31 Random Bits of TV Trivia That Are Like a Commercial Break to the Continuity of Your Life

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31 Random Bits of TV Trivia That Are Like a Commercial Break to the Continuity of Your Life

We could all use a little break once in a while, right? Sure, you might get a little pissy about commercial breaks during your favorite shows, but what if you reframe your view of that time? Maybe put the TV on mute, close your eyes and perform a little meditation. 

Just be sure to snap out of it before they’re over! 

Actually, now that we think about it, the thought of missing anything is too stressful. Just go on your phone till the show comes back like the rest of us.

Huey, Dewey and Louie

Probably due to Huey sounding like the Russian word for penis, their Duck Tales dub turned him, Dewey, and Louie into Billy, Willy, and Dilly, ironically CRACKED.COM causing the same thing in English.

The Mandalorian

A Deaf actor developed Tusken Sign Language for The Mandalorian. Troy Kotsur, who played a Tusken Raider in the show, was also given the job of developing a consistent language - h e based it on their culture and environment, making sure it wasn't at all like American Sign Language. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones (Again)

Iwan Rheon based Ramsay Bolton on Heath Ledger's Joker...and Dennis The Menace. Rheon said that doing all those horrible things with childlike glee simply worked for the character. Не also channelled Liam Gallagher's attitude and walking style. CRACKED.COM

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender was inspired by Antarctic exploration documentaries. Animation director Michael Dante DiMartino went through a period of being into documentaries about Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, and the idea of a small band of people surviving in harsh conditions stuck with him. One night at Bikram Yoga, his friend Bryan Joseph Konietzko had the idea to combine that with a sketch they'd made of a bald kid with an arrow on his head. CRACKED.COM

The Muppets

There was a Muppet that was inspired directly by Michael Cera. It's Walter, and his puppeteer said They told me to think about Michael Cera-that if he was a puppeteer he would already have the job. CRACKED.COM

DuckTales

The DUCKTALES reboot was influenced by X-MEN. Showrunners Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones have said they took cues from Chris Claremont's X-Men comics, with their self- contained stories that feed an ongoing narrative. CRACKED.COM

Community

CRACKED.COM community WAS INSPIRED BY DAN HARMON'S EXPERIENCES AT GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHEN HE WAS IN A BIOLOGY STUDY GROUP WITH TWO CLASSMATES A DECADE YOUNGER THAN HIM.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Sunnydale BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER CRACKED.COM Creator Joss Whedon has said the location was loosely based on Monterey, California, even if from the name alone, it would seem associated with Sunnyvale, California.

Game of Thrones

Maisie Williams is beloved for her role as Arya Stark on Game of Thrones. CRACKED.COM She recently admitted that she only accepted the role so she'd have the money to buy a laptop!

Squid Game

CRACKED NETFLIX'S SQUID GAME: THE CHALLENGE WAS ALMOST AS HARROWING AS THE ORIGINAL STORY. The show's contestants were left freezing in a Bedford hanger, some collapsing due to the cold and exhaustion. Netflix and producers said all safety measures were taken. 218 456

I Love Lucy

CRACKED COM Dumbest censorship Pregnancy Lucille Ball wasn't allowed to mention (or even visibly show) she was pregnant, despite her body doing a great job of filling everyone in.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

will smith did The Fresh Prince because he was broke. LISTATES كتمة CENTS OF Late '80s Will was in trouble-he had blown most of his rap money, and he owed what was left to the IRS. That was how show creator Benny Medina was able to rope him into auditioning for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, even though he wasn't an actor. CRACKED.COM

Mork & Mindy

CRACKED NANU, NANU Not an Apple product, this Orkan greeting is like Aloha, in that it can mean hello and goodbye. MORK AND MINDY

Hawkeye

Kingpin's giggle wasn't planned in HAWKEYE. Actor Vincent D'Onofrio said the laughter wasn't scripted but he couldn't help it as the kid playing little Maya was just too adorable. CRACKED.COM

Looney Tunes

CRACKED.COM The Warner Bros didn't know jack about their own cartoons. Harry Warner used to say, The only thing I know is, we make Mickey Mouse. The people who made Looney Tunes weren't exactly unhappy with the higher-ups' extremely hands-off approach.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

CRACKED ВЕВОР AND ROCKSTEADY WERE CREATED SOLELY FOR TOY SALES. They didn't appear in the live action movies, but were created by Peter Laird as more characters for the cartoon's toy line. They weren't given much personality or backstory, just Shredder's henchmen for the Turtles to beat every time. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld never unironically said What's the deal with ... ? on Seinfeld. No, not even in the pre-intro stand-up sets. It's apparently associated with him just because he said it in a 1992 SNL skit where he played a game show host. CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

A classic Simpsons Olympics episode is based on something that really happened. MILKS In Lisa's First Word, Krusty Burger offers free burgers if the US team wins, and that comes back to bite him. This really happened to McD's in 1984. CRACKED.COM

The Newsroom

Aaron Sorkin once hurt his hand by practicing a scene for The Newsroom. Не got up in the middle of the night to practice an idea he had, and that involved lunging at his bathroom mirror - he broke it, and went to the ER. CRACKED.COM

Three’s Company

Suzanne Somers was fired from Three's Company for asking for equal pay. Her co-star John Ritter, was getting $150,000 an episode, so she asked to get that (and not the $30,000 she'd been getting). Instead, they fired her, saying that Ritter is the star. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Next Generation

Patrick Stewart would never have starred in The Next Generation if he'd known how long it would be on the air. Не thought it'd go on for four or five years, not seven - - he wouldn't have committed to seven. He's still a little scared at the thought that such a big chunk of his life was nearly all about Star Trek. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Stargate

The press tour for Stargate inspired Independence Day. INDEPENDENCE DAY When Roland Emmerich told a reporter he didn't believe in aliens, the reporter asked What if tomorrow morning, we woke up and spaceships were hovering over the 30 biggest cities on Earth? That inspired him to start writing a pitch the next day. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Drew Carey

Drew Carey hasn't needed glasses since 2010. He's only kept wearing them because they're part of the look people associate with him. I have a whole career built on me wearing these black horn-rim glasses, he says. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Schitt’s Creek

Schitt's Creek basically saved Annie Murphy. She had $3 in the bank when they asked her to audition for the show, and her apartment had burned down. Two days later, she got the part. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

SNL

THE WRITER'S ROOM AT SLOWASINEDS-SHL-ONIHAB SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE IS FULL OF PEE. CRACKED.COM According to Tina Fey, the (extremely male) writers room at SNL was full of pee cups, as the writers were apparently too lazy to make their way to the very close bathroom. Even the slightly more mature Weekend Update offices had their own pee jar, proudly displayed to whomever walked in.

Donald Glover

Donald Glover bought forbidden snacks CRACKED.COM When Jimmy Kimmel asked him how he spent his first 30 Rock check, he said Can I be honest? Like, Gushers. I wasn't allowed to have candy as a kid, SO I was like, 'I'm balling.

Laverne & Shirley

CRACKED LAVERNE E & SHIRLEY SHIRLEY FEENEY In the first 2 episodes, Shirley has a thick Brooklyn accent (and sassy attitude). Wanting to appeal to the midwest, the show had her drop the accent and act more proper.

Tony Soprano

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM DAVID CHASE WANTED STEVEN VAN ZANDT TO PLAY TONY. PTONS HAMP NATIONAL INTER FESTIVAL FILM HAMP HAMPTON ONS INTER INTER ATIONAL FILM F M ESTIVAL 181 Söpranos Chase says he originally wanted the musician to play the lead, however, HBO didn't want to give the role to an inexperienced actor. In order to include Zandt on the show, Chase wrote the part of Silvio Dante specifically for him.

Malcolm in the Middle

Producers didn't let Aaron Paul audition for the role of Francis. MALC THe IN LM MIDDLE On Malcom in the Middle, Bryan Cranston and Paul could have been coworkers a lot sooner, but they rejected him even though he desperately wanted it. CRACKED.COM

What We Do in the Shadows

COMEDY NERD What We Do In The Shadows had a star-studded vampire tribunal episode. They got Tilda Swinton, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Reubens, Danny Trejo, and even Wesley Snipes to appear as vampires in, uh, an international vampire tribunal. CRACKED.COM

The Sopranos

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM THE SHOW STARTED OFF AS A MOVIE. Söpranos KI Creator David Chase originally conceived The Sopranos as a movie about a mobster in therapy having problems with his mother, starring Robert DeNiro. One of his managers eventually convinced him to turn the project into a TV series.

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