45 Bits of Classic Movie and TV Trivia to Rewind Whilst Reclined

Comforting tidbits to be read with your feet up
45 Bits of Classic Movie and TV Trivia to Rewind Whilst Reclined

You know the feeling. You’re scrolling through thousands of new movies and shows, when you stop and think, “Why would I risk disappointment with something new when I have so many golden classics to revisit?” 

Hey, we get it. Getting lured into hours of a great story that ends up being a highly disappointing conclusion is completely heartbreaking. Lookin’ at you, Game of Thrones! And we get that since you don’t know these facts, you’re venturing into the unknown right now. But worst case, it’ll only be a few minutes of your life. Not eight seasons!

Sissy Spacek

CRACKED.COM If not for SISSY SPACEK David Lynch's landmark film ERASERHEAD might not have been made. In addition to funding the film with her husband,

The Marx Bros.

CRACKEDC CON THE COCOANUTS The Marx Brothers disliked their first film SO much, they tried to prevent its release. Luckily, they failed. The film went

Lillian Gish

The first film actress: CRACKED CON Known to act sO hard she'd collapse, Lillian Gish was the first actress hired specifically for film. She method-acted sO hard, she gave herself permanent nerve damage and almost starved to death on film.

The Sound of Music

The 1965 film The Soundof Music was based on the 1956 German film The Trapp Family. In the German version, the von Trapp family and RODGERS. HAMMERSTE

The Butler

The Butler had to change its name because of a 1916 silent film. After months of advertising their forthcoming film The Butler, The Weinstein Company was forced to change the title. After all, what if audiences thought it was a gritty reboot of Warner Brothers' 1916 silent comedy film? The

Betty White

AT A GLANCE BETTY WHITE Her first TV role was a live show, five and half hours long, six days a week. Her costar Al Jarvis, previously a radio announcer, hadn't been on TV before either. CRACKED.COM

Source: Betty White: First Lady of Television

The Brady Bunch

Robert Reed, AKA Mike Brady, thought The Brady Bunch was a waste of his talents. He was a Shakespearean actor, and thought TV as such was beneath him, and sitcoms were beneath TV.

Source: ABC

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

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

Classic Hollywood

AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTORS HAD IT EVEN WORSE THAN OTHERS. Classic Hollywood SUCKED ACADEMY AWARD FOR ACROVEMENT When Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, she couldn't sit with her white co-stars - in fact, she was lucky to be allowed in the ceremony at all. And even with her family connections, Lena Horne struggled to get parts, because she refused to play maids. CRACKED.COM

Classic Hollywood

CHILDREN WERE DRUGGED TO PERFORM IN MOVIES. Classic Hollymood SUCKED Teens Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland were made to work 18 hours a day, six days a week. They were given amphetamines to keep up with that frantic pace (and then sleeping pills to calm them down at night). CRACKED.COM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Classic Hollywood Movies Original vs. Remake RECEIVING 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Don Siegel's anti-communist metaphor is classic sci-fi noir, with many remakes. The worst one is The Invasion, with Nicole Kidman. The best? That'd be the 1978 one, which adds always reliable '70s paranoia, closely followed by Abel Ferrara's 1993 version. 1993 2007 1978 CRACKED.COM

Cape Fear

Classic Hollywood Movies Original vs. Remake 1962 Cape Fear Martin Scorsese's brutal, twisted, and awesome version honors the (also awesome) original, and even features cameos by its two actors, Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, alongside Robert De Niro and Nick Nolte. Watch both back-to-back, and enjoy. 1991 CRACKED.COM

Candid Camera

Candid Camera 1948 Candia Camela 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.

Leave It to Beaver

Leave It to Beaver 1957 CRACKED.COM Although not quite the first show to feature a toilet (it was edited out for being too scandalous), it was the first show to show a toilet tank and certainly one of the first to even include a bathroom.

Saved By The Bell

140 141 IC AL The same high school set was used on Saved By The Bell, iCarly, and That's So Raven. This means that same set of lockers first aired in 1989 during Saved By The Bell's heyday, and stayed on the air until iCarly's final season in 2012. CRACKED.COM

Golden Girls

CRACKED.COM THE GOLDEN GIRLS was inspired by MIAMI VICE. In 1984, NBC shot a humorous skit titled Miami Nice, starring two older actresses, for a special advertising their new shows (like Miami Vice). Execs liked it, and the idea was developed into a full series about old ladies living in Miami.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Sabrina The Teenage Witch CRACKED.COM Sabrina hails from the Archie universe. She had her own animated series in the 70's, but her first appearance was as the new kid at Riverdale in 1968's The Archie Show.

Happy Days

Happy Days RONNY-HOWARD CRACKED.COM The Happy Days crew started out on an episode of Love, American Style, which was basically an anthology of unconnected rom-com pilots. Their episode was meant to be a pilot for an entirely different show that was never picked up. Two years later, the characters and settings were yoinked for Happy Days.

The Simpsons

The Simpsons CRACKED COM America's favorite jaundiced family first appeared as a short on The Tracey Ullman Show.

Family Matters

Family Matters CRACKED.COM Long before Urkel stole the show, the spotlight was supposed to be on Harriette Winslow. She was a breakout success on Perfect Strangers, where she played a sassy elevator operator whose cop husband used to drop by from time to time. In this scene, she delivers the line: excuse me baby, this is a family matter, and you're in the line of fire.

Star Trek: Enterprise

CRACKED.COM Worst TV Finales Star Trek: Enterprise The ending had little to do with Enterprise, and instead was a TNG episode about events occurring in Enterprise. Yeah, of course such a clunky, borderline disrespectful finale didn't work.

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