History YMMV / PlaySchool

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The famous outtake from the UK version of Fred Harris acting like ThePrimaDonna and screaming "Amateurs! I'm expected to work with ''amateurs''!" ... at ''Big Ted the teddy bear'', who was refusing to sit properly without falling down.
** The statement was "I'm an ''artist''! How can I be expected to work with these ''amateurs'' for God's sake!" (I had access to a copy of ''White Powder Christmas'' on Beta back in the day)

** Apparently, the UK version sometimes ''was''. In the BBC documentary ''Tales of Television Centre'', Johnny Ball mentioned that he was the only presenter on one Christmas special who wasn't high as a kite.

** The statement was "I'm an ''artist''! How can I be expected to work with these ''amateurs'' for God's sake!"

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Until 1999, the format remained basically the same with 3 windows, 2 different clocks (each with their own theme music) and 2 presenters who, for the majority of the time, would act like they were playing with you, and no-one else. Since 1999, the format has been changed to reflect a more modernized Australia, with both the clocks and three windows option put in storage, and replaced with more computerised equivalents. (The Windows rotating prop that was mentioned at the top was briefly replaced by an animation that showed what Window would be the one that they would be going through.

* {{Bishonen}}: ''Jeremy Scrivener''. (Australian version.)

* EarWorm (the theme tune)

* AccidentalInnuendo: The theme song of the Australian version has one line that goes ''Open wide, come inside''. Many Australian parents actually find the line amusing.

* TooSoon: One episode had the team using building blocks then knocking them down... on September 12, 2001. This was the first time the show received hate mail from upset parents. To be fair, since the attacks happened at 11:46 PM in East Australian (Canberra) time, most Australians only learned about the attacks in the morning, by which time it was far too late to pull the offending episode (which was taped months in advance like the others) from broadcast that same morning.

* TooSoon: One episode had the team using building blocks then knocking them down...on September 12, 2001. This was the first time the show received hate mail from upset parents.
** For the record, the attacks started at 11:46pm on September 11 in East Australian(Canberra) time, nearing midnight, while the show (which is recorded months in advance) goes out at fixed times in both the morning and afternoon. Given that most Australians only learn of the attacks the next morning, it would've been far too late to pull the episode from broadcast.

* {{Bishonen}}: TwoWords: ''Jeremy Scrivener''. (Australian version.)

** For the record, the attacks started at 11:46pm on September 11 in East Australian(Canberra) time, nearing midnight, while the show (which is recorded months in advance) goes out at fixed times in both the morning and afternoon. Given that Creator/TheABC operates an affiliate in each state (much like American television) instead of mostly centralized like Creator/TheBBC (broadcasts from London but with one or two localized channels), this meant that most Australians only learn of the attacks the next morning, and it would've been far too late to pull the episode from broadcast.

** For the record, the attacks started at 11:46pm on September 11 in East Australian(Canberra) time, nearing midnight, while the show (which is recorded months in advance) goes out at fixed times in both the morning and afternoon.

* NoExportForYou: If you've been getting Playschool by means of TheABC's international feed, Australia Network, the show may have became this to the country you're in come September 2014, when ''Australia Network'' changed it's name to ''Australia Plus TV''. Some Pay TV providers decided to drop the channel and used the name change to wiggle out of renewing their contracts, and then lied to subscribers that the ''Australia Network'' was shutting down. It was either this or the channel temporarily becoming unavailable due to the contracts needing renegotiation from the name change.

* NoExportForYou: If you've been getting Playschool by means of TheABC's international feed, Australia Network, the show may have became this to the country you're in come September 2014, when ''Australia Network'' changed it's name to ''Australia Plus TV''. Some Pay TV providers decided to drop the channel and used the name change to wiggle out of renewing their contracts, and then lied to subscribers that the ''Australia Network'' was shutting down.

* NoExportForYou: If you've been getting Playschool by means of TheABC's international feed, Australia Network, the show became this in September 2014, since Australia Network got, erm, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork screwed]] and ceased transmission since.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks Until 1999, the format remained basically the same with 3 windows, 2 different clocks (each with their own theme music) and 2 presenters who, for the majority of the time, would act like they were playing with you, and no-one else. Since 1999, the format has been changed to reflect a more modernized Australia, with both the clocks and three windows option put in storage, and replaced with more computerised equivalents. (The Windows rotating prop that was mentioned at the top was briefly replaced by an animation that showed what Window would be the one that they would be going through.

** For the record, the attacks started at 11:46pm on September 11 in Australian(Canberra) time, nearing midnight, while the show (which is recorded months in advance) goes out at fixed times in both the morning and afternoon.

** For the record, the attacks started at 11:46pm Australian(Canberra) time, while the show (which is recorded months in advance) goes out at fixed times in both the morning and afternoon.

** For the record, the attacks happened at 11pm Australian (Canberra) time, while the show (which is recorded months in advance) goes out at fixed times in both the morning and afternoon.

** For the record, the attacks happened at 11pm Australian time, while the show (which is recorded months in advance) goes out at fixed times in both the morning and afternoon.

** Apparently, the UK version sometimes ''was''. In the BBC documentary ''Tales of Television Centre'', Johnny Ball mentioned that he was the only presenter on the Christmas special who wasn't high as a kite.

** Apparently, the UK version sometimes ''was''. In the BBC documentary ''Tales of Television Centre'', Johnny Ball, mentioned that he was the only presenter on the Christmas special who wasn't high as a kite.

** In the BBC documentary ''Tales of Television Centre'', one of the UK presenters, Johnny Ball, mentioned that he was the only presenter on the Christmas special who ''wasn't'' high as a kite.