25 Random Bits of TV Trivia That Attempted to Get Discharged from the Military by Cross-Dressing

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25 Random Bits of TV Trivia That Attempted to Get Discharged from the Military by Cross-Dressing
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We love a silly TV character because their show can somehow make their wacky, cartoonish ways seem normal-ish in an otherwise logical world. It makes us think that we can act ridiculous in our day-to-day lives, and that’s just fun. 

These TV facts took a page out of their book too. They trip and fall behind a couch, but they always manage to get us laughing with a thumbs up and an “I’m okay!” Hilarious. 

What are we telling you for? You’re about to check them out for yourselves right now! 

Seinfeld

SEINFELD CRACKED.COM Wanting to end it before any ofthe funny was compromised, Seinfeld called it quits after 9 seasons on May 14, 1998. After almost being cancelled early on, it became the #1 show by the 1994-95 season, averaging just over 30 million viewers per episode. It rose back to #1 in season 9, and the finale brought in a whopping 76.3 million viewers.

Roseanne

25 Random Bits of TV Trivia That Attempted to Get Discharged from the Military by Cross-Dressing

Bill McNeal

BILL MCNEAL NEWS RADIO CRACKED.COM The real-life murder of the beloved Phil Hartman hangs over the episode where the cast remembers McNeal, dead here of a heart attack. Matthew (Andy Dick) refuses to believe it, claiming Bill left to open a scuba diving school in Nepal.

Ellen

Ellen FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE CRACKED.COM Ellen, a show that These Friends of was cancelled for Mine, a show being too gay about a definitely just one season straight woman after the and these friends protagonist came of hers. out.

That ‘70s Show

THAT 70S SHOW CHEAP TRICK di - DIDITAL CRACKED.COM INDITALLY RECO MAS That 70s Song began as In the Street by the legendary Big Star. A cover for Season 1 was performed by Griffin, but Cheap Trick's version became the iconic one. The repeated We're all right lyric called back to Cheap Trick's hit Surrender.

The Kids Choice Awards

JTT won the first-ever Kids Choice Lifetime Achievement Award Jonathan Taylor Thomas won the award at age 18, which maaay have been premature. CRACKED.COM

Little House on the Prairie

A Little House on the Prairie Actor Created Malcom in the Middle. MALC IN THe LM MIDDLe Linwood Boomer, who played Mary Ingalls' husband, based the character of Malcom on himself as a kid. CRACKED.COM

Nickelodeon Cartoons

1991 was a big year for Nickelodeon cartoons. 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 993 1994 1995 1996 1999 It was the debut of their first animated series: Doug, 1995 1993 Rugrats, 1993 and Ren & Stimpy. 1992 1904 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM

Rocket Power

ROCKET Z About as late-'90s as it gets, Nickelodeon's Rocket Power followed the antics of a group of extreme sports-loving techno-whizzes who only stopped playing street hockey to eat burgers in a surf shop. Radical! CRACKED

Teen Angel

All 12 people who remember Teen Angel do so fondly. The titular angel (Mike Damus) summed up a lot of late-'90s coolness - spiky hair, sarcasm and seeming at all times to be wearing at least one layer too many. CRACKED

Nickelodeon

The cover of the Nickelodeon Time Capsule was sold at auction for $19,200. MICKELODEON THE FIRST VOIL2 URLANDA FLERIDA STUDIOS FOR 123 NICKELODEON ZGGL ULE THAT 53 SOCH EL DUY SHI 2147 all tar CRACKED.COM A time capsule filled with books, rollerblades, movies and more was buried at Nickel- odeon Studios in Florida in 1992, to be opened in 50 years. The studio closed and the cap- sule moved, with the 45 lb cov- er being auctioned off.

Julia Roberts

Matthew Perry got Julia Roberts to guest-star in Friends by writing a paper on quantum physics. Perry asked her to come on the show, and she said she'd do it only if he wrote her a paper on quantum physics. Apparently, a day later, he wrote one and faxed it to her. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Friends

FRIENDS Ross wears a banana lapel pin to say goodbye to Marcel. 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

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.

Diagnosis: Murder

In the '90s we 994 1995 19 1992 1993 1994 watched crime dramas 996 199 like 1990 Diagnosis: 199 Murder. 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 TOYO JAATO And Jake and the Fatman. 1998 1999 1997 Because there's nothing more 1995 entertaining than formulaic 1993 crime-of-the-week bro dramas. 1999 991 1995 1996 1997 1998 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM

Jackie Thomas Show

In the '90s, they spun off The Jackie Thomas Show from Roseanne. THO The premise was that Jackie Thomas was an obnoxious comic with a top TV show who makes life hell for his staff. It didn't last beyond one season. CRACKED.COM

Perversions of Science

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1997 Perversions of Science This Tales From the Crypt spin-off told sci-fi stories from '50s pulp comics. It had an awesome intro, and was hosted by a peak-'90s-TV CGI female robot. CRACKED.COM

Twin Peaks

THE UNDEFINABLE TWIN PEAKS David Lynch's '90s cult classic is a blend of a soap opera, mystery, and horror. It was inspired by (and parodies) daytime TV and police procedurals, but it's layered with the paranormal. CRACKED

Conan the Barbarian

CONAN THE BE BARBARIAN CRACKED COM With hit 90s fantasies like 'Hercules' and 'Xena,' producers decided to reach back to the 1982 movie for a 1997 TV show 'Conan the Adventurer.' A 1992 animated series with the same name lasted 2 seasons, but 97's live action show was a flop and cancelled after 22 episodes.

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills 90210 spanned 096 the decade, airing from 1990-2000. 1000 1003 1001 1005 1006 10 In one fell swoop 1997 1998 it 1995 1990 THAT 1997 1998 1999 pioneered the teen soap 1996 1997 1995 drama and spawned a 1992 1993 small army of copycats. 1991 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s

The X-Files

PAMELA ANDERSON COULD HAVE BEEN AGENT SCULLY. CRACKED.COM FBI Gillian Anderson revealed in an interview that Pamela Anderson (no relation) was the producers' initial choice for the skeptical Dana Scully. Apparently the producers were banking on Pamela's experience and Baywatch popularity. Can aliens run in slow motion? We'll never know.

Boy Meets World

Cory & Topanga BOY MEETS WORLD Danielle Fishel confirmed that she and Ben Savage went on one sorta date when they were 16 to see if they had off-screen chemistry. They decided they were more like family, but hey, as TGIF fanatics, we're counting it. CRACKED.COM

Full House

FULL HOUSE CRACKED.COM Through its 8 seasons, the TGIF hit averaged 9.6 to 15.9 million viewers per episode, but the series finale had 24.3 viewers. Even though John Stamos said, When we got canceled, we knew like a week before, so we thought we were just doing a regular last show of the season.That finale still had a solid ending that fans were happy with.

Frasier

CRACKED.COM Frasier made his money on Amazon. How the hell is Frasier Crane so ridiculously wealthy? According to the show's writers, Frasier made some wise investments, perhaps in a friend's Seattle software start-up. Now, they don't outright say it was Amazon-but it sounds a lot like it.

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