40 Random Bits of Trivia About the Movies and TV Shows That Shaped Pop Culture

The classics that helped make other classics classic
40 Random Bits of Trivia About the Movies and TV Shows That Shaped Pop Culture

We’re usually not ones to say that it’s all been done before, because there are so many current movies and shows breaking new ground in the visual storytelling game. All we’re saying is that whether they know it or not, they’re most likely using one or two themes, tropes and/or character types that these classic movies and TV shows popularized decades ago. 

Whether you know and love them or not, you’ve gotta give it up to these pioneers — and all these random fun facts about them!

CBS

Canceled? Really? The great Rural Purge of 1971 With Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, Mayberry R.F.D, and Hee-Haw, CBS was dubbed, The Country Broadcasting System and the Hillbilly Network. They canceled them all. Actor Pat Buttram said, It was the year CBS killed everything with a tree in it. CRACKED

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Space Jam

EASTER EGGSTRA SPACE AM There's a cameo of the first ever Looney Tunes star. Before Bugs Bunny, Warner Bros. created Bosko, the first ever main and recurring cartoon character.

CBR

Twin Peaks

CRACKED TWIN PEAKS Twin Peaks' finale was a daring, risky episode that pushed the boundaries of network TV. It's still remembered as one of the strangest hours of network TV ever, with a surreal nightmare and a cruel twist.

GQ 

Gilligan’s Island

Gilligan's Island STARRING BOB DeNVER STARRING BOB DENVER as GILLIGAN CRACKED.COM THE PILOT THE SHOW Lost for over thirty years, the original pilot featured different actors playing The Professor, Ginger, and Mary Ann (known as Bunny) - as well as a truly jarring calypso theme song.

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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

Die Hard

Nakatomi Plaza, famously taken over by terrorists in Die Hard, is actually the Fox Tower in LOS Angeles - home office of 20th Century Fox, the studio

Mulholland Drive

David Lynch's Mulhollan Drive was intended to be a pilot for a TV show for ABC, but it was ultimately rejected due to its violence. He later added an

All in the Family

st. Paddy's Day in fiction All in the Family The series finale is a st. Paddy's Day episode. This episode revolves around a big party that Edith is trying to help Archie with, and ends with a confirmation of Archie and Edith having a loving relationship, before the show was rebooted as Archie Bunker's Place. CRACKED.COM

Source: IMDb

This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap Spinal Tap started as a failed comedy sketch. SpinaL TGO CRACKED.COM The band came together 5 years before the movie, as a one-off sketch for The TV Show --а sketch show that never became more than a pilot.

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Seinfeld

SEINFELD WAS GONNA BE ONE BIG SAUSAGE FEST. There is a reason why Elaine is missing from the pilot episode - she wasn't supposed to be in the show at

Star Trek

The Star Trek episode Amok Time showed us Vulcans' mating season, which is triggered by a condition called Pon Farr which would kill Spock unless

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