History Series / TVsBloopersAndPracticalJokes

* PieInTheFace: Creator/SoupySales was a frequent guest, and would invariably end up with one of these – a trademark gag brought over from his own children's shows.

** Practical jokes. After all, what do you expect from a show called ''TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes''? Basically, it was an elaborate joke played on a celebrity.

A 1980s-90s comedic RealityShow featuring hosts Creator/DickClark and Creator/EdMcMahon (in the '80s) presenting {{Blooper}}s, noteworthy commercials, old movie serials, and ''Series/CandidCamera''-style jokes played on celebrities. It was occasionally brought back in the early 2000s, but pretty much retired when Dick Clark had his stroke. Inspired by the British Creator/{{ITV}} outtakes program ''It'll Be Alright on the Night'', which beginning in 1977 popularized the concept of showing film and television bloopers to the general public.

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A 1980s-90s Creator/{{NBC}} RealityShow featuring hosts Creator/DickClark and Creator/EdMcMahon (in the '80s) presenting {{Blooper}}s, noteworthy commercials, old movie serials, and ''Series/CandidCamera''-style jokes played on celebrities. Was occasionally brought back in the early 2000s, but pretty much retired when Dick Clark had his stroke. Inspired by the British ITV outtakes program ''It'll Be Alright on the Night'', which beginning in 1977 popularized the idea of showing film and television bloopers to the general public.

The show was the result of merging three different series of specials that had been earlier shown on NBC:

* AnimatedCreditsOpening: A memorable which involved backstage workers, an elephant, and a marching band. Created by Creator/SergioAragones, who also created the bumpers and transition scenes.

-->'''Dick Clark/Ed [=McMahon=]''': And now let's introduce the girl with the golden bloopers ... Award!

** "Man-on-the-street" interviews, conducted by Creator/DavidLetterman, later Robert Klein. See above; the best responses were compiled for this segment.

* Creator/DavidLetterman: A regular feature during the first season were clips of Letterman doing Man on the Street comedy bits in New York City recycled from both his Morning and ''Series/LateNight'' shows, such as a piece on three restaurants all claiming to have "The World's Greatest Coffee". Later seasons had him replaced by comic Robert Klein.

1980s-90s RealityShow featuring hosts Dick Clark and Ed [=McMahon=] (in the 1980s) presenting {{Blooper}}s, noteworthy commercials, old movie serials, and ''Series/CandidCamera''-style jokes played on celebrities. Was occasionally brought back in the early 2000s, but pretty much retired when Dick Clark had his stroke. Inspired by the British ITV outtakes program ''It'll Be Alright on the Night'', which beginning in 1977 popularized the idea of showing film and television bloopers to the general public.

* ''Johnny Carson's Favorite Practical Jokes'', in which the ''Series/TheTonightShow'' host played practical jokes on famous people (including one where he made it look like Ed [=McMahon=] had been stealing office supplies); produced by Carson Productions.

The resulting series was a Dick Clark/Carson Production, lasted four years, and inspired a number of similiar blooper shows (including ones hosted by Creator/DonRickles and Creator/SteveAllen).

* ''Series/TheChallengers'': At least one blooper turned up — a question in which the contestant had to identify a license plate's state from its design (shown on the video wall). The only problem was that the license plate '''had the state's name left on'''.

** First and early second season episodes featured classic commercials. This was eventually dropped to focus more on the bloopers and practical jokes.
** A few first-season episodes featured the "blooper" introducing hosts Ed Clark and Dick [=McMahon=] during the opening credits … before correcting it.

** "Silly Cinemas," a series of short gag-based films written, enacted by and produced by comedian/humorist Len Cella. (On the show, this segment was called "Len Cella's Silly Cinemas.")

** Practical jokes. After all, what do you expect from a show called "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes"? Basically, it was an elaborate joke played on a celebrity.

* ''Johnny Carson's Favorite Practical Jokes'', in which the ''TonightShow'' host played practical jokes on famous people (including one where he made it look like Ed [=McMahon=] had been stealing office supplies); produced by Carson Productions.

* InkSuitActor: A SergioAragones drawn HennyYoungman would tell jokes during some commercial bumpers.

* Creator/DavidLetterman: A regular feature during the first season were clips of Letterman doing Man on the Street comedy bits in New York City recycled from both his Morning and ''LateNight'' shows, such as a piece on three restaurants all claiming to have "The World's Greatest Coffee". Later seasons had him replaced by comic Robert Klein.

** A few first-season episodes featured the "blooper" introducing hosts Ed Clark and Dick McMahon during the opening credits … before correcting it.

* ''TheChallengers'': At least one blooper turned up — a question in which the contestant had to identify a license plate's state from its design (shown on the video wall). The only problem was that the license plate '''had the state's name left on'''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: First and early second season episodes featured classic commercials. This was eventually dropped to focus more on the bloopers and practical jokes.

* OnceAnEpisode: A celebrity would come on to talk about a specific funny or embarassing set of bloopers, and be awarded The Golden Blooper Award, handed to him by a beautiful model.

* NotableCommercialCampaigns: A regular feature presented five or six foreign or American commercials.

* SergioAragones: Created the memorable AnimatedCreditsOpening sequence which involved backstage workers, an elephant, and a marching band. He also created the bumpers and transition scenes.