28 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History For Sunday, November 2nd

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28 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History For Sunday, November 2nd
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It's Sunday, and that can mean a few things. You could have watching football on tap. Maybe some yardwork. Perhaps get a pot of chili rolling.

We'd like to offer you're in the right place at this moment, and we won't waste it for you. What follows is a rocket-ride through facts, figures and fortunes that span the long horizon of pop culture history. You'll undoubtedly learn some stuff you didn't know before, and let's be honest: you can still get everything else in today.

So have at it and off you go after. Personally, we're hitting football and trying a pot of this stuff called lasagna soup. We'll let you know how that goes.

BoJack Horseman

cartoon celebrities BoJack Horseman Jessica Biel Biel herself pushed the writers to hold nothing back and be really mean to her in her recurring appearances. That's how put-downs like attempted movie star and future hard Jeopardy! question were born. CRACKED.COM

Cheaper By the Dozen

I CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN THE CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN BOOK IS REALLY ABOUT NIGHTMARE PARENTING. In the 1948 autobiography that inspired the wacky 2003 Steve Martin comedy, the co-writers talk about their dad using factory management techniques in parenting. This included removing four of his kids' tonsils at home, on a makeshift assembly line. CRACKED.COM

Linda Ronstadt on The Simpsons

The Plow King gets a helping hand from LINDA RONSTADT CRACKED.COM When the snow starts a-fallin', there's a man you should be callin', that's KL5-4796, let it ring! Mr. Plow is a loser, and I think he is a boozer, so you better make that call to the Plow King!

A Rat Pack Biopic

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, ADAM SANDLER STARRED IN SCORSESE'S RAT PACK BIOPIC. Sandler was supposed to be Joey Bishop, one of Sinatra's cronies (with John Travolta as Sinatra) - but the movie got put on the back burner when Scorsese went to make Gangs of New York, and never got picked up again.

Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars SEVER TRUST WITH .. VOLK SECRET Lians SARA SHEPARD News 9 Analyst SARA SHEPARD NATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PLANLESS CRACKED.COM Sarah Shepard plays a substitute teacher in The Homecoming Hangover, and a news reporter in I'm a Good Girl, I Am.

The Conqueror

THE CONQUEROR was the most carcinogenic set of all time They filmed so close to an atomic bomb test site that 91 out of the 220 cast and crew members got cancer later in life. 46 of those, including John Wayne, died from it. Radiologist Dr. Robert Pendleton said, Blame for their exposure on set would hold up in a court of law. CRACKED

Airplane!

The writers of Airplane! spent $60,000 on a practical joke. They bought a racehorse, named it All Pink, and told the jockey to ride close to the inside rail rather than trying to win, all so they could hear the announcer say ...and it's All Pink on the inside! They tried it with three horses over four years, and pulled it off in 1993. CRACKED.COM

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE Director Jason Reitman revealed that he paid many tributes to his dad Ivan Reitman's past films. Paul Rudd's character talks about Cujo in his class and says it's like if Beethoven got rabies (Beethoven was produced by Reitman). There's also a theatre in the movie showing Cannibal Girls. CRACKED.COM

Scooby-Doo

The Scooby Gang was based on the characters in a 1960s TV show. It was called The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and it was a teen sitcom that the creators of Scooby-Doo basically just lifted the main characters from. CRACKED.COM

Star Wars Was Altered After Its Release

Movies altered after the release Then vs. Now Star Wars: Episode IV Did you hear? Han shoots first in the original! In the 1997 Special Edition (but also in 2004 and 2011), Greedo shoots first, and then Han, after CGI- dodging the shot. For the 2019 version, George Lucas changed it again to Greedo saying maclunkey (whatever that means) just before he shoots. CRACKED.COM

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The Nicolas Cage "Trilogy"

Movie Trilogies The Holy Nicolas Cage trinity We hear your objection that this isn't a real trilogy, and we counter by just pointing to The Rock, Con Air, and Face/Off. The Rock? Unwitting everyman hero Cage. Con Air? Southern, long-haired, roundhouse- kicking Cage. Face/Off? Peak Nicolas Cage, but also peak John Travolta and peak John Woo. Sorry, but you're just not being rational. CRACKED.COM

More: Den of Geek
Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures, Paramount Pictures

I Know What You Did Last Summer

June on HBOMAX June 1 I know What You Did Last summer Melissa Joan Hart was offered a role, but turned it down because she thought the movie was a ripoff of Scream. She admitted later that was probably a bad call. CRACKED.COM

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The Munsters

Herman Munster's face in The Munsters was actually purple. The actor, Fred Gwynne, wore purple face paint because that paint looked very bright in black-and-white.

Source: MeTV

Boyhood

Boyhood (2014) 12 YEARS CRACKED cO This incredibly ambitious production followed a bunch of real people for over a decade. Director Richard Linklater could only film one week out of the year, for 12 years.

Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli has resolved not to make more than 10 billion yen on merchandise. Co-founder Toshio Suzuki says that oversaturating the market with merc

Happy Days

Happy Days tackled the issue of racial segregation in 1974. In The Best Man, the Cunninghams offer their home for the wedding of Howard's Army buddy

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