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Tropedia Hilarious in Hindsight/Live Action TV

Mystery Science Theater 3000
•In episode 820, Space Mutiny (which everyone needs to see simply for the list of nicknames for the beefcake star), Crow makes an offhand comment about an online encyclopedia: "Wow, 26 pages on Gwen Stefani alone!" This was four years before the launch of Wikipedia, which currently has at least 15 pages directly related to her, as well as a Wikicommons and Wikiquote entry. The same movie had Mike riffing on one of the many '80s-refugee extras with the line "What have you got for me, Rick Astley?"
•Joel sings "Never Gonna Give You Up" when an Astley-esque character appeared on screen in 418 (Attack of the Eye Creatures). Yes, rickrolling a movie!
Not the only time they've done that joke. In Eegah, a young man in a suit with his hair cut exactly like Astley's inspires Tom to sing the first line of the chorus from "Together Forever".

Funny Aneurysm Moment is the opposite of Hilarious in Hindsight

Tropedia Funny Aneurysm Moment/Live Action TV

Seinfeld
•The episode "The Blood" features Elaine's friend Vivian, who is having health problems and wants Elaine to look after her son if she dies. Vivian was played by actress Kellie Waymire, who later died at age 35 of a heart condition.
•Despite its status as THE classic Seinfeld episode, it's hard to watch "The Contest" and not wince a bit during the John F. Kennedy Jr-related parts following his fatal plane crash.
•There was an episode where Kramer had a black girlfriend, and at the end of the episode, he shows up at her apartment with a very thorough tan, prompting her father to say "I don't see no white boy, I see a damn fool!" Michael Richards (the actor famous for playing Kramer) actually would anger people with racist implications of his stand-up at the Laugh Factory in 2005.
•One episode filmed roughly a year prior to the OJ Simpson murders had Elaine trying to get her latest boyfriend to change his name from Joel Rifkin because that was the name of a notorious murderer. She goes through a list of suggested new names....including OJ.
•Note that it wasn't just a random name; she was pulling names from a sports magazine. And she practically begged him to pick OJ.
•Another episode in season 8 opens with Jerry and George discussing prison grooming habits and noting how fascinating they find life incarcerated. Kind of hard to watch in retrospect.
•An episode where Uncle Leo is believed to have died in an explosion becomes harder to watch after Len Lesser's death.
•Same with "The Diplomat Club", when Ian Abercrombie's character thinks Elaine tries to kill him.
•In "The Slicer", Kramer pretends to be a doctor who examines George's boss, Mr. Kruger. Kramer tells George something along the lines of "Kruger's life is on the line". Recently, Daniel von Bargen (the actor who played Mr Kruger) shot himself in the temple, really putting his life on the line.

Tropedia Degrassi/YMMV

•Funny Aneurysm Moment Degrassi: In season 1, Jimmy takes Spinner's Ritalin as a performance-enhancing drug. While on it, he breaks Sean's leg. In season 4, Jimmy is shot by Rick (and loses the use of his legs), who is then shot (fatally) by Sean.

TV Tropes YMMV Homepage
•On TV Tropes, a YMMV page (Your Mileage May Vary) is a section dedicated to subjective opinions and varying viewpoints about a particular work, rather than objective analysis or consensus. These pages acknowledge that not everyone will have the same experience or opinion about a work and allow users to express their personal feelings and reactions.