History Main / LookMaIAmOnTV

* In ''The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show'', during the first shot of the control room, Fozzie looks to the camera and says, "Hi, mom."
* Both ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' and ''Series/RaisingHope'' have an [[ShowWithinAShow InsideProbe]] episode featuring the main cast of their respective series. Earl also has an episode of ''Series/COPS'' (fittingly called “Our COPS Is On!”) that has the main characters treated like hometown celebrities

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS7E134SpongebobsLastStand Spongebob's Last Stand"]]. One Bikini Bottomite overdoes it while the news reporter is not amused.

-->'''Bill''': Hi Mom, hi Dad. Hey Dr. Slieen. [[=SpongeBob=] is seen running away from jellyfish in the background] Hey Jennifer, hey Sally, hey Francis, hey Mable, hey Julie, hey Abigail.

Many people believe that simply getting exposed to the world of television will make them instantly popular, even if they are a {{Geek}} with no friends. For people who do manage to get themselves exposed in the local news or something similar, it only lasts very briefly, usually in seconds. This is where the old saying "15 minutes/seconds of fame" comes into play. People who do get themselves exposed to the world will usually either say hello to their mother or do something extremely stupid or moronic to make their short exposure much more glamorous; they think people will remember them for a long time, when in fact people will quickly forget them and move on. If this happens, the person may sometimes try to bug people into remembering that he or she was on TV.

* ''WesternAnimation/TwiceUponATime'': Rod Rescueman shouts this when he sees himself on Ibor's screen, just before Ibor knocks him out.

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* An [[QuickDrawMcGraw Augie Doggie]] cartoon had Augie bragging to a friend that Doggie Daddy was a TV star. Owning up to it, Augie films Doggie Daddy in various and unsuccessful feats of daring with the idea of getting a TV station to show it. At the end, Doggie Daddy is not only ''on'' TV, he's ''in'' the TV.

-->'''Bill''': Hi Mom, hi Dad. Hey Dr. Slieen. [SpongeBob is seen running away from jellyfish in the background] Hey Jennifer, hey Sally, hey Francis, hey Mable, hey Julie, hey Abigail.

* ''Website/FundiesSayTheDarndestThings'': Usually inverted in that the fundies say things over news reels or get quoted on news websites only to appear on the site afterwards. However, there was the case of Xiao-Feng-Fury (see RoguesGallery), who made national news over her [[http://www.christianpost.com/news/macys-fires-christian-worker-for-not-allowing-transgender-in-womens-fitting-room-64237/ Macy's incident]].

* An [[QuickDrawMcGraw Augie Doggie]] cartoon had Augie bragging to a friend that Doddie Daddy was a TV star. Owning up to it, Augie films Doggie Daddy in various and unsuccessful feats of daring with the idea of getting a TV station to show it. At the end, Doggie Daddy is not only ''on'' TV, he's ''in'' the TV.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' where Chris is interviewed by the local news. He asks to say hello to his mother, Lois. He does so while turning away from the camera and saying hello to his mother who is only a few feet away from him.
* Of course this happens all the time in RealLife, much to the dismay of the local news reporter on scene. Most people who see a news reporter in the street will usually pass by in the distance waving their arms or making silly faces. Other people may try this closer to the camera.
** There was one occasion where (off camera) a reporter attacked or shoved some people interfering with their news report who were hovering on top of the reporter.
* In one episode of ''{{Series/Dinosaurs}}'', there's a TV report about a meteor about to fall on the Sinclair home. Earl and the kids look out the window and wave at the camera as the meteor plummets towards them.
* ''[[Series.DeadRingers Dead Ringers]]'' once had a sketch where John Prescott does this.

* One sketch in ''Series/MrShow'' has a news crew reporting on a roller coaster that's killing people, to the point where [[RefugeInAudacity people are leaving town and boarding up their doors to try to get away from the roller coaster]]. Naturally, when the news crew is reporting from the line, all those people are there and waving at the camera.

* From ''Sonic Adventure 2 (in 4 minutes)'': "I told you, my name is SHADOW! *sees camera* Hey I'm on TV! *waving* Hi, mom!"
* ''[[SeriousSam Look ma, I'm a lumberjack!]]''

* ''CrankHighVoltage'' had a guy flaunt Eve's panties to the camera.

* ThePowerpuffGirls comic book story "Drama-O-Rama" (DC Comics, issue #48) has Sedusa staging a reality TV show throughout Townsville, knowing that everybody--even the girls--will be mugging for the cameras so much that she'll be able to rob Townsville blind.
* NFL Films compiled a montage of players doing this, set to music ... the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP1ZtcH5RQM Hi Mom Aria]].

* In one episode of ''{{Dinosaurs}}'', there's a TV report about a meteor about to fall on the Sinclair home. Earl and the kids look out the window and wave at the camera as the meteor plummets towards them.

* Parodied in ''FamilyGuy'' where Chris is interviewed by the local news. He asks to say hello to his mother, Lois. He does so while turning away from the camera and saying hello to his mother who is only a few feet away from him.

* Mike Teevee, the TV junkie from Roald Dahl's ''CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.

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* One sketch in ''MrShow'' has a news crew reporting on a roller coaster that's killing people, to the point where [[RefugeInAudacity people are leaving town and boarding up their doors to try to get away from the roller coaster]]. Naturally, when the news crew is reporting from the line, all those people are there and waving at the camera.

* ''[[Film/{{Crank}} Crank 2: High Voltage]]'' had a guy flaunt Eve's panties to the camera.
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* One episode of ''JigokuShoujo'' had a man tracking down and murdering a bunch of people who did this during a news report talking about the death of his wife and son in an accident.

* [[Film/{{Crank}} Crank 2: High Voltage]] had a guy flaunt Eve's panties to the camera.

* Mike Teevee, the TV junkie from Roald Dahl's ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''.

* Marco in {{Animorphs}} uses this trope at one point to let an Andalite general know that the entire Andalite civilian population is watching their conversation before the general has time to say anything in front of them that he won't be able to take back. As an unfortunate consequence, humanity's first direct words to the larger universe are, "Hey, everybody! Howard Stern rules! Yah!"

* [[{{Crank}} Crank 2: High Voltage]] had a guy flaunt Eve's panties to the camera.

* ''DeadRingers'' once had a sketch where John Prescott does this!