History Trivia / ImSorryIHaventAClue

* FlipFlopOfGod: There have been several different explanations for how they came up with Mornington Crescent. Humph once claimed that the panellists invented it in order to annoy a producer they disliked, former producer Geoffrey Perkins has been credited with it, whilst Barry Cryer said it was not an original idea to the show and it had been around since the sixties.

* NoBudget:
** Mentioned in a round of "Word For Word". Paul Merton buzzed Barry and Graeme, and Humph initially overruled his challenge, saying that they only had one buzzer and that was with Tim and Paul. He then says "...oh, thank you, Paul" as footsteps are heard, and then Graeme says "For those of you listening in stereo -- it's over here now!" Later, when Barry challenges Tim and Paul, Paul says "we'd better have the buzzer back then, hadn't we?" and footsteps are heard again.
--->'''Paul:''' [[LampshadeHanging You may be sitting at home, wondering where your license money goes...]]
** There's also a round called NoBudget, where the panellists have to think up "cut-price" version of well-known media, such as ''[[Literature/WutheringHeights Wuthering Hillocks]]'' or ''[[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Chihuahua of the Baskervilles]]''.

** Tim Brooke-Taylor passed away from the Coronavirus in 2020. Barry and Graeme were already more or less in semi-retirement at this point, appearing at just two out of six episodes per series, leaving the show's whole future after the epidemic unclear.

* AuthorExistenceFailure:

** Regular panelist and SixthRanger Jeremy Hardy, who became known as the unofficial fourth member (almost always joining them on tour) sadly passed away in 2019 from cancer.

* {{Defictionalization}}: [[http://www.nomic.net/deadgames/mornington/dunx/ Mornington Nomic]] is an attempt to construct an actual, playable version of "Mornington Crescent".

* FanNickname: A common way of identifying episodes is by naming them after the final game, which is almost always Late Arrivals or some variation such as Film Club.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The "Pick-Up Song" round was excluded from any of the CD releases due to the cost of licensing the recordings for a long time. It finally appeared for the first time on the second Live release, and has since made its way into some of the compilation releases.

** There's also a round called NoBudget, where the panellists have to think up "cut-price" version of well-known media, such as ''[[Literature/WutheringHeights Wuthering Hillocks]]'' or ''[[SherlockHolmes The Chihuahua of the Baskervilles]]''.

--->'''Miles Jupp:''' Oh, I think we should carry on, and halfway through one of the characters unexplainedly dies.

** Tim Brooke-Taylor passed away from the Corona Virus in 2020. Barry and Graeme were already more or less in semi-retirement at this point, appearing at just two out of six episodes per series, leaving the show's whole future after the epidemic unclear.

** Tim Brooke-Taylor passed away from the Corona Virus in 2020.

* ActorAllusion:
** In a round of "Karaokey-Cokey", the audience were given "[[Series/TheGoodies The Funky Gibbon]]" to hum. About three seconds in, Tim gets it and bursts out laughing.
** A few panellists have also been tasked with accompanying themselves in "Pick-Up Song", such as Tony Hawks singing along to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAIOzM7SsMo Stutter Rap]]" and Barry singing along to his cover of "The Purple People Eater".
** Barry's version of "The Purple People Eater", which topped the Finnish charts, is referenced at other times:
--->'''Humph:''' Barry once had a surprise number one in Finland, but then the cold weather does that to him.
** When Richard Osman was a player in "Mornington Crescent", the game took on elements from ''Series/{{Pointless}}''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to Humph's unfortunate death, the regular trio of Graeme, Barry and Tim were unsure if they wanted to continue, as were the producers. They eventually agreed to return for a series of guest hosts, then signed on again when Jack Dee was chosen as host.

** In a round of ''Karaokey-Cokey'', the audience were given ''[[Series/TheGoodies The Funky Gibbon]]'' to hum. About three seconds in, Tim gets it and bursts out laughing.
** A few panellists have also been tasked with accompanying themselves in ''Pick-Up Song'', such as Tony Hawks singing along to ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAIOzM7SsMo Stutter Rap]]'' and Barry singing along to his cover of ''The Purple People Eater''.
*** Barry's version of ''The Purple People Eater'', which topped the Finnish charts, is referenced at other times:
-->'''Humph:''' Barry once had a surprise number one in Finland, but then the cold weather does that to him.

* NoBudget: Mentioned in a round of ''Word For Word''. Paul Merton buzzed Barry and Graeme, and Humph initially overruled his challenge, saying that they only had one buzzer and that was with Tim and Paul. He then says "...oh, thank you, Paul" as footsteps are heard, and then Graeme says "For those of you listening in stereo -- it's over here now!" Later, when Barry challenges Tim and Paul, Paul says "we'd better have the buzzer back then, hadn't we?" and footsteps are heard again.
-->'''Paul:''' [[LampshadeHanging You may be sitting at home, wondering where your license money goes...]]

* ThrowItIn: Humph would occasionally misread something, and the improvisation by the panellists in response to this would usually be thrown in.

-->'''Jack:''' Oh good. I like to make sure, because otherwise [[BlackComedy Barry thinks he's having a stroke.]]
-->'''Barry:''' I wish...
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to Humph's unfortunate death, the regular trio of Graham, Barry and Tim were unsure if they wanted to continue, as were the producers. They eventually agreed to return for a series of guest hosts, then signed on again when Jack Dee was chosen as host.

* ActorAllusion: In a round of ''Karaokey-Cokey'', the audience were given ''[[Series/TheGoodies The Funky Gibbon]]'' to hum. About three seconds in, Tim gets it and bursts out laughing.

** Willie Rushton, one of the four regulars on the show since the 1970s, passed away in December 1996 due to complications from heart surgery. Since then, his spot has been filled by a guest for each episode.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Owing to the nature of the programme's CD releases (each release contains four compilations rather than whole episodes), the only episodes that are commercially available in their entirety are the two Christmas specials. Some attempt seems to be made at rectifying this with the new "Live" range, which ''does'' release uncut recordings.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The "Pick-Up Song" round was excluded from any of the CD releases due to the cost of licensing the recordings for a long time. It finally appeared for the first time on the second Live release, and has since made its way into some of the compilation releases.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The "Pick-Up Song" round has been excluded from any of the CD releases due to the cost of licensing the recordings. It finally appeared for the first time on the second Live release.