33 Inane TV Facts Zordon Called Us out of School and Made Us Warp Into the California Desert to Tell Us

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33 Inane TV Facts Zordon Called Us out of School and Made Us Warp Into the California Desert to Tell Us

TV does so much for us already, so we felt weird asking it for even more. But there are just so many interesting behind-the-scenes facts that we don’t get to see on screen, and we couldn’t help ourselves. 

In return, all it asked was that we passed them onto you. It’s not a big ask at all, but it’s a mission that we take very seriously. 

It’s the least we can do. So here are some amazing little TV tidbits that TV itself wanted you to have…

Jeopardy

Ken Jennings won so many games of Jeopardy that he had to start fabricating anecdotes to tell. CRACKED.COM Superchampion and even- tual host Jennings won so many games during his ini- tial streak that he admitted to fabricating anecdotes just so that he would have something to chat about with Alex Trebek.

Clerks

Kevin Smith's works have seen success after success, except for his short-lived cartoon. Clerks: The Animated Series is six off-the-wall episodes of complete mayhem and zany nonsense, and no comedy enthusiast should miss it. CLERKS The Series Animated CRACKED.COM

Community

KEN JEONG is a doctor. The Community actor has an MD from the University of North Carolina, and is licensed to practice medicine in the state of California. CRACKED.COM

Tommy Flanagan

Tommy Flanagán CRACKED.COM Tommy Flanagan, from Gladiator and Sons of Anarchy, has some visible scars around his mouth. That's because back in 1992, he got his face sliced open, an attack known as a Glasgow Smile and he actually received his in Glasgow, where he was working as a DI.

The Dating Game

Celebrities on dating shows Don Rickles was on one episode of 1969's The Dating Game. (Not as a competitor, but as an inquisitor that got to pick out a date for the woman contestant.) CRACKED.COM

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 from the show. VS After she got fired, Smith allegedly made some comments insinuating that Hubert wanted the show to be centered around her and would be bitter towards him regardless of his actions. Over 15 years later, Hubert - who wasn't done feuding -- said she'd never have a reunion with an asshole like Will Smith. CRACKED COM

The Simpsons

It takes 6-8 months to make one episode From pitch to production, one episode of The Simpsons takes a little less time than making a baby. CRACKED.COM

The Guardian

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM WILL FERRELL HAD A RANDOM CAMEO ON THE CBS DRAMA THE GUARDIAN. My manager Jim, who was also a producer on it at the time, and we basically forced CBS to write a guest role for me which looks like I'm going to be a series regular, he said.

South Park

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS FOX TURNED DOWN THE SHOW. SOUTH PARK Before landing on Comedy Central, Trey Parker and Matt Stone pitched the show to Fox. Executives at Fox turned them down because they didn't think a show about kids could work and wanted it to be more family-centric. CRACKED.COM

Ron Swanson

celebrity Hobbies Nick offerman is just Ron swanson. While he is different from his Parks and Rec character, Offerman shares Swanson's love of the outdoors and woodworking, and has his own woodworking shop. CRACKED.COM

Power Rangers

Power Rangers The Power Rangers exist by random chance. When the soon-to-be creator of the show was in Japan, he realized how profitable Super Sentai could be... but only because he happened to turn on his TV right when the program was on. CRACKED.COM

Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny was a reskinned Daffy Duck. The first cartoon featuring Daffy Duck was very well received-so people over at Warner Bros. just went and ripped off their own hit, changing the loony duck for a loony rabbit. Then Bugs was further developed with the years, becoming the trickster we know today. CRACKED.COM

Riverdale

CRACKED.COM Riverdale's Marisol Nichols fights sex criminals in real life. In the lulls of her acting job, Nichols moonlights as an undercover agent, helping the FBI hunt down sex predators. It sounds like the premise for a TV show - so of course, it's been turned into a TV show by Sony Pictures Television.

He-Man

He-Man villain Beast Man has a tragic backstory. The series bible states that Skeletor's furry minion used to be Biff Beastman, a regular Earth guy who crash-landed in Eternia along with He-Man's future mom. So while his travel mate ended up marrying a king, Biff was mutated by Skeletor into an animalistic henchman. CRACKED.COM

That ‘70s Show

The Rock's first acting role was on 'That 70's Show' playing his father, Rocky Johnson. Dwayne Johnson even ref- erenced himself, as Rocky, by mentioning a son that he predicted would be the most electrifying man in sports entertainment. Af- ter his fanny pack phase, of course. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Friends

CRACKED.COM The writers' room of Friends was a toxic bro-fest. In 2002, writer assistant Amaani Lyle sued Friends for harassment. The (mostly male) writers never denied their edgelord sexism and racism, claiming it was all necessary for their creative process. The suit was eventually dismissed, as the horrible remarks weren't aimed specifically at Lyle.

South Korean TV

South Korea maintains an analog TV broadcast near the North Korean border. CRACKED.COM Despite having completed the transition to digital broadcast (ATSC) in 2012, South Korea still uses the analog broadcast for North Koreans watching South Korean TV in secret.

My Name Is Earl

TELL US NOW. WHICH SHOW WOULD YOU BRING BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON? MY NAME IS EARL ENDED ON A FRUSTRATING CLIFFHANGER. There were several plot threads viewers wanted to see wrap up. Kristina J. says It would have been nice to continue with the list Earl had, but also to find out who fathered Joy's son. CRACKED.COM

ISIS

Archer went off the deep end because of ISIS (the INTERNATIONAL SECRET terrorist group). ISIS CE Turns out having your fictional spy agency share names with a rising terrorist organization makes for awkward PR, so Adam Reed decided to completely reinvent the premise of the show starting with Archer Vice. CRACKED.COM

The X-Files

The child Scully is carrying in The X-Files series finale is definitely Mulder's. Creator Chris Carter confirmed that, but also added that Scully has alien DNA. CRACKED GOM

Adult Swim

CRACKED ADULT SWIM USED TO BE SWIMMING-THEMED. Early on, all the promos and bumpers were swimming- themed. At some point, they changed over to the white text on the black background.

Boy Meets World

Eric Matthews got dumb overnight. BOY MEETS WORLD CRACKED.COM Early in Boy Meets World, Eric is the cool, charming older brother with average intelligence, but he becomes a wacky, cartoonish moron after a concussion in Season 4's Easy Street.

King of the Hill

John Ritter's final performance was on King of the Hill. CRACKED.COM Не recorded his final turn as music teacher Eugene Grandy shortly before his death in 2003.

SNL

CRACKED MICHAEL CERA WAS AFRAID OF BECOMING TOO FAMOUS. Cera turned down the chance to host Saturday Night Live in 2007 because he was scared it would make him too well-known.

Sealab 2021

Everyone hated the Sealab 2021 pilot. Creators Adam Reed and Matt Thompson recorded new audio over an existing episode of Sealab 2020, and it was bad. It was only picked up after cutting it down to seven minutes of insanity (and because Adult Swim needed short form content). CRACKED.COM

MacGyver

GRAGKED.COM Most of the Mac Hack in R MacGyver was made possible by the creative thinking of a gemologist named John I. Koivula.

Heat Vision and Jack

COMEDY NERD We never got to watch a TV show with Jack Black and a talking motorcycle. ... 118 OCO OMIC It was called Heat Vision and Jack, and it was created by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab-but the pilot was never made into a series. CRACKED.COM

True Crime Shows

A BIG FAN OF TRUE CRIME? DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE NOT A WEIRDO (PROBABLY). YOU'RE JUST A CURIOUS PROBLEM SOLVER WITH A MORAL COMPASS. OR SO THE EXPERTS THEORIZE. Being into this dark genre can also indicate alert survival instincts, as we tend to pay closer attention to things that can harm us, in order to be better prepared. CRACKED.COM

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

Mad Men

MAD MEN Ted Chaough's 30 Rock reference. Не casually orders Cooter's favorite drink: an Old Spanish. That's red wine, tonic water, and olives. CRACKED.COM

Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks

THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS FOR 70 YEARS. They met working on Sid Caesar's TV variety hour Your Show of Shows in 1950 and stayed close ever since. CRACKED.COM

The Price Is Right

CRACKED.COM - Aaron Paul was in The Price is Right. Back in 1999, a young, pre-Breaking Bad (and hugely excited) Aaron Paul made it to the stage after best estimating the price of a desk, and managed to get to the final Showcase Showdown. Too bad that he lost, and had to settle with a future as a popular celebrity.

The Falcon and Winter Soldier

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE SHOW PURPOSELY TOOK A STEP BACK FROM USING WEAPONS. THE FALCON DC THE WINTER SOLDIER Director Kari Skogland decided to reduce the use of weaponry on the show because she wanted each action sequence to have its own unique DNA at its core. CRACKED.COM

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