33 Random Bits of TV Trivia Our Mom Says We’re Not Old Enough to See Yet

We had to go to grandma’s house to read these. She lets us read anything!
33 Random Bits of TV Trivia Our Mom Says We’re Not Old Enough to See Yet

Ugh! Moms can be way too overprotective sometimes. Like, every other kid at school gets to read these TV facts, so why can’t we? Sure, there are a couple risqué themes, but we can handle it. 

Ooh, our friend just invited us over to read them now. His mom lets him read whatever he wants!

Party of Five

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM JAMES MARDSEN LEFT THE SHOW. party of five Mardsen, who played Griffin in the first season, says he decided to sign on to do another show because there was uncertainty if Party of Five would get another season. The show ended up getting renewed and he was replaced by Jeremy London.

Key & Peele

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Comedy legends influenced KEY & PEELE CRACKED COM Keegan-Michael Key says his comedy influences are Peter Sellers and Richard Pryor. They are my spirit animals. For Jordan Peele, his 'comedy parents' are Martin Lawrence and Steve Martin. Key decided that Steve Martin Lawrence would be a delicious matchup.

Wub-wub-wub-wub

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS RICK'S CATCHPHRASE WAS AN ACCIDENT. Rick на Marty The original script had Rick saying, Wub-wub-wub-wib- like Curly from the Three Stooges. However, Justin Roiland misread the line and said, wubba lubba dub-dub - inadvertently creating a catchphrase. CRACKED.COM

The Holy Grail

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS WRITER'S BLOCK LED TO THE ANIMATOR DYING GAG. THE HOLY GRAIL CRACKED.COM Terry Gilliam says he couldn't figure out how to end the animated chase between the Knights of the Round Table and the Black Beast of Argh. Не decided that killing the animator/himself would be a good way to resolve the situation.

Breaking Bad

RIED THE A1A CAR - ASH Marius Stan, who played Bogdan on Breaking Bad, is actually a scientist - a computational physicist and chemist. Не works at Argonne National Laboratory as a Senior Computational Scientist. CRACKED.COM

Frasier

An actress was originally supposed to be cast to play the part of Maris Crane, however, after only 3 episodes they had described her physical appearance as so bizarre that she had practically become uncastable. ? FRASIER GRAGKED.COM

The Big Bang Theory

The equations on the background in The Big Bang Anal CHE 50% خ is Theory are mathematically accurate. TVV.com [-G+ ROh the 1 عليه thy hns) M=XoY Meland PAVRA DAVOS Y:Be'C DCDC-TOO = /YI DB.DC:0 PLUM = 1973 m го Y/T David Saltzberg, a professor at UCLA studying particle physics, k'n works as the science consultant on the show. CRACKED.COM

The Walking Dead

There was absolutely no narrative reason for The Walking Dead to spend a season on a farm. THE IMPROVISATION: The network axed the Season 2 budget before even airing the pilot. So, to save money, the show was stuck with using Hershel's farm as much as possible. THE RESULT: A critically acclaimed season with a finale that was the network's most-watched episode ever at the time. CRACKED.COM

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk TV show was too cheap to spend money on shooting planes and trucks. Footage from Steven Spielberg's Duel, used in S1E9 of The Incredible Hulk THE IMPROVISATION: They just picked up that footage from other movies. These were well-known films from just a few years before. The network owned the rights, and they didn't care that it was obvious. THE RESULT: An action-packed first season that made the show a hit from the start. CRACKED.COM

Batman

A 1960s Batman episode had Batman, Robin, and Batgirl fight all their villains at once. THE IMPROVISATION: There was no money to actually show that, so the villains turned invisible and the trio punched air. Then they turned off the light to even the odds, leaving the screen black. THE RESULT: An episode in which the show topped itself in campy hilarity. CRACKED.COM

Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE SHOW USED A REAL STREET MUSICIAN. TED LASSO The musician Lasso brings in from the street as a replacement for Robbie Williams is Cam Cole-a famous London street performer. CRACKED.COM

Freaks and Geeks

BUSY PHILIPPS AND JAMES FRANCO DIDN'T GET ALONG CRACKED.COM Philipps says that Franco was a bully and physically assaulted her on-set.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS AANG'S ACTOR CHANGED HIS VOICE DURING PRODUCTION. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER Zach Tyler Eisen was going through adolescence, and his voice deepened during Season 3. The creators weren't too concerned (it was a coming-of-age story, after all), but his voice was pitched up all the same. CRACKED.COM

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm voiced a sentient toilet. CRACKED COM In the episode O.T. The Outside Toilet, Gene discovers an advanced, talking toilet in the woods and VOWS to protect it from Max Flush, the toilet hunter.

30 Rock

While he was a writer for 30 Rock, Donald Glover was still living in his New York University dorm. AM an RCH Не was also working as Resident Advisor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

SNL

Fred Savage was the first person to host SNL who was born after its premiere. Не was 13 years old when he hosted in 1990. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Malcolm in the Middle

The house in Malcolm in the Middle was being rented to the production for $3-4,000 per day. The house (used for exterior shots -- interiors were shot by a soundstage) was owned by a doctor, who earned around $100,000 for letting his house be used for exterior shots. CRACKED.COM

King’s Landing

The real-life King's Landing was the site of a long siege. The city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, doubled for King's Landing on Game of Thrones, and Dubrovnik was heavily fought over in the Croatian War of Independence -- in 1991, it was shelled by artillery for three months. CRACKED.COM

Azula

CRACKED.COM Avatar: The Last Airbender Azula becomes a major force in Season 2 of the show - but before that, she appears watching the duel between Zuko and Ozai (and looking quite pleased by her brother getting literally burned).

The Cosby Show

Adam Sandler was a high school student in The Cosby Show. Sandler played a boy named Smitty in four episodes of the show's fourth season. CRACKED.COM

Baywatch

Trinity flirted with the Hoff in Baywatch. KEEP OFF Years before The Matrix or Jessica Jones, Carrie-Anne Moss played a dual role in the 1994 episode Mirror, Mirror. CRACKED.COM

Daenerys Tagaryen

In the original Game of Thrones pilot, Daenerys Targaryen wasn't played by Emilia Clarke. Tamzin Merchant was first cast as Daenerys, but after the pilot failed and had to be re-shot almost completely, she was replaced with Clarke. CRACKED.COM

The Golden Girls

George Clooney took a bullet in The Golden Girls. Clooney played tons of bit parts before becoming an A-lister in his 40s-like a police detective in the Golden Girls episode To Catch a Neighbor. CRACKED.COM

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Don Cheadle was almost very important to The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The War Machine-to-be showed up as Will Smith's friend Ice Tray. Producers wanted to make a spin- off about him, but the new show wasn't picked up. CRACKED.COM

Murder, She Wrote

33 Random Bits of TV Trivia Our Mom Says We’re Not Old Enough to See Yet

Bryan Cranston

CRACKED.COM Casting Bryan Cranston as Breaking Bad's Walter White wasn't AMC's Plan A. In fact, he wasn't even their Plan В. The role was first offered to Matthew Broderick and John Cusack. Even after the role was turned down by both of them, AMC was still a little reluctant giving the role to Cranston, who, at the time, was considered a comedic actor.

The Sopranos

Lin-Manuel Miranda had his start in The Sopranos. Miranda's first TV job was as a (non-rapping) hotel bellman who couldn't answer Tony Soprano's questions. CRACKED.COM

Sofia the First

Wayne Brady is Clover Sofia Disney First Wayne Brady, the improvisationally gifted yet oft-maligned star of Whose Line is it Anyway? has been keeping himself busy playing Aaron Burr in the Chicago production of Hamilton. But not before he tried to toughen up his image a bit-by playing a cute little Bunny named Clover on Disney's Sofia the First. CRACKED.COM

Dragons: Riders of Berk

David Faustino is Dagur the Deranged DRAGONS RIDERS OF BERK What's David Faustino, the actor who played Bud Bundy on Married With Children, up to nowadays? He's deranged. As in Dagur the Deranged, leader of the Beserker Tribe in the TV version of How to Train Your Dragon. CRACKED.COM

Pound Puppies

Dabney Coleman is the LA Mayor HBO E GOARDWALK MPIRE RS Pound Puppies Dabney Coleman, the man America most loved to hate in the 1980s (aside from J.R. Ewing), has found a cushy gig for his golden years. Не, along with fellow elder thespian Betty White, got gigs on the newest incarnation of Pound Puppies, which is based heavily on the WWII POW sitcom Hogan's Heroes (seriously). CRACKED.COM

Rick and Morty

Sarah Chalke is Beth Smith Rick ANd Morty Sarah Chalke entered our lives first on Roseanne, and then as Elliot on Scrubs. Nowadays she plays Beth Smith, a dedicated (and occasionally homicidal) veterinary horse surgeon on Rick and Morty. CRACKED.COM

Game of Thrones

In a sense, Game of Thrones is GRRM's fanfiction about his pet turtles. They kept dying, to his great sadness - as they lived in a castle, he made up stories about how they were kings and knights killing each other over a throne. CRACKED.COM

Psych

The TV show Psych is kind of based on creator Steve Franks' childhood. His dad was in the LAPD, and he called himself a trained observer - which inspired the premise of a fake psychic working for the police. CRACKED.COM

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