sentencing has provided some resolution, another new player, Gary Anthony Williams, gets the jump on the show by playing Bill on ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' just before the next season of ''Whose Line'' is out.

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* Creator/KeeganMichaelKey became the last guy to get a Creator/BillCosby reference into the show before the rape allegations finally made it to court. Now that the sentencing has provided some resolution, another new player, Gary Anthony Williams, gets the jump on the show by playing Bill on ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' just before the next season of ''Whose Line'' is out.first.
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* One of the classic games noticeably left out of the CW series is Weird Superheroes - considering that the CW is home to the Arrowverse, someone must have thought it would be redundant.

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* One of the classic games noticeably left out of the CW series is Weird Superheroes - considering that the CW is home to the Arrowverse, someone must have thought it would be redundant.redundant.
* Creator/KeeganMichaelKey became the last guy to get a Creator/BillCosby reference into the show before the rape allegations finally made it to court. Now that the sentencing has provided some resolution, another new player, Gary Anthony Williams, gets the jump on the show by playing Bill on ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'' just before the next season of ''Whose Line'' is out.
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* Creator/StephenFry's last appearance on the UK version had one "Number of Words" based on RomeoAndJuliet, which ended with Stephen randomly breaking character and saying "call [[Music/LeonardBernstein Bernstein,]] I think there could be a musical in this." Creator/SimonPegg [[Film/HotFuzz had the same idea.]]

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* Creator/StephenFry's last appearance on the UK version had one "Number of Words" based on RomeoAndJuliet, Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet, which ended with Stephen randomly breaking character and saying "call [[Music/LeonardBernstein Bernstein,]] I think there could be a musical in this." Creator/SimonPegg [[Film/HotFuzz had the same idea.]]
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* One Scenes from a Hat had the prompt "If ''Series/SesameStreet'' was incorporated into other shows," leading Wayne to play Elmo beating the rival clans in ''Series/GameOfThrones.'' Both an example in and of itself (Wayne was on ''Sesame Street'' in 2003) and funny when you remember that in 2015, ''Sesame Street'' did a spoof of ''Game of Thrones.''

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* One Scenes from a Hat had the prompt "If ''Series/SesameStreet'' was incorporated into other shows," leading Wayne to play Elmo beating the rival clans in ''Series/GameOfThrones.'' Both an example in and of itself (Wayne was on ''Sesame Street'' in 2003) and funny when you remember that in 2015, ''Sesame Street'' did a spoof of ''Game of Thrones.'''' Then, in 2019, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ppLtHbag4 the crossover happened]].
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* The first episode of season 7 featured ''Film/NightOfTheBloodBeast'' as the movie clip on "Film Dub". Coincidentally, the same movie was used as the season 7 premiere on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

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* The first episode of season 7 featured ''Film/NightOfTheBloodBeast'' as the movie clip on "Film Dub". Coincidentally, the same movie was used as the season 7 premiere on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
* One of the classic games noticeably left out of the CW series is Weird Superheroes - considering that the CW is home to the Arrowverse, someone must have thought it would be redundant.

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