Breaking character

This is a production article, and therefore is entirely META.

Breaking character is when the veil lifts, and the absurdity of what's happening causes one of the actors in the show to break out laughing. Usually these occur during an Oscar Special, as the live format prevents editing and multiple takes from covering these incidents. However, there are some rare cases it occurs outside of a live special.

List of character breaks

In Podcast Episode 49: "Atlas Shrugged", a portion is accidentally left in the record of Gregg bursting out laughing during his complaints about Tim's talking about politics and Goldline.
In S3E05, Tim can be heard and seen stifling a laugh while Gregg reviews Smurfs 2. (1:57)
Second Oscar Special:
- Tim and Gregg can be seen and heard giggling throughout the Oscar Memory Lane tribute. (1:07:55)
- Gregg, Tim, and Mark crack up during the Sally Kellerman interview when Gregg brings up the Star Trek/San Francisco debate. (1:23:47)
In the Fourth Oscar Special, Gregg cracks up while talking about one of his VHS tapes. (31:10)
Gregg stifles a laugh in the Our Cinema Oscar Special after the whiteboard stand falls, and Mark goes to pick it up. Some of the crew can be heard laughing as well. (18:13)
At the end of the Fifth Oscar Special, Tim loses it while yelling at the crew to turn off the alien music and sound effects. (2:18:05)