History Corpsing / LiveActionTV

** A famous incident during the Richard Dawson years was during the Fast Money round. When asked the question [[spoiler: During what month does a woman begin to look pregnant?]], the contestant, visibly panicking, answered "September", which was so unexpected it caused [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk Dawson to break down laughing]] long enough that they had to stop the clock. He managed to recover, only to break down again (this time so much he had to kneel down to try to contain his fits of laughter) when repeating the question to the next contestant.

* ''Series/LateNightWithConanOBrien'': In one episode, Creator/MrT participated in the recurring segment "In the Year 2000" and struggled to maintain composure after saying "50 million viewers will watch the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' finale, [[TakeThat in which it’s finally revealed that New York has black people]].".

* ''Series/TheTonightShow'':

** In 1965, the record for longest continual laughter in live TV was definitely set thanks to Johnny's guest, actor/singer Ed Ames, who claimed that, in the course of his work, he had learned how to throw a tomahawk. Carson produced a human outline on a board, and Ames lobbed the tomahawk at it. It hit the board successfully but slammed in right at the [[GroinAttack figure's crotch]], starting the thunderous laughter. When the laughter started to die down, Carson quipped "I didn't even know you were Jewish!" starting it all up again. (Even funnier still was Carson's follow-up remark: "Welcome to Frontier Bris!")
*** Adding to the hilarity, the tomahawk's handle was jutting up as if it was the figure's penis, and when a flustered Ames started to walk towards the target to pull out the tomahawk, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L5QC9ZJkM8 Carson grabbed his arm and stopped him]], barely stifling his own laughter as he realized how bad (and funny) it would look if Ames were to grab and pull on the figure's erection.

* Given the clue writers' affinity for puns and shout-outs, it was not unusual to hear Creator/AlexTrebek crack a laugh when reading a clue on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' There were also been instances where he had done this when interviewing the contestants. One notable example was when a contestant said that she had a goat who died by eating a bag of Quikrete; Alex asked whether it was a 60-pound or 80-pound bag, the contestant snarked "Alex, you're being insensitive!" and Alex laughed so hard that he turned to the next contestant (the returning champion, who already had at least one chat with him) and said "I don't wanna talk to you!"

* Given the clue writers' affinity for puns and shout-outs, it's not unusual to hear Creator/AlexTrebek crack a laugh when reading a clue on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' There have also been instances where he has done this when interviewing the contestants. One notable example is when a contestant said that she had a goat who died by eating a bag of Quikrete; Alex asked whether it was a 60-pound or 80-pound bag, the contestant snarked "Alex, you're being insensitive!" and Alex laughed so hard that he turned to the next contestant (the returning champion, who already had at least one chat with him) and said "I don't wanna talk to you!"