31 Trivia Nuggets That Hopped A Train To Ride The Rails Of Pop Culture History

Oh the sights they've seen
31 Trivia Nuggets That Hopped A Train To Ride The Rails Of Pop Culture History
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These trivia nuggets just wanted to see the long horizon of pop culture history. So they hopped a boxcar with a napsack and a dream and curled up next to hobos at night for warmth.

The trip wasn't easy. The trip wasn't comfortable. But oh, the sights they saw. Eventually they'd ridden far enough, seen enough, and had enough sleeping next to hobos to understand it was time to get off. 

They come to you having seen it all, and want you to see the same in them. Here are a bunch of brave facts that have earned their place in pop culture history.

Ghostbusters 2

The voice of Vigo in Ghostbusters 2 is Max von Sydow. Не recorded all his lines in just one day. CRACKED.COM

Batman Returns

In Batman Returns the shadow from Selina Kyle's glasses foreshadows her later transformation into Catwoman. (1992) CRACKED.COM

Friday Night Lights

Fans wouldn't let Friday Night Lights get canceled, SO they sent thousands of mini footballs to NBC. 39 31 NBC got sick of the show being last in ratings, so they decided to cancel it. But the fans wouldn't let that happen, and sent thousands of mini footballs to NBC to show their support for the show. In order to keep FNL alive, NBC partnered up with DirecTV. CRACKED

James Woods

Cringey Cameos Dice James Woods Woods had a bafflingly boring appearance in Andrew Dice Clay's short-lived TV show. Clay's entire schtick was empty misogynistic bravado, but at least he recently appeared in A Star is Born. As for Woods, however, his spiral down the far-right rabbit hole is one for the ages-and a cautionary tale in itself. CRACKED.COM

The Twilight Zone

TV Reboots and Revivals Then vs. Now 1959-1964 The Twilight Zone No revival has ever gotten to the iconic, groundbreaking, just legendary heights of Rod Serling's original. Jordan Peele developed and hosted the latest one, and it was... fine? We associate Peele with awesome horror, but this wasn't it. 2019-2020 CRACKED.COM

Dana Carvey in 'The Good Place'

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Montana: Best known for Dana Carvey's SNL Church Lady and also the Unabomber. In season 3 when the gang is at the Cowboy Skyscraper Buffet Americana restaurant in Australia, they sit at the Montana table, with these two figures sketched on top to represent the state. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

Ice Cube and Architecture

Ice Cube geeks out over architecture. ICE CUBE CELEBRATES THE EAMES - - He's a Getty Museum expert on the subject. Before returning to Compton to revolutionize rap, Ice studied architectural drafting. So for their 2011 post-war exhibition, The Getty made him their resident expert on Hollywood architectural design legends Charles and Ray Eames. CRACKED.COM

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Back to the Future II

31 Trivia Nuggets That Hopped A Train To Ride The Rails Of Pop Culture History

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The costumes of 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles almost kept it from getting made. W - THE IMPROVISATION: The producers couldn't get actors to wear the sweaty, heavy Turtle suits. So they hired much cheaper Hong Kong stuntmen. THE RESULT: A hugely successful TMNT film that's a minor cult classic today. CRACKED.COM

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Kirby’s Dream Land

Kirby's relatively unimaginative round body was supposed to be a temporary placeholder. Nintendo KIRBY'S DREAM LAND Nintendo - - ABOUT KA GAME BOY But, like a kid who found a stray puppy, designer Masahiro Sakurai fell in love with it after naming it. His original name - and a great name for a puppy - was Popopo. CRACKED.COM

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'Breaking Bad'

GRACKED.COM The X-Files Breaking Bad is pretty much an X-Files spin-off. The 1998 episode Drive was written by Vince Gilligan, and featured Bryan Cranston as a Walter White-like character. Gilligan showed this episode to AMC to show them Cranston could play a scary dude.

Source: /Film

The Second Doctor

CRACKED.COM Doctor Who Patrick Troughton (1966-1969) The Second Doctor кода POLICE 2015 BOX Не has a whole season that doesn't exist... but is canon. Season 6B is the term for a season that the Second Doctor went through off-screen.

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Jurassic Park

Steven Spielberg earned college credit for Jurassic Park. RASSIK CRACKED COM When Spielberg re-enrolled at California State, Long Beach to earn his BA more than 30 years after dropping out, he was given three course credits in paleontology for making Jurassic Park.

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Donald Glover tricked FX into picking up Atlanta

March on hulu March 25 Atlanta Donald Glover Trojan Horsed FX into picking up his surrealistic show Atlanta. According to Glover, he told FX the show was something it wasn't until we got there and then hoped it would be enjoyable. And now it's coming back, thank Christ. CRACKED.COM

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Terminator Salvation

Christian Bale ...has some questions CRACKEDcO On the set of Terminator Salvation, a light engineer accidentally walked into the shot. Bale calmly asked him to clear a few things up for him, like What the f* are you thinking? Are you a professional or not? Do I f*ing walk around

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The Big Bang Theory

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