34 Facts About the Creation of Your Favorite TV Characters
So that’s how Nelson Muntz got his name!
Behind every iconic sitcom slacker, moody antihero or disturbingly charismatic meth cook, there’s a writer in sweatpants banging out some crazy backstory between slurps of cupped noodles. Then, as if their words are completely frivolous, the actors cast in said roles have some wild ideas of their own.
Today, we’re sifting through all that messy character development in the hopes of finding out how our favorite TV characters become the fictional folks we know and love today.