33 Random Bits of Classic TV Trivia That Never Had to Lock Their Doors When They Went Fishin’ Down By the Crick

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33 Random Bits of Classic TV Trivia That Never Had to Lock Their Doors When They Went Fishin’ Down By the Crick
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We don’t know why we even try schooling you kids on the good ol’ days. You really just had to be there. We stood up to change channels, and we could only get our news at certain times of the day. But hey, at least we didn’t have to leave our houses to watch moving pictures.

Time before TV just seems ancient to us. Oh! We probably seem ancient to you, don’t we? We get it now. Well, whatever you have going on these days will seem ancient to future generations too, so ha! 

Sorry, we don’t know why we’re being so confrontational. We’re probably just feeling defensive about getting old. Enjoy these classic TV facts, if you like.

Chuckles the Clown

CHUCKLES MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW CRACKED.COM Chuckles the Clown was leading a parade dressed as Peter Peanut when he was tragically shelled to death by a rogue elephant. With a can't-stop-laughing funeral, it's the classic episode of a classic sitcom, at one point ranked #1 on TV Guide's list of the Top 100 Episodes of All Time.

Mary Tyler Moore

MARY TYLER MOORE CRACKED FUNNY NOT FUNNY How funny was The The variety show Mary Tyler Moore wasn't quite dead by Show? Twenty-nine 1979, but The Mary Tyler Emmys funny, Moore Hour helped including three for pound the final nails in good ol' Mare the coffin

Happy Days

Happy Days BLANSKY'S BEAUTIES SCOTI BAIO If they could turn a single appearance by an oddly hairy alien into the wildly successful Mork & Mindy, they

I Love Lucy

The First Birth I Love Lucy would never say the word pregnant, only that Lucy was expecting. But it still featured the first (semi-) on-screen bir

A ‘60s Batman Fight Scene

A 1960s Batman episode had Batman, Robin, and Batgirl fight all their villains at once. THE IMPROVISATION: There was no money to actually show that, s

Mork & Mindy (One More Time)

MORK & MINDY WoUND DOwN WITTHA THREE PART STORY. YeT THE PAIR STILL WoUND UP STRANDED FOR eTeRnITY. What's regarded as the series finale of Mork & Min

The Gilligan’s Island Pilot

Gilligan's Island STARRING BOB DeNVER STARRING BOB DENVER as GILLIGAN CRACKED.COM THE PILOT THE SHOW Lost for over thirty years, the original pilot featured different actors playing The Professor, Ginger, and Mary Ann (known as Bunny) - as well as a truly jarring calypso theme song.

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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS GILLIGAN'S ISLAND them CRACKED.COM In this made-for-TV movie, the Clown Princes of Basketball team up with the castaways to battle super-robots to save the island from an unscrupulous ... let's just leave it at trick basketball and robots.

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David Wise

WHO WAS DAVID WISE? HE ALSO DID LIVE ACTION. While most of Wise's work was in animation, he did write a few scripts to be performed by actors in front of cameras. These include one episode each of Wonder Woman and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (both in the '70s) - as well as, um, Beastmaster III. Well, not everything can be a winner.

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Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter MR. T AND TINA CRACKED COM Before he played the iconic Mr. Miyagi, Pat Morita played two Takahashis at the same time. He was Arno

Peter Lassally

Peter Lassally produced Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. In his youth, he survived a concentration camp and went to grade school wit
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Gilligan’s Island

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND You can see a flag at alf-mast in the intro sequence. AINNOL CHARTER P- FREE LUNCHES President Kennedy was assassinated just before
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Mr. Rogers

CRACKEDCO COM MR. ROGERS RESPONDED TO EVERY FAN LETTER HE RECEIVED FOR HIS MISTER ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD SHOW. MOST OF THE CHILDREN WHO WROTE TO HIM OFT

St. Elsewhere and Cheers

CRACKED.COM CROSSOVER EASTER EGGS ST. ELSEWHERE AND CHEERS Not only did St. Elsewhere keep dropping references to other shows, but an episode takes place in the bar from Cheers.

Family Matters

Family Matters CRACKEDco Long before Urkel stole the show, the spotlight was supposed to be on Harriette Winslow. She was a breakout success on Perfect Strangers, where she played a sassy elevator operator whose cop husband used to drop by from time to time. In this scene, she delivers the

Married... With Children

JOE NAMATH MARRIED WITH CHILDREN CRAGKEDCOM The Jets legend plays himself as a bartender -- with no explanation as to why he's now employed as a barte

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Magnum P.I.

Tom Selleck CRACKEDCO Magnum P.I. moved out of the guest house and bought a farm. He's taken up avocado farming -even though he hates the fruit, yet f

Family Ties

The dad from Family Ties does train stuff. You know him as Michael J. Fox's dad and Burt Gummer in Tremors, but Michael Gross is much better known amo

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