28 Random Bits of TV Trivia We Like to Take Out and Parade Around Now and Then

These’ll do anything to impress your brain
28 Random Bits of TV Trivia We Like to Take Out and Parade Around Now and Then
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These facts have no idea how great they are. They try all these crazy ways of getting your brain to notice them, but we tell them time and time again, “You’re good enough as you are! Your info-packed little TV tidbits are so interesting that any brain on Earth will want you!”

We don’t know what else we can do. We can tell them how amazing they are till we’re blue in the face, but it won’t matter unless they start believing it themselves.

The Langoliers

Stephen King's The Langoliers was an awesome novella... in print. But in the mini-series, the bad acting and drawn-out dialog made it nearly unwatchable. Not to mention, the cartoonish CGI was terrible, even for 1995. It had a B-movie feel all the way to the happy-go-lucky freeze frame at the end. CRACKED.COM

Watchmen

In the Watchmen TV show, a book on the sheriff's desk is a big Easter egg. UNDER THE HOOD He's reading Under the Hood-that's Nite Owl's autobiography, bits of which show up at the end of the original comic book's chapters. CRACKED.COM

Daria

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM DARIA daria Daria has such a specific tone and cult following that it may be surprising that it's a spin-off from, of all things, Beavis and Butt-Head. Daria first appeared on Mike Judge's animated MTV series before becoming a staple on messenger bag pins everywhere. But where's the Cornholio sitcom?

Jeopardy!

Ken Jennings won so many games of Jeopardy that he had to start fabricating anecdotes to tell. CRACKED.COM Superchampion and even- tual host Jennings won so many games during his ini- tial streak that he admitted to fabricating anecdotes just so that he would have something to chat about with Alex Trebek.

Transformers

Transformers could have been Muffy the volkswagen. When Hasbro approached Marvel about creating a story for their new toyline, one of Marvel's pitches was about Muffy (short for Muffler), a transforming VW who hanged out with three kids and their dog. Luckily, Hasbro went with the (slightly) less silly proposal about alien robots. CRACKED.COM

The X-Files

CRACKED.COM The X-Files kept dumping on Gillian Anderson. Fox apparently saw Scully as Mulder's sidekick rather than his partner. For the first few seasons, Anderson was paid less money than David Duchovny, and also made to always walk behind him, never side by side. They tried to underpay her even for the show's revival in 2016.

The Simpsons

A classic Simpsons Olympics episode is based on something that really happened. MILKS In Lisa's First Word, Krusty Burger offers free burgers if the US team wins, and that comes back to bite him. This really happened to McD's in 1984. CRACKED.COM

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES No one wore saturated red in the first season. 200 SKILL AO SALVA DEROT The costume designer revealed that they specifically cut bright red from the wardrobe to hide the fact that the place was actually filled with demons. Quite a bit of redheads, though. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

Breaking Bad

We have Breaking Bad because Vince Gilligan hadn't heard of Weeds when he pitched it. Br 35 eaking 2018 wa Ba d и - weeds If he had, his idea would have felt too much like Weeds and he wouldn't have bothered, he says. CRACKED.COM

Paul Rudd

Recurring at Late Night Paul Rudd shows clips from Mac and Me. Rudd's appearances on Conan's shows involve showing the same clip from the 1988 E.T. rip- off. A spoof on actors promoting their work, it first aired on February 6, 2004, where he said he brought a clip of the Friends finale. CRACKED

Phil Hartman

CRACKED PHIL HARTMAN: THE LITTLE AUDIENCE MEMBER WHO COULD. In attendance at a Groundlings improv show, Hartman jumped on stage during intermission. The cast heard the laughs, asked him to join, and he became a regular for 11 years before joining SNL.

The Cavemen Series

CRACKED CAVEMEN: FROM GEICO AD TO FAILED SITCOM. Geico's original so easy a caveman could do it ads were pretty funny, but did not warrant their own show. The ABC sitcom only lasted 6 episodes and was dubbed one of the worst sitcoms of all time.

Pokemon Inspiration

BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS THE SERIES WAS INSPIRED BY BUG COLLECTING. GRAGKED.COM As a child, Pokémon's creator Satoshi Tajiri was so enamored by bug collecting he wanted to become an entomologist, before ultimately finding his love of video games. The idea behind the Pokémon games is a marriage of these two loves.

The Office

ITunes basically saved The Office. Month College In the first week TV shows became available on iTunes, four of the five most popular NBC TV episodes were from The Office, which let NBC know how popular the show was among young, well-off, tech-savvy viewers s - a super-valuable audience. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Good Place (Again)

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The real philosophers In the series finale, modern philosopher Todd May and UCLA professor Pamela Hieronymi make appearances as Chidi's students.They were both consultants on the show. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

CRACKED.COM Game of Thrones MARGAERY TYRELL Unlike the show's scheming vamp and Cersei's rival, Margaery is a very minor character in George R. R. Martin's books, and we have yet to learn anything about what she thinks or wants.

Ally McBeal

CRACKED.COM In Season 4 of ALLY McBEAL Ally was going to marry her boyfriend Larry, played by Robert Downey Jr. But just before the wedding episode was shot, RDJ went and got busted for drugs. Не was swiftly shown the door, and Ally remained unmarried.

Honor Society

Forgotten Rom-Coms 2022 Honor Society An honor student named Honor (get it?) honeypots the only nerd able to ruin her Harvard chances. You won't really guess what happens next - and indeed, the cynical third- act switcheroo might have hurt this flick's chances of actually making a mark. Still, there's the glimmering of an adorable rom-com struggling to get out there somewhere. CRACKED.COM

Angelina Jolie

TREKKER CELEBRITIES ANGELINA JOLIE KNOWN FOR Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Girl, Interrupted, Tomb Raider TREK CLAIM TO FAME Spock was her childhood crush. CRACKED.COM

Orange Is the New Black

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM KATIE HOLMES MIGHT HAVE PLAYED PIPER ON ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. Series creator Jenji Kohan met with Holmes, but, Kohan says, She had other things to do. And also in the beginning, no one knew what this was.

Even Stevens

EVEN STEVENS Beans CRACKED.COM Actor Steven Anthony Lawrence now teaches acting seminars at USC and Berkeley, but still keeps up his performing chops (he was a Christmas elf at a California mall in 2015).

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out 1999-2000 CRACKED.COM Erik von Detten of Disney Channel fame was the boy in a family of all girls.

Captain Kangaroo

Bob Keeshan, AKA Captain Kangaroo, liked exposing himself. An announcer called Mr. Green Jeans would warm up the live audience before each episode, and Keeshan - who was off to the side where the audience couldn't see him --would take his pants off, put a pencil under his dick, and wave it at Mr. Green Jeans. CRACKED.COM

New Girl

CRACKED Braza NEW GIRL Zooey Deschanel almost didn't read the script because it was originally named Chicks and Dicks. Creator Liz Meriwether said, I knew it wouldn't remain, but there's so many pilots in pilot season that it's nice to have a title that catches people's attention.

The Simpsons

The characters' yellow was designed to be eye-catching An animator showed the color to Matt Groening who approved because when you're flicking through channels with your remote control, and a flash of yellow goes by, you'll know you're watching The Simpsons. CRACKED.COM

Carrie: The Series

TV shows we never got to see 2002 carrie This TV movie was meant to launch a Carrie series. It never did. CRACKED.COM

Cobra Kai

Hilary Swank could logically show up on Cobra Kai. She was in The Next Karate Kid. The producers haven't reached out, but do consider her important to Mr. Miyagi and known to Daniel. KARATE KID & COBRA KAI CRACKED.COM

Jerry Seinfeld

The Huge Money Jerry Turned Down For Season 10 When Jerry was approached about doing a 10th season, NBC offered Jerry a whopping five million dollars per episode. Jerry has since ex- plained he turned down the money because comedy is all about pro- portion. 'How long is this joke go- ing to be? How many minutes? And getting that right is what makes it art or what makes it mediocre. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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