33 Random Bits of Trivia About ‘90s Sitcoms That Just Asked ‘Did I Do That?’ Even Though They Clearly Just Did Do That

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33 Random Bits of Trivia About ‘90s Sitcoms That Just Asked ‘Did I Do That?’ Even Though They Clearly Just Did Do That

Well, we just saw some teen TikToker refer to the ‘90s as the late 1900s, and we bawled our eyes out. They weren’t wrong, but still! 

Once we composed ourselves, we took it as a sign to revisit some facts from our favorite ‘90s sitcoms. You know, for that warm hug that nostalgia brings. 

Do you fellow old folks think it’s more offensive to call the ‘90s “the late 1900s” or “the late second millennium”? We’re not sure.

We’re All Right!

THAT 70S SHOW CHEAP TRICK CRACKED.COM That 70s Song began as In the Street by the legendary Big Star. A cover for Season 1 was performed by Griffin, but Cheap Trick's version became the iconic one. The repeated We're all right lyric called back to Cheap Trick's hit Surrender.

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Ellen DeGeneres from Ellen

Ellen FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE CRACKED.COM Ellen, a show that These Friends of was cancelled for Mine, a show being too gay about a definitely just one season straight woman after the and these friends protagonist came of hers. out.

Fez

CRACKED.COM That 70s Show Fez's nickname isn't derived from his real name. It's an abbreviation of foreign exchange student, with the s replaced by a z.

Roseanne

33 Random Bits of Trivia About ‘90s Sitcoms That Just Asked ‘Did I Do That?’ Even Though They Clearly Just Did Do That

The Seinfeld Finale

SEINFELD CRACKED.COM Wanting to end it before any of fthe funny was compromised, Seinfeld called it quits after 9 seasons on May 14, 1998. After almost being cancelled early on, it became the #1 show by the 1994-95 season, averaging just over 30 million viewers per episode. It rose back to #1 in season 9, and the finale brought in a whopping 76.3 million viewers.

Home Improvement

HOME IMPROVEMENT CRACKED.COM After 8 seasons, we got to see Wilson's full face. The ratings had slipped dramatically in the last few seasons, losing nearly 60% of its audience. On average, 15 million viewers were tuning in, but the series finale on May 25, 1999 brought in 35.5 million viewers.

The Full House Finale

FULL HOUSE CRACKED.COM Through its 8 seasons, the TGIF hit averaged 9.6 to 15.9 million viewers per episode, but the series finale had 24.3 viewers. Even though John Stamos said, When we got canceled, we knew like a week before, so we thought we were just doing a regular last show of the season.That finale still had a solid ending that fans were happy with.

That ‘70s Show

THAT '70s SHOW was originally Teenage Wasteland. However, Fox was unable to secure the iconic lyric from the Who's Baba O'Riley and the creators had to come up with a new title. CRACKED.COM

Seinfeld

The pilot led to the smallest Truth sitcom order in TV history. SEASONS 1 & 2 Seinfeld DVD VILLE - After initially turning them down, NBC picked up four episodes. Larry David wasn't sure they'd even be able to fill that order: my initial reaction was not joy 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

Matt LeBlanc

MATT. LEBLANC dislocated his shoulder doing a dive for a chair while filming the episode The one where no one's ready. Instead of trying to hide it, the FRIENDS writers added a storyline where Joey hurt his arm jumping on a bed. CRACKED.COM

The Full House House

The Full House TO THE FANS OF FULL HOUSE FULL HOUSE/FULLER HOUSE WE LOVE YOU BUT PLEASE RESPECT OUR NICE NEIGHBORS AND OUR QUIET STREET NO DOUBLE-PARKING NO LOITERING NO LOUD TALKING NO LITTERING NO BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS E QUICK AND COURTEOUS DON'T MAKE ANYONE CRACKED.COM SAY HOW RUDE! After a few years of peace and quiet, neighbors again clocked over 1,000 tourists a day right after Fuller House was announced. It's hard to imagine 1,000 people have even watched the reboot.

Aunt Becky

An episode of Full House featured Aunt Becky in admissions scandal Uncle Jesse lies on his kids' preschool application, but in the TV show, Aunt Becky 'fesses up. CRACKED.COM

Taran Noah Smith

MARK TAYLOR became a submarine instructor CRACKED.COM In the weirdest story on this list, Taran Noah Smith was found in 2019 hosting a sub piloting program for a company called Community Submersibles.

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Aliens in the Family

Aliens in the Family 1996 The creators of The Fresh Prince Bel-Air created the short-lived sci-fi series featuring a blended human/alien family.

Harriette Winslow

Family Matters CRACKEDco Long before Urkel stole the show, the spotlight was supposed to be on Harriette Winslow. She was a breakout success on Perfect Strangers, where she played a sassy elevator operator whose cop husband used to drop by from time to time. In this scene, she delivers the

Gitmo Sitcom Viewing

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is huge in The Gitmo, uiC ofBelairt It's not clear why, but Guantanamo Bay inmates love watching Fresh Prince. In response

Married... With Children

CRACKED.COM MARRIED WITH CHILDREN The 6th season revolved around the pregnancy of Peggy Bundy (Katey Sagal, who was actually pregnant at the time) but

Karyn Parsons

CRACKEDcO COM After playing Will Smith's ame-hungry cousin Hilary Banks in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Karyn Parsons stepped away from the spotlight and

Boy Meets World

BOY THE QUESTION: meets WORLD Did Mr. Turner survive that motorcycle crash? At the end of Cult Fiction, Shawn learns that his teacher and surrogate

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Will Smith and Janet Hubert had such a rocky relationship behind the scenes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air that she blamed him for her getting fired f

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Sitcom Teachers

Good Morning, Miss Bliss The Simpsons Buffy The Vampire Slayer Boy Meets World IN THE WORLD OF TELEVISION, No ONE BATS AN EYE AT A TEACHER GOING OVER

William Daniels

William Daniels was a beloved teacher on Boy Meets World. And he schooled the Hoff as a talking car. Daniels, who played Mr. Feeny, was the voice of

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