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* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', one server had a guild named "Razorfen Down Syndrome" [[note]][[https://classic.wowhead.com/razorfen-downs Razorfen Downs]] is an area in the game[[/note]], which was {{Bowdlerise}}d by Creator/{{Blizzard|Entertainment}} due to people being offended. (It was changed to "Razorfen Downsized". On the same server, when UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein was executed by hanging, someone made a character named "Saddam", then a guild named "Hanging with Saddam". According to a Blizzard employee who saw the report, they actually thought it was ''really'' amusing and [[RefugeInAudacity didn't order the name to be changed]].

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* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', one server had a guild named "Razorfen Down Syndrome" [[note]][[https://classic.wowhead.com/razorfen-downs Razorfen Downs]] is an area in the game[[/note]], which was {{Bowdlerise}}d by Creator/{{Blizzard|Entertainment}} due to people being offended. (It was changed to "Razorfen Downsized". ) On the same server, when UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein was executed by hanging, someone made a character named "Saddam", then a guild named "Hanging with Saddam". According to a Blizzard employee who saw the report, they actually thought it was ''really'' amusing and [[RefugeInAudacity didn't order the name to be changed]].
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* At the 1998 UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, after Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger showed a clip from ''Film/Titanic1997'', host Creator/BillyCrystal quipped, "That clip cost $15 million." The camera cut to director Creator/JamesCameron, whose expression clearly says "Yeah, that's about right."

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* At the 1998 UsefulNotes/{{Academy MediaNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, after Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger showed a clip from ''Film/Titanic1997'', host Creator/BillyCrystal quipped, "That clip cost $15 million." The camera cut to director Creator/JamesCameron, whose expression clearly says "Yeah, that's about right."



* Creator/SteveIrwin of ''Series/CrocodileHunter'' fame caught a whole lot of flack in 2004 for feeding a crocodile while holding his son Rob. His wife Terri acknowledged the headline, [[UsefulNotes/BeerCommercials "Steve Irwin: Australian For 'Stupid,'"]] but said her favorite was [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow "Crocky Horror Picture Show."]]

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* Creator/SteveIrwin of ''Series/CrocodileHunter'' fame caught a whole lot of flack in 2004 for feeding a crocodile while holding his son Rob. His wife Terri acknowledged the headline, [[UsefulNotes/BeerCommercials [[MediaNotes/BeerCommercials "Steve Irwin: Australian For 'Stupid,'"]] but said her favorite was [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow "Crocky Horror Picture Show."]]
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** Reagan was also fond of collecting RussianHumour jokes that he would tell his American audience at various press conferences, highlighting the dark humor of the USSR's citizens. One of these[[note]]An American tells a Russian that he lives in the freest country country on Earth, saying "I can walk into the White House, pound on the President's desk and tell him, Mr. Reagan, I don't like how you're running your country!". The Russian responds, "Oh, I can do that too". The American asks "You can?" in amazement. "Yes I can", said the Russian. "I can walk into the Kremlin, pound on the Secretary-General's desk and tell him, Mr. Gorbachev, I don't like how President Reagan is running his country!"[[/note]] he told to Secretary Gorbachev, and he actually got a laugh out of the Soviet leader.

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** Reagan was also fond of collecting RussianHumour jokes that he would tell his American audience at various press conferences, highlighting the dark humor of the USSR's citizens. One of these[[note]]An American tells a Russian that he lives in the freest country country on Earth, saying "I can walk into the White House, pound on the President's desk and tell him, Mr. Reagan, I don't like how you're running your country!". The Russian responds, "Oh, I can do that too". The American asks "You can?" in amazement. "Yes I can", said the Russian. "I can walk into the Kremlin, pound on the Secretary-General's desk and tell him, Mr. Gorbachev, I don't like how President Reagan is running his country!"[[/note]] he told to Secretary Gorbachev, and he actually got a laugh out of the Soviet leader.
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* Ocasionally some celebrities that were mocked on South Park have laughed on a few occasions. Notably Cesar Millian The Dog Whisperer

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* Ocasionally some celebrities that were mocked on South Park have laughed on a few occasions. Notably Cesar Millian Millan The Dog Whisperer

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