Little-Known Yet Interesting Facts About Legendary Comedy Movies And Shows
![Little-Known Yet Interesting Facts About Legendary Comedy Movies And Shows](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/9/8/803698_320x180.jpg)
Comedy movies and shows have always been a staple of American culture. From the Three Stooges to the Marx Brothers to The Simpsons and South Park, comedy has always been there to make us laugh.
There are a lot of legendary comedy movies and TV shows out there. Of course, everyone's opinions on what is the best will differ, but that doesn't mean we can't take a look at some of the classics and discuss what makes them so great. People never tired of taking a look at some of the most legendary comedies out there and discussing why they've stood the test of time.
There are some classic comedy movies and TV shows that will never get old. Millions of people have seen these movies and laughed along with the jokes, but how much do they really know about them? In this blog post, we'll take a look at some behind-the-scenes facts about some of the most legendary comedies ever made. You'll be surprised at what you learn! So, let's get started...
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES SUPERBAD FACTS McLovin had to do his sex scene in front of HIS MOM GRACKED.COM Because I was 17, for legal reasons my mother had to be on the set. It was real awkward. Afterwards we didn't talk about it; we still don't, says Mintz-Plasse. Now, I'm 19 SO my mom doesn't have to be in the room when I have sex, thank God.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/0/803760.jpg)
![BEHINO-THE-SOENESPACTS The cast was no stranger to AWARDS Laughing TALLADEGA NIGHTS scas CRACKED.COM THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY Cap For a goofy comedy, Talladega Nights' cast had a high pedigree, including 6-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams, Best Supporting Actor nominee Michael Duncan Clarke, and two-time Golden Globe winner Sacha Baron Cohen.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/1/803771.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THE IDEA WAS BORN ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR OF TALLADEGA NIGHTS. I NATIVE USA STEP BROTHERS While editing Talladega Nights, Will Ferrell, John С. Reilly, and Adam McKay were trying to brainstorm ideas for their next project. One of them said, You know what would be really funny? Bunk beds. That ended up being the spark that led to Step Brothers. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/5/803765.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES, FACTS SUDEIKIS LEARNED ABOUT SOCCER BY PLAYING FIFA. TED LASSO FIFA21 ADRI 27 IEL WIL Sudeikis admits he knew very little about the sport before doing the show. Не says playing the video game with the crew four nights a week helped him get a grasp on it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/8/803768.jpg)
![Seinfeld was never pitched as a show about nothing. It was pitched as a show about how a comedian gets his material. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/2/803752.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES SFACTS Several takes were ruined by a case of the GIGGLES CRACKED.COM Everyone had a lot of trouble not laughing, says Miranda (Summer) Cosgrove. Just because you never know what Jack is going to do. They would have to redo the takes, confesses Robert (Lawrence) Tsai, because I would laugh in the middle of them.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/5/803755.jpg)
![BEHINO-THE-SCENESPACTS Ferrell, Reilly, and McKay went to DRIVING SCHOOL BUT LIQUOR Daw in BELL TALLADEGA NIGHTS MALT LA CRACKED.COM THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY How do you learn to drive a race car? For the leads of Talladega Nights, it meant working with instructors at the Richard Petty Driving Experience. You don't crash and burn race cars like Ricky Bobby without some expert training.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/7/803757.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS WILL FERRELL'S FAKE TESTICLES COST A LOT OF MONEY. STEP BROTHERS The prosthetic testicles Ferrell's character slams on the drums cost a whopping $10,000. The comedian says he decided to keep the prop testicles and that he regularly brings them out during dinner parties. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/1/803761.jpg)
![Elwes and Patinkin learned each other's sword fight choreography CRACKED.COM This was done at the suggestion of the sword fight expert who said that it would prevent accidents.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/2/803762.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENESPACTS Kip's real-life brother bought a TIME MACHINE CRACKED.COM Aaron Ruell's brother spent a lot of time in chat rooms with babes, inspiring Kip's relationship with Lafawnduh. Не also bought a time machine from a man in Florida. The time machine scene in Napoleon Dynamite, says Ruell, is basically what occurred in real life.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/8/803758.jpg)
![EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The real philosophers In the series finale, modern philosopher Todd May and UCLA professor Pamela Hieronymi make appearances as Chidi's students.They were both consultants on the show. The Good Place CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/2/803772.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS School of Rock made BEAUCOUP BUCKS GRACKED.COM Six weeks in the top ten led to a worldwide gross of $131 million for the kid rocker. Throw in another $97 million for DVD sales and rentals and you get Richard Linklater's highest grossing movie. God of Rock, thank you for the chance to kick ass.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/6/803766.jpg)
![This Is Spinal Tap Norwegians thought it was a sequel to Airplane! CRACKED COM Airplane! was called Help! We Are Flying! in Norway. The film's Scandinavian marketers implied This Is Spinal Tap was a follow-up in the same franchise, and called it Help! We Are In The Pop Business!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/9/803759.jpg)
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![On the day Jason Segel had to FILM HIS NUDE SCENE, the entire cast and crew wore T-shirts with the STATUE OF DAVID on them. To show support, of course. BEHIND THE SCENES I FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/1/803751.jpg)
![BEHINO-THE-SCENES SFACTS Hess and Heder were college CLASSMATES GRACKED.COM Heder didn't consider himself an actor when fellow BYU film student Jared Hess approached him about appearing in his short, Peluca. But Jon definitely understood what it meant to be like a mouth breather in high school, says Hess. And a star was born.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/0/803750.jpg)
![EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES No one wore saturated red in the first season. YS SALAAS AO DIROT The costume designer revealed that they specifically cut bright red from the wardrobe to hide the fact that the place was actually filled with demons. Quite a bit of redheads, though. The Good Place CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/7/803767.jpg)
![This Is Spinal Tap A bit from the movie inspired the Harry Potter films. CRACKED.COM The mysterious deaths of the band's drummers inspired J.K. Rowling to quietly replace the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher in every book.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/4/803754.jpg)
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![Did you catch the Mike Judge cameo? STAN CRACKED.COM Judge plays Joanna's boss at Chotchkie's, the King of Flair himself. He's credited as William King, but that's Judge under the hair piece, glasses, and mustache. And flair.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/3/803763.jpg)
![JESSE EISENBERG AUDITIONED FOR SAM WEIR CRACKED.COM Не read for the role four times before he was passed over for John Francis Daley.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/9/803749.jpg)
![Jason Segel originally wanted CHARLIE HUNNAM to play ALDOUS SNOW. Segel wrote the part for his friend, but after doing a table read, Hunnam stepped away from the film, saying it didn't align with his career goals. BEHIND THE SCENES I FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/3/803753.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Carell's pitch was based on his sketch at SECOND CITY CRACKED.COM Carell pitched Apatow on a virgin who brags about his sexual exploits to his poker pals. Не gets busted when he claims a woman's breasts feel like bags of marbles. And we started thinking what would this guy's life be like? says Apatow. A middle-aged virgin.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/7/0/803770.jpg)
![Ass-clown was added to Webster's. OOLS the gster CRACKED.COM The dictionary credits Mike Judge with coining the phrase, but it was actually ad-libbed by David Herman.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/4/803764.jpg)
![BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JENNA FISCHER GOT THE ROLE THANKS TO JOHN С. REILLY. WALKHARD Fischer says that while the two were working together on The Promotion, Reilly approached her about playing his wife in Walk Hard. Based on her recommendation, Judd Apatow ended up inviting her to read for the role. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/5/6/803756.jpg)
![EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS THE ROMANTIC community LOOKS MONTAGE In season 2 episode 21 (Paradigms of Human Memory) there's a montage of supposed romantic looks between the characters...that's really anything but. - - - She chokes right before this. It's a parody and a homage to a fan- made video of Jeff and Annie using the song Gravity, the same song Harmon used for the show's own sequence. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/8/803748.jpg)
![BEHINO-THE-SCENES, FACTS Apatow was sold on Carell after ANCHORMAN 41 63 82 77 CRACKED.COM Apatow was the producer on the Will Ferrell/Adam McKay masterpiece. Carell's improvisational skills on set convinced Judd that he needed to work with Steve again. I was very confident that he was as funny as a human could get.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/6/9/803769.jpg)
![Rob McElhenney and Kaitlyn Olson own a real bar in Philly. It's appropriate the real-life couple's bar is named Mac's Tavern. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/5/803745.jpg)
![EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS COUGAR TOWN community CAMEOS In season 2's Critical Film Studies, Abed tells Jeff that he was once an extra on the set of one of his favorite shows, Cougar Town. Sure enough, Abed was featured during the show's second season finale. And, during Community's second season finale, Laurie and Travis had their own cameos when Greendale won the paintball game. CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/6/803746.jpg)
![Charlie has a tattoo for continuity of a one-off joke. In Season 2, Charlie writes Bad New on his forearm, and it has remained on there in every episode since then. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/7/803747.jpg)
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![Donald Glover did the vocals for Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Before being a Grammy-winner, Childish Gambino did his best Tracy Morgan impersonation. Не also contributed some lyrics to the song. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/7/4/4/803744.jpg)