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September 09, 2024

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESF FACTS WRITER'S BLOCK LED TO THE ANIMATOR DYING GAG. THE HOLY GRAIL CRACKED.COM Terry Gilliam says he couldn't figure out how to end the animated chase between the Knights of the Round Table and the Black Beast of Argh. He decided that killing the animator/himself would be a good — Film School Rejects

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS RICK'S CATCHPHRASE WAS AN ACCIDENT. Rick Ant Mot The original script had Rick saying, like Curly from the Three Stooges. However, Justin Roiland misread the line and said, wubba lubba dub-dub' - inadvertently creating a catchphrase. — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Real human skeletons were used in Poltergeist, without the actors knowing. GRACKED.COM The prop master on set realized it was cheaper to get some real skeletons from a medical and science supply company than to have replicas made. JoBeth Williams, who played the mother Diane, filmed with the skeletons in a mud filled pool for five days without knowing the props weren't... props.

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The dining table surprise reveal was genuine Only Tim Curry knew that the corpse was going to be under the tablecloth. The actors' reactions were real. — Source: The Guardian

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The Comedy Legends Who Influenced Key & Peele

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Comedy legends influenced KEY & PEELE CRACKED.COM Keegan-Michael Key says his comedy influences are Peter Sellers and Richard Pryor. They are my spirit animals. For Jordan Peele, his 'comedy parents' are Martin Lawrence and Steve Martin. Key decided that Steve Martin Lawrence would be a delicious matchup. — Ranker

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKED.COM JAMES MARDSEN LEFT THE SHOW. party five of Mardsen, who played Griffin in the first season, says he decided to sign on to do another show because there was uncertainty if Party of Five would get another season. The show ended up getting renewed and he was replaced — Fox News

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKEDC DAVID CHASE WANTED STEVEN VAN ZANDT TO PLAY TONY. PTONS HAMP NATIONAL INTER FESTIVAL FILM HAMPTO HAMP ONS INTER INTER ATIONAL FILM ESTIVAL SopPanos Chase says he originally wanted the musician to play the lead, however, HBO didn't want to give the role to an inexperienced actor. In — Vanity Fair

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Don't rule out a SEQUEL CRACKED.COM It seems unlikely, but Linklater went 18 years between Before Sunrise and Before Midnight. We never did crack a good idea for the sequel. You don't do it because you want to work with somebody again, he says. You've got to have a reason. But he didn't say no... — Independent

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Behind-the-scenes Drama Captain America: Civil War Marvel's CEO tried to get Robert Downey Jr. fired. Kevin Feige and lke Perlmutter's long simmering feud came to a head when Perlmutter tried to get Feige to cut RDJ from the film over his steep paycheck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS KEVIN FEIGE PUSHED FOR THE SHOW TO BE AS WEIRD AS IT COULD. STUDIT Director Kate Herron says that she was pleasantly surprised by how open Feige was to all the weird ideas she had. Sometimes I'd pitch stuff and be like, 'this is too weird' and he'd say 'No, go weirder.' CRACKED.COM — THR

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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 members. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?'

Behind-the-scenes feuds What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Bette Davis vs Joan Crawford In one scene, Davis hit Crawford so hard she required stitches. As payback, Crawford kept ruining a scene in which Davis had to drag her, worsening Davis' back problems. CRACKED.COM — Source: Harper's Bazaar

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESEACTS The opening act was going to be shot in black and white Brad and Jane's dull life was initially designed to be black and white, with the first color being Frank N. Furter's red lips on the elevator. The studio rejected the idea. — Source: Mental Floss

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Blink and you'll miss MILEY CRACKED COM Disney Channel held an online contest to let viewers pick which Disney star would cameo in High School Musical 2. Miley was the winner and shows up in the big finale by the pool. Total screen time: Four seconds. — YouTube

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS CRACKEDC TILDA SWINTON'S CHARACTER WAS WRITTEN FOR A MAN. SNOWPIERCER According to Swinton, Minister Mason was originally written as a mild-mannered man in a suit. Bong Joon-ho and Swinton desperately wanted to work together so he gave her the role of Mason without rewriting the part. — Deadline

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS SSENES You'll never guess who voiced BOBBY Z CRACKED.COM Pauly 'Bio-Dome Shore did not want to be credited as the voice of AV club king Bobby Zimurski. Somehow, we were still able to guess the Weasel was behind the mic. — TV Tropes

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Behind-the-scenes Drama NO - - - - в Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story The team was supposed to lose. Keeping with its irreverent tone, the film originally ended with the team losing. When the studio changed that, the credits included Ben Stiller's White Goodman mocking the fact that they won. CRACKED.COM — Source

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WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - Scarlett Johansson wanted to be nude in her sex scene in The Island. — Source: FilmSchoolRejects

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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 — Source

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There is a dumb behind-the-scenes reason Sonic the Hedgehog doesn't swim: Sonic The Hedgehog programmer Yuji Naka decided his fictional hedgehog would have an inability to swim, just like, he assumed, actual hedgehogs. Not only does Sonic share no other similarities to other hedgehogs, but hedgehogs can actually swim. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES The magic panda In season two it's revealed that one of Jason's ideas to thwart Michael's plan is to catch the magic panda, use her powers. ' What initially sounded like just another whimsical thing Jason would say soon turned into a running gag, with a panda teleporting in the background of frames all over the place. The Good Place CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cowboy Bebop

The show's props and weapons master Nick Komornicki revealed that Han Solo's blaster is hiding somewhere on the Bebop. Fans are trying hard to spot the Star Wars Easter egg. — Source: CBR

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Toy Story

Easter Eggs Toy Story All three Toy Story movies have countless references to The Shining, from carpets to TV. CRACKED.COM — More: 6 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Movies

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES Trevor, forever flying through the void In season three, Maya Rudolph's character The Judge sends Adam Scott's demon character Trevor flying off the walkway into the void of the afterlife. Every time after, when someone walks over the bridge in the afterlife system, you can spot Trevor in the background flying backwards. The Good Place GRACKED COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA Parasite The Jessica jingle Ki-jung sings to remember her fake impersonator story has a bit more to it. The melody she sings it to is from a famous Korean song, Dokdo is Our Land. Dokdo is made up of two islands surrounded by some 89 rocks and is — JSTOR, The Korea Herald

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Easter Eggs Batman Begins Bruce Wayne calls his party guests two- faced friends - and ends up having a literal two-faced friend in the sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EASTER EGGSTRA South Park The Freaks parody. In Butters' Very Own Episode, Butters' parents cover up his murder by joining a support group made up of people involved in famous murder cases. To join the cult, the group chants, One of us! One of us! Gooble Gobble! Gooble Gobble!. It's a direct line taken from the 1932 film. CRACKED.COM — Source video, video clip

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EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS DOnnie Darko Donnie's voice Jake Gyllenhaal explained that he chose to talk to Frank in a childlike voice because he saw Frank as not only friend a but also a comfort blanket. He decided Donnie should speak to Frank like a child would speak to its blankie. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Guardian

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EASTER EGGSTRA MEANINGS AND REFERENCES ANT-MAN CATCHING A FLY RIDE In the name of comic book accuracy, the Ant-Man movies made sure to replicate the character's favorite mode of transportation. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off

EASTER EGGS IN '80S MOVIES SHERME Ferris Bueller's Day Off THE MOVIE SHARES UNIVESE WITH THE BREAKFAST CLUB. In the high school hallway there is a banner that says, Go Shermer. Shermer High School was the school from The Breakfast Club. BHERMER HIGH SCHOOL CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Easter Eggs Hidden In Our Favorite '80s Movies

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easter eggstra meanings and references Danny says THE SHiNiNG redrum 42 times. REGRUM The number 42 is scattered throughout the movie, from Danny's shirt to the Summer of '42 on the TV screen. It's believed that this is a reference to the Holocaust and the Final Solution that was rolled out in 1942. CRACKED.COM — Vulture, CNN

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Spider-Man 2

Easter eggs in Marvel deleted scenes spider-Man 2 The Punisher The end of the movie features a cameo by the Punisher...'s stunt double, as they couldn't bring Thomas Jane in. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Easter Eggs in Marvel Deleted Scenes

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May and Octavius

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME EASTER EGGS AUNT MAY TENTAI In this film, like in Into the Spider-Verse, Aunt May and Doc Ock seem to have a thing going on... which makes sense, as the two almost got married in the comics, and even after, Otto has always held a soft spot for May. CRACKED.COM — Source: Marvel Database

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Respect

Easter Eggs Supernatural Show creator Eric Kripke had Castiel wear John Constantine's clothes, as a homage to DC's supernatural hunter. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Movie Easter Eggs (Just in Time for Easter)

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EASTER EGGSTRA JOKES AND MEANINGS GRAVITY BILL CIPHER KALLS WAS AROUND LONG ACK BEFORE HIS INTRODUCTION ARCADE In the Fight episode, there is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameoo of Bill Cipher on one of the arcade games. He's only officially introduced nine episodes later, and his green color was going to be his original color. CRACKED.COM — Source: ChannelFrederator

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Aladdin

THE HIDDEN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST EASTER EGG IN ALADDIN. CRACKED.COM In a classic blink-and-youill-miss-it moment where the Sultan is building his stack of animal toys, the camera pans out and a Beast toy can be seen poking out from the left side of the toy tower. — Source: Looper

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Zodiac / True Detective

Easter Eggs NIXON Zodiac/True Detective In both, yellow stands for corruption and decay. In True Detective, it also stands for the villainous serial killer, the King in Yellow. CRACKED.COM — More: 4 Clever Easter Eggs In Acclaimed Movies And Shows Hiding In Plain Sight

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Easter Eggs for Polyglots Hercules TWO words exactly. Two words, Phil replies as Hercules asks for his help. I am retired! In Greek, that is Eípa Come on, count the words. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Homeland

Easter Eggs for Polyglots لو منور كافكا Homeland Homeland is watermelon. The show hired people who knew Arabic to decorate a set with graffiti. The artists decided to write what they really thought of Homeland, like, This show does not represent the views of the artists, or Homeland is watermelon (which in Arabic is meaner than in English). CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Easter Eggs You Missed (If You're Monolingual)

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Easter Eggs Evil Dead Sam Raimi puts his Oldsmobile in every film he makes. Spider-Man CRACKED.COM — Source

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