History YMMV / HarryEnfieldAndChums

* HarsherInHindsight: Some of the behaviour exhibited (and remarks made) by Smashie and Nicey counts as this, especially considering the revelations that came out about former [[Creator/TheBBC Radio One]] DJ Creator/JimmySavile after his death and the subsequent criminal investigations into the activities of surviving ex-[=DJs=] and other TV personalities from that era. In particular, there's the 1994 special ''Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era'' which has a scene in which Smashie asks a member of the ''Series/TopOfThePops'' audience how old she is. When the programme was repeated on [=BBC2=] in 2015 (four years after Savile's death), this scene was understandably edited out. In a similar vein, Nicey -- who often used to allude to a male "young friend" and at one point drunkenly confessed to having "abused" people -- briefly appeared in the one-off special ''An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse'' (also broadcast in 2015) in which he said that he had been cleared of "all but one of the charges" brought against him as a result of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yewtree Operation Yewtree]], echoing what happened to Dave Lee Travers, another former Radio One DJ.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Wayne and Waynetta Slob were supposed to be over-the-top caricatures of every negative stereotype of poor council-estate dwellers but since the word 'chav' entered the national consciousness and everyone started doing it, they seem unoriginal and not particularly funny.

* JerkassWoobie: Smashie becomes this in the 1994 special ''Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era''. While he doesn't exactly come across as the most likeable of people thanks to his egocentricity, it's revealed that he was emotionally abused by his father as a child, he's never got over his wife leaving him and he basically has never had any friends (his "great mate" Nicey can barely stand to be in the same room as him at times) ... and, thanks to his being let go by Radio Fab, he now has no job either.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Michael Paine sketches became even funnier when Paul Whitehouse appeared opposite Creator/MichaelCaine in ''Film/KingOfThieves''.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Several members of the cast of ''Series/TheFastShow'' aside from Paul Whitehouse, such as Charlie Higson and Mark Williams, play minor parts in several sketches.

* HarsherInHindsight: Some of the behaviour exhibited (and remarks made) by Smashie and Nicey count as this, especially considering the revelations that came out about former [[Creator/TheBBC Radio One]] DJ Creator/JimmySavile after his death and the subsequent criminal investigations into the activities of surviving ex-[=DJs=] and other TV personalities from that era. In particular, there's the 1994 special ''Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era'' which has a scene in which Smashie asks a member of the ''Series/TopOfThePops'' audience how old she is. When the programme was repeated on [=BBC2=] in 2015 (four years after Savile's death), this scene was understandably edited out. In a similar vein, Nicey -- who often used to allude to a male "young friend" and at one point drunkenly confessed to having "abused" people -- briefly appeared in the one-off special ''An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse'' (also broadcast in 2015) in which he said that he had been cleared of "all but one of the charges" brought against him as a result of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yewtree Operation Yewtree]], echoing what happened to Dave Lee Travers, another former Radio One DJ.

* HarsherInHindsight: Some of the behaviour and remarks made by Smashie and Nicey count as this, especially considering the revelations that came out about former [[Creator/TheBBC Radio One]] DJ Creator/JimmySavile after his death and the subsequent criminal investigations into the activities of surviving ex-[=DJs=] and other TV personalities from that era. In particular, there's the 1994 special ''Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era'' which has a scene in which Smashie asks a member of the ''Series/TopOfThePops'' audience how old she is. When the programme was repeated on [=BBC2=] in 2015 (four years after Savile's death), this scene was understandably edited out. In a similar vein, Nicey -- who often used to allude to a male "young friend" and at one point drunkenly confessed to having "abused" people -- briefly appeared in the one-off special ''An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse'' (also broadcast in 2015) in which he said that he had been cleared of "all but one of the charges" brought against him as a result of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yewtree Operation Yewtree]], echoing what happened to Dave Lee Travers, another former Radio One DJ.

* JerkassWoobie: Smashie becomes this in the 1994 special ''Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era''. While he doesn't exactly come across as the most likeable of people, it's revealed that he was emotionally abused by his father as a child, he's never got over his wife leaving him and he basically has never had any friends (his "great mate" Nicey can barely stand to be in the same room as him at times) ... and, thanks to his being let go by Radio Fab, he now has no job either.

* JerkassWoobie: Smashie becomes this in the 1994 special ''Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era'' in which, while he doesn't exactly come across as the most likeable of people, it's revealed that he was emotionally abused by his father as a child, he's never got over his wife leaving him and he basically has no friends (his "great mate" Nicey can barely stand to be in the same room as him at times) ... and, thanks to his being let go by Radio Fab, no job either.

* JerkassWoobie: Smashie becomes this in the 1994 special ''Smashie & Nicey: End of an Era'' in which, while he doesn't exactly come across as the most likeable of people, it's revealed that he was bullied ''by his father'' as a child, he's never got over his wife leaving him and he basically has no friends (his "great mate" Nicey can barely stand to be in the same room as him at times) ... and, thanks to his being let go by Radio Fab, no job either.