30 Pieces of TV Trivia That Have A Real Old-School Free HBO Weekend Vibe

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30 Pieces of TV Trivia That Have A Real Old-School Free HBO Weekend Vibe
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The hustle and bustle got you feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders? Well, why don’t you let your couch and these TV facts help share the load? 

Sadly, TV facts can’t solve all of your problems, but they can help shove them aside for the time being. This batch is especially good with the push broom, too.

So why don’t you sit back and let these push it all off your shoulders, sweep it into the corner and throw a tarp over it? All you have to do is pretend it’s not there.

Party Down

GRACKED REALISTIC: THE CAST DEFINITELY HAD EXPERIENCE. PARTY DOWN For Season 3's KSGY-95 Prize Winners Luau, Ken Marino said he thought of The Big Lebowski when directing the cast - who were all high on mushrooms. Не wanted to make it funny, but keep it subtle and realistic, and they all nailed it.

Phil Hartman

PHIL HARTMAN made an impact like no other SNLer CRACKED.COM Before his untimely death, Hartman was both a Simpsons regular and a go-to for new characters. Among his best: shady attorney Lionel Hutz, washed-up movie star Troy McClure, and singing huckster Lanley. Lyle Lanley. Monorail. Monorail. Monorail.

Sherlock

Matt Smith almost got cast as Watson in Sherlock. uz Не auditioned, but he was more of a Sherlock type, -he says that, basically, they looked at it and went, 'He's not Watson. It'd be like having two Sherlocks in the room.' CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

CRACKED.COM A Song of Ice and Fire Sam Tarly is a pacific nerd like George R. R. Martin. Martin has said that he resembles Sam way more than any other character in his saga. Tyrion might be who | want to be, but Sam is probably closer to who | actually am. The fat kid who likes to read books and doesn't like to go up a lot of stairs.

Friends

Phoebe was originally written as a goth. T. R.I U. T H This is reportedly what turned Janeane Garofalo off to the role. GRAGKED.COM

She-Hulk

Marvel Stars from the M Alison Brie was the reference for She-Hulk. Not only was Brie up for She-Hulk, but was rumored to be an inspiration, with the character being described as an Alison Brie type. CRACKED.COM

Power Rangers Samurai

In the 2011 series Power Rangers Samurai, the villain Deker (played by Ricardo Medina, Jr.) uses a katana in battle. In 2017, Medina was sentenced to 6 years in prison for LA COUNTY JA killing his roomate with a katana. CRACKED.COM

John Madden

CRACKED.COM Former NFL coach and TV sportscaster John Madden famously rode a bus to every game he needed to go to. Why didn't he justfly? It is claustrophobia, Madden admitted. They would shut the door and I would feel that I have to get out. And then have a panic attack. We presume that unlike aircraft, Madden could stop the bus any time, anywhere, and get out if he chose to.

Homicide: Life on the Street

CRACKED Jon Polito got a disrespectful ending. After 2 seasons as Steve Crosetti, he had a major artistic parting of the ways with executive producer Tom Fontana, so they had his character kill himself. Не said, It makes no sense. It's the last thing in the world I would do. HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET

Stranger Things

Zosia Mamet and her husband are pretty obsessed with Stranger Things. She then considered watching it all over again, saying I cried, I laughed, I definitely got scared walking my dog alone in the woods the next day. CRACKED.COM

Homeland

They came up with the ending of Homeland a day before it was shot. Despite many script drafts and discussions, they couldn't settle on a good reason for Carrie to stay in Moscow until 24 hours before filming started - v when they came up with the idea for her to be writing an expose of the CIA. CRACKED.COM

Marc Maron

COMEDY NERD In 2002, Fox agreed to produce a pilot for a show based on Marc Maron's act. It was supposed to be about Maron and his odd family, and the script got written but not made. CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

30 Pieces of TV Trivia That Have A Real Old-School Free HBO Weekend Vibe

Power Rangers

Angel Grove, California POWER RANGERS Bar CRACKED COM The Power Rangers' hometown is thought to be based on Los Angeles, which is convenient because that's where the series was filmed.

Bones

TEMPERANCE BONES BRENNAN is author KATHY REICHS. While Reichs has written books with a protagonist named Temperance Brennan, Emily Deschanel's character in Bones is based on Reichs herself, who is also a forensic anthropologist. CRACKED.COM

Sex and the City

Are Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda from Sex and the City too archetypal to be real? Sarah Jessica Parker thinks that Carrie made them up, as characters in her column. GRACKED COM

Avatar: The Last Airbender

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS МАКО DIED AS HIS CHARACTER WENT SILENT. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER. Iroh's silence at the beginning of Season 3 had long been planned - and it happened to coincide with his voice actor passing away. By the time Iroh started talking again, a replacement had been found. CRACKED.COM

Slappy the Squirrel

Slappy the squirrel reassures us that pettiness is okay: CRACKED COM If I were a better person, I'd ignore her and go on with my life. But I'm not.

The Next Generation

Patrick Stewart would never have done TNG if he knew how long it would run. The contract was for six years, but his agent was sure it would actually fizzle out really fast, so Stewart signed on. It ran for seven years. CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

GAME OF THRONES SEAN BEAN HAD A GOOD TIME WITH HIS SEVERED HEAD. After Ned Stark's beheading was shot, Bean and his coworkers had a fun time kicking a model of his head around like a football. CRACKED.COM

Rugrats

There's a masturbation joke in Rugrats. In the episode Give and Take, Phil is worried that Chuckie is paying too much attention to his new toy, Mr. Ворро, so he says: A kid his age should be playing with his friends, not alone in a room, bopping his Boppo. CRACKED.COM

The Office

the office Sexy salesman Danny Cordray joins Dunder Mifflin Scranton and then vanishes after a couple of episodes and is never seen again. CRACKED.COM

Cribs

Cribs of the rich and famous Redman's... duplex? Yup, the rapper turned actor just lives in a duplex. Не has a box of cash. CRACKED.COM

The Good Place

CRACKED COM The Good Place is actually Michael's personal Bad Place. From the mid-point of Season Two and on, Michael has been in a constant state of anxiety, always worrying that he's about to be erased from the universe. That's the exact variety of torture that he had arranged for the humans when he was creating a Bad Place to torture them in forever.

Power Rangers (Again)

3 1 2 Power Rangers Casting call 1 Went to the audition for fun. 2 Cast after the original actress was fired. 3 Auditioned for the Red Ranger and lost. 4 A friend bet me $20. 5 Almost left Hollywood right before being cast. Missed the first audition but nailed the second. 6 4 6 5 CRACKED.COM

Scrubs

SCRUBS SHARED SPACE The Office, The Sopranos, Chuck, United States of Tara, Scrubs, Angel... They were all shot in the same decommissioned hospital. CRACKED.COM

Nick Offerman

celebrity Hobbies Nick offerman is just Ron swanson. While he is different from his Parks and Rec character, Offerman shares Swanson's love of the outdoors and woodworking, and has his own woodworking shop. CRACKED.COM

Monk

MONK Jennifer Lawrence OCCSP 200L 200 MENS WRESTENG 2002 YOUR CHAMPIONS SOMENT D CHAMPIONS R CHAMPIONS SH GIRL'S HOOPS HE CRACKED.COM This overeager mascot would go on to win an Academy Award (several years later, for something completely different).

Fake Film Critics in TV Ads

In their TV ads, Hollywood studios like showing fans falling all over themselves to praise a movie. waking neD Devine Sometimes, the fans are studio employees. For example, an ad for Fox Searchlight's movie Waking Ned Devine featured Caren Lipson (an executive assistant at Fox) as an ordinary person on the street posing with her date and saying the movie is Hysterical! CRACKED.COM

The Sopranos

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM DAVID CHASE WANTED STEVEN VAN ZANDT TO PLAY TONY. PTONS HAMP NATIONAL INTER FESTIVAL FILM HAMP HAMPTON ONS INTER INTER ATIONAL FILM F M ESTIVAL 181 Söpranos Chase says he originally wanted the musician to play the lead, however, HBO didn't want to give the role to an inexperienced actor. In order to include Zandt on the show, Chase wrote the part of Silvio Dante specifically for him.

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