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40 Random Bits of Pop Culture We Found in the Back of Our Locker

January 09, 2025

Everyone remembers where they were when Adele Dazeem made her Broadway premiere.

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40

Marvel

Symbiotic Relationships Marvel Superior Spider-Man In a critically acclaimed story arc, Doc Ock got his consciousness into Peter Parker's body and became a Superior Spider-Man, yet good ol' Pete lived on in Otto's new brain (which was actually Peter's old brain, but moving on). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pulp Fiction

The wallet in Pulp Fiction was owned by Quentin Tarantino. Jules' profanity-enhanced wallet wasn't a prop. Tarantino had it as his own personal wallet. Не owned it as a reference to the movie Shaft. BAO OUTH R CRACKED.COM — Source: /Film

38

Dune

Terrible Movie Merchandise The Studios Didn't Think Through - The 1984 Dune film came with a kids’ activity book. — Read More: The 16 Most Baffling Pieces of Official Merchandise Ever

37

Airplane!

Airplane is more than just a general satire of disaster movies. HYDRASSEN CONTROL FR NO SINTER mit CRACKED.COM Comedy film Airplane! is a direct parody of the 1957 movie Zero Hour! Many scenes, situations, lines of dialogue, as well as the entire storyline, are redone almost verbatim. — YouTube

36

Ratatouille

Disney once planned to sell Ratatouille-themed wine. It didn't end well. CHARDONNAY BOURCOCNE RATATOUILLE The plans were cancelled at the last minute over criticisms that the cute cartoon wine ads would attract people below the legal drinking age, violating advertising standards. CRACKED.COM — Source: 24 Startlingly Dark Secrets About The Disney Company

35

Rear Window

Alfred Hitchcock cast Raymond Burr as the villain in Rear Window because he looked like David 0. Selznick. Selznick had acted as producer on four of Hitchcock's films, and Hitch found Selznick's micro-management insufferable. Selznick Burr CRACKED GOM — Source: 21 Long-Game Revenge Schemes

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Selma

SELMA Selma m DELICATESSEN CRACKED COM Only 4 of the film's 32-day shoot actually took place in Selma, Alabama, but if you're familiar with Covington, Georgia, you'll spot the historic Newton County Courthouse. — Source: locationshub.com

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Livestreaming

The first live webcam: 1991 wwwdcamacuk/coffeel WA CRACKED CON University of Cambridge researchers got tired of running to a different floor to check — Source: BBC

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Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel was credited as Adele Dazeem in a playbill. AT THIS PERFORMANCE THE ROLE OF ELIZABETH WILL BE PLAYED BY ADELE DAZEEM After John Travolta famously butchered her name, the Broadway show If/Then (which starred Menzel) made a nod to the mispronunciation. CRACKED.COM — Source

31

The Holy Mountain

Tired Tropes (And The Movies That Pulled Them Off) The Holy Mountain (1973) IT WAS ALL A DREAM By now, this twist only works as a joke. Still, some movies like Jacob's Ladder have managed to pull it off-but we're going with the Alejandro Jodorowsky classic that twisted it into a fully self- abolishing version, by showing us it was all a movie. CRACKED.COM — Movie Scene on YouTube

30

Teletubbies

Childhood icons who had a rough time Tinky-Winky Simon Shelton, who played Tinky-Winky in Teletubbies, sadly passed away in January 2018 at the age of 52 due to hypothermia and alcohol consumption. CRACKED — Source

29

WWE

CRACKED WWE APOLOGIZES FOR TASTELESS AUSCHWITZ AD. The WWE said sorry for using a picture of Auschwitz in an ad for a wrestling match between Dominik and Rey Mysterio. On one hand, it's the WWE, so you have to adjust your expectations... on the other hand, it's Auschwitz. 87.9K views — NPR

28

Jason Biggs

Actors Who Weren't Always In On The Joke This Christmas, Santa's sat What happens when teen actors grow up? In very meta cameos, Jason Biggs and James Van Der Beek come of age in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Biggs rants about only being known as the pie f-er, and Van Der Beek says, Listen pie f-er, you wouldn't last a day on the Creek. CRACKED — Source

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What’s Up With That?

A THEME SONG OBSSESSION LED TO WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? KENAN THOMPSON CRACKED.COM НЕ JUST CAN'T STOP SINGING IT, THOMPSON SAYS ABOUT HIS IDEA FOR DIONDRE COLE. I FEEL LIKE IF WE MADE THE MOVIE VERSION, IT WOULD HAUNT HIM WHILE НЕ WAS SLEEPING AND SH*T. '''THAT CHARACTER HOOK, PAIRED WITH A PREACHER'S SUIT AND A JHERI CURL, LED TO ONE OF SNL'S LONGEST RUNNING CHARACTERS. — Source: 13 More Behind-the-Scenes Beginnings of Iconic SNL Characters

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Johnny Depp

CRACKED.COM FACE/OFF JOHNNY DEPP WAS DISAPPOINTED IT WASN'T A SPORTS MOVIE. The studio wanted to drop the slash and turn the title into Face-Off, but the writers argued this would make people think it was about hockey. Depp did, in fact, make that mistake, and turned down the movie when he saw he was wrong. — Sources: Cinemablend, Shortlist
Image Credit: TriStar, Mandalay Entertainment

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Halo

A blurry image of a butt in Halo's code got Microsoft fined. x Error Report Plane10 has non-uniform node scale, x-axis value exported. OK Plane06 has non-uniform node scale, x-axis value exported Plane05 has non-uniform node scale, x-axis value exported. Plane04 has non-uniform node scale, x-axis value exported. Plane01 has non-uniform node scale, x-axis value exported. ocean01 has non-uniform node scale, x-axis value exported. ocean has non-uniform node scale, x-axis value exported. Export Finished. 0 errors, 7 warnings CRACKED.COM The .ASS format was notorious for causing crashes, so Bungie developers referred to the

24

Molson

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23

From Dusk Till Dawn

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ a S BACK FROM DUSK TILL DAWN SHERIFF EARL MCGRAW IS KIND OF A WATCHER OF THE TARANTINO- RODRIGUEZ MULTIVERSE. The character played by Michael Parks dies early in the movie, but then magically reappears in Planet Terror, Death Proof, and Kill Bill Vol. 1. Quentin, Robert: there, there's your next collaboration. CRACKED.COM — Source: Mental Floss

22

Hodor

GAME OF THRONES EVERYONE LOVED THE REVELATION OF 'HODOR' AND THE GENTLE GIANT CHARACTER. Bran's warging leads to devastating repercussions for 'Wylis' aka Hodor It was a tragic irony that Hodor sacrificed himself for the one person responsible for all the troubles in his life. But once Bran reaches Winterfell, Hodor was never mentioned again, a tragic death for an unspoken hero. CRACKED.COM — Source: 16 Dead Characters That Nobody Mourned

21

Dolly Parton

Children's books written by celebrities DOLLY PARTON COAT OF MANY COLORS illustrated by Brooke Boynton-Hughes Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton Using lyrics from her hit song of the same name, Parton tells a story of a young girl who gets from her mom a winter coat made up with rags. While the girl is mocked for being poor, she celebrates the coat since it was made lovingly in every stitch. Excuse us, we gotta go cry and call our moms now. CRACKED.COM — DFree/Shutterstock, Grosset & Dunlap
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20

God of War

The titan Cronos, from the God of War series, stands 1,600 FEET TALL. By way of comparison, the Empire State Building is 1,450 feet high. CRACKED.COM — Source

19

Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke was too tired of nudity to do Fifty Shades of Grey. RIG B Clarke says that even though she loved Sam -Johnson as a director, she turned — marie claire

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The Fugitive

CRACKED.COM THE FUGITIVE THEY ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE WAS REAL. The parade just happened as they were shooting in Chicago, so they had Harrison Ford hide out among the marchers for the movie. Не did so well that the crowd didn't recognize him for several minutes. — Eighties Kids

17

Alison Brie

Alison Brie was the reference for She-Hulk. Not only was Brie up for She-Hulk, but was rumored to be an inspiration, with the character being described as an Alison Brie type. — Source: Cinemablend

16

Night of the Lepus

In Night of the Lepus, a town is overrun by HUGE BUNNIES. Making a fluffy rabbit 200 times bigger doesn't make it scary- it only makes it 200 times mo — Source: The 5 Most Half-Assed Monsters in Movie History

15

Claire Danes

Claire Danes could have played Rose in Titanic instead of Kate Winslet. MUCH But she'd just done a romantic movie (Romeo + Juliet) with Leo DiCaprio in Mexico City, where Titanic was also going to be shot, so she passed on the role. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

14

Stan Lee

Stan Lee's cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy was going to be more rude. James Gunn's first idea was to make Lee one of the Collector's exhibits and flip off Groot when Groot runs into him. Disney didn't like that idea at all, though. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Weird Early Versions Of Movies And Shows We Love

13

Nicolas Cage

Nic Cage actually gave his role in The Wrestler to Mickey Rourke. - I resigned from the movie because I didn't think I had enough time to achieve the look of the wrestler who was on steroids, which I would never do, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick CRACKEDCON got their name from watching SLADE perform, after bassist Tom Petersson remarked, I love these guys, but god, they're using ev

11

NCAA Football

Biggest Ass-Kicking NCAA FOOTBALL GA.TECH 63635442222 CUMBERLAND 000000 CRACKED.COM The cumberland Bulldogs tried to back out of a 1916 game, but Georgia Tech wouldn't take we don't even have a football team anymore for an answer. The Engineers crushed the Bulldogs 222-0.

10

Ant-Man and the Wasp

A deleted scene from Ant-Man and the Wasp shows how Janet Van Dyne survived. She used the communications technology in her helmet to talk with the inhabitants of the Quantum Realm, allowing her to navigate their society. CRACKED.COM — CBR

9

John McEnroe

TENNIS John McEnroe CRACKED.COM Of all the nasty stuff to pour out of McEnroe's mouth. this one was most likely to spark an international incident: You'll be sorry you hit me you f*ing communist a hole. — Source: Complex

8

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

There was a lot of IMPROV on set. Director Nick Stoller said he'd guess there was about 30 to 40 percent improvisation in the movie and that the filming was a collaborative experience. ALL IN ALL THEY SHOT 1.2 MILLION FEET OF FILM-SO MUCH THAT KODAK GAVE THEM BOTTLES OF DOM PERIGNON. BEHIND THE SCENES | FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL CRACKED.COM — Source

7

Captain America: Civil War

In Captain America: Civil War, Steve Rogers finally kisses his neighbor, Sharon. SHE'S HIS DEAD GIRLFRIEND'S GRANDNIECE. His previous girlfriend from the '40s, Peggy, had died mere days before this kiss. And Steve actually only makes a move after learning that Sharon was Peggy's grandniece-and that she was spying on him for SHIELD. CRACKED.COM Captain America: Civil War, 2016 — 26 Icky Romances In Huge Movies

6

Dunkirk

A Dunkirk sound effect relied on a billiard ball bumping around in a dryer. Sound designer and supervising sound editor Richard King recorded that for the sound of a crank shaft broken in a plane's engine. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Nora Ephron

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. Nora Ephron Journalist, writer, filmmaker CRACKED.COM — Source

4

The Lawnmower Man

THE LAWNMOWER MAN The short story by Stephen King: A creepy groundskeeper worships the — Source: Screen Rant

3

Piers Morgan

When Piers Morgan slammed Kim K over nudes, she hit right back. Не posted I know the old man's $50 million in debt, Kim- but this is absurd. Want me to buy you some clothes?, and she replied Hey @piersmorgan never offer to buy a married woman clothes. thats on some ashley madison type S**t. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Wicked Witch

GRACKED THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST WAS TOO SCARY FOR SESAME STREET. In 1976, Margaret Hamilton reprised her role as the Wicked Witch from The Wizard of Oz, and the show received tons of letters claiming that it terrified young viewers. The show immediately removed the segment from rotation. — Watch Mojo / Charactour

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E.T.

Movie and TV Aliens E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial E.T. is a mashup of a scientist, a poet, a novelist, a pug, and a baby. FX expert Carlos Rambaldi based the look of the extraterrestrial on Albert Einstein, Carl Sandburg, Ernest Hemingway, a pug, and a five-day-old infant. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDb

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