33 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, December 1, 2025

Can your brain's butt warm these in their nest?
33 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, December 1, 2025
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We have to fly off to find some worms, so we were hoping your brain wasn't too busy to have a little sit down. We'd normally never do this, but it's a little cold out today and we'd all like them to be warm and cozy before they hatch. Trust us, cold, hungry TV facts aren't the most interesting, so they'll be way better this way. Warm and plump is the way to go.

Actually, now that we think about it, since they're so close to hatching, we wouldn't want them popping out thinking you're their mother. Can you go grab the worms please? You'll thank us later!

Top Gear

Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson published his bank account details in an effort to prove that the idea of identity theft was hyperbolic nonsense. Within days, and without his authorization, Clarkson's account was debited £500, payable to the British Diabetic Association. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Avatar: The Last Airbender

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS BENDING ALLOWED FOR CHILD-FRIENDLY ACTION. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER. The magical manipulation of elements made it possible to have action scenes that were energetic without being violent, as the battles weren't about punching each other. CRACKED.COM

The Walking Dead

THE WALKING aMC Frank Darabont wrote insane emails to The Walking Dead producers and writers. Darabont -- the series' first showrunner -- would go nuts when things didn't go the way he wanted, and write emails saying things like There is no writers room, which you know as well as I do. I am the writers room. and I just kept Denise on the phone for 20 minutes making her listen to me scream. CRACKED.COM

Psych

Easter Eggs Psych There's a pineapple in every episode. Have fun reenacting Easter with a tropical twist! CRACKED.COM

Dexter: New Blood

DEXTER: NEW BLOOD The director paid homage to The Shining during episode 8 by mirroring the hedge maze scene where Danny outwits his dad by making a trail in the snow and then backtracking on his own footprints. Dexter does the same when he's running from Kane in the snow. CRACKED.COM

Peacemaker

PEACEMAKER His house number is 1138, the famous number that represents George Lucas's directorial debut THX 1138. The number also appears in his other films including Star Wars and American Graffiti. CRACKED.COM

Hawkeye

HAWKEYE In episode 5 during the mac-and-cheese scene, Yelena is wearing a black widow spider enamel pin. CRACKED.COM

Star Trek: Prodigy

STAR TREK: PRODIGY Every line spoken by the holodeck crew in episode six was taken from existing Star Trek movies and episodes. CRACKED.COM

The Witcher

THE WITCHER Readers of the books would know that Triss declined to take a swim with her fellow sorceresses because she has a lot of scars on her chest that she keeps covered at all times. CRACKED.COM

Madonna

MADONNA Madonna assured a Tonight Show audience that her awkward set was indeed funny. She's in a constant struggle to wrangle the audience's perception... 1 LRD getting distracted by the confused response to her jokes about being an extremely wealthy person who dates men in their twenties. CRACKED.COM

Shaggy

SHAGGY that high- pitched voice Casey Kasem was the voice of Shaggy in the 1969 Scooby-Doo cartoon, and a big influence on Shaggy's voice was another popular TV character from Our Miss Brooks, who spoke in a high squeaky voice and was always very breathy. CRACKED

Sylvester

SYLVESTER THE CAT thufferin' thuccotash! Thufferin' thuccotash! was actually a way of saying suffering savior. Succotash, which is a corn and bean dish, was just a word put in to replace savior (probably to avoid blasphemy). CRACKED

I Want My MTV

MTV SIC TELEVISION MTV i want my MTV I WANT MY МАУРО! Ad guy George Lois came up with the phrase I Want My MTV to get young people off the couch and to call their cable companies to demand that MTV be added to their services. Не swiped a maple syrup tagline-I Want My Maypo. CRACKED

South Park

MR. MACKEY m'kay? Mr. Mackey is the school counselor at South Park Elementary, famous for his catchphrase M'kay, which he says at the end of most of his sentences. Turns out, he's based on Trey Parker's counselor, Mr. Lackey, who would really say, M'kay? CRACKED

Two and a Half Men

Worst TV Finales Two and a Half Men Charlie Sheen was absent for the last seasons after a public meltdown. Then, in the last episode, a Sheen stand-in returns home and is crushed by a piano, only for the real Chuck Lorre to say Sheen's Winning! catchphrase (and be crushed by a piano as well). Chuck Lorre CRACKED.COM

Freaks and Geeks

BUSY PHILIPPS AND JAMES FRANCO DIDN'T GET ALONG CRACKED.COM Philipps says that Franco was a bully and physically assaulted her on-set.

Sesame Street

Jim Henson gave Frank Oz a bizarre Christmas present. One day on the Sesame Street set, Henson asked Oz if he could take a picture of him naked - and Oz said yes. That Christmas, Henson gave Oz an elaborately detailed sculpture of Bert - - but with hollow pupils that contained naked photos of Oz. CRACKED.COM

Loki

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE SHOW IS ABOUT IDENTITY AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE. LOK Director Kate Herron says that at its core, the show is about Loki's self-acceptance as a gray-area person. What makes someone truly good or what makes someone truly bad, and are we either of those things? CRACKED.COM

The Sopranos

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM LIVIA SOPRANO WAS SUPPOSED TO DIE IN THE FIRST SEASON. Söpranos David Chase originally wanted to end season one with Tony killing his mother. Не changed his mind after Nancy Marchand asked him to keep her working while she was battling cancer.

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Eleneanor's torture MILLO S - Her apartment might look pretty chic in season one, but on second glance you can see every piece of furniture was designed to be uncomfortable, and add to her actually being tortured. The Good Place GRACKED.COM

The Expanse

easter eggstra meanings and references THE Shoutout EXPANSE to Dorie Miller ARRIVALS PUER STELLA DOCKED LANDING TERMINAL A TRUTMOSE'S LOTUS ON TIME 6 SHAKA ZULU ON TIME UNN INTREPIO ON TIME UKB DORIE HILLER ONTINE In season 5 episode 10, an arrivals log shows the UNN Dorie Miller ship soon to dock. It's a reference to WWII hero Doris Dorie Miller, the Black mess attendant who helped save the lives of many during the Pearl Harbour attack. In 2020 he became the first Black American to have an aircraft carrier named after him. CRACKED.COM

Alfonso Ribeiro

Jocks playing dorks ALFONSO RIBEIRO considers himself an athlete, playing basketball and golf, and has also raced cars professionally. Не is a scratch golfer, shooting low 70s and high 60s. CRACKED

30 Rock

30 ROCK VACA JD LIZ LEMON COMPLETELY SKIPS AGE 36 VIS CRACKED.COM

The Mandalorian

The Mandalorian literally couldn't have been made without fans. The crew ran out of Stormtrooper costumes for a Season 1 scene, so they got in touch with the local members of the 501st legion, a group of fans who wear and make super-accurate Stormtrooper costumes. The legionnaires showed up, in their own suits, and played the remaining Stormtroopers. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Archer

COMEDIES that shouldn't have been saved ARCHER undertakes a divisive rebranding. After a Season 4 dip, Season 5 was rebranded as Archer: Vice. Fans thought the new style made it a whole different show. Critics said it wasn't quite on par, but Season 6 got back to business as usual. CRACKED

Supernatural

The Supernatural writers put themselves into the show, then mocked themselves for it. In Supernatural, an in-universe author (whose pen name is a combination of two of the show's writers' names) writes about his visions, and they all really happen to the main characters - without his knowledge. At one point, he says, Writing yourself into the story is one thing, but as a prophet? That's, like, M. Night-level douchiness. CRACKED.COM

Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt The British-American actress gave a strong performance in HBO's crime drama The Wire, but Hyatt showed she's also quite comfortable doing comedy as a therapist in Crazy Ex- Girlfriend. She deserves more than just a string of guest appearances on TV shows (see her very un-updated Wikipedia page). CRACKED.COM

Faraway Hill

The first soap opera 1946 the entire production Faraway written and directed by Hill DAVID P. LEWIS CRACKED.COM Farway Hill, about a New York City widow who finds herself upstate in a love triangle, was the first to port the soap opera from radio to TV.

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher COMEDY WRITER CRACKED.COM While prime minister, she was a big fan of the political sitcom Yes, Minister. She even wrote and starred in a sketch with the show's stars in 1984. By most accounts, it wasn't great.

Myth Busters

THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY PITCHED AS TALL TALES OR TRUE NO HUN ING CRACKED.COM Discovery Channel initially rejected the pitch because they thought it was too similar to another green-lit show. It was one of the channel's most popular shows.

True Detective

TRUE DETECTIVE was almost The Murder Ballads. Producer Cary Fukunaga thought True Detective was too pulpy and wanted to call the show The Murder Ballads. Не dropped the idea after recognizing that a more all-inclusive title was needed for an anthology series. CRACKED.COM

Rick and Morty

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS THE THEME SONG WAS WRITTEN FOR A DIFFERENT SHOW. Rick and Monty The beloved theme was actually created for Dog World-an unsuccessful pilot Justin Roiland developed for Cartoon Network. At first, the theme was used as a placeholder but it fit so well with the show that they decided to reuse it. CRACKED.COM

Jim Gaffigan

JIM GAFFIGAN wanted to spend time with the kids JIM GAFFIGAN SHOW GRAGKED.COM That's the reason TV Land gives for not extending Gaffigan's show beyond two short seasons. The show is based on the Gaffigans' real life experience raising five kids in a two-bedroom New York apartment. Sounds more like a horror movie.

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