40 Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to Flush Before the Cops Get Here

Britney Spears got her biggest hit because a weird Swedish guy didn’t double-check his English
40 Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia to Flush Before the Cops Get Here

John Krasinski got his big break by being the rudest guy in the room.

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J.M. Barrie

Peter Pan is a selfish, amoral killer. Creator J.M. Barrie described the character as a villain, luring young children from their parents to become Lo

Larry David

CRACKED MERV THE GRIFIN SHoW The final two seasons of Seinfeld were more silly and cartoonish than the previous seasons. That's because co-creator Lar

Notch

Minecraft creator Markus Notch Persson proved that his expertise in digital biomes doesn't translate into the real world when he tweeted this about

Armando Iannucci

DO you miss Veep's absurd political theatrics? THE DEATH OF SRAEIES Check out Veep creator Armando lannucci's movie The Death of Stalin, a Veep-style

H.P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft was mostly unknown during his lifetime. The creator of Cthulhu only ever wrote for pulp magazines, earning barely enough to cover his

Christian Jacobs

AS A CHILD, AQUABATS FRONTMAN AND yo GABBA GABBA CREATOR CHRISTIAN JACOBS PLAYED THE MAIN HUMAN CHARACTER ON DISNEY'S GUMMI BEARS CARTOON.

John Swartzwelder

The weirdest and most reclusive Simpsons writer is a patient at Calmwood Mental Hospital. John Swartzwelder, the writer responsible for some of the gr

Thank God

ALL THE CHARAGTERS on THE sIMPonS HAVE FOUR FINGERS. Jesus has five fingers too Except FOR GOD. HE HAS FIVE. Mike Reiss, show-runner, writer, and prod

Don Behrns

CRACKED COM The RV crash scene in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives was a way to screw over the producer. o Producer Don Behrns would get a chunk o

Jerry Bruckheimer

Pirates of the Caribbean was only made because Disney wanted to promote their Disneyland ride of the same name. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer remarked th

The Purge

The Purge's budget went from $8 million to $2.5 million.. THE IMPROVISATION: The producer realized the movie shouldn't be that expensive, as it's set

Gale Anne Hurd

Aliens (1986) The studio didn't believe that Gale Anne Hurd was a real producer. Even though she had worked as a producer (and had also produced The Terminator), Hurd had to ask her industry connections to call Fox and vouch for her. CRACKED.COM

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Director Bulk

CRACKED.COM Power Rangers Bulk is a director. Bulk is one of the brainless Team Rocket-esque villains of the show - but Paul Schrier, who plays Bulk, directed some of the episodes.

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The Omen

The kid who played Damien in The Omen beat up the director. R.I.P. balls Donner's Richard Over the span of two days, director Richard Donner auditione

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