25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Wednesday, December 17

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25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Wednesday, December 17
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It’s easy to romanticize the past and forget just how good we have it now. Sure, maybe modern life is a little too convenient sometimes. You can stream any cartoon ever made in crisp HD with a single tap, but there was something magical about waiting all week for your Saturday morning lineup. Of course, that magic disappeared the second your TV antenna decided it hated you.

These days, none of that is a concern. And I’m not just talking about TV reception. All you really need to browse these TV facts is a curious mind and a half decent WiFi connection. 

Bill Buckner

BILL BUCKNER CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM CRACKED COM Buckner will live in sports infamy for allowing a ball to go through his legs in Game 6 of the '86 Serie

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine

25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Wednesday, December 17

High School Musical

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS The name High School Musical was a PLACEHOLDER The screenplay's original title was Untitled High School Musical Project. And producers never came up with a better name. It felt lazy, says Corbin Bleu. It was just like, Really? That's what we're gonna call it?

Sometimes lazy and iconic go hand-in-hand. 

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American Dad

25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About TV For Wednesday, December 17

Westworld

CRACKED.COM WESTWORLD When we are born, we cry that we are come. To this great stage of fools. When Dolores's father Peter Abernathy has the robotic v

Stranger Things

Joe Keery originally wasn't supposed to play Steve in Stranger Things. He auditioned for Jonathan, along with everybody across the country, but they

He's just way too charisamtic to play creeoy Jonathan.

Source: GQ

Stepgen Dilane

Stephen Dillane, who played Stannis Baratheon in A Game of Thrones admitted that he doesn't actually watch the series and was only in it for the money

Game of Thrones

IN 2012 ALONE... GAME O THRONES OVER 140 BABY GIRLS IN THE U.S... WERE LEGALLY NAMED KHALEESI

These kids are teenagers now! Around the same age that Dany got her dragons…

Reno 911!

RENO 911! BEHIND THE SCENES Facts DANNY DEVITO HAS BEEN AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON THE SHOW FOR ITS ENTIRETY RENOOLLI RENO 911! Danny Devito has executive produced all 101 episodes of Reno 911, but has only appeared in 1 episode and Reno 911: Miami. CRACKED.COM

Source: IMDB

The Simpsons

ALL THE CHARAGTERS on THE sIMPonS HAVE FOUR FINGERS. Jesus has five fingers too Except FOR GOD. HE HAS FIVE. Mike Reiss, show-runner, writer, and prod

There's some deep symbolism here…

Laurie Metcalf

COMEDY 661 NERD CRACKED.COM Laurie Metcalf Metcalf is another for whom SNL was simply a pit stop on the way to greater success. One of her most iconic roles, and the source of her 3 back-to-back Emmy wins from 1992-1994, was as Jackie Harris in seminal sitcom Roseanne.

Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston's acting career started with a role in ABC's soap opera Loving. It was surprisingly difficult, he says You learn your lines the night before With that kind of turnover, how do you get to a place that feels honest? CRACKED.COM

By playing a very dishonest school teacher, it seems. 

Source: Variety

Law and Order: Criminal Intent

LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT The Glory That Was... ONE POLICE PLAZA CRACKED.COM This episode has been scrubbed from DVDs and Amazon, most likely due to pressure from the International Olympic Committee and the Brazillian government. It heavily implied high-level bribery was responsible for the 2016 Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro.

Source: IMDB

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