Editing That Was the Week That Was (section)

==Parodies==
[[Cleveland]], Ohio, local personality [[Ghoulardi]] (played by Ernie Anderson), [[horror host|host]] of [[WJW (TV)|WJW]]-TV's ''Shock Theater'' in the 1960s, ran clips of local celebrities and politicians and satirised them in a ''Shock Theater'' segment entitled ''That Was Weak Wasn't It?''<ref name=watsonbook>{{cite book
 |last       = Watson
 |first      = Elena M.
 |title      = Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed
 |publisher  = McFarland & Company
 |year       = 2000
 |location   = Jefferson, North Carolina
 |url       = http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-0940-2
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011709/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-0940-2
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = 28 September 2007
 |isbn       = 978-0786409402
 |access-date = 31 May 2014
}}</ref>

Beginning in 2006, 1812 Productions, an all comedy theatre company in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, has annually performed a stage show called ''This Is the Week That Is''. The variety show style play is written by its small cast with a script that changes nightly over several weeks of performances, and includes improvised comedy, musical parodies, and a versatile cast of performers. The show focuses on politics and news from the preceding year, often taking on local Philadelphia stories as well. In 2019, a documentary, ''In the Field; Conceiving Satire: The Making of This Is The Week That Is'', about the creation of the long-running show was commissioned by the [[American Theatre Wing]] and nominated for a [[Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards|Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award]] for Arts Program/Special.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1812productions.org/this-is-the-week-that-is-american-theatre-wing|title=American Theatre Wing & This Is The Week That Is|website=1812 Productions|language=en-US|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref>