40 Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Are Like a Set of Jangling Keys for Your Inner Child

The first Hollywood actor to get their own spin-off was a horse
40 Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Are Like a Set of Jangling Keys for Your Inner Child

Alan Brady Presents was the original The Girlie Show.

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The Birth of Reality TV

Candid Camera 1948 Candia Camera CRACKED COM The show (originally a radio show called Candid Microphone) was the first televised reality show, featuring regular members of the public as its stars.

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Late-Night Cash

Jimmy Fallon THE TONIGHT SHOW PER YEAR OF SHOW $16 million Jay Leno reportedly made $30 million a year for hosting The Tonight Show.

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The First TV Spin-Off

The Adventures of Champion 1955 CRACKED.COM The first TV show spin-off was based on The Gene Autry Show, with the titular Champion being Gene Autry's horse.

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The First TV Show with a Warning Label

CRACKED VULGARITY HISTORY The first TV show with a warning label In 1975, because of controversial characters like prostitutes, illegal immigrants, and one of the first gay couples on TV, the Norman Lear show Hot I Baltimore was the first TV show to be slapped with a warning label before each episode.

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Rob McElhenney had a nightmare that inspired the show. Glenn Howerton describes, The show started as a night terror, basically. A late-night sweating station. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED.COM

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40 Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia That Are Like a Set of Jangling Keys for Your Inner Child

Frasier

MEET MOOSE, THE STAR OF THE SHOW. Martin Crane's dog was called Eddie on the show. The real name of the Jack Russell Terrier (as much as dogs can have

That ’80s Show

That '70s Show THAT '80S SHOW CRACKED COM Ever wonder what That '70s Show would be like if it took place in a Hot Topic and starred a pre-fame Glenn H

The First Color Broadcast

The First Color Broadcast Guhisson Epiphage Marilall A 1951 variety show called Premiere finally validated anyone who, for whatever reason, bought a color TV before TV was in color. CRACKED.COM

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The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough declared that The Thorn Birds TV adaptation is instant vomit. Despite being the second most watched miniseries in TV history, the

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I Dream of TV

The type of TV you watch as a child majorly impacts your dreams. Back in the 1940s, watching black and white TV influenced the dreams of three in ever

Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock shot Psycho as an episode of his TV show. THE IMPROVISATION: Hitchcock shot Psycho with the crew and assets of his TV show Alfred Hit

Police Academy

The CRACKED POLICE ACADEMY franchise had 07 movies 1'live action TV show .1 animated TV show Michael the man of 10,000 sound effects Winslow was the

The Ring

In The Ring, Samara hunts her victims by coming out of their TV. Simply using a hammer to break the TV would effectively ruin her traveling ability.

Sam Worthington

AVATAR SAM WORTHINGTON as Jake Sully Even if we set his terrible American accent aside... His character has more charisma and facial expression only w

SCTV

A Canadian comedy show that ran from 1976-1981 called Second City Television better known as SCTV) turned second rate actors into first rate actors in

The Ring

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The shadows under all the actors in The Ring were removed. CRACKED.co In order to give the viewer an unsettling feeling from the movie, cinematographer Bojan Bazelli used very deliberate lighting to remove shadows under the actors and have them look like they're floating in space.

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce was cast as Peter Weyland in 2012's Prometheus. Too young for the part, he wore old age makeup which made him look like the victim of a hor

Chloe Grace Moretz

Stephen King's Carrie CRACKED COM White is the epitome of a teen loser, easy target practice for bullies. Chloe Grace Moretz is far too Charming to pl

Vince Vaughn

CRACKEDcO Vince Vaughn's portrayal of Norman Bates in the remake of Psycho was the opposite of that of a creepy murderer. Instead he looks like he is

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