History Main / TwoForOneShow

* ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues''

A sub-division of the ShowWithinAShow, the '''Two For One Show''' effectively gives the viewer... well, two shows for the price of one. That is, the show is relatively evenly split between a fictional ShowWithinAShow and the "real life" stories of the main cast. Such series are typically set in the television media, allowing for "behind the scenes" action to be intercut with the fictional show.

* ''Film/TheBabyOfMacon'' does this in portraying the performance of a Renaissance-era called ''The Baby of Macon,'' but blurs the line between the play and reality so much that you sometimes can't tell where the play ends and reality begins, with rather horrifying results.

* ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'' is framed as the broadcast of a legendary "lost" television series from a decade before, occasionally cutting away to interviews of the "actors" of the ShowWithinAShow providing commentary. The show is a hack vanity piece that belongs the dustbin of history it was pulled from, and all the show's creators gradually reveal themselves to be extremely unsavory.

Additionally, the show within a show needs to be a prominent part of the series rather than a short sequence seen in some episodes (such as the Tool Time segments in ''Series/HomeImprovement'').

** The DVD of ''Film/AMightyWind'' also included a full video of the concert from the last portion of the movie, exactly as it would have been shown on public television. Considering the (unexpected, unless you like old folk songs) quality of the music, and the fact that you're basically watching the same movie from an entirely different vantage point, it's actually pretty cool.

* ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'' was framed as the broadcast of a legendary "lost" show from a decade before, with the [[spoiler:surviving]] "actors" who appeared in the show being interviewed throughout.

* ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' has Mickey Mouse and company running the titular nightclub while screening their cartoons.

* ''Series/GarthMarengisDarkplace'' was framed as the broadcast of a legendary "lost" show from a decade before, with the "actors" who appeared in the show being interviewed throughout.

A sub-division of the ShowWithinAShow, the TwoForOneShow effectively gives the viewer... well, two shows for the price of one. That is, the show is relatively evenly split between a fictional ShowWithinAShow and the "real life" stories of the main cast. Such series are typically set in the television media, allowing for "behind the scenes" action to be intercut with the fictional show.

* EmilieAutumn's Literature/TheAsylumForWaywardVictorianGirls is part Emilie's autobiography, part the fictional story of Emily with an y, told through letters.

* ''Series/TheFamousJettJackson'' would cut from Jett's life to his television show, ''Silverstone''. Artemus, Silverstone's mentor, is only ever known as that because the actor who plays him is so mysterious. The MadeForTVMovie takes this to the logical extreme by having Jett and Silverstone switch places.

* ''TheFamousJettJackson'' would cut from Jett's life to his television show, ''Silverstone''. Artemus, Silverstone's mentor, is only ever known as that because the actor who plays him is so mysterious. The MadeForTVMovie takes this to the logical extreme by having Jett and Silverstone switch places.

* ''ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' includes "behind the scene" sketches of the two main actors talking to each other in wardrobe, in makeup, in a planning session, filming another sketch, etc.

* ''{{Wishbone}}'' was fairly evenly split between Wishbone's real life events and whichever piece of literature he was reading.

* A variation of this is seen in the early-to-mid seasons of ''{{Seinfeld}}'', which would intercut Jerry's stand up comedy routines with the sitcom action. Usually the routines commented on the events in the sitcom portion of the show, but occasionally characters from the sitcom portion would appear in the stand-up crowd sequences. These stand-up sequences were later demoted to bookending each episode and eventually dropped altogether.

This is different from other shows-within-shows in that the show-within-a-show is also treated as "real" entertainment and broadcast as such, so that anyone turning on in the middle of that segment might think that it's a genuine talk show/panel series/light entertainment show etc. This rules out the talk radio sequences in ''{{Frasier}}'', for example, since the viewer is aware that he is looking through a camera that should not actually be in Frasier's studio.

Additionally, the show within a show needs to be a prominent part of the series rather than a short sequence seen in some episodes (such as the Tool Time segments in ''HomeImprovement'').

* The Disney Channel show ''SonnyWithAChance'' would occasionally show skits from the ShowWithinAShow ''So Random!''

* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and its follow-up, ''Series/MuppetsTonight'', were both evenly split between the variety acts of the eponymous shows and the backstage story, with the two affecting each other. Ditto for ''Series/TheJimHensonHour'' and the forthcoming ''Series/TheMuppets''.

* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' and its follow-up, ''Series/MuppetsTonight'', were both evenly split between the variety acts of the eponymous shows and the backstage story, with the two affecting each other.

* ''SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' is an animated talk show whose behind-the-scenes stories would sometimes result in the untimely deaths of the live-action interviewees (who were all playing themselves).
* ''KappaMikey''
* ''AdventuresFromTheBookOfVirtues''

* ''SuperMarioBrosSuperShow''.

* EmilieAutumn's TheAsylumForWaywardVictorianGirls is part Emilie's autobiography, part the fictional story of Emily with an y, told through letters.

* It was originally intended that ''Series/ThirtyRock'' would do this, but this idea was abandoned when it was decided that spending a lot of time on the fictional show would eat up screen time without advancing the plot. The series now focuses almost entirely on behind-the-scenes action with sketches being shown only when they're plot-relevant.

* BritCom ''AnnuallyRetentive'' cuts between the behind-the-scenes work on a panel show with the panel show itself, usually to undermine the chummy demeanour of its host and show how panel show contestants are fed answers and jokes ahead of time.

* ''TheLarrySandersShow'' takes this tack, with backstage plots affecting "onscreen" interviews.

* The video for "Long Road to Ruin" by Foo Fighters started out like this, split between a stereotypical daytime soap opera called ''Long Road to Ruin'' and the lives of the actors therein.

* ''TheMuppetShow'' and its follow-up, ''MuppetsTonight'', were both evenly split between the variety acts of the eponymous shows and the backstage story, with the two affecting each other.