History Main / BitingTheHandHumor

* The "Radio 3" episode of ''Radio/AbsolutePower'' (on Radio 4) was full of digs at TheBBC including "In the BBC ratings are like sex; of course they're not important, just as long as you're getting some!"

* After ''Series/{{Community}}'' got picked up for syndication by {{TBS}}, Joel [=McHale=], Yvette Nicole Brown, and Ken Jeong did a commercial where they complained about how badly NBC had treated them, and how they were shocked to now be on a network that ''actually did commercials and promos for the show''.

** There's also the now infamous episode of ''TheColbertReport'' where Viacom prevented DaftPunk from appearing on the show. [[http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/428372/august-06-2013/stephest-colbchella--013---daft-punk-d Stephen's response was GLORIOUS]].

* August 6 2013 episode of ''Series/TheColbertReport'' (which fell during Stephen's annual summer music festival had a LOT of digs at Viacom (and especially MTV) because his top billed performers, Music/DaftPunk, were forced to back out because they were booked for the VMAs later that week and their contract with MTV wouldn't let them perform. Stephen's response was GLORIOUS.

** Then there was the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3JLKw0q4kY "Conspiracy Theory Rock"]] short from the 1998 season, which is about major corporations like General Electric controlling the media. It also took a stab at the firing of [Creator/NormMacdonald Norm [=MacDonald=]]]. It was banned from re-airing, but would appear on a TV Funhouse "Best Of" DVD.

* ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'' made a point to savage the hand of every piece of ProductPlacement appearing in the film. Fudruckers' name slowly mutates into 'Buttfuckers'. Carl Jr's slogan becomes 'Fuck you, I'm eating!'. Opinions divide on the motives behind this move.

* August 6 2013 episode of TheColbertReport (which fell during Stephen's annual summer music festival had a LOT of digs at Viacom (and especially MTV) because his top billed performers, DaftPunk, were forced to back out because they were booked for the VMAs later that week and their contract with MTV wouldn't let them perform. Stephen's response was GLORIOUS.

* After Robocop has been reprogrammed in ''{{Robocop 2}}'', one of his directives is to "avoid Orion meetings."

* Deconstructed in universe in ''Film/VForVendetta''.

* In the Los Angeles mission of the Japanese Campaign in ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer Red Alert 3]]'', the player can (and is actively encouraged with rewards) blow up the EA-Los Angeles building. Upon its destruction, a Japanese soldier will yell "''Your ill-begotten products shall taint the shelves no more!''"
** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'' was also filled with jokes directed at EA.
* The first thing one saw upon booting up ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'' for the N64 was the typical N64 logo...which is immediately ripped apart by Conker with a ''[[ChainsawGood chainsaw]]'', to be replaced by the Rareware logo. In all fairness, this is probably a good first indicator of what someone seduced by the game's disarming appearances is actually in for...

* Online game makers Nitrome did this and a bit of SelfDeprecation with their 100th game, ''Nitrome Must Die''. Example: in one level, the whiteboard in the background shows ideas for a new game... with a deadline of 8 hours.

* A dub example. If you play [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZlIcJbbm08&fmt=18 a scene]] in episode 130 of Anime/{{Pokemon}} [[SubliminalSeduction backwards]], you will hear James say "Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the devil! Leo Burnett!" 4Kids is the company that dubbed the series.

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[[BitingTheHandHumor.FoxAnimatedSeries Animated shows that aired on Fox]] have their own page.

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* ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' was full of these jokes.
** Case in point...

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'', Zazu starts to sing "It's A Small World." Scar freaks out and demands him to sing anything else but that.
** The stage musical uses "Be Our Guest". It doubles as a MythologyGag, since "Be Our Guest" was from [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast the first Disney animated film that became a musical and paved the way for Lion King to come on Broadway]]. When ''Beauty and the Beast'' closed, it got replaced with [[Film/MaryPoppins "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."]]

* The TooGoodToLast game show ''Clash'' (Ha!/Comedy Central) had Billy Kimball addressing a discrepency "because if we don't, we're going to get a letter from our viewer."

* In ''{{Impromptu}}'', a group of struggling artists put on a theater production for their wealthy patrons that insult said patrons. The artists give "true art is offensive" as their justification.

* ''TheSoup'' takes sooooooooo many jabs at Creator/{{E}} They even have a segment dedicated to mocking E! shows called "Let's take some E!"
** Also a staple of ''ChelseaLately''. Chelsea Handler frequently ridiculed the network president, even while she was dating him.
* In ''TalkinBoutYourGeneration'', host ShaunMicallef makes unkind remarks about the Ten network a few times; once, he [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] this by miming biting his hand afterwards.

* [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] has an infrequent habit of calling the Escapist out on having him play and review games he'd rather not. Its not exactly suprising, considering he [[HatesEveryoneEqually he insults bascially everyone else]].

* The ''{{ICarly}}'' episode "iGo Nuclear" was an episode-long jab and executives forcing DanSchneider to make an environmentally-minded episode of the show. The plot is about Carly's efforts to go green bringing her and her friends nothing but trouble.

* The years when ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' was on the N! network... whose other shows oozed the same dumb popularity-obsessed teen attitude that Daria mocked.

* Deconstructed in universe in VForVendetta.

** Then there was the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3JLKw0q4kY "Conspiracy Theory Rock"]] short from the 1998 season, which is about major corporations like General Electric controlling the media. It also took a stab at the firing of NormMacdonald. It was banned from re-airing, but would appear on a TV Funhouse "Best Of" DVD.

** ''30 Rock'' once devoted it's entire BPlot to mocking the real-life sale of NBC from GE to Philadelphia-based Comcast by switching it to Philadelphia-based Kabletown. With a K.