26 Bits of TV Trivia That Got Caught in Our Tractor Beam When We Were Trying to Abduct a Cow

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26 Bits of TV Trivia That Got Caught in Our Tractor Beam When We Were Trying to Abduct a Cow

It might come as a surprise, but we pre-list blurb writers arent the most show-stoppingly attractive bunch out there. Weve never once turned a head when weve walked into a room. Well, thats not true. The head-turns we get usually involve disgusted eye-rolls, so theyre clearly not the head-turns we mean. 

Our TV fact-soaked brains, on the other hand — those handsome devils get every TV lover in the room gawking as they strut into the room. Hmm, that might be because we scream the facts out loud as we walk in, but how else would anyone know whats in our brains? You think thats why we get so many eye-rolls? 

Wow, this is asking a lot more questions than its answering. Better just get to these TV facts before we confuse you (and ourselves) any further.

Bob’s Burgers

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Eugene Mirman Sporting his native accent in Delocated, this Bob's Burgers star and legendary alt comic was born in the Soviet Union.

The Ben Stiller Show

Forgotten sitcoms 1992-1995 THE BEN STILLER SHOW Not exactly a sitcom, but it's noteworthy for winning an Emmy right after being canceled. Besides Stiller, the show boasted a cast composed of Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo, and Bob Odenkirk, and was written by Judd Apatow. CRACKED.COM

Firefly

CRACKED.COM zac Efron played simon Tam. Efron's first TV role was as a young Doctor Tam in Firefly.

My Two Dads

Forgotten sitcoms 1987-1990 MY TWO DADS Paul Reiser starred in this fresh out of Aliens-but it's not about what you're thinking. It's about two bachelors who are stuck with the daughter of their common old flame after she passes away. Wait, we take it back-that is exactly the plot of Aliens. CRACKED COM

Titus

Forgotten sitcoms TITUS Christopher Titus is one of the few conservative comedians who has resisted the lure of punditry, which is good. His sitcom was one of the few good shows which could fill the post-Seinfeld void, which is even better. 2000-2002 CRACKED.COM

Lauren Graham

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM LAUREN GRAHAM Before Lauren Graham was one of those Gilmore Girls, she was calling Jerry instead of poison control on the episode The Millennium in Season 8.

Joss Whedon

CRACKED.COM But still no aliens? Joss Whedon's baby, the show was co-ran by Tim Minear, who got his start on Lois & Clark.

Jon Stewart

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM JON STEWART AND PETE DAVIDSON ORGANIZED A COMEDY EVENT FOR 9/11 CHARITIES. It was held on September 12, 2021, and featured a long list of comedy legends. All the proceeds went to 9/11 charities.

Trevor Noah

COMEDY NERD Trevor Noah has had plenty of comedy mentors, including, say, Jay Leno. Leno told him to not to stop touring because, he says, it's like a muscle that you might not be able to rebuild. CRACKED.COM

Wonder Showzen

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Wonder Showzen Like a comedy Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Wonder Showzen parodies children's programming. In a Pre-Nathan Fielder world we had Clarence to have awkward conversations with people on the street.

Strangers With Candy

COMEDY NERD BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Strangers with Candy made Comedy Central history. as CRACKED.COM The show was Comedy Central's first original, live-action, non- sketch series. Yeah, that's a lot of qualifiers, but pretty cool nonetheless.

The Office

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM PAUL GIAMATTI WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO PLAY MICHAEL SCOTT IN THE OFFICE. Well, they offered him the chance to play Scott, but he turned them down.

Jason Sudeikis

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Jason Sudeikis Many times on SNL Sudeikis played the role of a coach, but it was the iteration created for a series of commercials that would lead to his 2021 Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy win for fish-out-of-water soccer/football comedy Ted Lasso.

Workaholics

COMEDY NERD The Comedy Central show Workaholics had cameos from The Black Keys. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney played two guys involved in a small claims court case that had to do with, uh, the sale of a hovercraft. CRACKED.COM

David Spade

David Spade's Hollywood Minute Puppet In a response to Eddie Murphy's backlash to a Hollywood minute joke, Spade stopped doing the seg- ment. However, a smaller, wooden version of himself, carried on the re- sponsibility. Spade (with little pup- pet voice): Bobby Brown recently spent five days in jail. Two for drunk driving and three for his new al- bum. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

North Hollywood

TV shows we never got to see 2001 North Hollywood North Hollywood This Judd Apatow pilot had Amy Poehler, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, January Jones, and Adam McKay before they were stars. As it was never picked up, we'll never know how big of a hit it could have been. CRACKED.COM

Law & Order: SVU

LAW & ORDER: SVU Fin Tutuola FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE CRACKED.COM 20 seasons A flashy four- later, he's the episode novelty, second- to hold viewers' attention after longest Michelle Hurd serving left. character.

Stranger Things

CRACKED.COM STRANGER THINGS ELEVEN'S SUPERPOWERED FRIENDS. FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE In season two episode At the end of the episode, Eleven parts The Lost Sister, ways with the group and Eleven finds a group we never see them of people with psychic again. The fact that there abilities that all came are others like her is from the same never even brought up facility as her. again.

Ally McBeal

CRACKED.COM ALLY MCBEAL PHIL LEEDS FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE The show reused old The veteran actor footage of Judge Boyle passed away in to have the character 1 998 at the age die in the middle of a trial in season 2 of 82. episode 7.

The O.C.

THE О.С. Mischa Barton CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Left to pursue a Marissa Cooper, film career, but wealthy most notably Californian, one appeared in of four main mugshots and protagonists. Dancing With The Stars.

Judge Judy

In 2010, a group of people made up a fake case just to get on Judge Judy. It involved smashed TV sets and a dead cat, and four roommates just made it up out of thin air. CRACKED.COM

Exit 57

STEPHEN COLBERT, AMY SEDARIS EXIT 57 The writing staff included Louis С.К, Charlie Kaufman, Jon Glaser, and Dino Stamatopoulos. CRACKED.COM

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria once filmed a TV spot advertising premium cat food. It involved her dancing in her house in a very revealing dress and, somehow, it apparently tried to make cat food incredibly sexy. CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

There is a guy who is paid to watch The Simpsons. Alexander Townley is paid by an online casino to watch the cartoon and find any hints of the show predicting the future.I have to sit with a notepad and pen and have to write every little detail down, even the opening credits with the chalkboard sequence and couch gag, he says.com

Grey’s Anatomy

Medical dramas greatly overestimate how effective CPR is. X Long-term survival rate of someone who receives CPR is only 13%. CRACKED.COM

Doctor Who

CRACKED Peter Capaldi was 5 years old when Doctor Who first aired. Capaldi was born in April 1958. Не would go on to play the 12th incarnation of the Doctor in 2013, at 55 years old.

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