History SubvertedKidsShow / LiveActionTV

* The cast of ''Series/{{Rainbow}}'', a British kid's show, recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcgzKrDYc1M this joke segment]] which was obviously never meant to air.

** In the [[TheNineties 1990s]], there was "Jingleheimer Junction", a show with characters named Umberto Unity (Creator/HoratioSanz), Clara Caring (Creator/AnaGasteyer), and Katie Kindness (episode host Creator/CameronDiaz), [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS all of whom wore sweaters with the letters of their first names]]. When Freddy Friendship (Creator/WillFerrell) joined the cast, they insisted that he be at the front of the line because of the importance of friendship--blissfully unaware of the [[FunWithAcronyms implications]]. [[OnlySaneMan Jingleheimer Joe]] (Creator/TimMeadows) quickly [[OhCrap realizes]] this wasn't exactly a good idea, leading to a running gag of the show [[CurseCutShort cutting]] to a [[WeAreExperiencingTechmicalDifficulties technical difficulties slide]].

** In the [[TheNineties 1990s]], there was "Jingleheimer Junction", a show with Umberto Unity (Creator/HoratioSanz), Katie Kindness (episode host Creator/CameronDiaz), and Clara Caring (Creator/AnaGasteyer), [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS all of whom wore sweaters with the letters of their first names]]. When Freddy Friendship (Creator/WillFerrell) joined the cast, [[OnlySaneMan Jingleheimer Joe]] (Creator/TimMeadows) had a ''major'' OhCrap moment, while '''F'''reddy, '''U'''mberto, '''C'''lara, and '''K'''atie all remained blissfully unaware, insisting that their new friend should be at the front, as Friendship is the ''most'' important!

** Their Disney Princess sketch starts off as your standard Disney song, but then it's revealed that she's in South Central LA, running into bums, tranny hookers, and gangbangers, before going to a movie set to shoot "Snow White and the Seven Positions".

** From the [[TheEighties 1980s]], Eddie Murphy played a drinking, smoking, cynical WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} ([[{{Catchphrase}} "I'm Gumby, dammit!"]]) and Mr. Robinson, an inner-city take on [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]] ("Here's how we answer the door in ''my'' neighbourhood, children... ''[[MoodWhiplash WHATCHU WANT?!]]''").
** In the [[TheNineties 1990s]], there was "Jingleheimer Junction", a show with Umberto Unity (Creator/HoratioSanz), Katie Kindness (episode host Creator/CameronDiaz), and Clara Caring (Creator/AnaGasteyer), all of whom wore sweaters with the letters of their first names. When Freddy Friendship (Creator/WillFerrell) joined the cast, [[OnlySaneMan Jingleheimer Joe]] (Creator/TimMeadows) had a ''major'' OhCrap moment, while '''F'''reddy, '''U'''mberto, '''C'''lara, and '''K'''atie all remained blissfully unaware, insisting that their new friend should be at the front, as Friendship is the ''most'' important!
** The Season 24 episode hosted by John Goodman had "The Happy Smile Patrol," which repeated news reports of the actors and actresses from the show involved in violent, horrific acts interrupting the broadcast.

** The [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] brought [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70XfCz4IhfY "The Fun Friends Club"]], a one-off sketch on the Season 28 (2002-2003 season) episode hosted by Ray Liotta where one of the cast members of a ''Series/BarneyAndFriends''-esque TV show [[ShesAllGrownUp has grown boobs]] during her hiatus and the director (and the actor in the Barney-esque costume) trying to do the show despite the actress's breasts bouncing and the ensuing AccidentalInnuendo.
** Season 34 had, in the Seth Rogen-hosted episode, a parody of ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' in which their bus hits and kills a guy. When a cop (Kenan Thompson playing 1970s comic Nipsey Russell) pulls them over to question them, Zoot shoots him!
** The second time James Franco hosted (during 2009-2010's Season 35) had an ''SNL'' Digital Short featuring Franco as the special guest star on a children's show called ''The Tizzle Wizzle Show'' where the kid actors dance around in pyjamas. [[spoiler: It turns sinister when the knives and pills are handed out and the show ends with Franco as the sole survivor of a dangerous murder-suicide game]].

* ''Series/SaulOfTheMoleMen'', which pastiches Sid and Marty Krofft shows of the '70s such as ''Series/LandOfTheLost'' and somehow borrows heavily from/straight-out parodies the short-lived 70s {{toku}} ''Dengeki! Strada 5''.

** In the [[TheNineties 1990s]], there was "Jingleheimer Junction", a show with Umberto Unity (Creator/HoratioSanz), Katie Kindness (episode host Creator/CameronDiaz), and Clara Caring (Creator/AnaGasteyer), all of whom wore sweaters with the letters of their first names. When Freddy Friendship (Creator/WillFerrell) joined the cast, [[OnlySaneMan Jingleheimer Joe]] (Creator/TimMeadows) had a ''major'' OhCrap moment, while '''F'''reddy, '''U'''mberto, '''C'''lara, and '''K'''atie all remained blissfully unaware, insisting that their new friend should be at the front.