26 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Monday, December 15, 2025

A mini fact-break for when the remote decides to play hide-and-seek... again.
26 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Monday, December 15, 2025
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Remote controls have a whole will of their own. Mine does a whole disappearing routine every single day. It somehow knows exactly when I will need to turn the TV on, and then it just seemingly slips into another dimension. I say that because I never find it anywhere weird; it's always in the same few spots: on the table, in between the couch cushions, under the couch, or on the kitchen island. Yet somehow, it doesn't appear until after I've thoroughly checked each place multiple times. I know I'm not the only one this happens to, either.

So, instead of driving yourself crazy looking in the same spots for your tricksy remote, take a little break and scroll through these TV facts. Your remote will pop back into existence faster if you don't acknowledge that its missing, I think. 

Parks and Recreation Improv

A real computer error led to a brilliant joke by Chris Pratt. In the Parks and Recreation episode Flu Season, Leslie is rushed to the doctor. As she

That's what David Lynch would call a "happy accident" on set.

The Mandalorian

During most of The Mandalorian, Baby Yoda was a physical puppet. They had just built a puppet as a reference for actors, but they ended up using it in final shots of most of the time rather than put in a CG Baby Yoda. CRACKED.COM

Honestly, puppets are often way more realistic in some ways than CGI. 

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Game of Thrones

If you didn't like Euron in Game of Thrones, the actor might agree with you. Не says she wishes he could have played him more dark, more mysterious - that's closer to the books, he says. CRACKED.COM

It must feel so painful as an actor to find out that you get to play a cool character from your favorite books, only to realize that the character in question has been butchered completely. 

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Breaking Bad

BREAKING BAD HAS 62 EPISODES FOR A REASON. 62 4f 6s Sm Samarium 150.36 The number 62 on the periodic table represents Samarium, an element that is used to treat cancers, especially lung cancer. CRACKED.COM

With directors as meticulous as Vince Gilligan, every detail matters – even the ones off-screen!

Source: Cheat Sheet

Carrie Fisher

AT A GLANCE CARRIE FISHER She never met James Earl Jones until an episode of The Big Bang Theory. o 000 The voice of Darth Vader never went on set, SO the pair didn't officially meet until they both guest starred on the show in 2013. CRACKED.COM

This is movie magic at its finest. 

Source: IGN

The Walking Dead

CRACKEDcO COM Artist Charlie Adlard based Negan from The Walking Dead on Henry Rollins. Rollins even auditioned for the part but didn't get it.

Direwolves

A BIG, SHAPELESS GREEN SACK IS A DIREWOLF. To keep the actors safe, the wolves get filmed separately.

Game of Thrones

In Game of Thrones, THE DOtHRAKI ARAKH is a bizarre hybrid of a sickle and a SWorD. The ancient Egyptians used a similar weapon called a khopesh. The

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan hates streaming services. In 2017, Netflix was the major target of the director's disdain because the streaming service was simultaneously streaming and releasing their movies in theaters. In 2020, he went off over HBO Max doing the same thing with their entire 2021 movie slate. Some of our

It's like trying to stop a storm by calming the wind…

GQ

David Letterman

David CRACKED.com In 2009 Letterman revealed to his studio audience that he was being blackmailed.. The Late Show host was being extorted by a CBS exe

Stephen Colbert

STEPHEN COLBERT CRACKED.COM Colbert logged eight years as Jon Stewart's Daily Show cohort before ascending to top dog at the Colbert Report. His adventures with Truthiness led to Letterman's late night spot on CBS. Colbert is the American Dream - and so can you!

South Park

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS FOX TURNED DOWN THE SHOW. SOUTH PARK Before landing on Comedy Central, Trey Parker and Matt Stone pitched the show to Fox. Executives at Fox turned them down because they didn't think a show about kids could work and wanted it to be more family-centric. CRACKED.COM

Jamie Foxx's Sitcom

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM JAMIE FOXX HAD A SITCOM, DAD STOP EMBARRASSING ME!, WHICH RAN FOR ONE SEASON. It was a Netflix show, and it was inspired by Foxx' relationship with his daughter.

I don't know a single teenage girl that wouldn't resent their father for this. 

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