25 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, December 6, 2025

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25 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, December 6, 2025
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Remember the absolute hype of Game of Thrones at its height? The Lannisters and Tyrells might have been getting torn apart on that show, but in real life, it united families everywhere. I never communicated with my grandmother more than when we were watching GoT together week by week. The ending might have been a complete disaster, but the show was such a huge cultural phenomenon that despite its shortcomings, the IP still had enough power to birth two spin-offs: House of the Dragon and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. 

Whether you wanted to see a Stark or a Targaryen on the Iron Throne, you can find out some interesting behind-the-scene tidbits about GoT and more by scrolling down. 

Breaking Bad

While most of the science in Breaking Bad isn't completely on point, Walt's plan to cut through a heavy duty lock with thermite is scientifically corr

Early Bugs Bunny

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Game of Thrones

Their original pilot episode of Game of Thrones was so bad that HBO demanded 90% of it be reshot. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of the Game of Thrones TV se- ries, had no prior experi- ence in television and had only limited experience writing movie scripts. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

SNL Hosts

JANUARY JONES NOVEMBER 14, 2009 CRACKED.COM In the awkward first sketch, on live television, Jones looked around and asked Which camera? The night didn't get much better from there.

Christa Miller got her kids-friendly episode of 'Scrubs'

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Love It or List It

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Mary Kay and Johnny

Mary Kay And Johnny CRACKED.COM Every episode of the prototypical network sitcom was lost in DuMont's notorious river dump. Long before Ricky and Lucy, Mary Kay and Johnny were a real-life married couple who tackled such taboo topics as pregnancy and sleeping next to your spouse.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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25 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, December 6, 2025

Happy Days

Happy Days RONNYHOWARD The Happy Days crew started out on an episode of Love, American Style, which was basically an anthology of unconnected rom-com pilots. Their episode was meant to be a pilot for an entirely different show that was never picked up. Two years later, the characters and

King of Queens

On King of Queens, Carrie had a half- sister named Sara. She was gone after episode six. She was an aspiring actress, so the show could have said she

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