Air shows, and other big shows such as agricultural shows, on grassy land, are vulnerable to continued heavy rain waterlogging the ground, and making the cloudbase too low for flying, forcing cancellation, or the show ending early, costing much money for the show's organizers, as people and parking cars have difficulty moving about and turn the land into a morass, and the organizers may be tempted to put straw or cinders down to make movement easier, and the owner of the land cannot accept the resulting damage.

The show's production team was tested when many core cast members left the programme in the early 1970s.

However, aside from short bumpers which animated existing " Spy vs. Spy " and Don Martin cartoons during the show's early years, there was no editorial or stylistic connection between the TV show and the magazine.

Early episodes of Dark Shadows were rerun on PBS stations in the early 1970s after the show's cancellation, and the entire series ( except the single missing episode ) was rerun on the SciFi Channel in the 1990s.

An early screenplay draft called for the Defiant to be destroyed, but Deep Space Nine executive producer Ira Steven Behr objected to the destruction of his show's ship and so the idea was dropped.

The early 1990s cult hit Twin Peaks is seen as a major influence on the show's dark atmosphere and its often surreal blend of drama and irony.

While many networks followed the show's success by scheduling other cartoons in the early 1960s, including Scooby-Doo, Where Are You !, The Jetsons, Top Cat, and The Alvin Show, none of these programs survived more than a year ( save Scooby-Doo, which, despite not being a primetime cartoon, has managed to stay afloat for over four decades ).

Most of the show's 26 episodes from series 1-3 that were videotaped in black and white and broadcast 1965-68 no longer exist ; they were wiped by the BBC during the late 1960s and early ' 70s.

The show's popularity by early 1998 was evident to the cast members, and Hannigan remarked on her surprise specifically.

According to Shatner, early Star Trek reviews called his performance " wooden ", with most of the show's acting praise and media interest going to Nimoy.

The show's ratings significantly decreased in the early 1990s, resulting from changes in children's viewing habits and in the television marketplace.

Head Start director Edward Zigler was probably Sesame Streets most vocal critic in the show's early years.

This feature of the show was also introduced during its first season in 1979 and continued until the end of the series in 1990, with the lockers themselves undergoing a few minor physical makeovers during the show's early years.

Brand was an early board member for the show's non-profit production company, Children's Television Workshop.

Some viewers, however, saw Oscar as a " surrogate for poor, urban Americans " during the show's early seasons.

This early incarnation of the show is notable as being the origin of the show's tradition of having the performers read the credits in an amusing style ; as it was a radio show, it was necessary for somebody to read the credits, and it was decided that it might as well be done as part of the programme proper, rather than being done by a traditional BBC Radio announcer.

The show's mixed media format stood out from the rest of the Disney Channel's programming of the time and, in essence, became the channel's flagship and definitive show of the early 2000s ( decade ).

In January 2010 the BBC screened the show's pilot programme ( seen in colour for the first time since the early 1970s ) alongside several tribute shows to the late actors who appeared in the series with BBC2 dedicating an entire night to the show.

Despite " ambushing " Rukeyser, the show's trend of losing viewers continued as the show floundered on without Rukeyser's trusted presence and was terminated in early 2005.

However, Barron proved ill at ease in the moderator's seat, so both Fred Davis and panelist Alex Barris rotated as guest hosts in the early part of the fall before Davis was chosen to take over as host full-time ( a position he retained for the rest of the show's run ), though Barris continued to appear as a guest panelist occasionally.

Farley and Chris Rock were introduced as two of the show's new cast members in early 1990.

She exited the role of Whitney on September 6, 2007, the second to last day the show aired on NBC but returned for the show's finale episodes briefly from Mid-July 2008 to early August 2008 in a guest appearance.

SCTV was offered a slot on early Sunday evenings by NBC, but because they would have had to alter the show's content to appeal to " family " audiences ( per a 1975 amendment to the Prime Time Access Rule ) as well as face CBS ' dominant 60 Minutes, the producers declined.

A frequent backdrop for the show's early scenes was a restaurant called the Ho-Hi-Ho.

Bob Ley also began anchoring early in the show's history and still regularly appears on the Sunday morning SportsCenter in addition to hosting Outside the Lines.

YCDTOTV has been occasionally referenced on Robot Chicken, including some of the show's trademark gags, such as locker jokes, Barth's Burgery, and green slime.

The show's writers usually supplied the jokes.

In season four, the show's scripts called for the character Carol Seaver to be the brunt of fat jokes from her television brothers.

The Chicken Cannon became a popular segment early in the TV show's run, but kept being used every episode for years, becoming predictable and often repeating the same jokes.

One of the show's running jokes which occurred in virtually every episode, was that at some point, one of the comedians would insult Quinn over what he was wearing.

One of the show's running jokes involves cast members explaining that " it's free to get in, but you have to pay to leave.

The show's format is similar to that of other late-night shows, Robin makes jokes about recent news, shows sketches, and talks to a guest in the studio.

The show's staff and writers occasionally make jokes about Daniel's frequent " deaths " on the show.

As the show's producer and star, Bruce Campbell had an opportunity to use many one-liner jokes for which he is known.

The show's debut on June 15, 2009 made national headlines due to the tension-filled banter between Buck and guest Artie Lange, a comedian from The Howard Stern Show, who made several outrageous jokes at Buck's expense.

Parfitt performed with the rest of Status Quo on the show ( all of whom were constantly plagued by the show's trademark practical jokes during their performance ), and presenter Chris Tarrant alleged that during a broadcast of the show in the early 1980s, Parfitt was smoking cannabis on live children's television.

Blackman kept up a near-constant stream of jokes and remarks, and he also provided the voice of the show's many invented characters ; some were merely voiced, while others were seen in various forms, including " Mrs McGillicuddy " ( a stock photo of a toothless old woman ), " Angel " ( a Barbie doll dressed as an angel and Chroma keyed into the scene ), " Norman Neumann " a talking Neumann boom microphone, " The Man From Jupiter " and the character that became an icon of the show, cheeky " schoolboy " Dickie Knee ( a ball with a school cap and wig, stuck on a stick ) who would pop up in front of Daryl ( operated by a stage hand ) and make rude remarks.

Bookman was often the brunt of fat jokes via the show's main character " J. J. Evans " ( Jimmie Walker ).

However, irony was often used, even though the citing of irony as an excuse was mocked by the show's stars in one of many self-referential jokes.

Members of the band have participated in skits on Late Night, particularly fedoraed LaBamba — who rarely speaks on air and is often the punchline of O ' Brien's jokes — and bald, bespectacled Mark Pender, who will often sing a tribute to one of the show's guests only to invariably launch into hysterical shrieking as he climbs the scaffolding of the studio's seating area.

Bullwinkle was noted for being well-meaning, but also quite dim-witted, which made for a source of jokes during the show's run.

Idle speaks bitterly about these conditions now but his attempts to overcome them formed the basis of a lot of the show's jokes.

Todd VanDerWerff of Slant Magazine named the episode the show's fifth best, stating " while there are a lot of funny jokes in this episode ( including Homer's fingers that are too fat to dial ), the best thing about it is the sight of Homer, weighing well over 300 pounds, dressed in a muumuu and a ' fat guy hat.

The Rover Hendrix joke has been described by the show's writers as one of the worst jokes in Simpsons history

The political jokes were more rampant than in the show's predecessor.

" Similarly, a 1994 review in Game Players said " the designers of this action game took a standard story, plastered the Simpsons faces on boring characters, then threw in some of the show's running jokes.

MacFarlane believed the show's three year hiatus was beneficial because animated shows do not normally have hiatuses, and towards the end of their seasons "... you see a lot more sex jokes and ( bodily function ) jokes and signs of a fatigued staff that their brains are just fried ".