40 Random Bits of TV and Movie Trivia to Download Into Your Brain, ‘Matrix’-Style, Between Kung Fu Lessons

We could’ve seen a LOT more Hamm in ‘30 Rock’
40 Random Bits of TV and Movie Trivia to Download Into Your Brain, ‘Matrix’-Style, Between Kung Fu Lessons

The budget for the Always Sunny pilot barely broke triple digits.

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Princess Bride made Mandy Patinkin an expert

MANDY PATINKIN is a textbook example of swordfighting. Despite The Princess Bride being where it was most prominent, Patinkin had already learned fencing at Juilliard. Не then spent two months straight retraining, eight hours a day. Fencing academies now show his duel with the Man in Black in classes.

Source: Vanity Fair

Most Star Trek props were created by one man, Wah Ming Chang

Star Trek The phaser was created by Wah Ming Chang. Set phasers to underappreciated. Most everything in the original series was created by the same man, Wah Ming Chang - phasers, communicator, the Gorn, even struggles! OK, wait, actually we take our appreciation back for that past one.

Source: Star Trek

Chernobyl was created by Scary Movie writer Craig Mazin

Chernobyl is connected to Scary Movie. Craig Mazin, author of Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4, and Superhero Movie, created Chernobyl.

Source: IMDb

Unsurprisingly, Keanu Reeves is one of the better gunmen in the entertainment business

KEANU REEVES can really shoot. At a certain point after John Wick, Speed, Point Blank, The Matrix, The Bad Matrix Sequels, probably not My Own Private Idaho, Keanu learned to become a professional-level shooter.

Source: AccurateShooter.com

Carrie

TV shows we never got to see 2002 carrie This TV movie was meant to launch a Carrie series. It never did. CRACKED.COM
SPIDER CRACKEDCO INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE While Miles Morales is visiting his uncle Aaron in his apartment, the TV is on. And the TV is showing an episod

I Dream of TV

The type of TV you watch as a child majorly impacts your dreams. Back in the 1940s, watching black and white TV influenced the dreams of three in ever

The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough declared that The Thorn Birds TV adaptation is instant vomit. Despite being the second most watched miniseries in TV history, the

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