Line #48 Series/TheGreatestEventInTelevisionHistory


1	''The Greatest Event in Television History'' is a series of specials aired on ''Creator/AdultSwim'', each co-starring Creator/AdamScott, recreating a famous [[TheEighties '80s]] television series opening credits scene accompanied with a {{Mockumentary}} about the making of the opening.
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3	!!''The Greatest Event inTelevision History'' provides examples of:
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8	* ButtMonkey: The fictionalized Adam Scott.
9	* {{Mockumentary}}
10	* PrecisionFStrike: Jeff Probst gets a few of these moments in the later episodes.
11	* PrimaDonnaDirector: Creator/PaulRudd for ''Simon and Simon'', Jason Mantzoukas for ''Too Close for Comfort''.
12	* RunningGag: In each installment a tall man is asked whether the current project will be [[TitleDrop the greatest event in television history]]. The answer is always 'no'.
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15	[[folder:''Simon and Simon'']]
16	* AsHimself: Creator/JonHamm, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/GusVanSant
17	* BusCrash: Jon Hamm (In Universe) dies during shooting.
18	* TheHost[=/=]TheNarrator: Creator/JeffProbst
19	* {{Mockumentary}}
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22	[[folder:''Hart to Hart'']]
23	* AsHimself: Creator/AdamScott, HoratioSanz
24	* AsHerself: Creator/AmyPoehler
25	* TheHost[=/=]TheNarrator: Creator/JeffProbst
26	* {{Mockumentary}}
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29	[[folder:''Too Close For Comfort'']]
30	* AndTheAdventureContinues: At the end of the original airing Creator/AdultSwim ran this series of bumpers.
31	--> You have just witnessed/''TheGreatestEventInTelevisionHistory''/You can be sure there will never be another like it/until midnight on January 23, 2014, when the next one airs/let's start the clock: 76 days:23 hours:36 minutes:29 seconds ''[counter starts]''[=/=]Creator/AdultSwim
32	* ArtifactTitle: The producers, unsure whether this episode will live up to the others, temporarily rename this episode ''An Event in Television History''. It regains the original title just before we see the completed work.
33	* AsHimself: Creator/AdamScott
34	* TheBusCameBack: Creator/JonHamm returns as a ghost after dying in the first episode.
35	* CatchPhrase: "We got the shot!"
36	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Catherine O'Hara
37	* TheHost[=/=]TheNarrator: Creator/JeffProbst
38	* {{Mockumentary}}
39	* {{Multiboobage}}: Convinced that the shoot is actually the next ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie, Catherine O'Hara wants to play a character with six pairs of breasts.
40	* SeriesContinuityError: In this episode Adam claims he has a problem sitting. In the ''Series/HartToHart'' episode not only did he sit many times, but he had an extended argument with his co-star about whether they should sit or stand during the car scene.
41	* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Said word for word before the Couch Flip shot.
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45	* AsHimself: Creator/AdamScott, Creator/PaulRudd, Music/BillyJoel, [[spoiler:Creator/TomHanks]]
46	* TheBusCameBack: After angrily quitting as director in the first episode, Paul Rudd is back as Adam Scott's co-star.
47	* NotableCommercialCampaigns: For the original broadcast, Burger King ran commercials titled ''The Greatest Meal Ever Served.''
48	* RemakeCameo: [[spoiler:Tom Hanks and Creator/PeterScolari]]
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