28 Forbidden Pieces of TV Trivia We Learned From the Bad Kids in the Back of the Bus

An ode to the friends who’d tell us about the shows that our moms wouldn’t let us watch
28 Forbidden Pieces of TV Trivia We Learned From the Bad Kids in the Back of the Bus

You kids might not believe this, but before memes and clips, we had to actually a sweet line from a TV show and recite it to our friends the next day. We had to nail the delivery too or we’d catch some serious eye-rolls.

We know that dropping “back in our day” is pretty lame, but our memories deserve some respect! Clicking a little paper airplane to share a great TV joke is too easy. So bow down to the godfathers of regurgitated TV moments, and then see if you can pull it off yourselves.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Comedy Late Bloomers Larry David started stand-up in his 30s. Не began stand-up later than most, and he did get that one sketch on SNL in 1985, but his real success came at 42, when Seinfeld aired in 1989. CRACKED

Grey’s Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy actor Patrick Dempsey used to be a professional juggler. Не even ed and won second place in a national juggling competition. In turn, this landed him his first acting job. GRACKED.COM

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother A real engagement happened on the show. Timothy Russo was friends with one of the writers, and used that connection to get him and his girlfriend Jana Rugan a gig as extras. It was there that he proposed to Jana, and it stayed in the episode. CRACKED.COM

SNL

NANCY KERRIGAN MARCH 12, 1994 CRACKED.COM Time Magazine called Kerrigan's hosting gig a supremely awkward performance. At least she didn't get kneecapped.

Seinfeld

Jon Favreau made an Truth appearance on the show. Before he was a pretty successful actor and an extremely successful director, Favreau was the clown who didn't know who Bozo the Clown was. CRACKED.COM

King of the Hill

The theme song was some band's sound check. CRACKED.COM The Refreshments, out of Arizona, were asked to submit a demo to Mike Judge. They recorded a live set, and encouraged the crowd to really hoot and holler during their sound check jam, which they named Yahoos and Triangles.

Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson was a beloved talk show host. BUT The man America welcomed into their living rooms was a bitter, bullying wreck of a man. Не was meanest to his inner circle and ex-wives, but was awful to his guests, too. Most celebrities kept quiet, but after his funeral a ton of people came forward with stories of Carson's grudges, rage, and cruelty. CRACKED COM

The Following

CRACKED.COM The Following was born from Scream. Kevin Williamson came up with The Following while working on Scream. Не also used ideas from his abandoned script for Scream 3.

David Letterman

When David Letterman asked Brittany Murphy for thoughts about her ex-boyfriend Ashton Kutcher and his relationship with Demi Moore, she outed him for his, ahem, shortcomings: IS suppose the crux of their relationship basically means, you know, to him that age doesn't matter, and to her that size doesn't matter? CRACKED.COM

Eddie Murphy

CRACKED.COM Eddie murphy got sick of his most popular character and killed it. Murphy hit it out of the park with an adult version of Little Rascals' Buckwheat on SNL. But he eventually came to resent being known just for one character, and shot a sketch when Buckwheat was murdered.

Game of Thrones

In Game of Thrones, OLd VALYRiA is a long-dead city of wonder that was once the capital of a great empire. It's a lot like Ancient Greece. Both were populated by ancient people who colonized most of the continent, but whose knowledge was lost over time. And their language formed the basis for the continent's languages. Also, the gap in time between Ancient Greece and the High Middle Ages is around 1,000 years - the gap between Valyria and Westeros. CRACKED.COM http://www.timemaps.com/civilization-ancient-greeks

WWE

CRACKED COM In late 2007, John Cena tore his pectoral and was supposed to be out six months to a year. Не returned three months later, winning the 2008 Royal Rumble. HUS LOVAL To keep the surprise, the WWE hid him all day in Madison Square Garden. When it was time for him to enter the match, they even walked him through the hallway covered to conceal his identity.

Aaron Paul

Producers didn't let Aaron Paul audition for the role of Francis. MALC THe IN LM MIDDLE On Malcom in the Middle, Bryan Cranston and Paul could have been coworkers a lot sooner, but they rejected him even though he desperately wanted it. CRACKED.COM

Dana Carvey

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Mainstream met 'nerd pirates' on the DANA CARVEY SHOW CRACKED.COM ABC wanted Carvey to play his famous characters, while his writers wanted to bring bleeding-edge comedy to prime time. The tension shows up in the first sketch where Carvey plays Bill Clinton (good!), opening his shirt to breast-feed baby animals (cue ABC execs ing out).

The Daily Show

Hugh Grant THE DAILY SHOW CRACKED.COM According to Jon Stewart, the affable Brit was not so affable on set, being a bit of a nightmare to deal with. As a result, Grant was never asked back. Just imagine it. Er, terribly sorry, but if there are poppyseeds on my bagel I'll kill you and your family, old chum.

Star Trek

William Shatner has never watched an episode of Star Trek or Star Trek: The Next Generation. CRACKED.COM

King Abdullah

King Abdullah II of Jordan appeared in Star Trek. CRACKED.COM King Abdullah is a fan of Star Trek and had a small non-speaking role on Investiga- tions, a 1995 episode of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager.

Star Trek

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Home Improvement

The Beach Boys HOME IMPROVEMENT GRACKED.COM It's canon: The Beach Boys are Wilson's cousins.

The Boys

March on prime video March 4 The Boys Presents: Diabolical Some episodes are canon... and one might even be canon to the comic books. Eric Kripke said that while most are multiverse THE BOYS fu y, the finale is canon. CRACKED.COM

Steven Universe

April Fools's jokes that became real steven Universe Uncle Grandpa crossover On April Fools' Day, Steven meets up with Uncle Grandpa in a non-canon episode... which later turns out to be canon, as it has a reference to Steven being a diamond (not known then) and being the first time he ever uses his powers on purpose. CRACKED.COM

Chris Rock

COMEDY NERD Chris Rock wanted to make a comedy show with Cardi B, but it didn't take off. Не noticed her when she wasn't big yet, and thought she had great talent for comedy- but the show never got picked up. CRACKED.COM

DuckTales

COMEDY NERD DuckTales Last Christmas! episode is a riff on A Christmas Carol. Charmingly, the whole thing opens with Uncle Scrooge pummeling a blow-up Santa Claus. CRACKED.COM

Good Girls

COMEDY NERD Megan Thee Stallion did a cameo appearance once on the NBC show Good Girls. She played Onyx, one of Stan Hill's co-workers, in Season 3. CRACKED.COM

Michael Richards

COMEDY NERD Michael Richards might have been Al Bundy on Married... with Children. The casting director thought he wasn't quite the right fit, but ed him later for Seinfeld. CRACKED.COM

Adult Swim

COMEDY NERD Nathan Barnatt was supposed to do an Adult Swim comedy, but it didn't work out. It was called Youth Large, and it was going to be based on his character Keith Apicary. CRACKED.COM

Patton Oswalt

COMEDY NERD Patton Oswalt starred in a profoundly unfunny show called Super Nerds. It was kind of supposed to be making fun of nerd culture, but it did that in such a hamfisted way, it comes off as a parody of a parody. CRACKED.COM

Malcolm in the Middle

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM KITTY THE TEACHER Anne Kitty Kenarban is Malcolm's first teacher in the pilot of the show, then is immediately recast as Stevie's overprotective mother.

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