History Series / TheLastLeg

* UnflinchingWalk[=/=]PowerWalk: Parodied in the title sequence, complete with slo-mo and ''explosions''.

* RefugeInAudacity: The Stand Up To Cancer 2015 special was broadcast from 8-9pm, which meant the show was restricted by watershed rules, especially with the language barrier. It didn’t stop them from unintentionally doing it, though.

** Johnny Vegas derailing a promo with confessions of a murder, [[ADateWithRosiePalms having a wank over a nun]], and a bloke who was fishing, caught a carp, then stuck his penis in his mouth.

* HonourBeforeReason: In 2022, Adam bet that if England went further in the FIFA World Cup than his native Australia, he would put a burning flare up his backside - modelled on an England fan who hit the headlines in 2021 for doing the same at the Euros. Needless to say, he lost the bet, providing quite the end-of-episode spectacle.

** This also applies to any time they end the show on a segment where they recap the news, since they'll also throw in pretty much all the in-jokes from that episode too. For example, the 11th March 2022 episode ends with Adam being followed around by a bunch of colourful microphones on sticks, Alex is miming punching Josh who is holding onto a branch that's been moved up and down by a man in a bear suit, the show's former resident Jeremy Corbyn impersonator is wearing carnival dress and shaking some maracas, guests Victoria Coren-Mitchell and Rose Aisling-Ellis are dressed up as skiiers on skis and a man in a pig costume sings Bobby McFerrin's 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'.

* ButtMonkey: Adam, Alex, and Josh have all had their fair share of this trope.

* SophisticatedAsHell: One 2017 episode ends with the MTA choir singing the results of counting up the number of insults on Twitter directed at the by-election candidates:

* PrecisionFStrike: Guests are often asked what they think of one of the subjects of the week, and tend to give long and detailed answers. Sometimes even the tamer guests manage to brilliantly underline the conclusions of their rants with a well placed F-Bomb, for example Creator/{{David Mitchell|Actor}} [[https://youtu.be/m2q-Csk-ktc?t=3m10s when talking about tax evasion]] and Professor Brian Cox [[https://youtu.be/Bs19kZbs-Mc?t=232 when talking about physics]].

* RefugeInAudacity: The Stand Up To Cancer 2015 special was broadcast from 8-9pm, which meant the show was restricted by watershed rules. While discussing Jeremy Hunt, Adam quipped that doctors might not bother rescuing him but instead give him a probe up the arse. Seconds later, Adam had to admit that he might have just violated a watershed rule, and immediately had to apologise over roaring laughs from the audience.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Lots of jokes directed at Adam for being Australian, especially after Australia's poor performance at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

* HoYay: Alex and Josh, PlayedForLaughs. Amongst other things, they've kissed on screen and been shown in bed together twice (once as part of a parody of an ad by the [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics Australian Sex Party]], once as part of the same sketch in which they kissed).

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* BrickJoke: One episode started with Adam, Josh, and Alex sitting in a car and wondering where a loud, thumping noise was coming from. At the end of the episode, it was revealed that [[ItMakesSenseInContext John Bishop was trying to fit a sofa into the boot of the car]].

''The Last Leg'' is a topical comedy show on the UK's Creator/Channel4, which originally ran as part of the main coverage of the 2012 UsefulNotes/ParalympicGames, and proved so popular that it was spun off into its own show tackling the week in politics; currently, three series are shown each year, running for about half the year in total, with the show airing nightly during the Paralympics. The show is hosted by Australian comedian Adam Hills with co-hosts comedian Josh Widdicombe and journalist Alex Brooker, joined by a special guest each week (usually a comedian, although actors and politicians sometimes appear too).

''Series/TheLastLeg'' is a topical comedy show on the UK's Creator/Channel4, which originally ran as part of the main coverage of the 2012 UsefulNotes/ParalympicGames, and proved so popular that it was spun off into its own show tackling the week in politics; currently, three series are shown each year, running for about half the year in total, with the show airing nightly during the Paralympics. The show is hosted by Australian comedian Adam Hills with co-hosts comedian Josh Widdicombe and journalist Alex Brooker, joined by a special guest each week (usually a comedian, although actors and politicians sometimes appear too).

* MulticoloredHair: Adam once dyed his hair to look like the Union Jack.