35 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Tuesday, November 25, 2025

These movie facts are just itching to get in your brain!
35 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Like actors in the waiting room of a casting call, these movie facts are impatiently waiting to get in your brain and show you what they've got! They've rehearsed their little movie tidbits all night long, and they think they've got the delivery down pat too. 

All your brain has to do is sit behind a folding table with a little note pad, and pick the ones that really stand out. We have a feeling that it'll love every one of them, but we'd say that about all of our precious little movie factoids. Ha! We feel like the overbearing stage mom who was up helping them rehearse all night. Oh, and we'll definitely cause a scene out here if you don't like them!

Howie Mandel

Gremlins Gizmo's sounds were created by Howie Mandel. Yeah, those sounds weren't audio tricks. They came from a real guy. Howie Mandel has also done the voice of Bobby from Bobby's World, and Skeeter from Muppet Babies. CRACKED.COM

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Eraserhead

CRACKED.COM If not for SISSY SPACEK ERASERHEAD David . film Lynch's landmark might not have been made. In addition to funding the film with her husband, production designer JACK FISK, the future Oscar winner served in various behind-the-camera roles, from script supervisor to slate-clapper.

Superman IV

WORST SEQUELS EVER SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE Christopher Reeve was too inexperienced as a director to helm the entire project. Richard Donner, claims he was asked to return, and Wes Craven was hired, but didn't vibe with Reeve. Reeve suggested Ron Howard, but Sidney J. Furie was finally booked. CRACKED.COM

The Bucket List

CRACKEDG COM Got a bucket list? Thank the movie! LACK NICHOLSON MORGAN FREEMAN THE BUCKET LIST The 2007 film The Bucket List popularized the idea of

A Ferris Bueller Sequel?

Ferris Bueller's Day Off There exists somewhere a cursed script for FERRIS BUELLER 2: ANOTHER DAY OFF, wherein Ferris is a 40-year-old life coach, Cam

Three Amigos!

CRACKED THREE AMIGOS! WAS ALMOST DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG. Instead it went to John Landis, who directed it while on trial for involuntary manslaughter.

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet swiped one of the pairs of earrings she had to wear in Titanic. Others stole White Star Line cups and saucers, she says, but she was good and just took a pair of earrings. CRACKED.COM

Ghost of Goodnight Lane

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2014 GHOST OF GOODNIGHT LANE A movie about a haunted set filmed at said haunted set... had a haunted set. Before production, a specialized team considered Media World Studios actually haunted. Then, while doing the movie, lights flickered, things would move around, and disembodied voices could be heard. People felt slapped by invisible forces, and even reported visions of unknown figures. CRACKED.COM

First Man

Buzz Aldrin wasn't a big fan at all of the Ryan Gosling movie First Man. Не flat-out said he didn't like the movie (he appears in it as a supporting character, played by Corey Stoll). CRACKED.COM

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Who is to blame for painful screams of KELLY CLARKSON! Ameri 2 NIGHT FIN TOMOR CRACKED.COM Clarkson confronted Judd Apatow on her TV show and he promptly passed the buck. I'm going to blame Seth Rogen. We had a piece of paper with all the curses for Steve to scream when he gets waxed. And on the side with the clean curses, it says 'Kelly Clarkson' in Seth's handwriting.

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Judy Garland’s Life Ended Too Soon.

Actors with cursed lives Judy Garland DOROTHY GALE in THE WIZARD OF OZ Garland suffered a lifetime of mental and physical health problems due to her addiction to alcohol, barbiturates, amphetamines, and other illicit drugs, leading to her death in 1969. CRACKED

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The Day After Tomorrow

CLIMATE CHANGE MOVIES THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW THE SCRIPT WAS SOLD IN A FLASH AUCTION. Studios had only 24 hours to decide if they bought it, and they had to guarantee that the movie would get made, no buts. Most studios replied with buts, with only Fox saying yes. CRACKED.COM

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35 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Spider-Man

SAM RAIMI DIDN'T WANT STAN LEE TO CAMEO IN SPIDER-MAN. Raimi says it was the film's producer and former Marvel Studio head Avi Arad who made him put L

Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss

Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss made Jaws together. Behind the scenes, they feuded the whole time. It started when Shaw complained that he wished he

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