33 Bits of Classic TV Trivia That Are Movin’ on Up to the East Side

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33 Bits of Classic TV Trivia That Are Movin’ on Up to the East Side

Sure, The Jeffersons reference in this list’s title mentions that these classic TV facts are moving to the East Side, but we honestly have no idea where they’ll end up in your brain. It was strictly for the fun reference, but the brain is a very complex thing. It could store these fun retro tidbits anywhere it wants really.

And your head turns so much that every part of your brain will probably face east at some point today. Just stop taking the title so seriously and get to the classic TV facts already, would you?

Mary Tyler Moore

CHUCKLES MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW CRACKED.COM Chuckles the Clown was leading a parade dressed as Peter Peanut when he was tragically shelled to death by a rogue elephant. With a can't-stop-laughing funeral, it's the classic episode of a classic sitcom, at one point ranked #1 on TV Guide's list of the Top 100 Episodes of All Time.

Laugh-In

Richard Nixon LAUGH-IN CRACKED.COM If Jimmy Fallon's infamous hair toussle humanized the current legally entangled Republican president, Nixon's weird pronunciation of sock it to meeEEE? made him seem more robotic (and clammier) than ever before.

Three’s Company

CRACKED THREE'S COMPANY REPLACED SUZANNE SOMERS. She was only being paid $30,000 per episode to John Ritter's reported $150,000. They only gave her $5,000 more, so she missed tapings in protest, and was replaced with her character's cousin Cindy Snow for 3 seasons.

M*A*S*H

HENRY BLAKE M*A*S*H SI GRACKED COM Blake was one of the first major sitcom characters to die, rather than being recast or written out of a series. Most of the cast didn't know Blake's fate until moments before filming the scene when Radar announces the sad news.

Joe Namath

Joe Namath THE BRADY BUNCH CRACKED.COM Bobby hatches an elaborate scheme to bait Joe Namath into his bedroom by faking a terminal illness. Think Make A Wish Foundation meets To Catch A Predator.

The A-Team

Does the A-Team really want to hurt BOY GEORGE THE A TEAM CRACKED.COM Just another day in the life for the Culture Club as they perform for a crowd of testy oil workers. Boy George's crooning wins over the blue-collar crowd before they leave to kill the A-Team, who have been framed for killing the sheriff. Another plot ripped right out of Shakespeare.

Cheers

COACH CHEERS CRACKED.COM After being cast as Coach, Nicholas Colasanto developed heart disease and an inability to lines. That forced producers to hide his script in places the audience couldn't see. When Colasanto became too sick to perform, the cast read letters from 'vacationing' Coach until the actor's death during Season 3.

Star Trek

STAR TREK was saved by writing letters-to: the studio. Now Paramount's leading franchise, Star Trek was saved in its second season by thousands of fans protesting the show's cancellation. Back when this entailed purchasing stamps, writing letters, and sometimes actually trekking to post offices to mail them, the studio received enough complaints to persuade them to create enough episodes to syndicate the series, forging a path for it to become the juggernaut it is today. CRACKED.COM

The Muppets

Oiginally, Jim Henson wanted the Muppets to be more grown-up and edgy. Не had them guest-star on variety shows, doing comedy definitely aimed at adults, and he wasn't thrilled when they offered him to put the Muppets on Sesame Street and turn them into kids' entertainment. CRACKED.COM

The Smothers Brothers

CBS claimed it was canceling the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour due to its failure to meet deadlines. Behind the scenes, everyone knew the axing was due to the show's political content, including anti-Vietnam comedy sketches. CBS out-and-out refused to run one episode that featured folk singer and anti-war activist Joan Baez. CRACKED.COM

The Brady Bunch

CRACKED.COM The Brady Bunch The kids didn't have a toilet. Family TV was very restrictive-viewers should never imagine that the Brady kids ever needed to relieve themselves, based on the set design of the kids' bathroom.

Batman

In the 1960s Batman series, Batman and Robin buckled their seatbelts before taking off in the Batmobile. This occurred after a complaint by the National Safety Council & the Dynamic Duo set a good example thereafter. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Harlem Globetrotters

HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS GILLIGAN'S ISLAND C CRACKED.COM In this made-for-TV movie, the Clown Princes of Basketball team up with the castaways to battle super-robots to save the island from an unscrupulous ... let's just leave it at trick basketball and robots.

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Diff’rent Strokes

COMEDY NERD Check out the Diff'rent Strokes episode Santa's Helper for classic Christmas cheer. There's nothing particularly innovative or groundbreaking about it, but it's a great old-school sitcom Christmas special. CRACKED.COM

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Gilligan’s Island

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND You can see a flag at alf-mast in the intro sequence. AINNOL CHARTER P- FREE LUNCHES President Kennedy was assassinated just before
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Bob Newhart

The BOB NEWHART Show Comedy legend Bob Newhart started out as an ant but was so bad at the job he used to take money out of his own pocket to m

The Munsters

The mansion in The Munsters was also used in Desperate Housewives. THE MUNSTERS The appearance of the building was further modified after the first se

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