History ThrowItIn / LiveActionTv

*** One of the best known is when Drew flubbed a line ''from a scripted card'', introducing "African Chant", and stated that "Africa is a country". Greg Proops, the forth chair that episode, busted up and immediately corrected him that, "It's also a continent, if you're a geographer!." Drew didn't live that down for the rest of the show.

--> '''Ryan''': "Well I used to be I can't remember anymore."

** The concept of Jaffa performing a meditation called "kel'no'reem" apparently was inspired by Christopher Judge falling asleep on set during one take, and Micheal Shanks quipping "Oh, he's not sleeping, he's ''meditating''."

** The line '''intercourse the penguin''' was also thrown in by Graham Chapman. You can definitively tell that John Cleese wasn't expecting it.

--->'''Crow (as his puppeteer, Trace Beaulieu)''' ""Ah well, I'll be in my trailer..."

** "... And I've been sleeping with Spike. [[CrowningMomentofFunny Hilarity]] [[CorPsing ensues]].

**** A lot of Chris Farley's most memorable moments on the show were ThrowItIn moments that stemmed from something bad happening on the set. When he played Weekend Update correspondent Bennett Brauer who used air quotes all the time, he suddenly found himself flying over the Weekend Update set (or, rather, about to, but ended up getting tangled in one of the stage lights. Farley ad-libs, "I have a weight problem. Can't they lift me?")

**** A lot of Chris Farley's ,most memorable moments on the show were ThrowItIn moments that stemmed from something bad happening on the set. When he played Weekend Update correspondent Bennett Brauer who used air quotes all the time, he suddenly found himself flying over the Weekend Update set (or, rather, about to, but ended up getting tangled in one of the stage lights. Farley ad-libs, "I have a weight problem. Can't they lift me?")

* On the GameShow ''TheJokersWild'', chairman Barry Cryer quite frequently made small slip-ups regarding the amount of points awarded, who was speaking at the moment, the subject and so on. This could have passed quite unnoticed, except the panel kept insisting on calling attention to these mistakes...he had two catchphrases to lampshade this: "[[BlatantLies I only said that to see if you were paying attention]]" and "Tune in next week; [[SelfDeprecation I won't be here]]."

* In an episode of ''Series/TheGoodies'', Graeme and Bill have just had a fight with Tim, and attempt to leave the room in a huff...but break down crying on the way out. Tim loudly mentions how he could use someone to work for him, at which point they both barrel back into the room. Fairly ordinary stuff...except Graeme slipped on the carpet while running back in, slid momentarily, and grabbed onto Tim to keep from falling over, nearly knocking him down on the process. They kept on with the scene as scripted, and it was kept in the final cut -- you can see Bill covering his face to stop himself giggling.

* This often happened on ConanOBrien's ''LateNight'' as well. Whenever things went wrong (special effects not working, problems with costumes), Conan would often declare the screw-up to be better that what had originally been planned. In one particularly funny incident, a fire alarm went off in the middle of taping the show. Once it was established that there was no emergency, Conan decided to abandon the planned bit and air the resulting debacle. In another, when a technical glitch stalled a bit he was doing, Conan jumped up on his desk and began ''performing a striptease'' in order to pass the time until the problem was fixed.

* In an exception to the comedy rule, the last episode of the third season of ''[[{{Series/MASH}} M*A*S*H]]'' had, at the end, the characters having a moment of silence [[spoiler:upon learning that their former commanding officer Henry Blake's plane was shot down, with no survivors.]] At the very end of the scene, someone drops a tray of surgical supplies, shaking everyone from their thoughts; this was unscripted and just left in.

* Similarly, Amanda Tapping was cast as Samantha Carter on ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' after ad-libbing how the dialing computer for the Stargate had been {{MacGyver|ing}}ed to work, since it was [[ActorAllusion an acknowledgment]] of Richard Dean Anderson's previous role as ''{{MacGyver}}''. Unlike the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' example, this one was kept in.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' apparently had quite a bit of this going on, starting at around about the time Ben Browder ended a scene of armed guards chasing him by whirling around to face them, putting his gun to his own head, and shouting [[BlazingSaddles "Nobody move or the white boy gets it!"]]

* [[http://snarkweighsin.blog-city.com/vintageoltl5.htm This article]] talks of ''{{One Life to Live}}'' having unscripted interactions between real-life drug addicts and one of the characters.

* The famous "foot in the face" scene in the ''{{Series/Merlin}}'' episode ''The Moment of Truth'' was at least partly just a joke Bradley James came up with -- he deliberately waited for Colin Morgan's take, and then... stuck his bare foot in his face. The disgusted reaction is completely genuine, and they did a take without it, though thankfully that's not what ended up in the episode.
* ''{{Sifl and Olly}}'' often had these moments whenever one of the duo would laugh. These moments were usually caused by Liam Lynch. An example can be seen in the music video for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JsxFNgllY&fmt=18 "Baby For Gravy"]]. These were also very common in segments featuring the character Chester.

** ChrisColfer ad-libbing again: At the beginning of the second episode, when [[JerkJock Pu]][[JerkWithAHeartOfGold ck]] and the other jocks are about to [[StuffedIntoATrashcan throw him into a dumpster]], Kurt glares at them with contempt and says: "One day, you'll all work for me."

* In ''{{NUMB3RS}}'' David Krumholtz inadvertently misspelled "anomaly" as "anomoly" on a map in one scene in the pilot episode, which the writers and producers kept as a quirk for Charlie. They even reference it in the final episode of the first season:

* Similarly, according to the book ''[[TheOddCouple Odd Couple Mania]]'', there were numerous times on that show where blank script pages are preceded by the phrase "Oscar teaches Felix". Tony Randall and Jack Klugman would then improvise the teaching scene.
* In the first episode of ''{{Leverage}}'' there is a scene establishing the UnresolvedSexualTension between Nate and Sophie and Hardison rolls by on an office chair saying "oooooh...." Aldis Hodge wasn't even in the scene but had stuck around to watch.
** Leverage is full of this trope.

*** "High five for morale," after The Gone Fishin' Job. Word of God states that the actors throw it in once in a while as an indicator of how much the friendship between the two Vitriolic Best Friends has evolved.

* Burton Richardson announced the first episode of the game show ''Series/{{Greed}}'' until it was decided to replace him with Mark Thompson. When announcing the first episode, Burton accidentally called a contestant "Michelle Smith" instead of Michael. Mark Thompson "re-created" this blooper when he was chosen as the series' announcer (all his work was done in post).

* On the PanelGame ''TheJokersWild'', chairman Barry Cryer quite frequently made small slip-ups regarding the amount of points awarded, who was speaking at the moment, the subject and so on. This could have passed quite unnoticed, except the panel kept insisting on calling attention to these mistakes...he had two catchphrases to lampshade this: "[[BlatantLies I only said that to see if you were paying attention]]" and "Tune in next week; [[SelfDeprecation I won't be here]]."

* Similarly, according to the book ''Odd Couple Mania'', there were numerous times on that show where blank script pages are preceded by the phrase "Oscar teaches Felix". Tony Randall and Jack Klugman would then improvise the teaching scene.

* On the PanelGame ''Jokers Wild'', chairman Barry Cryer quite frequently made small slip-ups regarding the amount of points awarded, who was speaking at the moment, the subject and so on. This could have passed quite unnoticed, except the panel kept insisting on calling attention to these mistakes...he had two catchphrases to lampshade this: "[[BlatantLies I only said that to see if you were paying attention]]" and "Tune in next week; [[SelfDeprecation I won't be here]]."

* In ''StarTrekVoyager,'' non-Trekkie Robert Picardo ad-libbed "I'm a doctor, not a night light," in his audition for the role of The Doctor while having no conscious idea that "I'm a doctor, not a [something]" was Dr. [=McCoy=]'s famous CatchPhrase. The particular line didn't make it into an episode, but was liked enough that The Doctor went on to use "I'm a doctor, not a [something]" phrases as much as [=McCoy=] had, and ''other'' Trek doctors would use it on rare occasion as well.
* Similarly, Amanda Tapping was cast as Samantha Carter on ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' after ad-libbing how the dialing computer for the Stargate had been {{MacGyver|ing}}ed to work, since it was [[ActorAllusion an acknowledgment]] of Richard Dean Anderson's previous role as ''{{MacGyver}}''. Unlike the ''StarTrek'' example, this one was kept in.

* The GrandFinale of ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has one of these involving the [[CharacterDevelopment villain-turned-not-quite-hero-but-honorable-and-somewhat-admirable-leader]] Damar. When he and his followers storm the Dominion HQ on Cardassia, he is fatally wounded. His final word was "Keep..." That was not scripted -- the actor who played Damar felt that a ''silent'' death scene wasn't right. And even he isn't sure how he would have finished the line.

* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had a season one episode, "Symbiosis", where in one of the last scenes Tasha Yar is in the background. Blink and you'll miss it, she waves at the camera. This was the last episode filmed with Denise Crosby as a regular cast member. The next episode, "Skin of Evil", where the ''character'' leaves, was filmed before "Symbiosis".

* While most of ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' is improvised to begin with, the 100th episode had a notable incident where the electronically-synthesized bass rhythm suddenly sped up in the middle of a song, and [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued]]. They redid the game with the intention of throwing out the first take, but in the end, the second take was thrown out and the first take was used. It featured Wayne trying to spell out the subject's name "Howard" in rhythm, and being flustered from the tempo change he ended up spelling out H-O-R-W-A-R-D. Drew gave him a hard time about it, leading to Wayne responding "It's hard to spell at 210 beats per minute."

* Some of ''SaturdayNightLive'''s most memorable moments are either this trope or HilariousOuttakes that turn into Throw It In after much cracking up. Of course, since it's a live show, if the moment happens for the first time during broadcast, Throw It In is the ''only'' option.
** One of the earliest, and one of the most famous: during ChrisFarley's "Matt Foley" sketch, guest star ChristinaApplegate and cast member DavidSpade can be seen trying (and failing miserably) not to laugh while Farley goads them on with his famous "I LIVE IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!" line. The confusion and smirking on PhilHartman and JanHooks' faces are genuine, and the camera cuts to the cast members repeatedly laughing out loud.

* The ''RedDwarf'' episode "D.N.A." has a scene where Rimmer, planning to clone himself to come back to life, is examining some of his own dandruff under a microscope while the Cat looks over his shoulder. During a rehearsal, Danny John-Jules accidentally sneezed on the microscope at the end of the scene. The timing was so perfect that the writers put it in the episode.

* On the ''Series/ColgateComedyHour'' anything funny which came up during pre-show rehearsal would likely be written into the script.

** Another episode shows a ColdOpening where Jim wants to annoy Dwight by popping his balloon chair. The script was hoping that the balloon would deflate but the sudden popping and the surprised reactions were thought to be funnier.

** DanSchneider's propensity for [[ThrowItIn throwing in]] elements of his previous shows in his newer ones was what lead to the creation of the NickVerse.

* The scene in ArrestedDevelopment episode, Motherboy XXX, shows Buster accidentally slamming the door on Michael's face as they go after Lucille. This was unplanned but the director liked Michael's reaction that it was allowed in the final cut.

** David Dukes, who played Edith's would-be rapist, stated that the audience grew so hostile during the filming of this episode, he was afraid that audience members would rush onto the set and attack him.

* When filming one of the {{pilot}}s for ''WheelOfFortune'', the puzzle board was originally intended to be mechanical. They didn't have it quite finished by the time taping began, so they just had Susan Stafford turn the letters manually. After the show got picked up, they kept the board as it was. Of course, the letter-turning position was later taken over by the iconic Vanna White.