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KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR teaches Homer what it's like to be Bart CRACKED.co Homer joins a fathering enrichment class, where he casually mentions choking Bart. To show Homer what it feels like, Dr. Zander enlists the 7' 2 Abdul-Jabba to do some choking of his own. Dr. Zander, you made me see my life through Bart's neck! — TVOvermind

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Plain White T's Hey There Delilah Tom Higgenson wrote the soNG about Delilah DiCrescenzo, an athlete he met through a mutual friend. He was sO encha

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Merv Hughes' mustache $370,000 CRACKED.COM The Australian cricket star was a formidable athlete, but he derived his star power from his thick stache (and also, apparently, from drinking a lot). — Source

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William Hayes: Professional athlete, amateur paleontologist.

GRACKED DINOSAURS AREN'T REAL WILLIAM HAYES 95 95 The Rams defensive end thinks it's crazy to think that dinosaurs ever existed. Не believes that archaeologists planted bones underground like Easter eggs. — Bleacher Report

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Las Vegas bookmaker and CBS football commentator JIMMY THE GREEK destroyed his own career instantly when he opined: The black is a better athlete t

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KEITH HERNANDEZ SEINFELD CRACKED.COM Elaine Benes is seduced by the greatest athlete pickup line of all time: I'm Keith Hernandez. — USA Today

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VENUS AND SERENA get into doubles trouble CRACKED.COM At a tennis tournament, Homer replaces his doubles partner Lisa with Venus. An angry Marge ditches Bart for Serena. The Williams sisters ditch both of them for Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. No Simpson wins the prize money, though Homer lifts a few bucks from Sampras's wallet. — Essentially Sports

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MARK MCGWIRE admits MLB is spying on Springfield cardinals CRACKED.COM But the question is 'why?' Do you want to know the terrifying truth, McGwire asks Bart before turning to the crowd. Or do you want to see me sock a few dingers? Springfield gives the obvious answer and McGwire sends a baseball into the stratosphere. — Rolling Stone

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JOE FRAZIER gave Homer an award for excellence CRACKED.COM After the awards ceremony, the script called for Barney Gumble to knock out Frazier in a bar fight. Frazier's son vetoed the idea, arguing world champions do not get knocked out. Frazier ended up knocking bloody Barney into a garbage can. As world champs do. — The Simpsons Season 3 DVD commentary

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Alfonso Ribeiro

Jocks playing dorks ALFONSO RIBEIRO considers himself an athlete, playing basketball and golf, and has also raced cars professionally. Не is a scratch golfer, shooting low 70s and high 60s. CRACKED — NBC
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Laverne Cox

M. Lamar, brother of Orange Is The New Black star Laverne Сох, is an accomplished goth musician with five albums under his belt. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS THE SHOW USED A REAL STREET MUSICIAN. TED LASSO The musician Lasso brings in from the street as a replacement for Robbie Williams is Cam Cole - a famous London street performer. — Boing Boing

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A musician claiming to know who killed Kurt Cobain was killed by a train.

Musician Eldon Hoke claimed that he knew who killed Kurt Cobain. Eldon claimed he was asked by Courtney Love to whack Cobain for $50,000, and he knows who really went through with it. A week after that interview was filmed, he was hit by a train and killed. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Music is Over

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Mussolini’s son was a touring jazz musician.

Benito Mussolini's son was a respected Jazz musician. Romano Mussolini toured internationally with artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Helen Mer- rill and Chet Baker. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW — The Atlantic

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Johnny Depp

celebrities scouted in wild ways Johnny Depp was a musician. Depp had a chance meeting with Nicolas Cage, who recommended he try acting instead of rock and roll and the rest is history-Wes Craven soon after cast him in A Nightmare on Elm Street. CRACKED.COM — More: 7 Celebrity Careers That Launched by Accident

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Elton John

Elton John Born Reginald Dwight, it makes sense why the performer would change his name. Не chose Elton from Elton Dean, a jazz musician. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Celebrities Who Changed Their Name (And Why)

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SCTV’s Guest Stars

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Rock stars catch carp with the FISHIN' MUSICIAN SCTV CRACKED.com The problem: NBC insisted on musical guests but SCTV demanded a reason for them to exist in the Melonville univers. That's why guests like the Tubes ending up angling for trout with John Candy's Gil Fisher, host of the The Fishin' Musician. — AV Club, YouTube

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The kids were jammin' on the one with STEVIE WONDER THE COSBY SHOW CRACKED.COM This episode is the single most influential moment in the history of hip-hop, says Questlove. It was the first time that 99 percent of us who went on to be hip-hop producers saw what a sampler was. It's not an exaggeration to say that this was the incident that truly sucked me into hip-hop. — Slate

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It's the Kimmy Gibler phase of career for NEW KIDS FULLER HOUSE CRACKED.COM After Kimmy buys counterfeit concert tix for her best pal's birthday, NKOTB show up at the house to serenade DJ instead. Added comedy: The birthday girl is whacked out on dentist pain meds. Hard to blame Donnie Wahlberg for sitting this one out. — Bustle

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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. — Mashable

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JIM GAFFIGAN WAS A WALK-ON PLAYER FOR A BIG TEN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAM. PURDUE 60 Gaffigan played for the Purdue Boilermakers after walking on the t

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KATY PERRY COLLECTS CELEB HAIR When a fan asked the singer what was in her purse, she admitted to have locks of hair from Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus. CRACKED.COM — The Cut

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Daniel Radcliffe (Again)

Daniel Radcliffe once bought a custom-made mattress for $17,000. Which is pretty exceptional for him, considering he's not a celeb who spends money like crazy (and it's a lot saner than many other celeb purchases). CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Sisao CRACKEDCO He topped his sad stint on Sabrina The Teenage Witch with something even sadder: a remake of The Thong Song at 40 with some Norwegia

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C.S. Lewis

40 Random Bits of Trivia About Famous People and the Weird Lives They Lead — Source: Interesting Literature

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Channing Tatum

Famous People’s Voices (Secretly) In Your Favorite Movies - Christopher Miller and Phil Lord threw a bunch of celeb voice cameos — Source: Film School Rejects

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CRACKED CON Mark Hamill uses a wheelchair as a disguise to avoid being badgered by autograph sellers.

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Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan was a very naughty boy. While being interviewed at the premiere of The Karate Kid, the actor revealed that he bullied a fellow child whe

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Jessica Alba You might be aware of The Honest Company without even knowing it was owned by a celeb. The safe and eco-friendly consumer goods company is available at Whole Foods, Target, and Costco. CRACKED.COM — Source: Honest

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The Ridiculous 6

Actors Who Had To Put Their Foot Down During Filming - That time a couple of Native American actors walked off the set of The Ridiculous 6. The actors — Sources: CNN, Variety

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IN THE EARLY DAYS OF CINEMA, REAL BULLETS WERE FIRED AT ACTORS. Before blanks, squibs, and special effects were invented, directors would hire sharpshooters to shoot over actors' heads during gunfight scenes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Standup comics have a tendency to die early compared to actors. In a study of about 500 comedians and actors, the standups died at around the age of 67.1, the comedy actors at 68.9, and the dramatic actors at 70.7. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Super-Cool Facts To Show Off Your Smarts

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Terminator: Dark Fate's de-aging involved digitally replacing actors' heads. They shot sequences with young actors, then replaced their faces with the stars' faces using a facial capture system from Disney Research. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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'Tenet'

TIME TRAVEL MOVIES TENET THE ACTORS HAD TO ACT BACKWARDS. They didn't just reverse the footage - the actors had to actually move like that. Kenneth Branagh even had to learn to say his lines backwards while keeping the Russian accent. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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The Wizard of Oz

In The Wizard of oz, they banned the main actors from eating in the cafeteria. The actors who played the Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion apparently looked so gross eating in makeup, they couldn't have lunch in the cafeteria. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

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BEHIND-THE-SCENESP PFACTS JORDAN PEELE WOULD STAND-IN FOR THE ACTORS. us Due to the actors playing two roles in the film, Peele would often play their doppelgangers on set so the actors would have an easier time reacting in scenes. CRACKED.COM — The Hollywood Reporter

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Michael Cera was younger than all the young actors. ORDER Young Neil, 17-year-old Knives, and his little sister were all played by actors that are o — Stacey Pilgrim even sarcastically called Scott "little brother."

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Noah’s Ark

THREE ACTORS DROWNED ON THE SET OF 1928'S NOAH'S ARK. Director Michael Curtiz spilled gallons of water on actors who weren't informed beforehand. CRAC — Read More: 12 Classic Movie Moments Made Possible By Abuse and Murder

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The Warner Bros. Were Kind of Dumb

Audiences don't want to hear actors. A WARNER BRO. CRACKED.COM H.M. Warner thought silent movies were the height of cinema: Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? — Source

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