31 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Thursday, November 20, 2025

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31 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Thursday, November 20, 2025

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The X-Files

Scully gets brain cancer in The X-Files. This uncharacteristically grounded plot was foreshadowed earlier. A nutjob who lobotomized women to free howlers from their brains kidnapped Scully. Не points out where her howler is, and it's where the tumor later appears. CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

OFF-CAMERA, BRIENNE FED THE BEAR SHE WAS PITTED AGAINST. She still wisely stayed away. CRACKED.COM

Mr. Bean

For Rowan Atkinson, playing Mr Bean (in live action) is a total slog. The weight of responsibility is not pleasant. I find it stressful and exhausting and I look forward to the end of it, is how he described it. CRACKED.COM

It (The Show)

Stephen King Movies Original vs. Remake 1989 IT The first part of the remake was an improvement over the original miniseries. The sequel lost all momentum, became formulaic, and fizzled out by the end. 2017-2019 CRACKED.COM

Breaking Bad

Bulgaria translated Breaking Bad as In Satan's Shoes. Somehow, Prada didn't use that as a marketing tagline first. CRACKED.COM

Our Little Genius

Production staff OUR LITTLE GENIUS CRACKED.COM A parent alleged that producers were sneaking kids the answers to upcoming questions. The show's creator made the tough call to axe it before it aired, depriving countless families the opportunity to exploit their gifted children.

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

Marvel’s Inhumans

31 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Thursday, November 20, 2025

Monty Python

Spam got its name from a Monty Python sketch. Sure, it ultimately comes from canned pork. But mass unsolicited email got named spam after the Monty Python joke where the items on a cafeteria menu just keep getting replaced by spam, and eventually the full dialogue becomes just spam spam spam spam spam. CRACKED.COM

WandaVision

WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS SEÑOR SCRATCHY IS A NOD TO AGATHA'S SON FROM THE COMICS. CRACKED.COM In the comics, Agatha Harkness has a son named Nicholas Scratch. Mr. Scratch is also a common pseudonym for the Devil. The show's director even revealed that the rabbit turned into a demon in a deleted scene.

Gravity Falls-Rick and Morty Crossover

CRACKED.COM ? CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS GRAVITY FALLS AND RICK AND MORTY Grunkle Stan's things are sucked into a portal - and then fall out of another portal in front of several Ricks.

Workaholics

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM CHRIS D'ELIA HAD HIS WORKAHOLICS EPISODE GET PULLED FROM STREAMING PLATFORMS. In that ер, he played a child molester - which was just too disturbingly close to real life.

LeVar Burton

LEVAR BURTON WAS A HUGE ORIGINAL STAR TREK FAN. Не worked with a producer on the series (who later would get him an audition) who he grilled for behind-the-scenes stories. CRACKED.COM

Win Ben Stein's Money

In the game show Win Ben Stein's Money, money won by contestants was actually paid by the producers. Money left over at the end of a season was given to Stein. If the total amount paid out exceeded that budget, the production company paid the excess. Ben Stein was never in any danger of losing his money. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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Howard Hamlin - 'Better Call Saul'

Sitcom character arcs HOWARD: So satisfying that it was devastating. Howard Hamlin was a smug, deplorable antagonist, but as he begins to redeem himself, Jimmy tries to ruin his life, and we actually start feeling for Howard. So much that his death is one of the show's most tragic moments. SATISFYING BETTER CALL SAUL CRACKED

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Westworld

June on HBOMAX season 4 June westworld 26 1980's Beyond Westworld was the first series based on Michael Crichton's book. They shot five episodes, but only three were aired before the show was canceled. CRACKED.COM

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Patrick Dempsey

PATRICK DEMPSEY is a racecar driver. Driving isn't exactly brain surgery, like his character used to perform in K Grey's Anatomy. Still, not every dri

Duck Dynasty

Terry Bradshaw, former NFL quarterback, credits Phil Robertson (of Duck Dynasty) for his success. CRAGN Bradshaw was backup QB to Robertson at Louisia

30 Rock

31 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Thursday, November 20, 2025

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