35 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Wednesday, December 24

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35 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Wednesday, December 24
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Well, TV, you’ve done it again. You and your never-ending stream of fun facts have managed to bring a smile to our faces for the umpteenth day in a row now. Thank you. And you’ve not only provided us with joyous entertainment, your funny offerings taught us sarcasm and timing, and your more dramatic moments taught us how to recognize a “very special episode” before the piano music even gets going.

Sure, other things might be going on outside, but we’ve taken enough sunburns to know that we’re happier (and safer) on the couch. We’ve heard of that sunscreen stuff, but it just feels so slimy. No thank you. Vitamin D supplements and these bright TV facts are all we’ll ever need.

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets world There's a Where Are They NOW tape you'll never see. For the show wrap-up party, they shot a VHS video where all the cast played their characters years later. We never wanted to release it because it's totally inappropriate, Rider Strong has said. CRACKED.COM

Peter Lassally

Peter Lassally produced Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. In his youth, he survived a concentration camp and went to grade school with Anne Frank. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

School Sets

но fd! 100 The same high school set was used on Saved By The Bell, iCarly, and That's So Raven. This means that same set of lockers first aired in 1989 during Saved By The Bell's heyday, and stayed on the air until iCarly's final season in 2012. CRACKED.COM

Battlestar Galactica

CRACKED.COM Battlestar Galactica The theme from the 1970s show was repurposed in the 2000s revival as the anthem of the Twelve Colonies.

MTV

MTV had a very fitting first music video. At 12:01a.m. on August 1st, 1981, Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles became the very first music video on MTV. The video was released in 1979, so the band definitely saw the changing of the guard and capitalized. CRACKED

He-Man

The 1983 HE-MAN was syndicated AND THE developed cartoon MASTERS by Mattel OF THE UNIVERSE just to sell dolls (err... action figures). Reagan era deregulation paved the way for toy companies to create product based programming aimed at children, basically allowing Saturday morning cartoons to become half hour commericals. CRACKED.COM

Schitt's Creek

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS CRACKED.COM SCHITT'S CREEK The Birth of Venus Moira's long locks during the wedding is an homage to Botticelli's Italian Renaissance masterpiece. The idea came about when Catherine O'Hara suggested Moira be dressed like the Pope.

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Aussie jokes WE CRUMB FROM A LAND DOWN UNDER KGC ICH - - DADES 'ICED $1.50 adidas Coffe The art director revealed that, in the third season when the gang goes to Australia, there are references to kangaroos and koalas everywhere. The restaurants also have either a Finding Nemo or some kind of fish reference. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

WandaVision

WANDAVISION EASTER EGGS AGATHA'S BOOTS ARE A REFERENCE TO THE WIZARD OF OZ. GRACKED.COM In the final episode, Agatha gets crushed by a car and disappears - only leaving her boots behind. This is a reference to the Wicked Witch of the East's ruby slippers sticking out after she gets crushed by a house.

Mr. Robot

The first season finale of the show Mr Robot was inspired by Fight Club. Fight Club was one of my big inspirations for the show, said creator Sam Esmail, and The Pixies' Where Is My Mind in S1E9 was a nod to that. CRACKED.COM

Loki

LOKI T282 35 STILL MARVEL COMICS GROUP THOR THE HAS AN TEMPUS S STEPPED THOUGH OF MY - - manc EASTER EGG BAT PEATUS THE GOD-BILL BUSIN LEXTU TO A THOR COMIC BOOK When Loki looks out the window at the TVA, there's a tower bearing the number T-282. It's a reference to Thor #282 that features the first appearance of the Time Keepers. CRACKED COM

Broad City

BROAD CITY The Mrs. Doubtfire reference goes deeper. Mara Wilson made a rare cameo as the waitress in this Mrs. Doubtfire homage. CRACKED.COM

Futurama

BENDER STAYS ALIVE AND IN HIS PRIME. STUDIO 123 Rebirth Bender dances in a place called Studio 122133-the prime factorization of Studio 54. 122133 = 1 x 2 x 27 = 54 CRACKED.COM

South Park

CRACKED EMERGENCY Schedule Doctor sembowel Kenny Chumsky actice golf swing Petracco All Employe Colon surgery Varma must wash ectal surgery Jurdiman KB Bond No before surg SOUTH PARK GIVES A NOD TO A CLASSIC BOND VILLAIN. In South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, when Kenny is rushed to the hospital, there's a board with the doctors' schedules on it. At the bottom, Dr. No's schedule is to kill Bond.

The Addams Family

The first home computer 1965 CRACKED.COM In The Addams Family, the gigantic family computer, Whizzo, is used to cheat at gambling and help rig an election. Pretty spot-on.

The Simpsons

MAUDE FLANDERS THE SIMPSONS CRACKED.COM Voice artist Maggie Roswell asked for more cash back in 1998, then quit the show when Fox said no dice. Simpsons producers weighed in on the negotiations when they blasted Maude off a grandstand with a t-shirt cannon.

Sitcom Sets

CRACKED THANKS TO AIRBNB, YOU CAN VACATION IN TONS OF RECREATED SITCOM SETS. Airbnb features a bunch of stays that are painstakingly modeled after sets like Friends and Seinfeld.

Mary Tyler Moore Show

CHUCKLES MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW CRACKED.COM Chuckles the Clown was leading a parade dressed as Peter Peanut when he was tragically shelled to death by a rogue elephant. With a can't-stop-laughing funeral, it's the classic episode of a classic sitcom, at one point ranked #1 on TV Guide's list of the Top 100 Episodes of All Time.

News Radio

BILL MCNEAL NEWS RADIO CRACKED.COM The real-life murder of the beloved Phil Hartman hangs over the episode where the cast remembers McNeal, dead here of a heart attack. Matthew (Andy Dick) refuses to believe it, claiming Bill left to open a scuba diving school in Nepal.

Gilligan's Island

CRACKED.COM Gilligan's Island was almost rebooted in the '90s (with more cannibalism). According to James Gunn, Charlie Kaufman managed to get a Gilligan's Island reboot greenlit, with the starving castaways killing and eating each other. The project was nixed by Gilligan's creator Sherwood Schwartz.

Dawson's Creek

BEHIND THE SCENES Greg Berlanti is responsible for many of the LGBTQ+ characters we've seen on television. As a major television producer, he created and oversaw many of these characters, including Jack on Dawson's Creek, Carmelita on Dirty Sexy Money, and Alex Danvers in Supergirl. Now he's brought the first teen gay protagonist by a major film studio to the big screen. CRACKED.COM

Cagney & Lacey

The first in-show mention of condoms 1987 acul CRACKED.COM Cagney & & Lacey was the first prime-time drama to break the latex barrier and mention contraceptives.

Jonathan Wolff

Jonathan Wolff has written theme music for over seventy television shows, including WILL & GRACE and WHO'S THE BOSS? Music Consultants Group, Inc. His most famous work, though, is undoubtedly the SEINFELD bass jam. And yes, he does still get paid for each episode aired. CRACKED.COM

The Children's Television Act

The Children's Television Act required kids'TV to serve the educational and informational needs of children. CRACKED.COM This is why many 90s cartoons had a shoehorned educational message for kids added to the story.

Lost

Lloyd Braun, the former chairman of ABC Entertainment, got the idea for the show Lost after he watched the movie Cast Away. C ST CAST AWAY CRACKED.COM

The Office

CRACKED.COM THE OFFICE was heavily influenced by THE SOPRANOS. The Sopranos was actually the biggest influence on The Office, actor and producer В. J. Novak has said. The way Michael Scott will say something very serious but mispronounce a word I feel is a direct descendant of the Tony Soprano sense of humor.

The Golden Girls

CRACKED.COM THE GOLDEN GIRLS was inspired by MIAMI VICE. In 1984, NBC shot a humorous skit titled Miami Nice, starring two older actresses, for a special advertising their new shows (like Miami Vice). Execs liked it, and the idea was developed into a full series about old ladies living in Miami.

It's a Wonderful Life

It became a Christmas classic thanks to a lapsed copyright and TV. REA - 04 The film accidentally became public domain after Republic Pictures forgot to renew the copyright for it in 1974. This allowed every TV station to play the movie whenever they wanted, until 1993, when Paramount managed to secure the rights for the film. CRACKED.COM

All in the Family

The first content warning 1971 The program you are about to see is ALL IN THE FAMILY. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices and concerns. CRACKED.COM All in the Family featured several of the first slurs to appear on TV, and was preempted by this warning to contextualize them-kind of like how Disney+ warns kids about their racist crows and cats.

Home Improvement

Home Improvement BUDDIES CRACKED.COM Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer made a cameo on Tool Time that became an instant classic. They were rewarded with a spinoff starring Chappelle and... some other guy. Breuer was replaced after a few rehearsals, and the show was cancelled after 5 episodes.

Criminal Minds

In season 12, Aaron Hotchner leaves the Behavioral Analysis Unit to go on a special assignment, which turns out to be a cover for his relocation in Witness Protection. CRIMINAL MINDS In real life, Thomas Gibson kicked a writer because he didn't like the direction the show was taking, which first earned him a two-week suspension, and eventually led to him being fired. CRACKED.COM

Wallace & Gromit

Wallace & Gromic Nick Park originally intended for Gromit to be a cat, but thought it was easier to make a dog with clay. As he put it, you can roll it into larger sausages. CRACKED CON

SNL's Aidy Bryant

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM SNL COMEDIAN AIDY BRYANT HAD A CAMEO IN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2. She's dressed up as the Statue of Liberty, having her photo taken with tourists.

Roseanne

BEHINO-THE-SCENES SFACTS ROSANNE BARR DISPLAYED A LIST OF HER ENEMIES ON THE DOOR TO HER DRESSING ROOM ON ROSANNE. CRACKED.COM Not trying to hide her aggravation to- wards the crew, Barr prominently dis- played a memo addressing THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE FIRED IF THEY'RE NOT NICE TO ME. This included, EVERYBODY... ALL PRODUCERS, ALL WRITERS, ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

America's Toughest Bouncer

Mr. T was only supposed to have a small role in 'Rocky III.' CRACKED COM After being featured on NBC's 'America's Toughest Bouncer,' Sylvester Stal- lone intended to use Mr. T in a minor role, but that was quickly expanded to make him the primary an- tagonist.

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