28 Bits of TV Trivia That’ll Probably All Hook Up With Each Other Given Enough Seasons

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28 Bits of TV Trivia That’ll Probably All Hook Up With Each Other Given Enough Seasons

All we’re saying is that you better start knocking on their dressing room doors before you enter. You might be trying to get TV Fact #18 its script when TV Fact #20 opens the door in its bathrobe. 

Season after season of good chemistry will do that, ya know? We will say, though, it’s pretty weird that they’re playing family on-screen.

Amy Poehler

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS AMY POEHLER'S community STOCK PHOTO In season 2's Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking, Troy freaks out about meeting his hero LeVar Burton. In the background behind him is a stock photo of a young Amy Poehler that can be found when searching Getty Images for volunteer. Poehler was of course the star of another NBC hit TV show, Parks and Recreation. CRACKED COM

MythBusters

A WOMAN WAS ABLE TO SAVE HERSELF AND HER CHILD BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE LEARNED FROM THE SHOW GRAGKED.COM In 2007, a woman slid off the road into a large body of water. She ed to wait until the pressure was equalized inside the vehicle to try to open the door.

Werewolf Bar Mitzvah

The set for Werewolf Bar Mitzvah took 3 days to build. Tracy Jordan Werewolf Bar Mitzvah An Evening with Tracy Jordan Geffen Records It was only on screen for 6 seconds. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris is a respected magician CRACKED.COM NPH isn't a real doctor, and probably isn't a real genius, but he is a real magician. Не was even once the President of the Board of Directors of LA's extremely prestigious Magic Castle.

Linda Cardellini

LINDA CARDELLINI KEPT HER CHARACTER'S ICONIC ARMY JACKET CRACKED.COM It's signed by the cast on the inside. It even survived a fire.

Wednesday

Pop culture inspirations Wednesday Jenna Ortega choreographed the iconic dance scene taking inspiration from SIOUXSIE SIOUX, BOB FOSSE, LISA LORING, LENE LOVICH, DENIS LAVANT, and archival footage of goths dancing in clubs in the '80s. CRACKED

Lost

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Welcome! Everything is fine. Lost Michael Schur took a lot of inspiration from Lost to create The Good Place, and even consulted with Lost and The Leftovers creator Damon Lindelof about the existential themes in his work. The influence can be seen throughout the show, most notably in the season two finale that draws on The Constant episode of Lostwhere two people connect with each other through space and time. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

Community

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES & HIDDEN MEANINGS THE GAS LEAK community YEAR The phrase became a running joke within the show's mythology, referencing the troubled season 4. In season 5, it's explained that there was a gas leak at Greendale the year before, and everything that happened then was the product of a metaphorical hallucination. In the series finale, while Abed says cool for every season, Chang farts during the fourth cool, saying: I farted during the Fourth one. It's an inside joke. GRACKED COM

The Good Place

EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Writers and coffee MURRAY - MURRAY MANDE'S MANDE J COFFEE COFFEE Days مع UNBECESSABILY COMPLICATED COMPLICATED POUROVER POUROVER - SERUWICHER The coffee shop Michael visits on Earth is called Murray and Mande's Coffee. It's a wink to show writers Matt Murray and Joe Mande who liked to make their own fancy coffee on the show instead of drinking the normal crew coffee. The Good Place CRACKED.COM

The Nonexistent Real Richmond Soccer Club

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS RICHMOND DOESN'T HAVE A SOCCER CLUB. WELCOME TO NELSON ROAD HOME OF A.F.C. RICHMOND MOND BLACK DECKER ONO TED LASSO Although every other soccer club they play against in the show is real, AFC Richmond itself doesn't exist. Richmond is a real place in London, however, their only team is a low division Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. CRACKED.COM

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin bought all of Jack's suits after the show ended. The costume designer said, Не wrote a big check to NBC. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM

Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS TED LASSO'S FIRST APPEARANCE WAS IN A COMMERCIAL. NBC CSN BARCLA PREMIER Sports TED LASSO Lasso made his first appearance all the way back in 2013. Jason Sudeikis portrayed the character in a series of promos announcing NBC Sports' broadcasting rights for the Premier League. CRACKED.COM

Alf

CRACKED COM ALF In the 80s society, having won the Space Race... You want us to believe Willie Tanner would've endangered his family to get to know the funny, cat-eating alien?

Dora the Explorer

Lucky Dora the Explorer fans could buy this limited edition Aquapet in 2006. Aquapets are similar to Tamagotchis, with buttons for interacting with a virtual pet floating in a tube full of water. They vibrate, sing, and respond to sound. CRACKED.COM http://www. bergizmo.com/2006/11/dora-aquapet-hits-amazon/

Awful Sitcom Tropes

arno С Awful Sitcom Tropes Topical humor If we have to look up who some 2000s politician was, we simply won't rewatch a show, however funny it may have originally been. Today, Atlanta, Rick and Morty, Insecure, BoJack Horseman, or Black-ish also try topical humor, but they give it more cerebral spins to make audiences reflect about current topics. We'll see if it stands the test of time. CRACKED.COM

Seinfeld

TBS speeds up reruns of Seinfeld by 7.5% to fit in two more minutes of ad time. CRACKED.COM

Doctor Who

CRACKED.COM Doctor Who URS The iconic look of the Fourth Doctor was aristide inspired by an ad for cabaret singer and BRUANT comedian Aristide dans Bruant, created by Henri Las free soncabace de Toulouse-Lautrec.

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28 Bits of TV Trivia That’ll Probably All Hook Up With Each Other Given Enough Seasons

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28 Bits of TV Trivia That’ll Probably All Hook Up With Each Other Given Enough Seasons

The Real Soup Nazi

THe REAL SOUP NAZI HATeD SEINFELD. His name is AI Yeganeh, and he claimed the show ruined his business. Not that the character was inaccurate. When Jerry Seinfeld apologized, he kicked him out of his shop. H HOT & OUP Э Despite being ruined by the Seinfeld character, he now has franchises in seven states. CRACKED.COM

The Good Wife

Behind-the-scenes Drama The Good Wife Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi couldn't be in the same room. Green screen was needed for the emotional final scene between main characters Kalinda and Alicia, because the actresses reportedly hated each other, according to crew . CRACKED.COM

Parks and Recreation

CRACKED.COM Chris Traeger from Parks and Recreation has orthorexia, an eating disorder that makes a person overly concerned about the health benefits of the food they eat.

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld never unironically said What's the deal with ... ? on Seinfeld. No, not even in the pre-intro stand-up sets. It's apparently associated with him just because he said it in a 1992 SNL skit where he played a game show host. CRACKED.COM

‘90s Sitcoms

Gritty superheroes were already sitcom material in the '90s. The '90s were the heyday of edgy heroes. Even back then it was so laughable that Bob Newhart had a sitcom about this. In 1992's Bob, Newhart played an old- school comic artist whose wholesome superhero gets a gritty reboot. Marvel released a tie-in comic to promote the show. CRACKED.COM

30 Rock

Jon Hamm auditioned for the role of Jack Donaghy 3B Не had to settle for playing Liz Lemon's pretty boyfriend. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM

Freaks and Geeks

BUSY PHILIPPS AND JAMES FRANCO DIDN'T GET ALONG CRACKED.COM Philipps says that Franco was a bully and physically assaulted her on-set.

Law & Order

The Law & Order dun dun sound effect combines six to seven different sounds. LAW & ORDER CRACKED.COM Nestled within the ubiquitous effect is the sound of 500 Japanese men stomping their feet on a wooden floor.

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego was made to pick up the slack from American public schools. WITH IN WORLD IS ANDIEGO? CRACKED.COM The 1990s PBS game show was created in response to a National Geographic sur- vey stating that 1 in 4 Americans could not lo- cate the Soviet Union or The Pacific Ocean.

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