31 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, November 30, 2025

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31 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, November 30, 2025
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When our brains have a cheat day, we make sure every indulgence is tasty as all heck. We don't want to waste those added calories on some lame, flavorless facts, so we go right to the goods. So take it from us, pop culture nuggets like these will pack your brain to the point of unbuttoning that there jeans button, but it'll be well worth it.

You deserve it. Your brain has been good all week long, nibbling on healthier, low-cal facts, so we just know its salivating over these plump, sweet and/or savory bits of pop culture knowledge. Go on. Gorge on these till it passes out in a pile of crumbs.

Tim and Eric

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW GREAT JOB! GRACKED.COM OF How did they come up with the show's name? Producer Bob Odenkirk suggested that Tim and Eric be part of the title. Eric Wareheim came up with Awesome Show. And Tim Heidecker chipped in with Great Job! It's a good thing they didn't have more people making suggestions.

What We Do in the Shadows

July on hulu July 13 What we DO In the shadows season 4 Much of the show is shot at night and takes long hours, with cast members taking naps on couches (as coffins are the only alternative). CRACKED.COM

Van Helsing

September on hulu September 1 Van Helsing A spin-off series named Transylvania was pitched to NBC, but it never happened because it'd have been too expensive CRACKED.COM

24

JOHN KeeLeR WAS THE PRESIDENT in SEASON 4 OF 24. 9:0 THen YADDAH YADDAH YADDAH, HIS VP WAS SWORN in. We get that 24 was fairly notorious for dropping characters. But this was the leader of the free world. In one scene Keeler is critically injured in an aerial assault on Air Force One. Then Charles Logan, his Machiavellian vice president, is sworn in. So, Keeler died? Without a national day of mourning, a funeral, or any mention at all? CRACKED.COM http:/24.winia.com/willDay_4

X-Men

WOLVERINE AND THE X-Men SPenT 26 ePISODES PReVenTInG THE APOCALYPSE. AND A MUTANT nameD APOCALYPSE TOOK over THE WORLD INSTEAD. In this incarnation of the X-Men franchise, Professor x is exploded into a coma in the first episode and Wolverine takes over the team. The professor then contacts Wolvie from the future to tell him that the world will be taken over by giant mutant-killing robots. In the Season 1 finale, Wolverine and his team finally succeed in preventing the bad future ... only to be contacted by Professor X, who tells them that their victory has given rise to

The 'Raymond' Finale

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND CRACKED.COM In its 5th season, it began topping Friends and Frasier in ratings, with 20.4 million viewers per episode. Proving that everyone indeed loved Raymond, the series finale, which aired on May 16, 2005, pulled in 32.9 million viewers.

Jonathan Goldsmith

THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD DOS EQUIS CRACKED.COM When Jonathan Goldsmith wasn't acting on episodes of Dallas or CHIPS, he was a notorious ladies man. Не claims dalliances with Jack Warner's much younger girlfriend, one of Groucho Marx's wives, two congressmen's wives, and one runner-up to Miss Florida.

Watchmen

We almost got a Watchmen movie in the '90s. Terry Gilliam was supposed to direct, and they wanted Schwarzenegger for Doctor Manhattan, while David Bowie wanted to play Rorschach. But it turned out to be too expensive, and anyway, Gilliam later decided Watchmen was too big for one movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Chevy vs. Bill

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM BILL MURRAY VS CHEVY CHASE SNL VENKMAN While this slide could be named Chevy Chase Vs Everyone He's Ever Come in Contact With, we'll focus on Bill Murray. Bill replaced Chevy on the show and when Chevy returned to host in the 3rd season, what Murray describes as an oedipal fueled Hollywood fight broke out and the two had to be separated by Murray's brother.

The Kids in the Hall

May on prime video The Kids May 13 in the Hall The troupe's name refers to the writers on Your Show of Shows. Whenever a joke bombed, Sid Caesar blamed it on the kids in the hall, which included comedy legend Mel Brooks. CRACKED.COM

SNL

MORE COWBELL! CHRISTOPHER WALKEN CRACKED.COM On The Tonight Show, Will Ferrell told Fallon that Christopher Walken told him, You know... You've ruined my life. People, during the curtain call, bring cowbells and ring them. The other day I went for an Italian food lunch, and the waiter asked if I wanted more cowbell. From Deer Hunter to Pulp Fiction, most people know him for that one perfect SNL sketch.

Bugs Bunny

BUGS BUNNY the way he acts and talks The phrase What's up, Doc? and Bugs' iconic behavior were based on the 1934 romantic comedy It Happened One Night, starring Clark Gable. CRACKED

Urkel's Line

Did I Do That? Before the audience went crazy for the iconic line, the writers tried to create other catchphrases for Urkel, including stealing I've fallen, and I can't get up. CRACKED.COM

Bazinga!

Bazinga! The line doesn't appear in the Big Bang Theory until Season 2's finale. It was originally the catchphrase of show writer Stephen Engel, who would say the word after pulling a prank on another writer. CRACKED.COM

The Good Place

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THEY NEVER WEAR RED OR PINK IN THE GOOD PLACE IN, UH, THE GOOD PLACE. That's done on purpose, to make the good place look different from the real world - the one exception is a little red in Jameela Jamil's dress in the second season.

All in the Family

st. Paddy's Day in fiction All in the Family The series finale is a st. Paddy's Day episode. This episode revolves around a big party that Edith is trying to help Archie with, and ends with a confirmation of Archie and Edith having a loving relationship, before the show was rebooted as Archie Bunker's Place. CRACKED.COM

Shining Time Station

CRACKED GEORGE CARLIN PLAYED MR. CONDUCTOR ON SHINING TIME STATION. The foul-mouthed comedian told stories of Thomas the Tank Engine on 45 episodes between 1991 and 1993. Не also narrated 104 episodes of Thomas and Friends, and was featured in 19 one-off Thomas-related videos and films.

Gilmore Girls

GRACKED WHO IS RORY'S BABY DADDY? GILMORE GIRLS: A YEAR IN THE LIFE In the 2016 reboot's finale, Rory is pregnant but we never learn who the father is. Is it Paul, Logan Huntzberger, or the Wookiee-costumed one-night stand from NYC?

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You Wish

You Wish 1997-98 This s genie-lives-with-family sitcom was supposed to be the revival of I Dream of Jeannie that Sabrina the Teenage Witch was to Bewitched.

Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter MR. T AND TINA CRACKED COM Before he played the iconic Mr. Miyagi, Pat Morita played two Takahashis at the same time. He was Arno

Breaking Bad

In Season 3, Episode 11 of Breaking Bad, Jimmy (AKA Saul) tells Walt he once convinced a woman he was Kevin Costner.. BB SEASON 3, EPISODE 11 BCS SEAS

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