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Broken Records

Lost Tropes Broken record You sound like a broken record flat out needs explaining these days. You sound like a broken record flat out needs explaining these days. You sound like a broken record flat out needs explaining these days. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Daria

CRACKED DARIA MORGENDORFFER WAS BORN ON THE BACK OF A PAPER PLATE. John Garrett Andrews, the supervising producer of the animated series Daria, first drew the iconic misanthropic high schooler Daria Morgendorffer on the back of a paper plate. — Source

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Movie Myths

CRACKED On-screen, every inward-looking Appalachian clan seems to have an insanely strong eight-footer among their number. The reality of inbreeding is a lot more extremely ill child with short painful life than a great big Triple H-looking motherfucker. — Source / E Wrestling News

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Safe

Forgotten Indie Movies From the '90s 1995 Safe Julianne Moore stars in this paranoid psychological drama about a suburban housewife afflicted by an unnamed disease spreading in her surrounding environment. It's kind of like the Michael Bay- produced Songbird, with the difference that this is not a complete piece of fear-mongering trash. CRACKED.COM — Watch the Trailer

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Malcolm in the Middle

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM NO MOTORCYCLES Lois almost comes around to the idea of the boy's having a minibike in the episode of the same title. Later in the show for Francis's 21st birthday Hal brings up the word motorcycle and Lois flips out screaming No motorcycles! and yells at him for how dangerous they are. — Source: Malcolm in the Middle

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Marcia Brady

MARCIA BRADY is a good sister? Sure, Jan. THE BRADY BUNCH CRACKED.COM Who wins all the awards? Marcia. Who is the teacher's pet? Marcia. Who do Davy Jones and Desi Arnaz Jr. want to date? Marcia. Marcia Marcia Marcia! — Shout Factory

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Freaks and Geeks

Judd Apatow had a chance to make more FREAKS AND GEEKS CRACKED COM NBC pulled the plug after one 18-episode season - but there could have been more! MTV offered to produce a second season, but at a much lower budget. Apatow turned down the opportunity because we all decided we didn't want to do a weaker version of the show. — Indiewire

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Amanda Brugel

BEHIND-THE-SCENESP FACTS AMANDA BRUGEL GOT INTO COLLEGE THANKS TO THE HANDMAID'S TALE. THE TALE The actress says she got accepted into college thanks to the essay she wrote on the book. She even received a scholarship for the essay and went on to write a thesis about the book. — NEW YOU

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WandaVision

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS C CRACKED cO VISION WAS ACTUALLY BLUE IN BLACK AND WHITE SCENES. STA Paul Bettany had to be painted blue for the show's first two episodes because Vision's red color didn't translate well in grayscale. The show also used period-appropriate lenses and lighting in order to achieve that vintage look. — EW

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Charlie’s Angels

Charlie's Angels Crispin Glover made his character a mute. Glover was appalled at how awful his lines were- SO he just refused to say them. He requested that his character be made a mute, and it was granted. — More: 6 Pissed-Off Actors Whose Demands Radically Changed Movies

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Cloverfield

The Cloverfield sequels weren't meant to be sequels. e 10 Cloverfield Lane was written as The Cellar, and The Cloverfield Paradox was The God Particle — Source: Digital Spy

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Transformers

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Clerks

The window shutters in Clerks had to be locked to hide the fact that it was night outside. Quick STOP GROCERIES I ASSURE YOU WERE OPEN! AB65703 THE IMPROVISATION: Kevin Smith only had permission to film at night, and had to keep the windows closed. To explain this, he decided the store's shutter locks would be jammed shut in the movie. THE RESULT: The (now iconic) sign saying, I assure you we're open! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons received a lifetime ban from Fox News for his erratic behavior. NO SIMMONS ALLOWED KISS When The Demon appeared on Fox and Friends to promote his book (On Power), things got off on a weird foot when he leapt out of his seat to ham it up on the weather report. Then, once off the air, things devolved rapidly. Не barged into a staff meeting and yelled, Hey chicks, sue me! while pulling open his shirt and exposing his torso. Не then bopped random employees on the head with his book as he left. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bohemian Grove

CRACKED THE GLOBAL ELITE MEET UP FOR BIZARRE RITUALS Every July, some of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world come together at Bohemian Grove, a campground in California. They spend two weeks there taking part in rituals related to the ancient religion of druidism. — Washington Post

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George Foreman

Disastrous Comedy 1993 George Thinking he was a draw, ABC gave former heavyweight champion George Foreman a TV comedy about a retired boxer running a youth center, forgetting that he's not an actor or comedian. The show bombed and was canceled in two months (leaving one episode unaired). CRACKED — Sony Pictures Television
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The Last Descent

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My Friend Dahmer

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MADtv

David Herman got himself fired from Mad TV. GRAGKED.COM The Office Space actor wanted to leave the show to do other projects, but Fox would not let him out of his contract, so he screamed all of his lines at a read-through to get him- self canned. — Entertainment Weekly

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Sting

Sting has a huge phobia of any kind of injury to his hand or fingers. I do have little quirky things, like sensitivity about hands. Like if I'm watching a movie or actually there in-person, if someone has a hand accident, that really gives me the heebie-jeebies, he says. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nightmare on Elm Street

A producer insisted on the cheesy ending of Nightmare on Elm Street. SO THE DIRECTOR PUT HIM IN FULL BONDAGE GEAR. Writer/director Wes Craven had planned a solid ending for Nightmare, until producer Bob Shaye insisted on the open-ended rubber-mannequin ending it wound up with. In the next film, Shaye demanded a role onscreen. So the director made him the bartender in a leather bar. GRACKED.COM http://www. dailymotion .om/video/x4sy4i2_nightmare-ending-2_fun — Source: 15 Things Created As Revenge

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Love It or List It

Hilary's favorite TV show is a Canadian home improvement reality show. It's called Love It or List It, and every episode is about a couple who looks at new homes while their current one gets a makeover. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Back to the Future

In Back to the Future, the flyer Marty has says the lightning will fall at precisely, 10:0 PM. In a clock with no second hand, that's a whole minute. Traveling at 88mph (142km/h), that means a possible contact length of 1.46 miles (2360 m). If they can pinpoint it at 10:04:00 that second means a possible contact length of 129ft. (39m). Also, lightning is composed of a series of short discharges, so they can't know exactly when the wire will be charged, so a wire placed across the street wouldn't work; they would need a rail or a similar delivery — Source: 19 Science Facts Everybody Assumed Movies Got Right (They Didn't)

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Lady Gaga

LADY GAGA HAS A STAR IS BORN TATTOO. COM After starring in the film, Gaga tattooed a big rose on her back accompanied by the words la vie en rose. La Vie en Rose' is the name of the song she performs in the film. — People

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Doctor Who

Actors Who Got Some WTF Responses From The Public - Matt Smith was once told he looks like a hedgehog.

The Doctor Who actor said that he likes being — Source: The Guardian

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Malcolm McDowell

THE ACTOR: Malcolm McDowell THE ROLE: Alex in A Clockwork OrAnGE WHY HE McDowell said he didn't HATED IT: get what people liked about the film, and re

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Tippi Hedren

Hedren was still on contract with Hitchcock, so she was obligated to work on Marnie with him. Hitchcock commissioned a replica of her face, which was

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Tyrese Gibson

Tyrese Gibson got his 8-year-old daughter an island for Christmas. dc 0l dick clark DrOuCTIONS AMER bc MLJ AWA The actor from The Fast Saga revealed b

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Groundhog Day

BILL MURRAY & HAROLD RAMIS CRACKED.COM Director Harold Ramis and Bill Murray's friendship collapsed on 1993's 'Groundhog Day' when Ramis grabbed Murray by the shirt collar and threw him against a wall during a heated creative dispute. They didn't speak for two decades, but when Ramis was ill in 2010, they reconciled and became friends again for the final 4 years of Ramis' life. — Source

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Chuck E. Cheese

CHUCK e. CHeese IS THE mouse MASCOT FOR KIDS, GAmes, & PIZZA. не STARTeD OUT A CIGAR- CHOMPING, PANTSLESS RAT. WHEW, IT TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH... / WAS RUNNING OUT OF INSULTS LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET HOME. WHERE ARE WE? DON'T BE SO-0-0 MEAN TO.O.O BABY... CHUCK! SHUT UP ALREADY!! In Rat Tales, the comic book about Chuck E.'s adventures, he's snarky and sleazy, and his singing is so terrible that it actually destroys the restaurant. CRACKED.COM http://www.showbizpizza.com/info/promo/ptt/ptt_rattales.pdf — 21 Horrifying Origin Stories Of Famous Characters

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Edward Scissorhands

CRACKED.COM Edward Scissorhands creates beautiful ice sculptures. Using ice blocks that... um... were just lying around? — Source: 25 Plot Holes in Famous Movie Scenes

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Chris Parnell

CHRIS PARNELL DOES HIS NORMAL VOIce, AND THAT'S OK. He might not be the man of a thousand voices, but the voice he can do is perfect for the type of c

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Vampire: The Masquerade

In Vampire: The Masquerade, ROmero gives you a quest. Hey YOU wouldn't some business. wo zombde holocaust e wasnt pretty. U yOU know. Anoww woulve tec

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