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40 Dope Bits of Trivia From ‘90s TV and Movies That Are All That (But Not a Bag of Chips)

October 28, 2024

The day-to-day grindage got you down? Then you just need to chillax with these chill facts. Like, what happened to us? Not giving a crap about anything was totes our thing back then. Apathy all day, bro! But the aughts smacked all that right out of us. Pfft.

Good thing we’re not talking about that lame decade. We’re here in the warm comfort of our ‘90s shows and movies, and the new millennium can bite us — for real.

40

Frasier

Frasier made his money on Amazon. How the hell is Frasier Crane SO ridiculously wealthy? According to the show's writers, Frasier made s — More: Unanswered Movie Questions That Have Answers

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Full House

FULL HOUSE CRACKED.COM Through its 8 seasons, the TGIF hit averaged 9.6 to 15.9 million viewers per episode, but the series finale had 24.3 viewers. Even though John Stamos said, When we got canceled, we knew like a week before, so we thought we were just doing a regular last show of the season.That finale still had a solid ending that fans were happy with. — Source: outsider

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Boy Meets World

40 Dope Bits of Trivia From ‘90s TV and Movies That Are All That (But Not a Bag of Chips) — Source: Parade

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Seven Years in Tibet

China banned Brad Pitt from crossing its borders, because of Seven Years In Tibet. Apparently, though, they kind of relaxed that rule years later-- they let him in 2014, and again in 2016, both for promotional events. CRACKED.COM — Source: Interview Magazine

36

Clueless

CRACKED MY BAD The term first surfaced in 1985, but was explicitly used in basketball. The 1995 movie Clueless brought it to the masses, and also gave us '90s hits whatever and as if. — Phrases / Insider

35

Goodfellas

A lot of the dialogue was improvised. Scorsese gives actors a lot of freedom to ad-lib, so the dialogue sounds as natural as possible. In the scene where Tommy DeVito kills Spider, the only line actually in the script is Spider's f-you to Tommy. — Source: GQ

34

Titanic

In Titanic, to discourage Rose from jumping, Jack tells her a story about him and his father ice-fishing in Lake Wissota, Wisconsin. The thing is, Lake Wissota didn't exist when Titanic sank. The lake was created in 1917 while Titanic sank in 1912. CRACKED.COM — Source: 27 Movies And Shows That Need Help With History

33

Toy Story

Toy story was very different at first. The original idea featured a weirder Woody and Buzz, and an altogether more sinister feel. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The first-ever EDM record to go platinum was the Mortal Kombat soundtrack. 27% The filmmakers absolutely insisted on EDM, and got booted from two record companies for it -- but it paid off. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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Tim Burton

The studio wanted eyeballs on Jack. Some people at Disney suggested he should have eyeballs, but Selick and Burton just ignored them. Selick says, We were never going to do that. CRACKED.COM — Source

30

The Matrix

SANDRA BULLOCK TURNED DOWN THE ROLE OF NEO. CRACKED.COM DE I I RHOM BEY MBY The producers of The Matrix approached a number of actors in their long search to find Neo. One of them was Bullock, and they were willing to change Neo into a woman if she accepted. Bullock wasn't interested, deciding that starring in Forces of Nature, a now-forgotten romcom, was a better career choice.

29

The X-Files

PAMELA ANDERSON COULD HAVE BEEN AGENT SCULLY. CRACKED.COM FBI Gillian Anderson revealed in an interview that Pamela Anderson (no relation) was the producers' initial choice for the skeptical Dana Scully. Apparently the producers were banking on Pamela's experience and Baywatch popularity. Can aliens run in slow motion? We'll never know. — Source

28

To Die For

Forgotten Indie Movies From the '90s 1995 To Die For '90s Gus Van Sant gave us My Own Private Idaho and Good Will Hunting, but this one deserves way more love. It features Nicole Kidman as a sociopathic social climber trying to make it in the news business, an insanely awesome '90s cast, and a soundtrack with classical music and death metal. Come on. CRACKED.COM — Watch the Trailer

27

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills 90210 spanned the decade, 996 airing from 1990 - 2000. 1002 1002 1004 1005 1006 100 1485 1997 1998 19HR 1990 1991 In one fell swoop it 1997 1998 1999 pioneered the 1991 teen soap 1996 1997 1994 1995 drama and spawned a 1992 1993 small army of 1995 copycats. a and 1991 1999 CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

26

Conan the Adventurer

CONAN THE BE BARBARIAN CRACKED COM With hit 90s fantasies like 'Hercules' and 'Xena,' producers decided to reach back to the 1982 movie for a 1997 TV show 'Conan the Adventurer.' A 1992 animated series with the same name lasted 2 seasons, but 97's live action show was a flop and cancelled after 22 episodes. — Source: ultimateclassicrock

25

Twin Peaks

THE UNDEFINABLE TWIN PEAKS David Lynch's '90s cult classic is a blend of a soap opera, mystery, and horror. It was inspired by (and parodies) daytime TV and police procedurals, but it's layered with the paranormal. CRACKED — ABC
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24

Perversions of Science

Forgotten Sci-Fi and Horror Shows 1997 Perversions of Science This Tales From the Crypt spin-off told sci-fi stories from '50s pulp comics. It had an awesome intro, and was hosted by a peak-'90s-TV CGI female robot. CRACKED.COM

23

The Jackie Thomas Show

In the '90s, they spun off The Jackie Thomas Show from Roseanne. The premise was that Jackie Thomas was an obnoxious comic with a top TV show who makes life hell for his staff. It didn't last beyond one season. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly, IMDB

22

Crime Dramas

In the '90s we 994 1995 15 1992 1993 1994 watched crime dramas 1996 199 199 like 1990 Diagnosis: Murder. 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 will 1000 PART And Jake and the Fatman. 1998 1999 1997 Because there's nothing more 1995 entertaining than formulaic 1993 crime-of-the-week bro dramas. 991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

21

Kids Inc.

DLO Kids Incorporated was a musical TV show aired during the '80s and '90s. It featured children and teenagers, many of whom would become famous after

20

ER

George Clooney pranked a co-star back in the '90s on the TV show ER. Не convinced his co-star Noah Wyle that they should both send producer Steven Spielberg nasty notes, but Clooney never sent his (and Wyle did). CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Movies & Shows With Ridiculous On-Set Pranks

19

Home Alone

HOME ALONE Buzz's girlfriend is the art director's son. The director thought it would be too mean for Kevin to woof at a real teen girl. CRACKED.COM — Source

18

The Truman Show

THE TRUMAN SHOW - VITAMIN D CALOPEROUS 1000 - UNITE - WILL Everyone takes Vitamin D because they're not getting actual sunlight. CRACKED.COM

17

Fargo

FARGO 30 minutes, Jerry, we wrap this thing up. Steve Buscemi says to wrap it up with exactly 30 minutes left in the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

16

The Shawshank Redemption

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Ellis Boyd Re Determ SHAWSHAHN STATE PRESEN REJEC 30265 Red's mugshot at age 20 is Morgan Freeman's son, Alfonso. CRACKED.COM

15

Pixar

TOY STORY 2 The Pixar lamp Our old friend Luxo Jr. has its own constellation in the first shot of the movie. CRACKED.COM

14

Fight Club

FIGHT CLUB If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? is your life 50 empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should want? Get out of your apartment. Meet — Source

13

Scream

SCREAM - RANK URUN and the SANTA ROSA DOUBLETREE HOTEL SHEREE GREEN and the SONOMA COUNTY FILM COMMISSION FILM FINANCES, INC. THE SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER MARCO, KARIN AND NICHOLAS AT CA'BIANCA LES PERRY NO THANKS WHATSOEVER TO THE SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD A high school revoked permission to film at the last second, and Wes Craven called them out big time in the credits. CRACKED.COM

12

Pulp Fiction

PULP FICTION JULIA SWEENEY Raquel ROBERT RUTH Coffee Shop DENOR DENDED T and Uni V... I'm not a hero, I'm just a coffee shop- - Get the f*ck down! The coffee shop manager is credited as Coffee Shop because he doesn't get to finish his sentence. CRACKED.COM

11

Friends

FRIENDS Ross wears a banana lapel pin to say goodbye to Marcel. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Batman & Robin

Coolio was supposed to play the Scarecrow in a Batman movie. Не did his minor cameo in Batman & Robin (at a street race) only because he was supposed to be the villain in Joel Schumacher's next Batman movie - which, of course, didn't happen. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

9

Independence Day

You might have seen some of Independence Day's sets in other movies. Independence Day Crimson Tide They used the submarine interior from Crimson Tide and the stealth bomber interior from Broken Arrow. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

8

Friends

Matthew Perry got Julia Roberts to guest-star in Friends by writing a paper on quantum physics. Perry asked her to come on the show, and she said she'd do it only if he wrote her a paper on quantum physics. Apparently, a day later, he wrote one and faxed it to her. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

7

Nickelodeon

The cover of the Nickelodeon Time Capsule was sold at auction for $19,200. MICKELODEON THE FIRST WOILS ORLANDO FLERIDA STUDIOS FOR 123 NICKELODEON ZGGL ULE THAT 50 SOCH EL BYY SHILL 2147 FL tar CRACKED.COM A time capsule filled with books, rollerblades, movies and more was buried at Nickel- odeon Studios in Florida in 1992, to be opened in 50 years. The studio closed and the cap- sule moved, with the 45 lb cov- er being auctioned off. — Source

6

Home Alone

Home Alone's movie-within-a-movie was shot in one day, in an abandoned high school gym. They filmed Angels with Filthy Souls on a sound stage in the New Trier West High School gymnasium (which was used for a lot of Home Alone's interior shots, too). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

5

Billy Madison

In Billy Madison, Adam Sandler really hit kids with dodgeballs. When one of them started crying during the filming of the dodgeball scene, his parents came up to Sandler and complained. Sandler asked Didn't they read the script? and the parents told him They're six, they don't read yet. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

4

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction wouldn't have gotten made without Danny DeVito. His production company Jersey Films bought the Pulp Fiction script from Tarantino. DeVito was the person who then shopped the script around, and eventually brought it to Miramax, which made the movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

3

Streetfighter

Raul Julia was so sick, the shooting schedule had to be changed. STREET FIGHTER Julia was positively emaciated due to his stomach cancer, and his scenes had to be postponed until he gained some weight. So action scenes were shot first - with no time to properly prepare or rehearse. CRACKED.COM — Source

2

Office Space

The cast ramped up the cussing on purpose. CRACKED COM During production, they heard the studio was angling to get a PG-13 rating. They started spouting more profanity to make that a much harder sell, and managed to keep the R rating. — Source

1

What About Bob?

BILL MURRAY TOOK TO BEING SLOHASINDS-3HL-ONIH39 HIS ANNOYING CHARACTER IN WHAT ABOUT BOB? A LITTLE TOO WELL. CRACKED.COM Murray went method with his character Bob Wiley in the film, seeking out ways to anger co-star Richard Dreyfuss, in- cluding yelling that everyone hated him and merely tolerated his presence. Не also playfully shoved producer Laura Ziskin into a lake. — Source

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