The Greatest Event in Television History is a series of specials aired on [adult swim], each co-starring Adam Scott, recreating a famous '80s television series opening credits scene accompanied with a Mockumentary about the making of the opening.
The Greatest Event inTelevision History provides examples of:
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The Greatest Event in Television History Overall Tropes
- Butt-Monkey: The fictionalized Adam Scott.
- Mockumentary
- Precision F-Strike: Jeff Probst gets a few of these moments in the later episodes.
- Prima Donna Director: Paul Rudd for Simon and Simon, Jason Mantzoukas for Too Close for Comfort.
- Running Gag: In each installment a tall man is asked whether the current project will be the greatest event in television history. The answer is always 'no'.
Simon and Simon
- As Himself: Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Paul Rudd, Gus Van Sant
- Bus Crash: Jon Hamm (In Universe) dies during shooting.
- The Host/The Narrator: Jeff Probst
- Mockumentary
Hart to Hart
Too Close For Comfort
- And the Adventure Continues: At the end of the original airing [adult swim] ran this series of bumpers.You have just witnessed/The Greatest Event In Television History/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]/[adult swim]
- Artifact Title: 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.
- As Himself: Adam Scott
- The Bus Came Back: Jon Hamm returns as a ghost after dying in the first episode.
- Catchphrase: "We got the shot!"
- Cloudcuckoolander: Catherine O'Hara
- The Host/The Narrator: Jeff Probst
- Mockumentary
- Multiboobage: Convinced that the shoot is actually the next Star Wars movie, Catherine O'Hara wants to play a character with six pairs of breasts.
- Series Continuity Error: In this episode Adam claims he has a problem sitting. In the Hart to Hart 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.
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: Said word for word before the Couch Flip shot.
Bosom Buddies
- As Himself: Adam Scott, Paul Rudd, Billy Joel, Tom Hanks
- The Bus Came Back: After angrily quitting as director in the first episode, Paul Rudd is back as Adam Scott's co-star.
- Notable Commercial Campaigns: For the original broadcast, Burger King ran commercials titled The Greatest Meal Ever Served.
- Remake Cameo: Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari
