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[[File:FREDSANFeORD.jpg|link=Sanford and Son|frame|It sure was. <ref>Redd Foxx died of a heart attack. [[Author Existence Failure|And it was right in the middle of]] [[Fatal Method Acting|filming another television show, no less.]]</ref>]]
Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]s in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* The [[Trope Namer]] from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': In early season four, Buffy is commenting on how her mother would react to the price of her text-books, stating flippantly, "I hope it's a ''funny'' aneurysm." Next season, her mother has a brain tumor removed, and later suddenly dies of a side-effect of surgery: an aneurysm.
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** The final sketch on the season 19 finale hosted by Heather Locklear where Phil Hartman sings a lullaby to Chris Farley. It was meant to be sweet and signal the end of the season, but with both Farley and Hartman dead, it's now too depressing to watch.
** On the season 11 premiere hosted by Madonna, there was a cold opening where then-[[NBC]] executive Brandon Tartikoff announces that he's subjecting the 1985-1986 season cast to mandatory urine tests for drugs (this sketch was later [[Edited for Syndication]], as the censors in the 1980s thought that the idea of urine testing was [[Values Dissonance|too taboo for late-night TV at the time]] -- [[Hypocritical Humor|never mind that ''SNL'' is supposed to be the vanguard of edgy, late-night TV humor]]). One of the cast members during the 11th season was a 20-year-old Robert Downey, Jr., who would later spend all of the 1990s being more well-known for his drug abuse and arrests than his movies (though it was [[A Scanner Darkly|playing]] [[Iron Man (film)|addicts]] that gave Downey a [[Career Resurrection]] in the 2000s. Go figure).
** When Phil Hartman came back to host for the second time (in season 22 -- the 1996-1997 season), he says in his monologue that he bought his family's affection with the money he makes from being on "[[News Radio]]" and "[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]." Apparently, it didn't work, when you consider what happened to Hartman a few months after he hosted.
*** In May of 1993, during an episode hosted by John Goodman, there was a sketch that ended with a preview for a fake COPS show taking place in Little Rock, AR. This ends up being a scene of the Clintons (played by Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks) where Bill was being abused by Hilary. This alone is cringeworthy given that it seemed as if Phil was in an abusive relationship in real life, but the kicker was when one of the cops (played by Kevin Nealon) said something along the lines of "She's gonna keep doing this. And one day, she's going to kill you" So yeah...
** In 1991, ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' aired a episode called ''Permanent Wave'' which focuses on the recent murder of a off-screen character. And guess what? The victim's name is Phil Hartman.
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** Back in the early 80s, there was a show hosted by [[Drew Barrymore]] - fresh from ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'' and ''[[Firestarter]]'', all smiles and curls, and seven years old (making Barrymore the youngest host ''SNL'' has ever had, beating out [[Jodie Foster]], who was 14 when she hosted in 1976) - who finished her monologue by asking for a drink. "After all," she declared with a broad wink, "I ''am'' a Barrymore." Her family legacy of alcoholism and self-destructive behavior ''would'' catch up with her for real, and in a big (bad) way, not long after. Subverted in that there is a happy ending to all of this: Drew Barrymore did manage to climb out of the same pit of drugs and despair as her ancestors did and has come back to host a few more times, now becoming ''SNL'''s most frequent female host as of October 2009.
** When [[Betty White]] hosted ''SNL'' on season 35, she states that [[Facebook]] is a waste of time for people her age because if she wants to talk to old friends, she wouldn't use a social network site; she'd use a Ouija board. Less than a month later, Rue McClanahan died, and White became the last living [[The Golden Girls|Golden Girl]].
** A commercial parody featuring advertised a drug called [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101181357/http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a336d13e14/homocil-commercial-from-nino Homocil] for parents ashamed of their children's homosexuality. Playing the father of an effeminate boy who liked to cook, a worried looking Tracy Morgan popped several of the pills chased with a swig of beer. Pretty funny, until June 2011, when Tracy Morgan was criticized for comments that he would stab his son to death if he were effeminate, among other inflammatory remarks about gay people.
** When Chris Farley hosted in 1997, both the cold opening and the monologue was about Chris Farley being unreliable, on account of his drug-problem, but Tim Meadows and Chevy Chase, who is his sponsor in this sketch, both vouch for him and Lorne reluctantly allows Farley to host the show, if Chris Rock promises to stand by, in case Farley screws up. It is not as fun, when you realise that Chris Farley died of a massive overdose a little less than two months later, and that Lorne really did have Chris Rock in the studio all week, in case something went wrong with Farley. Rock had a back-up monologue and a few sketches ready, should it become necessary.
** On the December 3rd, 2011 episode, "The Miley Cyrus Show" sketch had Maya Rudolph impersonate Whitney Houston. She is supposed to be convincing Miley Cyrus to stop smoking weed, but instead makes jokes about weed barely being a drug at all, talking about how minor is is compared to all the other drugs she's done. About two months later, she drowned in a bathtub due to the drugs present in her system, which included cocaine and marijuana. Cringe worthy indeed.
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* Back in season 3 of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'', when Rodney was blasted by some weird Ancient technology and worrying about the effects it could have on him, Elizabeth jokingly asked Dr. Beckett, "What are the chances it could make him more pleasant?" Then, in season 5, Rodney contracts a brain parasite whose effects are to take away his memory, drastically reduce his intelligence, and ''make him much friendlier''.
* In ''[[Stargate SG-1]],'' one of the wacky, self-referential [[Milestone Celebration]] episodes had Martin Lloyd mention that it had been suggested that he go with a younger, hipper version of his fictionalized SG-1 for the movie he was making. We get an [[Imagine Spot]] to a hilarious soap-operatic version of Stargate, with Teal'c as [[The Pornomancer]], people stopping to randomly make out during scenes when they really shouldn't, and Vala randomly telling Daniel she's pregnant. Then all other [[Stargate Verse]] projects are flushed in favor of ''[[Stargate Universe]],'' which... seems like they used that scene as a blueprint for a new series without realizing it was supposed to be a joke. Now that SGU has failed (it lasted less than two seasons before its unceremonious cancellation), ''all'' other Stargate projects are [[Franchise Killer|on indefinite hiatus]]. Suddenly, ''200'' isn't nearly as funny as it was when it came out.
* ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'': The episode "The Message" has this exchange that isn't so amusing after [[The Movie]]:
{{quote|'''Jayne''': You'll read over me when it's my time to shuffle off, won't you preacher?
'''Book''': Oh, I'm sure you'll outlive us all. }}
** Another ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' example - in the pilot, when the federal agent falls apart early on in Jayne's interrogation of him, Jayne laments "I was going to get me an ear, too," while playing with his knife. Later on in the series, {{spoiler|Niska's interrogator cuts off Mal's ear with a knife as "compensation" for Zoe}}.
** The scene in "Shindig" where Wash jokes about reading a poem at Zoe's funeral. It's a genuinely sweet and funny scene, {{spoiler|until Wash ends up dying in the Big Damn Movie. }}
** The part in "Heart of Gold" where Zoe and Wash are talking about having a child, and Zoe says, "I want to meet that child someday." Cue tears.
*** Zoe ''is'' [[Someone to Remember Him By|pregnant]] at the end of [[The Movie]], as shown in the comic "Float Out".
** The still flying scene at the end of the (originally unaired) Pilot is slightly depressing now that the show has been canceled.
*** Of course, this could alternatively be seen as [[Heartwarming in Hindsight]], because even if they don't make new episodes, this show [[
{{quote|"I'm thinking we'll rise again" (The Train Job)}}
* D'Argo jokes in ''[[Farscape]]'' that he hopes his half-Sebacean son has grown to have "his mother's nose." His son is later revealed to have mutilated his own nose to look less like his father's out of shame at being a hybrid.
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** An even "better" example is the episode in which Jeff, for reasons of typical Jeff-ness, has ended up pretending that his girlfriend is dead. A great episode is horribly dampened when you realise that Lou Gish, the actress playing said girlfriend, died prematurely from terminal cancer a few years ago. ''Especially'' when, all flu-ed up, she says to Jeff "don't mind me ... I'm dead."
* A while ago, there was a reality show called ''Murder in Small Town X''. The game was ultimately won by Angel Juarbe, a New York firefighter. The ''MiSTX'' finale airdate? September 4, 2001. Angel died in the attacks one week later.
* Lots of the early ''[[
** Hawkeye also reassures him at one point that he'll die an old man in his bed. [[McLeaned|Ouch.]]
** Let's not forget the superbly hilarious early episode, "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts", in which Hawkeye attempts to fake insanity to get some rest away from the camp. A few years later (in real time it was more like 13, but to Hawkeye that's probably more what it felt like), {{spoiler|Hawkeye is sent to an institution after plowing a jeep through the mess tent.}}
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** Actually, nearly everybody dies of cardiac arrest, it's the cause of the cardiac arrest that's usually listed as "cause of death." Emergency medicine is centered around correcting the cause of the cardiac arrest before it becomes irreversible.
** Since it was done infomercial style, it hit again as it was aired a day before Billy Mays' death.
** Another incident, shared with its sister series ''[[The Daily Show]]'', followed reports that journalist Robert Novak hit a man with his car in slow-moving traffic, dislocating the man's shoulder, and was completely unaware of it until witnesses approached him after. Both shows used the opportunities to mock Novak's age (77 at the time) as the reason behind his driving and memory loss. The following Monday, it was reported that Novak had been diagnosed over the weekend with a brain tumor, the actual cause of the incident. Jon Stewart responded on-air by apologizing and wishing Novak luck; [https://web.archive.org/web/20130602110942/http://www.nofactzone.net/2008/07/29/episode-4095-07282008/#more-4663 Stephen explained during that night's show] that the news reached him just in time to scrap a planned segment on Novak, and after wishing Novak well, proceeded to fill the remaining time with an [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/177807/july-28-2008/heroic-refusal-to-discuss-robert-novak "improvised" segment,] where he took calls from people thanking him for his courage to not talk about Novak (trust me, it was less offensive than it sounds). Novak died a year later.
* On an early episode of ''[[Pitchmen]]'', Anthony Sullivan is looking over recorded footage of Billy Mays driving for a commercial spot. When remarking on Billy's acting (as it's obvious he's not really driving), Anthony exclaims "It looks like he's about to have a heart attack!" Two months after airing, Billy Mays died of a previously unknown heart condition.
** In a later episode, when Billy Mays was pitching for a life insurance commercial, fellow pitchman Anthony Sullivan quips before filming, "Ok, Billy. Proud father, and loving husband.... I'm reading your obituary." And then....
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** Featured in a few episodes, especially during the ''Film/Theatre/TV styles'' skits, is an innocent mockery of the show ''The Crocodile Hunter''. In September 2006 The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, was killed when a sting ray's barb-covered stinger pierced his heart.
** In several episodes, Wayne Brady would impersonate [[Gary Coleman]] in various skits. Since Coleman's recent death, the jokes just aren't as funny anymore.
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xltRkKDEoKE Hey, I didn't mean to cook your dog.] But hey, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101130001733/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/11/16/2010-11-16_target_hero_dog_who_saved_50_soldiers_in_afghanistan_mistakenly_put_to_death_in_.html these things just happen..."]
* A lot of 1970s sitcoms, like ''[[Mork and Mindy]]'' and ''[[Taxi]]'', feature scenes where characters extol the virtues of O. J. Simpson. The ''Saturday Night Live'' episode he hosted is completely unwatchable now because of this.
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* One episode of ''Wild West Tech'', hosted by David Carradine covered the topic of the Death Penelty; the section on hangings takes on a whole different feel in light of Carradine's death.
* In the first episode of 16th season of ''[[The Amazing Race]]'', the team that finished the leg first won the prize of a trip to Vancouver, including an opportunity to use the Whistler Sliding facility. The episode aired 2 days after an Olympic luge competitor was killed on the track, which was widely decried as being too dangerous.
* A recent episode of ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' put up a disclaimer before one puzzle about "TV Titles" saying that the episode was taped before the recent Late Night feud with Conan and Leno. The answer? {{
* On the last week of ''Late Night With Conan O'Brien'' Nathan Lane sang a version of ''Your Way'' to Conan. The final verse had such lyrics as:
{{quote|Go West! you'll find a place,
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* ''[[Dexter]]''. Shortly after season five ended, actors Michael C Hall and Jennifer Carpenter, who were married in real life but play brother and sister Dexter and Debra on the show, announced their divorce. This adds a new dimension to certain parts of the season five finale, such as Dexter removing his wedding ring, or Debra saying to Dexter "You must be glad now that this is all over".
** Extra funny in light of season 6's [[Squick|ending]].
* ''[[Glee]]''. April gives Kurt alcohol. When Emma questions him about his breath, he stares at her and says: [[Non Sequitur Thud|"Oh, Bambi... I cried so hard when those hunters shot your mommy!"]] before throwing up on her shoes. If you ignore the fact that Kurt is a teenager who really shouldn't be drinking, that line is quite funny... until you
** Holy crap, when I figured that out recently I literally started crying.
** Another moment for poor Kurt. For a good part of Season 2, and especially when he and Blaine [[Relationship Upgrade|finally hooked up]], fans joked about Kurt and Blaine running for Prom King(s)--at least partially because Quinn's obsession with being Prom Queen was getting kind of creepy, and some people thought ''anyone'' would have been better than her. With Kurt's love of tiaras, the idea morphed into Kurt being Prom ''[[Just for Pun|Queen]]''. Come "Prom Queen" airing, Kurt attends the prom as a normal student and has an awesome time until Figgins announces that the Prom King is Karofsky and the Prom Queen, ''who'd won by a landslide'', is... Kurt Hummel. Seeing as Kurt wasn't even running, the only conclusion is that this was a homophobic prank. Cue every single viewer staring in horror at the screen.
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* Any of Lauren Goodger's appearances on ''[[The Only Way Is Essex]]'' qualify as this now given her break-up with Mark, and the fact that she has become something of a media sensation now. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] on a few British football forums.
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