26 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Monday, December 15, 2025
Remote controls have a whole will of their own. Mine does a whole disappearing routine every single day. It somehow knows exactly when I will need to turn the TV on, and then it just seemingly slips into another dimension. I say that because I never find it anywhere weird; it's always in the same few spots: on the table, in between the couch cushions, under the couch, or on the kitchen island. Yet somehow, it doesn't appear until after I've thoroughly checked each place multiple times. I know I'm not the only one this happens to, either.
So, instead of driving yourself crazy looking in the same spots for your tricksy remote, take a little break and scroll through these TV facts. Your remote will pop back into existence faster if you don't acknowledge that its missing, I think.
Peaky Blinders
Source: Mental Floss
Ron Howard
Source: Deadline
The Jake Effect
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Source: 13 Sitcoms Whose Pilots Were Different From Later Episodes
Sitcoms
Parks and Recreation Improv
That's what David Lynch would call a "happy accident" on set.
Succession
Rarely do you hear about a person lying about their height to appear shorter.
The Mandalorian
Honestly, puppets are often way more realistic in some ways than CGI.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
True Detective
Source: Rolling Stone
The Mandalorian
Game of Thrones
It must feel so painful as an actor to find out that you get to play a cool character from your favorite books, only to realize that the character in question has been butchered completely.
Breaking Bad
With directors as meticulous as Vince Gilligan, every detail matters – even the ones off-screen!
Source: Cheat Sheet
Carrie Fisher
This is movie magic at its finest.
Source: IGN
The Walking Dead
Direwolves
Game of Thrones
Fawlty Towers
BBC
The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Christopher Nolan
It's like trying to stop a storm by calming the wind…
David Letterman
Stephen Colbert
South Park
Jamie Foxx's Sitcom
I don't know a single teenage girl that wouldn't resent their father for this.