30 Bits of TV Trivia That Spend an Inordinate Amount of Time at the Local Coffee Shop, Considering They Have High-Powered Jobs in the Big City

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30 Bits of TV Trivia That Spend an Inordinate Amount of Time at the Local Coffee Shop, Considering They Have High-Powered Jobs in the Big City
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We don’t know how these TV facts get the same seat in your brain every single time, but they find a way. Maybe one of the lesser-employed ones gets there early and saves it for them. We haven’t seen a TV show about that, so we may never know. 

We have seen one where Elaine tries saving movie theater seats, but she wasn’t too successful, now was she? If only she took a page out of these facts’ book. Either way, thanks for providing a comfy spot for our pals. 

Hmm, Pals would be a great name for a sitcom.

Gravity Falls

90's tv series Twin Peaks was a major influence on the Disney Channel animated series Gravity Falls, which is why creator Alex Hirsch contacted Agent Cooper himself, Kyle MacLachlan, to play the Bus Driver in the series finale The role was only 3 lines long CRACKED COM

Batman

In the 1960s Batman series, Batman and Robin buckled their seatbelts before taking off in the Batmobile. This occurred after a complaint by the National Safety Council & the Dynamic Duo set a good example thereafter. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The X-Files

Scully wasn't allowed to walk next to Mulder on The X-Files. Producers on the original series insisted that Gillian Anderson stay a few feet behind David Duchovny at all times (while also making far less money than he did). CRACKED.COM

SNL

Fred Savage was the first person to host SNL who was born after its premiere. Не was 13 years old when he hosted in 1990. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Walking Dead

There was absolutely no narrative reason for The Walking Dead to spend a season on a farm. THE IMPROVISATION: The network axed the Season 2 budget before even airing the pilot. So, to save money, the show was stuck with using Hershel's farm as much as possible. THE RESULT: A critically acclaimed season with a finale that was the network's most-watched episode ever at the time. CRACKED.COM

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk TV show was too cheap to spend money on shooting planes and trucks. Footage from Steven Spielberg's Duel, used in S1E9 of The Incredible Hulk THE IMPROVISATION: They just picked up that footage from other movies. These were well-known films from just a few years before. The network owned the rights, and they didn't care that it was obvious. THE RESULT: An action-packed first season that made the show a hit from the start. CRACKED.COM

Bridgerton

CRACKED.COM Sex scenes Bridgerton There's a sex coordinator. Sex scenes (in this show and others) often have stunt or intimacy coordinators, to help with the choreography.

Donald Glover

While he was a writer for 30 Rock, Donald Glover was still living in his New York University dorm. All RCH Не was also working as Resident Advisor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Bob’s Burgers

Jon Hamm voiced a sentient toilet. CRACKED COM In the episode O.T. The Outside Toilet, Gene discovers an advanced, talking toilet in the woods and VOWS to protect it from Max Flush, the toilet hunter.

Avatar: The Last Airbender

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS AANG'S ACTOR CHANGED HIS VOICE DURING PRODUCTION. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER. Zach Tyler Eisen was going through adolescence, and his voice deepened during Season 3. The creators weren't too concerned (it was a coming-of-age story, after all), but his voice was pitched up all the same. CRACKED.COM

Freaks and Geeks

BUSY PHILIPPS AND JAMES FRANCO DIDN'T GET ALONG CRACKED.COM Philipps says that Franco was a bully and physically assaulted her on-set.

Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE SHOW USED A REAL STREET MUSICIAN. TED LASSO The musician Lasso brings in from the street as a replacement for Robbie Williams is Cam Cole-a famous London street performer. CRACKED.COM

The Big Bang Theory

The equations on the background in The Big Bang (ورمة ENE 500 its Theory are mathematically accurate. AMBINARDOS TVV 1 [ ROh +5/1h_ عليه shyhns) M=X Y Y Meland PLUR DAVO ,a-H-coch(Mt) Y:Be's DCDC-TOO Powere /YI DB.VC.0 PLUS = / Y/T David . Saltzberg, a professor at UCLA studying particle physics, works as the science consultant on the show. CRACKED.COM

Breaking Bad

RIED THE RED A1A CAR - ASH Marius Stan, who played Bogdan on Breaking Bad, is actually a scientist - a computational physicist and chemist. Не works at Argonne National Laboratory as a Senior Computational Scientist. CRACKED.COM

Cartman’s Mom

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CARTMAN'S MOM IS BASED ON A REAL PERSON. SOUTH PARK Trey Parker based Liane, Cartman's sexually promiscuous mother, on one of his ex-girlfriends from college who dumped him after cheating on him. CRACKED.COM

Justin Roiland

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS ALL OF RICK'S BURPS ARE REAL. Rick Many Endult استنسع Justin Roiland can't burp on command so he has to sit in a recording booth with a drink and blow air into his stomach to produce the burps. Не calls the process disgusting and painful-which is why Rick doesn't burp as much after the first couple of episodes. CRACKED.COM

30 Rock

Jenna and Pete were almost a couple. The storyline didn't make it past a table read. People didn't like how Pete would be cheating on his wife. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM

Party of Five

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM THE SALINGERS WERE ALMOST EVEN WORSE OFF. party of five According to the show's creators, the Salinger family was much poorer in the original pilot. Fox executives made them change the family's finances to something that wouldn't freak out audiences.

Rick and Morty

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS THE FIRST EPISODE WAS WRITTEN IN SIX HOURS. Rick ne MoRty Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland wrote the first episode on the same day they sold the show to Adult Swim. Roiland was scared that it might take them months to write the episode if they didn't start immediately, so the two cranked it out in about six hours. CRACKED.COM

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS WYATT RUSSELL'S REACTION TO HIS NEW SUIT WAS GENUINE. THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER Russell says that he wasn't that impressed with the U.S. Agent suit after first seeing it but that he felt like a kid on Christmas once he put it on. His genuine reaction to wearing the suit was captured on camera. CRACKED.COM

The Expanse

easter eggstra meanings and references THE Shoutout EXPANSE to Dorie Miller ARRIVALS PUER STELLA DOCKED LANDING TERMINAL A THUTHOSE'S LOTUS ON TIME 6 SHAKA ZULU ON TIME UNN INTREPIO ONLINE UND DORIE MILLER ONTIME In season 5 episode 10, an arrivals log shows the UNN Dorie Miller ship soon to dock. It's a reference to WWII hero Doris Dorie Miller, the Black mess attendant who helped save the lives of many during the Pearl Harbour attack. In 2020 he became the first Black American to have an aircraft carrier named after him. CRACKED.COM

South Park

EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The shot-for-shot creation of They Live. In the second episode of season 5, Timmy and Jimmy get into an elaborate fight that lasts over two minutes. It's a recreation of the fight between Rowdy Roddy Piper and Keith David in John Carpenter's 1988 movie. CRACKED.COM

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Friday Night Lights EAST LLO ###### 5 LIONS FOOTBALL The Judge is wearing a T-shirt promoting the East Dillon Lions in the series finale. It's a callback to one of her early favorite shows she liked to binge. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

Batman

EASTER EGGSTRA I BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES PRODUCER CAMEO PKINSMO BRUCE. TIMM ERIC RADOMSI BRUCE TIMM'S NAME CAN BE SPOTTED ON A ROW OF LOCKERS AS BATMAN WALKS BY. CRACKED.COM

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The Inbetweeners

In an episode of The Inbetweeners, Will flips when the boys lose their front seats on a CRACKED.COM roller coaster, calling the riders who took their spots @rseholes and demanding the line-jumpers be moved. He's mortified after learning the seats were given to special needs visitors. Actor Simon Bird revealed it had really happened to one of the show's writers.

Family Guy

CRACKED.COM FAMiLY GUY Peter Griffin's accent, look, and mannerisms came from a security guard named Paul Timmins who worked at the Rhode Island School of Design. The show's creator, Seth MacFarlane, had been a student there and would smoke cigarettes and chat with Timmins a couple times a day.

Kenny McCormick

South Park's Kenny was based on a Kenny from Trey Parker's childhood, who also wore an orange coat and always mumbled. Не went missing all the time, and other kids would be like, What happened to Kenny? Is he dead? CRACKED.COM

King of the Hill

GRAGKED.COM Mike Judge based the voice for the marble-mouthed character of Boomhauer on King Of The Hill off of a rambling and angry voice mail he got while making Beavis and Butt-head.

Grey’s Anatomy

30 Bits of TV Trivia That Spend an Inordinate Amount of Time at the Local Coffee Shop, Considering They Have High-Powered Jobs in the Big City

Game of Thrones

The Wall'from Game ofThrones is real! George R. R. Martin got his inspiration for The Wall in А Song Of Ice And Fire from Hadrian's Wall which protected the northern border of Roman Britannia. Though this wall is made of stone, not ice, and was built to defend Romans from Scots, not zombies. CRACKED.COM

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