37 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Hoovered Off the Free Sample Plate

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37 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia We Hoovered Off the Free Sample Plate
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Disney Renaissance

The '90s are 1994 1995 15 1992 1993 1994 sometimes 199 called the Disney 92 Renaissance. 1993 1994 1995 1996 999 1991 1997 It began in late 1989 with the wildly successful The Little Mermaid, 199 reached its peak in popularity with The Lion King in 1994, and ended in 1999 with Tarzan. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s

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Joss Whedon

A character on Joss Whedon's show Angel hates some of Whedon's work. Fred's mother says her husband loves the Alien films, except for that last one t

Thor

In Thor: The Dark World, a simple Loki gesture is actually a Steve McQueen homage. When Loki lies on his bunk and tosses his cup in the air, then catches it, that's a reference to Steve McQueen's character doing the same thing with a baseball in solitary confinement in The Great Escape. CRACKED.COM

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. This historically signifiant work of satire starring Charlie Chaplin was created while the US was still as peace with Nazi Germany. CRACKED.COM

Steven Seagal

The highlight of Steven Seagal's 2005 album Songs From the Crystal Cave is arguably Strut, a duet with Jamaican STEVEN dancehall legend SEAGAL Lady Saw, in which Songs from the Crystal Cave Seagal sings Me want the poonani. CRACKED.COM

Beatrice Straight

Beatrice Straight who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for just 5 minutes of screen time. CRACKED.COM Straight won the Oscar for her role in 'Net- work' (1976), in which she appeared for just one scene that was 5 minutes and 40 sec- onds long.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

MOVIES SAVED BY RESHOOTS SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD THE MOVIE GAVE THE BOOKS A BETTER ENDING. Originally, Scott and Knives got back together, but they reshot an ending where Knives moves on. Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley liked it so much, he used this ending for the books that the movie was based on. CRACKED

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You’ve Got A Friend in Me

WEIRD WORLD A police officer used copyrighted Disney music to thwart a YouTuber who was recording him. Randy Newman's You've Got a Friend in Me was played from a police vehicle while a citizen was recording the public interaction so that the YouTuber's video would be muted or taken down. CRACKED.COM

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Elektra Records

After the 9/11 ATtAcKS, Elektra Records yanked and replaced this cover image for the album PARTY MUSIC by THE COUP, which depicted the destruction of

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