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The longest-running live-action comedy series in history got off the ground with a hundred bucks

29 Behind-the-Scene Stories From Beloved Comedies and Sitcoms

November 23, 2023

If you ever think you need a huge amount of money to get a show made in Hollywood just look at It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The pilot for the show only cost $100, and it’s gone on to become the longest-running live-action comedy series in American television history. More about that and 28 other behind-the-scenes tidbits from beloved comedies and sitcoms below…

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BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS You know who was in on the joke? NASCAR Loveling MALT LIQUON TALLADEGA NIGHTS CRACKED.COM THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBSY We were adamant upfront that our goal wasn't to make fun of NASCAR, says Ferrell. We wanted to have fun with NASCAR. A NASCAR rep says what really stood out to us was that they were going for true and authentic. If you just make it all up, it's not funny. — The Things

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACTS MOST OF THE CAST ACTUALLY SANG IN THE MOVIE. STEP BROTHERS All of the songs performed in the movie were actually performed by the actors themselves. Adam Scott was the only person whose voice had to be replaced by a sional. CRACKED.COM — Consequence & Vulture

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS SUPERBAD A phone-camera -camera shot was all it took to find MCLOVIN CRACKED.co Casting director Alison Jones was jazzed when she saw the shaky pic sent in by Christopher Mintz- Plasse. I found McLovin, she told director Greg Mottola. You could tell he was a kid who probably had seen the inside of a locker. — Longreads

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The story was inspired by the author's daughters CRACKED.COM William Goldman asked his daughters what he should write about and one said a princess and the other said a bride. — EW

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Jerry Seinfeld kept many things from the set. From his character's apartment, he has the couch, blue stools, table, chairs, and the door... complete with every Kramer scuff mark. CRACKED.COM — Esquire

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Wardrobe

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Nearly all the wardrobe was found at THRIFT STORES VITE CRACKED.COM With a crazy-low budget, wardrobe was largely DIY. Napoleon's signature moon boots were twenty years old and borrowed from Jerusha Hess's Uncle Wally. His glasses were a thrift-store find and the prescription played havoc with Heder's eyes. — KUTV

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACTS A DOG BIT RICHARD JENKINS' BUTT. STEP BROTHERS During the fight between Brennan and Dale on the lawn, one of the smaller dogs bit Jenkins' ass and the actor had to get a tetanus shot. CRACKED.COM — Coming Soon

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS Reilly raced with Duvall and Cruise in DAYS OF THUNDER TALLADEGA NIGHTS Wins CRACKED.COM THE BALLAD OF RICKY Bobby NASCAR One of John C. Reilly's first big jobs was on the Tom Cruise racing epic. My only advice to Adam and Will when it came to my Days of Thunder experience, says Reilly, was to tell them to ignore my entire acting performance. — ESPN

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS Forget actors, Linklater wanted REAL MUSICIANS CRACKED.COM Jack Black says the kids were better musicians than he was. It was SO fun to see those kids as real performers, says Mike White. That made the movie feel more authentic as far as musical performances, but I think it also made it more authentic as far as the acting performances. — ViacomCBS

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This Is SiginaL Lap There's a sequel you may have missed. CRACKED.COM The band had an actual reunion concert in London for their 1992 album Break Like the Wind, and a real documentary was made about that show: The Return of Spinal Tap. — This Is Spinal Tap: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts That Walk The Fine Line Between Stupid And Clever

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The Princess Bride

Danny DeVito was first choice for Vizzini CRACKED.COM Wallace Shawn tried to do scenes as DeVito would have but found it impossible as he is inimitable. — EW

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Instead of a sequel, we got a CARTOON out GRACKED.COM Every cast member was back to voice their Dynamite character (It was an immediate yes, says Tina Majorino), but the series lacked the charm of the original. It was canned after only six episodes. — New York Times

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MARSHALL SARAH That's not Mila Kunis's REAL BREASTS H - in the bar photo. SCENES She was actually wearing a bikini top, and the image THE was photoshopped. BEHIND CRACKED.COM — BlackBook Magazine

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES RAILWAY STATION NEIGHB BORHOOD 12358W The Fibonacci sequence The fake Good Place neighborhood's designation is 12358-W, which are the first numbers in the sequence. Michael's apartment on Earth's address is also 12358. Another frequent number used in the show was 322 (Michael's apartment number, for one), representing the Skull and Bones secret society at Yale University. The creators said they added the numbers solely to troll Reddit users. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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MOST OF THE STORYLINES ARE BASED ON THE WRITERS' HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCES CRACKED.COM They took two weeks sharing personal stories and answering questions like, What was your worst drug experience? and Who was your first girlfriend? — Vanity Fair

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This Is SiginaL Lap Fran Drescher brought Bobbi Fleckman to The Nanny. on- CRACKED.COM 13 years after the movie came out, The Nanny aired an episode called The Bobbi Fleckman Story. In a catastrophic failure of the Bechdel test, Drescher played two different women fawning over a rich man. — This Is Spinal Tap: 16 Behind-The-Scenes Facts That Walk The Fine Line Between Stupid And Clever

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS TED LASSO WAS INFLUENCED BY DONALD TRUMP. TED LASSO Sudeikis says Trump's poisonous masculinity made him want to present a different, more wholesome, side of masculinity with Lasso. CRACKED.COM — Indie Wire

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Mike Judge based the film on a couple of god-awful jobs he-once-had.. CRACKED.COM He once spent 8 hour days alphabetizing purchase orders, which required just enough brain power that he wasn't able to daydream or hold a conversation. Also, those TPS reports haunted Judge IRL they're Test Program Sets from an engineering job he had. — Hey, Peter Man: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Office Space

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

MARSHALL SARAH The director watched BLUE CRUSH a gazillion times to get the FORUL surfing scenes right. I Nick Stoller said that he pulled SCENES apart every surfing scene in the U 2002 movie to learn how it's done and edited together. BEHIND CRACKED.COM — Moviemaker

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JOHN C. REILLY WENT ON TOUR AS DEWEY COX. Pants LONG PLAYING :Dianet HIGH FIDELITY Hole in my WALKHHARD Because of the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike, there were no talk shows around to promote the film. The filmmakers got creative and decided to promote the movie with a seven-city tour. CRACKED.COM — EW & The Ringer

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS ROBOCOP SEES community THE FUTURE In the season 2 episode, Aerodynamics of Gender, Annie, Shirley, and Britta teach Abed how to basically be a mean girl. He sees himself as a RoboCop, scanning women to detect their mean level before taking them out, verbally. Hidden in the scans are summaries of future episode plots. CURRENT For instance, with Shirley SYNDPSIS: there's a hint to the Pillows BRITTA, SHIRLEY, AND ANNIE MAKE and Blankets ABED INTO ONE episode, as well OF THE GIRLS. WHICH with the BACKFIRES; as the one Christmas Jeff AND TROY DISCOVER A — Video

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JUDD APATOW WAS SURPRISED PEOPLE THOUGHT JAMES FRANCO WAS HANDSOME CRACKED.COM Apatow described, We thought his mouth was too big for his face and he seemed perfect to be a small-town cool guy who wasn't as cool as he thought he was. — Vanity Fair

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Apatow's directing philosophy? 'NEVER SAY CUT' CRACKED.co Most films shoot between 300,000 and 400,000 feet of film. To encourage improvisation, Apatow would let the cameras roll long after the scripted lines were read. For 40-Year-Old Virgin, Apatow shot more than one million feet of film, prompting the stock provider to buy champagne for the cast. — Movieweb

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Scott Adsit is the voice for Big Hero 6's Baymax. VEL WELC Pete's future isn't as bleak as the show implies. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — IMDb

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE CAST LEARNED HOW TO PLAY THEIR RESPECTIVE INSTRUMENTS. WALK HARD Chris Parnell, Tim Meadows, and Matt Besser all learned how to play their instruments for the movie. Meadows described learning to play the drums as the hardest work I ever did on a movie. CRACKED.COM — IndieWire

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS THE COSBY SHOWJOKE community In season 2's Asian Population Studies, Jeff compliments Shirley's on-off husband Andre on his sweater, to which Andre replies: Thanks. My dad gave it to me. The actor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, played young Theodore Huxtable, son of Cliff Huxtable in The Cosby Show. Cliff Huxtable was known for his colorful sweaters. CRACKED.COM — Video Clip

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Tracy Morgan had to have an emergency kidney transplant ATCA ITCH the Sherri Shepherd was brought in as Tracy's wife to continue his storyline (and create the iconic Queen of Jordan episodes) BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — TV Guide

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The pilot of It's Always Sunny only cost $100 That money went towards the cost of pizza for crew as well as camcorder tapes. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM — LA Times

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