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Abbott and Costello’s ‘Who’s on First?’ Was Kind of a Rip-Off
The ‘greatest comedy routine of the 20th century’ wasn’t actually from the 20th century
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- By JM McNab
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The ‘Moops’ Argument From ‘Seinfeld’ Was Based on a Real Board Game Screwup
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- By JM McNab
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Whoopi Goldberg Actively Tried to Stop One of Her Movies From Coming Out
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- By JM McNab
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Pre-Fame Roomies Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler Were Obsessed with Prank Phone Calls
Before ‘SNL,’ phony phone calls were Sandler’s comedy outlet
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- By Matt Solomon
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Russia Tried to Make Its Own Awful ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Knockoff Called ‘It’s Always Sunny in Moscow’
The Russian version of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ is less enjoyable than a winter camping trip in Siberia
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- By Keegan Kelly
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The Real Blue Man Group Was Horrified at How the ‘Arrested Development’ Cast Did Their Makeup
They blue the cast a little too much
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- By JM McNab
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Adam Scott’s ‘Party Down’ Catchphrase Has a Bizarre Origin
‘Are we having fun yet?!?!’
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- By JM McNab
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The Horror of Making ‘Roseanne’ Was Turned into a Tom Arnold Sitcom
‘The Jackie Thomas Show’ was a disaster
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- By JM McNab
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Four Things About ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ That Don't Suck
Axel Foley is back, and that’s not such a bad thing after all
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- By JM McNab
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All the ‘SNL’ Stars in the Marvel and DC Cinematic Universes
Live from New York, it’s clobberin’ time!
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- By Matt Solomon
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Four Times Mickey Mouse Was Actually Funny
Cute? Yes. Funny? Not usually
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- By Brian VanHooker
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Charles Grodin Actively Tried to Break ‘SNL’ When He Guest Hosted
The one host who flubbed their lines on purpose
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- By JM McNab
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‘Team America’ Was Briefly Banned Thanks to Seth Rogen
Paramount pulled ‘Team America’ from theaters 10 years after it came out
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- By JM McNab
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‘The Simpsons’ Classic Rake Gag Was Created to Fill Extra Time
Sideshow Bob’s best scene was created to solve an editing problem
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- By JM McNab
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