29 Random Bits of TV Trivia That Will Follow You Around Like Bumbling Henchmen for the Rest of Your Life

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29 Random Bits of TV Trivia That Will Follow You Around Like Bumbling Henchmen for the Rest of Your Life
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How would you rate your leadership skills? If you don’t think you have what it takes to lead, then we don’t recommend taking on these TV facts. They’re not like other TV facts that just sit around your brain. They need to be put to work sharing their highly interesting information. 

If you read them now, just know that you’ll be constantly sending them on little missions to other people’s brains. It can be pretty exhausting. 

The Walking Dead

THE WALKING aMC V Frank Darabont wrote insane emails to The Walking Dead producers and writers. Darabont -- the series' first showrunner -- would go nuts when things didn't go the way he wanted, and write emails saying things like There is no writers room, which you know as well as I do. I am the writers room. and I just kept Denise on the phone for 20 minutes making her listen to me scream. CRACKED.COM

Lines on ‘The Sopranos’ Inspired by Real Mafioso

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM THE A DON DOESN'T WEAR SHORTS LINE CAME FROM ACTUAL MOBSTERS. Söpranos In season four, Tony, who is often seen wearing shorts, is told that a real don doesn't wear shorts. This was an actual critique David Chase received from some mobster who didn't like that Tony was wearing shorts on the show.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Dick Towel is a real product. Dicktowel.com is an actual website where you can purchase merchandise. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM

You Can’t Do That on Television

There were guns on the set of Nickelodeon's You Can't Do That On Television. YOUCANT DOTHAT ON TELEVISION Show creator Roger Price kept multiple guns in the studio. At one point, he held a gun in his hand and told crew members that, if they gave the kids on the show drugs, he'd shoot them. CRACKED.COM

Angela Kinsey

the office One of Angela Kinsey's all-time favorite moments was the Yankee swap during the very first Christmas episode. You know, the one featuring that bizarre jazz babies poster. It's so weird. They didn't let us see the poster until we did the first take, and we all lost it. CRACKED.COM

Dustin Diamond

Promoting his 2009 book Behind the Bell, ostensibly about the seedy behavior of the cast of Saved by the Bell behind the scenes, Dustin Diamond said he wrote it because the E! True Hollywood Story episode about the cast never said anything about any of the good stuff. DUSTIN DIAMOND BEHIND THE BELL Since 2014, he has maintained that it was written by a ghostwriter, and that he had no input on the final manuscript. CRACKED.COM

Loki

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE SHOW'S SUCCESS CHANGED DISNEY+'S WHOLE SCHEDULE. LOK After becoming the streaming platform's most-watched premiere to date, Disney announced they would change the release day of all their future originals from Fridays to Wednesdays. CRACKED.COM

Justin Roiland

BEHINO-THE-SCENESFACTS JUSTIN ROILAND ALMOST DIDN'T VOICE BOTH RICK AND MORTY. Rick feed Monty Adult Swim didn't think Morty's character was working with Roiland, so an audition process was started to get a new voice actor. Eventually, the team realized Morty's character was the problem and not the voice. After rewriting the part, Adult Swim gave Roiland a green light to voice Morty. CRACKED.COM

Avatar: The Last Airbender

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS BENDING ALLOWED FOR CHILD-FRIENDLY ACTION. AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER. The magical manipulation of elements made it possible to have action scenes that were energetic without being violent, as the battles weren't about punching each other. CRACKED.COM

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS'S INVOLVEMENT WAS TOP SECRET. THE FALCON AND TV WINTER SOLDIER Dreyfus's involvement was such a secret that even stars like Wyatt Russell didn't know about it until the day of shooting. The actress had to wear a giant cloak whenever she'd come to the set. CRACKED.COM

The Handmaid’s Tale

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS IT'S NOT THE FIRST ADAPTATION OF THE BOOK. THE HANDMAD'S TALE The Handmaid's Tale movie starring Natasha Richardson came out in 1990. It only grossed $5 million worldwide and got panned by the critics. CRACKED.COM

Jerry Stiller

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM JERRY STILLER ALMOST PLAYED HESH. ONE Söpranos Stiller dropped out of the project just days before the pilot was supposed to be shot. The casting director then reached out to Jerry Adler, who was friends with David Chase, and offered him the role.

Rick and Morty

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS SQUANCHY ALMOST HAD A STANDALONE EPISODE. Rick w Morty The creators revealed that the original idea for season two's episode The Wedding Squanchers was to set the story on Squanchy's home planet and focus it on exploring the character. CRACKED.COM

Seinfeld

SEINFELD WAS GONNA BE ONE BIG SAUSAGE FEST. There is a reason why Elaine is missing from the pilot episode - she wasn't supposed to be in the show at all. One of the most iconic female characters in TV history was only added to the cast after the pilot had already been shot, and NBC forced Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David to add a new female character. CRACKED.COM

Chappelle’s Show

CHAPPELLE'S SHOW Chappelle's Show was one of the most extraordinary and exciting shows we ever did, says CC's Tony Fox. It was extremely edgy in terms of it dealing with racial subject matter. I mean, the very first episode had, like, a 12-minute sketch in it, The Blind Supremacist. CRACKED.COM

ER

George Clooney pranked a co-star back in the '90s on the TV show ER. Не convinced his co-star Noah Wyle that they should both send producer Steven Spielberg nasty notes, but Clooney never sent his (and Wyle did). CRACKED.COM

That ‘70s Show

THAT '70s SHOW was originally Teenage Wasteland. However, Fox was unable to secure the iconic lyric from the Who's Baba O'Riley and the creators had to come up with a new title. CRACKED.COM

Two and a Half Men

CHARLIE HARPER TWO AND A HALF MEN CRACKED.COM Sheen took plenty of shots at producer Chuck Lorre after leaving the show. In the series finale, Lorre fired back. Having already killed off Charlie, the show revealed he was still alive. Cue an hour of jokes about drugs and prostitutes, then the writers dropped a piano on Charlie's head.

All in the Family

st. Paddy's Day in fiction All in the Family The series finale is a st. Paddy's Day episode. This episode revolves around a big party that Edith is trying to help Archie with, and ends with a confirmation of Archie and Edith having a loving relationship, before the show was rebooted as Archie Bunker's Place. CRACKED.COM

The Ethel Waters Show

She was the first Black TV star N в с GRACKED.COM First aired on NBC on June 14, 1939, The Ethel Waters Show was a one-night-only, one-hour variety special hosted by Waters herself. It is possible that, with this first episode, Ethel Waters may have been the first Black actor to appear on American TV. The show featured Waters, Fredi Washington and Georgette Harvey performing a dramatic excerpt from a Broadway play.

The Sopranos

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM HBO WASN'T THE SHOW'S FIRST HOME. HBO THE Söpranos It was originally picked up by Fox, however, the network passed on the show after reading the script for the pilot. According to creator David Chase, Fox thought the therapy angle would be too much for audiences.

Roswell

Roswell fans saved the show by mailing Tabasco sauce to the network. When the WB drama Roswell was about to be canceled after one season, the fans organized a mass mailing of Tabasco sauce bottles to the network. And they were successful(ish), as UPN picked up the show for another season. CRACKED

Workaholics

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM CHRIS D'ELIA HAD HIS WORKAHOLICS EPISODE GET PULLED FROM STREAMING PLATFORMS. In that ер, he played a child molester - which was just too disturbingly close to real life.

Kids Incorporated

CRACKED.COM Kids Incorporated was a musical TV show aired during the '80s and '90s. It featured children and teenagers, many of whom would become famous after they left the program. Fergie, Mario Lopez, Martika, Eric Balfour, and Jennifer Love Hewitt are among them.

The Office

COMEDY NERD The original plan for The Office had Jim and Pam split up in Season 9. But the people behind the show changed their minds after the audience didn't like the Brian the boom guy plot. CRACKED.COM

Animatronic Cheers Characters

In the '90s, there were airport bars with animatronic Cheers! characters. Somehow, people thought that travellers would want to sit down next to a creepy version of Norm before boarding their flight. Even more weirdly, the bars survived for a full ten years --from 1991 to 2001. CRACKED.COM

Monty Python

Spam got its name from a Monty Python sketch. Sure, it ultimately comes from canned pork. But mass unsolicited email got named spam after the Monty Python joke where the items on a cafeteria menu just keep getting replaced by spam, and eventually the full dialogue becomes just spam spam spam spam spam. CRACKED.COM

The Simpsons

NAME: Denise DuVernay FAN OF: The Simpsons THE SIMPSONS IN THE CLASSROOM RESULT: A college seminar based on Springfield. Dr. DuVernay teaches a course at UC Davis called The Simpsons: Satire and Postmodernism for those who want to embiggen their college experience. CRACKED.COM

Britain’s Got Talent

BRITAIN'S GOT IXLENT Alyn James was a contestant who had been judged to be under a serious risk of suicide on seven occasions, and despite the producers' knowledge of his vulnerability, he was invited to the televised audition anyway. As a result, he was mocked by the judges and the audience and was once again placed under suicide watch. GRACKED.COM

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