26 Greasy Bits of TV Trivia That Swear They’ll Shower After Just One More Episode

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26 Greasy Bits of TV Trivia That Swear They’ll Shower After Just One More Episode
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Look, just because the smell of these TV facts is slightly spoiling your breakfast, doesn’t mean they need to interrupt their binge for a shower this very moment. There’s like 10 minutes left in this episode, and they need to find a few more facts.

Maybe take a whiff of the living room before you start cooking in your very small apartment. And what if the smell of your eggs is offending them, huh? Ever think of that, Selfish Sally? 

Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason CRACKED.COM Gleason requested that he never be addressed or spoken to by his writers. New scripts were to be left under his door. Probably a threat taken seriously, lest some poor production assistant be sent straight to the moon courtesy of Ralph Kramden.

The Red Wedding

CRACKED.COM The Red wedding borrows from real history. During the Black Dinner of 1440, a plate with a beheaded black bull was presented to an Earl, believed to be a usurper, before he was arrested and beheaded. The Glencoe Massacre of 1692 had the same type of twist, but here it was the dinner guests who massacred their hosts.

The X-Files

CRACKED 91w enphalys My absolutly Dreamteam 1w Reply maria_victoria_coquibus 1w Reply white_shewolf_ Вы такие классные Sw Reply See translation nitz.gonzales.9081 My all time 3 392,727 likes APRIL 18 2021 Add a comment... Post THE X-FILES David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson from X-Files reunited over a weekend in 2021 with Anderson's dog, Stella. Fans got a blast of nostalgia, but Anderson wouldn't be back for more stories.

Doctor Who

CRACKED Peter Capaldi was 5 years old when Doctor Who first aired. Capaldi was born in April 1958. Не would go on to play the 12th incarnation of the Doctor in 2013, at 55 years old.

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

Game of Thrones

GAME OF THRONES IT'S THE MOST PIRATED SHOW OF ALL TIME. According to TorrentFreak, Game of Thrones was the most pirated show from 2012 to 2016. The premiere of the final season was pirated 55 million times in just 24 hours. CRACKED.COM

Gravity Falls

EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS GRAVITY BILL CIPHER FALLS WAS AROUND LONG STACK BEFORE HIS INTRODUCTION ARCADE In the Fight Fighters episode, there is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo of Bill Cipher on one of the arcade games. He's only officially introduced nine episodes later, and his green color was going to be his original color. CRACKED.COM

Zombieland

CRACKED.COM Zombieland was created as a TV series. Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick's project was too expensive for TV-so the script was taken to Sony, and turned into a movie.

Chernobyl

CRACKED.COM Chernobyl is connected to Scary Movie. Craig Mazin, author of Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4, and Superhero Movie, created Chernobyl. RESIDENT SALVA MEN ARE START FROM MARS ALIENS ARE LIVIN' FROM URANUS DOWN ENEMA HERE

House of the Dragon

Pop culture inspirations House of the Dragon Director Greg Yaitanes watched HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON to prepare for the dragon fight inthe Season 1 finale. Не took inspiration from the film's cinematography for the scene. CRACKED

Home Improvement

Home Improvement BUDDIES CRACKED.COM Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer made a cameo on Tool Time that became an instant classic. They were rewarded with a spinoff starring Chappelle and... some other guy. Breuer was replaced after a few rehearsals, and the show was cancelled after 5 episodes.

Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad took many, many style cues straight from The Godfather. In particular, Breaking Bad's use of color filters and different lighting schemes for different scenes, to give each one its own look and feel, is based on The Godfather. CRACKED.COM

Ted Lasso

TeD LASSO'S HOMAGE TO Scorsese's CLASSIC Season 2's Beard After Hours episode pays homage to the 1985 dark comedy After Hours and drew inspiration from the film to create the entire plot of the episode. CRACKED.COM

James Woods

Cringey Cameos Dice James Woods Woods had a bafflingly boring appearance in Andrew Dice Clay's short-lived TV show. Clay's entire schtick was empty misogynistic bravado, but at least he recently appeared in A Star is Born. As for Woods, however, his spiral down the far-right rabbit hole is one for the ages-and a cautionary tale in itself. CRACKED.COM

The O.C.

Cringey Cameos The О.С. Chris Brown Brown appeared as a well-mannered A-student back in 2007, before becoming a synonym for violent, toxic masculinity. The stint lasted 3 episodes, but his legendary douchebaggery lives on. GRACKED COM

Famous TV Theme Songs

CRACKED.COM Saved by the Bell Scott Gale wrote both shows' theme songs. Not only that, but Gale is responsible for all the music in the Saved By the Bell original series. The Golden Girls

Adventure Time

Adventure Time Every episode has a small snail in it. Hidden in all the episodes of the show is a snail that is waving to the audience, usually as a running gag but sometimes hidden on an Easter-egg level. CRACKED.COM

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

CRACKED.COM The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Will Smith auditioned at Quincy Jones' party. Smith did an impromptu audition in front of executive producer Jones, who had lawyers in attendance draw up contracts on the spot.

The Golden Girls

CRACKED.COM The Golden Girls Rue McClanahan (allegedly) kept all of Blanche's clothes. McClanahan had so many of Blanche's polyester pants, padded blouses, and dresses that she had her apartment's kitchen transformed into a closet.

Pamela Anderson

CRACKED.COM The X-Files Pamela Anderson was almost Dana Scully. According to Gillian Anderson, she was originally told that the producers were looking for someone bustier, taller, leggier than she was.

The West Wing

The longest walk and talk was three minutes long. The now-tropey Aaron Sorkin walk and talk had its longest run in the episode Five Votes Down. It took nearly 500 extras and half a night to shoot. The West Wing CRACKED.COM

Adam McKay

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM McKay was SNL's official coordinator of falconry. After four years writing for SNL, McKay had had enough. I told Lorne Michaels that I wanted to quit, he says. But Michaels agreed to let me put on whatever scenes I wanted and let me name my title. And the rest is falconry history.

Speed Racer

CRACKED.COM In the original Japanese version of Speed Racer, Speed's name is... Go Mifune. His name was an homage to veteran actor Toshiro Mifune. The 'M' on his car and helmet even stand for the fictional company, Mifune Motors.

Rainn Wilson

CRACKED.COM celebrities who play D&D Rainn wilson ~ 20 The Office star played D&D in his youth 8 16 ZL 10 17 and went to gaming conventions in the 1980s. Не considers himself a LARPer and and revisits these interests in his spare time.

Schitt’s Creek

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS CRACKED.COM SCHITT'S CREEK The Drip scene When the Roses move into the motel, a plot point sees Eugene Levy's character having to deal with a leaky roof and water dripping on his head while he's trying to sleep. Levy hated this scene because he hates messing up his hair, and his son Dan Levy knew this...which is why he wrote the bit.

The Leftovers

The finale of The Leftovers definitely, 100%, took place in the real world. Creator Damon Lindelof says it's critical that everybody understands that this finale is taking place in a real space. CRACKED .COM

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