28 Undead Bits of TV Trivia That Are Slowly Stalking You, Salivating Over Your Delicious Brain

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28 Undead Bits of TV Trivia That Are Slowly Stalking You, Salivating Over Your Delicious Brain

We’ve been following that brain of yours long enough, and it’s high time we finally confront it. Drumming up the courage to ask someone else’s brain something is hard, but after a long talk with ourselves in the mirror, we’re finally ready. 

Here goes it: Will your brain please accept these random bits of TV trivia? We worked long and hard to gather them, and it’d be a shame if they just sat here unread. Keep in mind, a refusal will completely shatter us emotionally. So please, scroll on down to the goods. Your brain won’t regret it.

Holly White

A scared baby ended up making one of Breaking Bad's final episodes even more heartbreaking. Director Rian Johnson never intended to have Walt's daughter Holly say Mama after she gets kidnapped by her father in Ozymandias. The child actor was actually crying out for her real mother who was on set. It was more than I could have hoped for -- it was like the moment that I wrote on meth, said Johnson, reflecting on the scene. CRACKED.COM

Friends

A mistake by David Schwimmer gave the Friends writers the perfect idea for a cliffhanger. During rehearsals for another scene in the Season 4 finale The One with Ross' Wedding, Schwimmer accidentally said, Rachel, the cab is downstairs when he should have used Emily's name. This inspired the writers to have him say, I, Ross, take thee Rachel by mistake during his wedding vows. CRACKED.COM

Mulder and Scully

A spontaneous dance caught on camera gave Mulder and Scully fans the romantic moment they wanted. While filming The Post-Modern Prometheus, The X-Files creator Chris Carter was busy getting footage of a stage performance when he saw David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson dancing together. Carter always had planned to keep the duo's relationship professional, but the moment was just too perfect to leave out. CRACKED COM

Twin Peaks

BOB became a character on Twin Peaks by accident. Frank Silva was working as the set dresser on the pilot episode when his image got caught on camera. The moment inspired David Lynch, who told him to crouch down at the base of Laura Palmer's bed and act scared. Silva, who had only dabbled in acting, went on to become the series' antagonist. CRACKED.COM

Seinfeld

28 Undead Bits of TV Trivia That Are Slowly Stalking You, Salivating Over Your Delicious Brain

Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard LETTERMAN CRACKED.COM At one point, Bernhard and Letterman were good friends and she made regular appearances. However, Letterman got word Bernhard was poo-pooing him among industry pals. Bernhard denied it, but Letterman denied her any future appearences.

Larry David

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM WAY BACK BEFORE SEINFELD OR CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, LARRY DAVID WROTE FOR SNL. I was writing sketches. They weren't putting any of my sketches on the air. The sketches were funny at the readthrough but the producer, Dick Ebersol, he didn't care for them, he recalled.

Stooky Bill

The first televised face 1925 CRACKED.COM Scottish inventor John Logie Baird televised his ventriloquist dummy, Stooky Bill, because the system couldn't detect the contrast of a human face.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

CORDELIA FROM BUFFY HELPED CATCH A RAPIST COP IN REAL LIFE. Before she was an actress, Charisma Carpenter and a couple guy friends were attacked while taking a night swim. A fight ensued, but they managed to escape-taking the guy's police flashlight with them. This led to identifying the serial rapist who had been terrorizing San Diego for some time. CRACKED.COM

Breaking Bad

in SEASON 5 OF BREAKING BAD, WALT ROLLS A BARReL OF money THROUGH THE DeSeRT. The Complete First Season 35 Br eaking 56 Bad WINNER Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Action in a Drame Series BRYAN CRANSTON RIGHT PAST THE PANTS не LOST in THE PILOT. In the pilot, Walter White buys a Winnebago and drives out to the desert. Then he strips down to his underwear, hangs his pants and shirt on the side view mirror, and starts cooking meth. He's pictured pantsless on the DVD cover. The episode was called Ozymandias. CRACKED.COM http://www. vulture.com/2013/09/walt-pants-desert-breaking-bad.html

Fry

28 Undead Bits of TV Trivia That Are Slowly Stalking You, Salivating Over Your Delicious Brain

Mad Men

in SEASON 5 OF MAD Men, PRYCE HANGS HImSeLF in HIS OFFICE. AND THE SHOW SPenT YEARS HINTING THAT IT'D HAPPEN. Two seasons before the suicide, Lane Pryce comments, I feel like I just went to my own funeral. I didn't like the eulogy. Then in the first episode of Season 5, Lane jokes on the telephone in his office, I'll be here for the rest of my life! And there are numerous visual clues, including a doodled noose on Don Draper's notepad. The actor who played Pryce was also killed on Fringe that year http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/interview-mad-men- CRACKED.COM co-star-jared-harris-on-lane-pryce-and-commissions-and-fees

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

COMEDY NERD Brooklyn Nine-NineS Yippie Kayak is an amazing homage to Die Hard. Jake, Boyle, and Gina get trapped in a store (where they went to buy a Christmas gift) by criminals, giving Jake the perfect chance to re-enact his favorite movie - Die Hard. CRACKED.COM

Futurama

COMEDY NERD Futurama has a Christmas episode that features a blood-crazed Santa. Due to a tragic programming error, the robot Santa from Xmas Story has turned from a benevolent bringer of gifts to a monster who goes on a killing rampage once a year. CRACKED.COM

Family Guy

COMEDY NERD In A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas, Peter gives away all the gifts. HO HO HC Specifically, he mistakenly gives all the Christmas gifts away to needy children -- then the Griffins try to buy last-minute replacements, but things don't work out at all. CRACKED.COM

South Park

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS MATT STONE HATES THE FIRST THREE SEASONS. SOUTH PARK If I had to permanently erase anything from the library, it would basically be anything before season 4. It's just embarrassing to watch, says Stone. CRACKED.COM

Parks and Rec

A real computer error led to a brilliant joke by Chris Pratt. In the Parks and Recreation episode Flu Season, Leslie is rushed to the doctor. As she walks by, Andy searches on the internet and says, I typed your symptoms into this thing up here and it says you could have network connectivity problems. The co-creator of Parks and Rec later proclaimed, If I could write a joke that good, I would be a happy man. CRACKED.COM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

CRACKED.COM WHO WAS DAVID WISE? DAVID WISE CREATED EVERYTHING YOU LOVE ABOUT THE NINJA TURTLES. M The turtles' love for pizza, their individual personalities, Shredder being their main foe... Nothing of that was in the original comics - it all came from Wise. Не wrote the cartoon's opening five-parter, and then went on to run the show.

The BBC

It turns out that Prince William is a big fan of the BBC show Killing Eve. Не talked to the people behind it at one point, and Killing Eve producer Sally Woodward Gentle said that Apparently he has watched it all. CRACKED.COM

Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls' survival adventures were revealed to be fake. In one episode in the Sierra Nevada, Grylls bites off the head of a snake for breakfast. A producer revealed that Grylls actually spent the night with the show's crew in a luxury lodge with all amenities, presumably including breakfast. CRACKED.COM

Rick and Morty

BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS RICK'S BURPING CAME ABOUT BY ACCIDENT Rick w Marty Roiland says that he accidentally burped while recording lines for Rick and Morty's precursor, The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti. Не found it funny and gross, and the trait stayed with the character ever since then. CRACKED.COM

King of the Hill

There's an official King of the Hill album. GRACKED CON They put out an album of southern rock covers by some popular country music stars, including Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow, as well as some of the characters themselves.

Bob’s Burgers

Louise wears bunny ears because of a manga. CRACKED.COM Louise's wardrobe, and by extension, her mischievous aura, are inspired by a character from Tekkonkinkreet. According to BB creator Loren Bouchard, there's a little boy who's only ever seen wearing bear ears. Не says a weird combination of kid and animal allows the audience to experience Louise both as a little girl and Bugs Bunny at the same time.

Pickle Rick

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS PICKLE RICK WAS INSPIRED BY AN EPISODE OF BREAKING BAD. Rick M Monty According to Dan Harmon, season three's Pickle Rick episode was influenced by Breaking Bad's season two episode 4 Days Out. In the episode, Walt and Jesse get stuck in the desert and have to use their smarts to escape. CRACKED.COM

The X-Files

The National Museum of American History has props from The X-Files. The museum curator said the show cleverly used the sci-fi genre to address such contemporary issues. Other important parts of American culture include Star Trek and Teenage Mu- tant Ninja Turtles. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Bo Burnham

AT A GLANCE ВО BURNHAM Не starred in the show Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous Burnham co-wrote the show with Dan Lagana (the showrunner for American Vandal). It was canceled after one season. CRACKED.COM

Wowowee

73 people died trying to get on a game show in the Philippines. wowowee CRACKED.c COM The popular Filipino game show Wowowee an- nounced that only the first 300 people out of the 30,000 that showed up would get tickets, resulting in a stampede that killed 73 and injured 400.

Game of Thrones

CRACKED.COM GAME OF THRONES GILLIAN ANDERSON TURNED DOWN A ROLE. While it's not specified which role it was, Anderson did say she declined the offer because of her young children. I can't justify spending that kind of time away from home, unless I'm working with Scorsese.

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