40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivial That Actually Taste Better Reheated

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivial That Actually Taste Better Reheated
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Saturday Night Live

CRACKED.COM SNL is a traumatizing gig. Sabotage, backstabbings, degradation, performers refusing scripts written by women/younger members, drug-fueled BS, even fistfights - those are the kinds of horror stories former SNL cast members often recount. Toxic working environment? Hell, this is the Chernobyl of comedy.

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Jussie Smollett

Fallen Celebrities Then vs. Now JUSSIE SMOLLETT had a somewhat solid career for around 30 years, THEN НЕ MADE UP A HATE CRIME FOR ATTENTION, spent less than a week in jail, and dared to appear in 2022's BET Awards like nothing happened. Truly a champion of black liberation. CRACKED.COM

Naruto

Right-Hand Foils Sasuke Uchiha to Naruto Uzumaki Dark, mysterious, naturally gifted Sasuke is the perfect foil to the loud, boisterous, hardworking Naruto. Their rivalry creates not just interesting friction, but a unique friendship. In fact, it's Sasuke's status as a highly skilled ninja that pushes Naruto to become greater early in the series. Naruto CRACKED.COM

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles was supposed to be over 3 hours long. That was John Hughes' original cut, but it was lost, and his guess was that it was rotting away in a vault somewhere. CRACKED.COM

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Chris Coulfer

CHRIS COULFER IS OLDER THAN DAKOTA JOHNSON. Born in the same year, the baby-faced Glee star is somehow older than the 50 Shades of Grey leading lady.

Black Panther

40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivial That Actually Taste Better Reheated

Lost Tropes

Lost Tropes Funny suicide Suicide (by gun, train, etc.) was used as comedy in old cartoons. But suicide is serious business (unless you're Hitler in the bunker, in which case cue the Benny Hill music and fart sounds) CRACKED.COM

Rom-Com Tropes

Tired Rom-Com Tropes (That Still Make Us Swoon) Awkwardness Snappy banter can be fun, but no one talks like that, let alone teens. So we really enjoyed the clumsy awkwardness in Love, Simon and To All the Boys I've Loved Before. Also Spider-Man: Homecoming and Far from Home (which we're making honorary rom-coms). CRACKED.COM

Danny Torrance

THE SHINING Danny Torrance CRACKED COM Actor Danny Lloyd quit acting as a teen, and went on to teach biology at a community college in Kentucky.

Titanic

TITANIC I'm the king of the world! Leo shouted this when he first boarded the ship, and James Cameron chucked it in the script.

It's always so wholesomes when director's keep an actor's genuine reaction over whatever was written in the script. 

Jolene

Dolly Parton's Jolene is about a red-headed clerk who had a crush on her husband. CRACKED.COM The song's title is named after one of her fans. Dolly told her, That is pretty. That sounds like a song. I'm going to write a song about that.

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Superhero Tropes

WE KNOW SUPERMAN BEGINS WITH S THANKS TO LETTER LOGOS A LETTER ON YOUR COSTUME WON'T GET YOU KILLED. BUT WHAT'S THE POINT? IS THERE ANY DUMBER COSTUME ACCESSORY THAN MISTER TERIFFIC WEARING A BIG LETTERT ON HIS FACE?

Daniel Sloss

DANIEL SLOSS 'll just say things that aren't even hateful, they're just, blah. Back in my day we didn't have depression or anxiety. We just called it being sad, and we got on with our days. All right, cool, that's a medical misdiagnosis. That's the equivalent of saying, Back in my day we didn't have breast cancer. We just called it itchy t*** and we died at 37. CRACKED

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Wonder Woman

In Wonder Woman we're told that Diana knows about sex, SO her romance with Steve Trevor won't seem weird. SHE LEARNED EVERYTHING FROM BOOKS. Steve is

Steven Tyler and Julia Holcomb

Steven Tyler & Julia Holcomb 9 YEARS Holcomb was a 16-year-old fan backstage at an Aerosmith concert when she met Tyler and they started a relationship. Her mother signed over guardianship to Tyler, where he was her legal guardian while they were dating each other. CRACKED.COM

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