History YMMV / ThatWasTheWeekThatWas

* HilariousInHindsight: A 1962 sketch featured Roy Kinnear in a spoof charity appeal to save ''Series/{{Panorama}}'', which, like the pit ponies who inspired the source of the parody, was presented as old, broken-down, tired, and in danger of being put down after nine years on the air. ''Panorama'' has now been on the air for over ''sixty years'' (though it has come close to cancellation numerous times), making it the longest-running programme in the history of British television.

* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: Politicians at every level in every party were subject to uncompromising mockery on the programme; in fact, ''[=TW3=]'' was one of the first programmes to regard them as acceptable targets.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the 29 December 1962 episode, one sketch satirised the low accuracy rate of the ''Sunday Express'' columnist Cross-Bencher's political predictions (such as predicting that UsefulNotes/HaroldWilson would not challenge for the Labour deputy leadership (he did), but that if he did he would win (he didn't)). At the end of the programme, Frost read a quote from the Cross-Bencher column from the next day's ''Sunday Express'' claiming that Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell, who had been making regular hospital visits for some time but was reportedly on the mend, had nothing to worry about on the health front, a prediction which prompted a "Sorry, Hugh!" from Frost. Three weeks later, Gaitskell died suddenly of lupus erythematosus.

* ValuesDissonance: Although it was intended as a scathing indictment of racism in the American Deep South, the racial slur-heavy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-OEhboorDI "Mississippi"]] song featuring Millicent Martin backed by the blackfaced George Mitchell Singers (on a break from their usual engagement on ''The Black and White Minstrel Show'') would never get past today's censors.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the 29 December 1962 episode, one sketch satirised the low accuracy rate of the ''Sunday Express'' columnist Cross-Bencher's political predictions (such as predicting that HaroldWilson would not challenge for the Labour deputy leadership (he did), but that if he did he would win (he didn't)). At the end of the programme, Frost read a quote from the Cross-Bencher column from the next day's ''Sunday Express'' claiming that Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell, who had been making regular hospital visits for some time but was reportedly on the mend, had nothing to worry about on the health front, a prediction which prompted a "Sorry, Hugh!" from Frost. Three weeks later, Gaitskell died suddenly of lupus erythematosus.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the 29 December 1962 episode, one sketch satirised the low accuracy rate of the ''Sunday Express'' columnist Cross-Bencher's political predictions (such as predicting that HaroldWilson would not challenge for the Labour deputy leadership (he did), but that if he did he would win (he didn't)). At the end of the programme, Frost read a quote from the Cross-Bencher column from the next day's ''Sunday Express'' claiming that Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell had nothing to worry about on the health front, a prediction which prompted a "Sorry, Hugh!" from Frost. Three weeks later, Gaitskell died suddenly of lupus erythematosus.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the 29 December 1962 episode, one sketch satirised the low accuracy rate of the ''Sunday Express'' columnist Cross-Bencher's political predictions (such as insisting before the 1962 Cabinet shake-up that many of the ministers who ended up getting sacked were quite safe in their positions). At the end of the programme, Frost read a quote from the Cross-Bencher column from the next day's ''Sunday Express'' claiming that Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell had nothing to worry about on the health front, a prediction which prompted a "Sorry, Hugh!" from Frost. Three weeks later, Gaitskell died suddenly of lupus erythematosus.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the 29 December 1962 episode, one sketch satirised the low accuracy rate of the ''Sunday Express'' columnist Cross-Bencher's political predictions (such as insisting before the 1962 Cabinet shake-up that many of the ministers who ended up getting sacked were quite safe in their positions). At the end of the programme, Frost read a quote from the Crossbencher column from the next day's ''Sunday Express'' claiming that Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell had nothing to worry about on the health front, a prediction which prompted a "Sorry, Hugh!" from Frost. Three weeks later, Gaitskell died suddenly of lupus erythematosus.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In the 29 December 1962 episode, one sketch satirised the low accuracy rate of the ''Sunday Express'' columnist Crossbencher's political predictions (such as insisting before the 1962 Cabinet shake-up that many of the ministers who ended up getting sacked were quite safe in their positions). At the end of the programme, Frost read a quote from the Crossbencher column from the next day's ''Sunday Express'' claiming that Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell had nothing to worry about on the health front, a prediction which prompted a "Sorry, Hugh!" from Frost. Three weeks later, Gaitskell died suddenly of lupus erythematosus.

* ValuesDissonance: Although it was intended as a scathing indictment of racism in the American Deep South, the N-word heavy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-OEhboorDI "Mississippi"]] song featuring Millicent Martin backed by the blackfaced George Mitchell Singers (on a break from their usual engagement on ''The Black and White Minstrel Show'') would never get past today's censors.