40 Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Snort Up Your Schnoz Like a Thirsty Elephant

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40 Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Snort Up Your Schnoz Like a Thirsty Elephant
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Daniel Day-Lewis

METHOD MADNESS DANIEL DAY-LEWIS GANGS OF NEW YORK Не caught pneumonia after refusing to wear a coat between scenes (since those coats didn't exist in the 1860s). Не said, I will admit that I went mad, totally mad, and the role was, not so good for my physical or mental health. CRACKED

Miramax Films

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Meryl Streep

METHOD MADNESS THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA MERYL STREEP as Miranda Priestly Her performance was Oscar nominated, but she said it was the last time she'd ever attempt method acting. It was horrible. I was miserable in my trailer. I could hear them all laughing... I was so depressed! CRACKED

20th Century Studios

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Al Pacino

METHOD MADNESS SCENT OF A WOMAN When AL PACINO went blind While filming, he claimed to actually be blind. Не tripped over things that he couldn't see, and he sent Chris O'Donnell a letter saying, I couldn't tell what you were doing because I sort of never saw you. From what I've heard, your performance is outstanding. CRACKED

Universal Pictures

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The Goonies

The kids saw the ship for the first time while filming. THE GOONIES CRACKED COM They reacted the way any kids would: by cursing. They had to get a second take to supplement the explitive-laden first reaction.

Ridley Scott

The cast didn''t fully grasp the concept of a chestburster' until this very moment. ALIEN Ridley Scott wanted to document their authentic reactions, and he certainly got 'em. Veronica Cartwright fainted when she saw it.

Captain Phillips

This moment is the first time Tom Hanks met his costars. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS The director kept the pirates away from Hanks and CO. until the scene where they burst in and took them hostage, SO they'd have the same experience as the real crew.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The actors were losing their minds, and their lunches. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE CRACKED.COM Conditions were hot, gross, and terrifying. Everyone was on edge all the time, and the cast routinely leaned out the window to puke during the dinner scene.

Anthony Hopkins

Jodie Foster was not ready for that hissssss, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS CRACKED.COM Anthony Hopkins tried it out to see if he could scare Foster. It worked!

The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers After 20 successful years, Don Everly got so drunk at a show in 1973, that he couldn't remember the lyrics to their most popular songs. Phil Everly broke his guitar over his brother's head, stormed out of the venue, and they didn't speak again until their father died years later. CRACKED

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Temptation

Unreleased movies Zoe Saldaña Adam Pascal TEMPTATION This 2004 rock musical was only shown once, at the New York Musical Festival. It featured real people, animation, and surreal sets and backgrounds CRACKED

Rough Diamond Productions

IMDb

Batman

HOLY MUSICAL, AMAN! CRACKED This not officially sanctioned by DC Comics musical featured the show-stopping number Robin Sucks.

Strangers with Candy

COMEDY NERD BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Strangers with Candy made Comedy Central history. 26 CRACKED.COM The show was Comedy Central's first original, live-action, non- sketch series. Yeah, that's a lot of qualifiers, but pretty cool nonetheless.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IN THE UKRAINIAN MOVIE RZHEVSKIY PROTIV NAPOLEONA, ZELENSKY PLAYED NAPOLEON. The movie (in English, Corporal vs. Napoleon), shows Napoleon during his invasion of Russia.

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Jack Handey

COMEDY DEL NERD CRACKED.COM Fuzzy Memories: Thanksgiving Fuxxy Memories Jack Handey, a name revered in comedy nerd circles the world over, may BE more well-known for his Deep Thoughts series, but it was his Fuzzy Memories series that hit Thanksgiving. Short, sweet, and devastating, as his best pieces are, it'll stick in your head for days like a pop song chorus.

Bob Newhart

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.' Bob Newhart

NBC

The Banned Family Guy Episode

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM A FAMILY GUY EPISODE WAS BANNED BECAUSE IT INVOLVED ABORTION. The episode, Partial Terms of Endearment, couldn't run on TV - but it did make it on DVD.

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Chris Rock

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Chris Rock has a corsage from his prom date. Purple vinyl jacket + Jheri curl + fake lapel flower = 1980s comedy perfection.

Just for Laughs

Sheldon

COMEDY NERD Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory was actually originally named Kenny. But they changed that to Sheldon in homage to great TV producer Sheldon Leonard. CRACKED.COM

He does radiate Kenny energy. 

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George Carlin

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Atheism is a non- prophet organization. George Carlin

HBO

Bo Burnham

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM What's a pirate minus the ship? Just a creative homeless guy. Во Burnham

Comedy Central

Jason Sudeikis

COMEDY DG NERD CRACKED.COM Jason Sudeikis Many times on SNL Sudeikis played the role of a coach, but it was the iteration created for a series of commercials that would lead to his 2021 Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy win for fish-out-of-water soccer/football comedy Ted Lasso.

Vision

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM VISION Well, I was born yesterday. May have gotten that classic wit from the parts of him that Tony is responsible for.

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