History HypocriticalHumor / LiveACtionTV

-->'''Erica''': Still got room for one more.
** The humor is that the tattoo is in fact a series of hash-marks that Erica used to check off the men she murdered to avenge the murder of her father.

* An unintentional one that combines with an accidental TakeThatScrappy: In the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode, Wesley Crusher is told by Captain Picard to shut up when Wes is trying to warn the crew that something was off about Data[[note]]He'd been swapped with his identical EvilTwin, Lore[[/note]], which takes him and his mother, Beverly, off-guard. When Wes tries to protest ''again'', this time it's Beverly who's telling him to shut up, though this was more of a fearful thing as everyone thought Wesley was being paranoid over nothing.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': In the pilot, King Robert arrives in Winterfell to offer the right-hand post in his royal council to his old ally Ned Stark. The moment they meet again, the AdiposeRex says that Ned Stark has gotten fat over the years. Ned motions to King Robert's noticeable gut, and they laugh it off, showing how close they are with each other.

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* Creator/DisneyChannel. Every single Live Action television series and the majority of episodes in them will have at least one in them.
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** In the episode episode "Mr. Monk and the Leper". When Monk overreacts to shaking hands with a leper (who turns out to have been a phony), Natalie has to talk him out of lighting his hand on fire, acting all reasonable. Cut to later in the episode, when Natalie makes out with Dr. Aaron Polanski, an expert on leprosy, who knows the disease well because he reveals that he had the disease. Her response: drinking hot water directly out of her house faucet and telling Julie to fill a bathtub with Listerine. The next day, when Monk and Natalie go to Mandy Bronson's house to investigate, Monk is rather unsettled to see Natalie drinking a bottle of mouthwash:

'''Adrian Monk:''' ''[shocked]'' Where’s the woman who’s been lecturing me all week about compassion and tolerance?\\

'''Adrian Monk:''' I shook hands with one! That’s bad enough!\\
'''Natalie Teeger:''' Your leper wasn’t even a real leper! My leper was the real deal!\\

** Also, in "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse," taking its cue from one of the examples under the "Other" folder, Randy cites his astrological sign - a Pisces - as the reason he isn't superstitious.
** In "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever," Monk has witnessed a gang shooting and is in WitnessProtection under Agent Grooms. On their way to the safehouse, they stop at the general store to stock up on supplies, and Agent Grooms tells the others they can stretch their legs so long as they don't do anything to draw attention to themselves.....while wearing a very conspicuous three-piece suit. [[LampshadeHanging Natalie even lampshades it]].

* Done rather [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesomely]] by ''Sheldon'' of all people, during ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Nerdvanna Annihilation". After Penny derides Leonard for his toy collection, driving him into such a depression that he gives them all away, Sheldon marches over to her apartment [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFaDGg1ySgE gives her]] a well-deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:

* ''Series/{{Mash}}'', in its first couple of seasons, would often show [[StrawHypocrite Majors Burns and Houlihan]] spying on and expressing disgust at the sexual dalliances of the other characters... which would get the Majors so horny they'd immediately start fooling around themselves.

* Creator/DisneyChannel. Every single Live Action television series and every episode of that series. Almost every single joke cracked in it will be Hypocritical Humor.

* In the ''{{Series/Buffy|TheVampireSlayer}}'' episode "Earshot" Wesley points out that since Buffy can hear everyone's thoughts, it would take mental discipline to not broadcast their thoughts to Buffy. Within seconds, Wesley thinks about Cordelia in a highly inappropriate way. Buffy smirks at Wesley, and he excuses himself from the room in embarrassment.
** The same episode has this:
--> '''Xander''': Hogan Martin thinks he's sooooo hot. Like we should all be awed by him cuz he can put a ball in the net.
--> '''Hogan''': Hey, Xander.
--> '''Xander''': He said my name. He knows my name.

** Giles also comes out with the following in "Primeval"
--> Xander, just because this is never going to work there's no need to be negative.

-->Faith: Thanks, Sugar Daddy.
--> Mayor Wilkins: Now, Faith, I don't find that sort of thing amusing. I'm a family man. Now, let's kill your little friend.

* Possibly unintentional example: In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheadults look like buffoons!%told "Your old titles mean nothing here, Captain."

*** Note that this is also a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' (as quoted at the top of this page).

* In the April 14 2000 episode of ''RoyalCanadianAirFarce'', Vera asks her friends at the donut shop if they got their Lotto 649 tickets for the week. Charlie gets upset and says that lotteries are a tax on the stupid, people have a better chance of getting hit by a bus than winning, and lotteries are for "lazy unmotivated people who don't want to do an honest day's work." Al asks how many tickets he bought, and Charlie replies, "The usual, six."

* In the ''Series/{{Monk}}'' episode "Mr. Monk and the Leper". When Monk overreacts to shaking hands with a leper (who turns out to have been a phony), Natalie has to talk him out of lighting his hand on fire. But later, Natalie makes out with Dr. Polanski, an expert on leprosy, who knows the disease well because it turns out he had the disease. Natalie's reaction is to drink a stream of hot water directly out of the faucet and tell Julie to fill a bathtub with Listerine, which is lampshaded when Monk notices Natalie drinking a bottle of mouthwash:
-->'''Adrian Monk:''' Are you drinking that?\\
'''Natalie Teeger:''' Mmm-hmm.\\
'''Adrian Monk:''' Where’s the woman who’s been lecturing me all week about compassion and tolerance? \\

'''Adrian Monk:''' I shook hands with one. That’s bad enough.\\

'''Natalie Teeger:''' No, I never heard that one!

* Kathy Griffin, describing how disappointed her Catholic mother was with her Emmy award speech: "Kathryn, why'd ya have ta tell Jesus to suck it, gawddamnit? I can't even show my face at church, fer Christ's sake! Damn, Kathryn, don't be so rude!"

-->'''Sheldon''': Little Miss "grown-ups don't play with toys"! If I went into that apartment right now, would I not find BeanieBabies? Are you not an accumulator of Franchise/{{Care Bears}} and Franchise/{{My Little Pon|y}}ies? And who is that Japanese feline frolicking on your shorts? Hello, HelloKitty!

* Done rather [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesomely]] by ''Sheldon'' of all people, during ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' episode "The Nerdvanna Annihilation". After Penny derides Leonard for his toy collection, driving him into such a depression that he gives them all away, Sheldon marches over to her apartment [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFaDGg1ySgE gives her]] a well-deserved TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
-->'''Penny''': What the hell's going on?
-->'''Sheldon''': (With genuine anger) You ''hypocrite''!
-->'''Penny''': What?
-->'''Sheldon''': Little Miss "grown-ups don't play with toys"! If I went into that apartment right now, would I not find BeanieBabies? Are you not an accumulator of Franchise/{{Care Bears}} and Franchise/{{My Little Pon|y}}ies? And who is that Japanese feline frolicking on your shorts? Hello, HelloKitty!
** Of course, [[InsufferableGenius Sheldon]] is most often on the "hypocrite" side of these:
--->*someone knocks on the door*
--->'''Leonard''': Want to get that?
--->'''Sheldon''': Not particularly.
--->'''Leonard''': Could you get that?
--->'''Sheldon''': I suppose I could, if I were asked.
--->'''Leonard''': Would you please get that?
--->'''Sheldon''': Well, of course. *gets up to answer the door* Why do you have to make things so complicated?
** Penny: Oh look, they're doing that fake 'linked-arms drinking thing'. I totally taught him that!
* In an episode of ''Series/TheColbertReport'', Creator/StephenColbert briefly shared a story about how he once found one of his teenage staff members out back smoking with his friends while wearing an anti-smoking T-shirt. When questioned, he replied that he "thought it was funny."
** In another episode, Stephen, distraught over the loss of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, looks up the FiveStagesOfGrief. "Stage One... Denial. I've ''never'' had that."
** Frankly, Stephen Colbert's whole point of existence is HypocriticalHumor, ever since he was an anchor on ''Series/TheDailyShow'', which also frequently points out TruthInTelevision examples.
* In ''Series/TheDailyShow'', Jon Stewart criticized the 2010 British election debates, saying: "Your moderator is named Alastair Stewart! What kind of last name is Stewart?"
** Bonus joke if you know Stewart [[StageNames wasn't Jon's original last name]].
** Also pointed out and derided via an "epithet ticker" when UsefulNotes/SarahPalin defended Dr. Laura Shlesinger's career (a hasty retirement after using the N-word) in a Website/{{Tw|itter}}eet - mere months after calling for Rahm Emanuel's job for using the word "retard"... which, incidentally, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny was up five points]].
*** Actually averted in Palin's case: Emanuel used 'retard' as an intentional and malicious insult, while Dr. Laura was quoting, and railing against, the numerous African-American rappers and pop culture icons who use the n-word prolifically. The caller [[JustIgnoreIt ignored her entire argument]], and took offense with her use of the n-word, even though [[ComicallyMissingThePoint it was okay for the original speaker to do so]].
*** Except it was the ''media'' controversy that focused on the N-Word - as ''Series/TheDailyShow'' pointed out, the rest of Dr. Laura's discussion with the caller (summarized as "Lighten up about racist jokes your husband's friends make or get out of the relationship") showed a huge amount of callousness. However, it still fits hypocritical humor since the pundits on the show were debating which one was worst while using said terms.
** Oh beautiful, oblivious hypocrisy! Jason Jones tries to convince a Democrat to stop pointing the finger, [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-19-2012/finger-pointing-blame-game but the message won't get through.]]
* Mimi from ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' constantly makes fun of Drew's weight, calling him names like 'pig', despite the fact that she's noticably bigger than he is.
* On ''TheGeorgeLopezShow'', after Benny and George have argued with a racist:
-->'''Benny''': That's just like white people, taking one group and saying they're all the same!
* This bit from ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. Rather than watch the show, StatlerAndWaldorf opt to watch television through a set installed in the box, and upon flipping through the channels, find...
-->'''Statler''': What is THAT?!
-->'''Waldorf''': Looks like two ancient old guys sitting in a theatre box watching television!
-->'''Statler''': That's crazy! [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs No one would watch junk like that]]!
** On a ''Tales from the Vet'' section of ''Series/MuppetsTonight'' Dr. Van Neuter warns the guests not to overdo it on the eggnog at the Christmas party. HilarityEnsues when he [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsBIjhBBPx8 doesn't follow his own advice...]]
** Another episode, in a Muppet Labs segment, had Dr Bunsen Honeydew describe his assistant Beaker as a "short stubbly person". Beaker is actually ''taller'' than Bunsen.
** And ''then'' there's Miss Piggy, who will tie Kermit into a knot for even looking at another woman in one episode, then go out of her way to hit on any male guest star in the next.

* ''Series/TheWestWing'' sometimes PlayedForLaughs the fact that much of the US population engages in this. At one point they quoted two opinion polls that demonstrated at least 14% of Americans think contributions to the UN are too high, and at the same time think it shouldn't be cut.
** This is actually very easily duplicated, and is not as much a matter of hypocrisy as it is the result of asking leading questions. It's TruthInTelevision, as many polls are designed to get certain results to be used as propaganda.
** Then there's the sixth season's Democratic convention negotiations.
-->'''Leo''': This is the week when pull this party together and show the American people we can lead with integrity and maturity. Okay, the speaking order. Rock, Paper, Scissors on three.
* Rick from ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', at the top of his lungs: '''''"I AM NOT GETTING AGGRESSIVE!!!!"'''''

* Kathy Griffin, describing how disappointed her Catholic mother was with her Emmy award speech: "Kathryn, why'd ya have ta tell Jesus to suck it, gawddamnit? I can't even show my face at church, fer Christ's sake! Damn, Kathryn, don't be so rude!"
* As the late, great, Creator/GeorgeCarlin put it, "So I say live and let live. That's my motto: Live and let live. Anyone who can't go along with that, take 'em outside and shoot the motherfucker. It's a simple philosophy, but it's always worked in our family."

* ''The Ferguson Theory'' (a BBC Scotland sketch show starring Creator/CraigFerguson before he moved to the US) had a sketch in which a character criticised evidence of racism in the British government, before concluding "But what do you expect from the bloody English?"
* From ''Series/WhatILikeAboutYou'':
--> '''Val:''' I can be spontaneous. Right now I'm going to come up with a list of spontaneous things to do. I'm gonna need some graph paper.
* Music/TaylorSwift wrote a musical monologue when she hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (November 7, 2009). The song consists of her talking about stuff she likes, the [[{{Jerkass}} douchebags]] in her life, who she may or may not be dating now, but she ends each verse with "I'm not gonna talk about X in my monologue."
* One of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Everett Kenny Everett's]] running characters was 'Mr Angry of Mayfair', a city gent who would usefully appear to complain about the filth on TV, only to reveal at the end that he was dressed in women's underwear.
* ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'': While on a drug-related case with Sam, Gene admits that his brother was an addict and that he could never understand why. Sam mentions that addiction is usually a sign of something missing at home.
--> '''Gene''': Yeah, but me and 'im were brought up exactly the same. I'm not addicted. ''(Takes a drink from his hip-flask)''.

* In the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' episode "The Jimmy", Jerry asked Kramer "Do you really feel the need to use a lot of obscenities at the dentist's office?" It's interesting because Jerry once used a [[Franchise/StarTrek colorful metaphor]] to describe how good his yogurt was.
** In another episode, George complains about being set up on a blind date with a bald woman. [[DontExplainTheJoke George is bald.]]
* ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' episode 11, in reference to another in-universe show host parodying him:
-->'''[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Al]]''': How awful! How heartless! How could anyone sink so low as to do a PARODY of another human being??
* In his debut episode of ''Series/TheFlash'', the Trickster is about to chainsaw a woman in half in front of an "audience" of mannequins.
-->'''Megan Lockhart''': Go to hell!
-->'''Trickster''': Watch your language--this is a family show!
-->''(The Flash runs in and pushes her out of the way at superspeed)''
-->'''Trickster''': ... the hell are ''you''?
* On ''McLeodsDaughters'', Claire chastises Jodie for believing that she's been cursed for tearing up a chain letter, saying that there is no justification for superstition. She immediately proceeds to knock a container of salt and throws it over her shoulder.
* On an episode of ''Radio/HelloCheeky'', Denis addresses the camera.
-->'''Denis:''' Hi, fans. It's me again -- Mr. Lovable. ''(turns to other band members)'' Will you shut up when I'm talking?!
* ''The 5 Mrs. Buchanans'' : In the episode ''"Heart of the Matter?"'' Roy agrees not to play in an alumni football game because his wife, Alex, believes he will get hurt. When Mother Buchanan (the family's domineering matriarch) finds out, she is furious. She insists that Roy play in the game to uphold the Buchanan family tradition. When Roy mentions that Alex doesn't want him to, Mother Buchanan tells him, ''"Roy Buchanan, I did not raise you to be dictated to by some overbearing woman."''
* ''Series/GimmeABreak'': When Nell's sister, Loretta, got married, it was announced that their mother would move to California to live with Nell, something that Nell desperately DID NOT WANT. In one scene, Nell tried to talk Chief Kanisky out of letting her mother live with them, by asking him, ''"Do you know what it would be like to have some pushy, loud-mouthed, know-it-all black lady move into your house and take over?!"'' After a pause, the Chief replied, ''"Yeah."''
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' gives us a relatively subtle example with a Chinese ambassador attending a meeting at Stargate Command. During a recess, he disapproves of the US' secrecy concerning the Stargate, then says with absolutely ''no irony'', "The Chinese government does not believe in keeping secrets from its people." Nobody comments on that, save for a disbelieving glance from the Russian general standing right behind him.

* Creator/DisneyChannel. Every single Live Action television series and every episode of that series. Almost every single joke cracked in it will be Hypocritical Humor.
* In episode of the [[Made in Canada]] a.k.a. "The industry" Richard Strong tells the star of their most popular show to get hair replacement surgury in Mexico, where it's much cheaper. Cut to a report of him dying of post-operative infection "I begged him not to get those hair implants.".

-->Note that this is also a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' (as quoted at the top of this page).
*** Similarly, in the episode "Double Down", Beckett is upset to learn that Castle made a bet that he and Beckett could solve their case before Ryan and Esposito could solve theirs. After getting a lead on their case, Beckett tells Castle, "One hundred dollars on us."