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40 Random Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Fresh off the Gossip Cob

March 15, 2025

Somebody please reboot the creepiest Jim Henson joint of all time, Puppetman.

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Freddie Mercury

Queen didn't want Freddy Mercury to look like Borat. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly looked incredible in costume, but surviving members of the band complained that he was a joke and became an arse.' Their vision was to have Mercury die halfway through the movie, and then focus

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Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel MISTEL THE LUXU OF HOLLY Garfunkel felt that Simon's solo single True or False was a betrayal. They were hyper-competitive and envious of each other. Manager Mort Lewis said that Paul thought the audience viewed Art as the star, and Art felt inferior since Paul wrote the music. CRACKED — Source

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Doctor Manhattan

Doctor Manhattan's body model died trying to outrun a train. Greg Plitt was an actor, fitness model, and all-around badass. Dr. Manhattan's CGI body for 2009's Watchmen was modeled after his ripped physique. And it looks like he thought he had real superpowers: In 2015, he was mowed down by a train, apparently while trying to prove he was faster. (Не wasn't.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ken Jennings

Ken Jennings' record-setting run on Jeopardy! SMA THINK His 74-game winning streak lasted from June through November of 2004, and he became a household name. The streak netted him $2,520,700. CRACKED — Source / Outsider

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Chuckie Sullivan

Underappreciated Sidekicks Good Will Hunting Chuckie Sullivan Chuckie gives Will the exact final push he needs to finally take his responsibility for his life, by telling him that his favorite part of the day is picking him up and imagining he won't be there, that he went on to better things. What a friend. CRACKED.COM — Source: Miramax/YouTube

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Order 66

STAR WARS Order 66 was to happen earlier. Originally, Order 66 was to take place in Attack of the Clones-hence the name. It was moved to the sequel because what the hell else would the last movie have been about? CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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Norman Reedus

celebrities scouted in wild ways Norman Reedus got drunk at a party. Reedus was a drunk nobody shouting at a party, but he did it with such charm, style, and handsome young man-ness, he was offered a role in a play almost immediately. CRACKED.COM — More: 5 Huge Celebrities With Insane Secret Backstories

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Dylan and Cole Sprouse

Dylan and Cole Sprouse - - The twins were well-established on the Disney Channel when they both decided to attend NYU. Dylan graduated with a focus in video game design while Cole completed an archaeology major. CRACKED.COM — Source: E News

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Purple Haze

Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze is about alien planets, not drugs. The song's title comes from the purplish haze of sunspots mentioned in Philip Jose Farmer's Night of Light. Inspired by this science-fiction novel, Hendrix wrote a long poem about the history of Neptune, which he then pared down into his legendary song. — More: Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze' Is About Aliens, Not Drugs

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Tiffany Haddish

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Shigero Miyamoto

Nintendo banned Shigero Miyamoto, the creator of Super Mario, from biking to work. His life is too valuable, and biking is too dangerous, to allow him

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For Your Eyes Only

CRACKED.COM The opening of For Your Eyes Only mocks Never Say Never Again. Eon Productions was enraged by the mere existence of Never Say Never Again,

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Bill Gates

CRACKED BILL GATES WAS ARRESTED TWICE. The Microsoft co-founder was arrested once in 1975 for driving without a license and speeding. Не was then arrested in 1977 for again driving without a license, and failing to stop at a stop sign. — Source

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Miley Cyrus

CRACKED WISCONSIN SCHOOLS: TOO CONSERVATIVE FOR MILEY CYRUS AND DOLLY PARTON. A school district in Wisconsin decided to take the song Rainbowland, which is about getting along, out of a first- grade spring concert, because it was seen as too controversial. — Source

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Ruby Rose

CRACKED mix RUBY ROSE IS ACCUSED OF GETTING DRUNK AND THROWING FOOD AT A RESTAURANT STAFF MEMBER AFTER SHE GOT MAD ABOUT THE WAIT FOR HER MEAL. The owner claims that she was sober, but two fellow diners say otherwise. — Source

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Perfect Stranger

Awful Plot Twists Perfect Stranger (2007) Halle Berry is trying to find out if Bruce Willis killed her friend. Plot twist: She did, and she's actually trying to frame him. That's sorta interesting, but James Foley's direction is clumsy and fails to deliver. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Disney World

CRACKED EXTRATERRORESTRIAL ALIEN ENCOUNTER Disney World's ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter ride was so scary that it had to be shut down in 2003. Kids were screaming a lot and parents were complaining about the violence (and confusing story). Kudos to the Imagineers who were too good at their jobs. — Mirror

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Judd Apatow

CRACKED JUDD APATOW'S PILOT NORTH HOLLYWOOD Just after Freaks and Geeks, he shot this pilot about aspiring actors. It starred Amy Poehler, Jason Segel, Kevin Hart, and January Jones, but ABC and HBO passed. Good thing, since Amy Poehler booked SNL later that year. — Youtube / Youtube / Vulture

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Puppetman

There's something creepy about a puppetman CRACKED.COM Crouching in the shadows, hands all up in his little friends. It's not just us, right? Even creepier is Puppetman's lead character, who can only talk effectively to his young son through puppets. The show was produced by Jim Henson, who would be slightly less disturbing elsewhere. — Tedium YouTube

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

CRACKED COM The Ninja Turtles are carrying salmonella bacteria, the hepatitis A virus, tapeworms, and many more germs and parasites. AREIRIN You get t

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Katy Perry

GRACKEDeO CON During a live performancel in her former high school, Katy Perry spotted her high school crush who had previously rejected her. She call

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Ridley Scott

The creature in Alien is memorable, terrifying, and silent. Mi But Ridley Scott wanted it to talk. A persistent internet rumor has the movie's directo

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Tony Hawk

TONY. HAWK loses to Homer in a skateboarding duel CRACKED.COM Do you live in this building? Bart asks the skateboarding legend. When I'm not on the road or in rehab for my shattered pelvis, replies Hawk. I hope you don't mind living below a bunch of pro skaters who love to party. (Bart doesn't mind.)

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Pulp Fiction

CRACKED THE DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE AND PULP FICTION CONNECTION. In Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis sings Flowers on the Wall over the soundtrack. Then, when he's asked how he's been in Die Hard with a Vengeance, he responds with the lyrics from the song, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo.

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Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas. ON ree CRACKED.COM Keaton had to change his name when he arrived in LA, per the Screen Actors Guild rules, so he flipped through a phone book. Не selected 'K' in the book and stopped at 'Keaton.' — Source

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They Live

CRACKED COM Edan Cafe Or ESP MAN ARE KIND THEY LIVE The homeless camp was real. For realism (and to save money), director John Carpenter shot scenes at an actual camp for the unhoused, and paid actual unhoused people that lived there as extras. — Source

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Se7en

CRACKED.COM SE7EN IS A BLEAK MOVIE WITH A BLEAKER ENDING. HOWEVER... THE SCRIPT WAS EVEN DARKER. John Doe was originally supposed to take Detective Mills hostage and kill him. Then Detective Somerset would torture Doe and burn him alive. PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE FRAGILE — Source

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The Amityville Horror

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2005 THE AMITYVILLE HORROR Before production for this remake began, a dead body washed up on set. During filming, Ryan Reynolds and the rest of the team would wake up at 3:15am, the same time around which Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his family in the events that inspired the franchise. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sausage Party

CRACKED THE FOOD ORGY SAUSAGE PARTY It felt like they were just shoving the adult themes down our throats, like look at how crass we can make a Pixar movie. The unnecessary orgy scene took it way too far. Leave animated sex scenes to Team America: World Police. — Source

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Kim Basinger

Kim Basinger bought a whole-ass town. CRACKED.COM In 1989, she went full Schitt's Creek and jointly bought a small town in Georgia for $20 million. 6 years later, she was bankrupt, and her shares were sold at auction. — Source

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Stranger Things

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND While two of the aliens are animatronic, most are actually little girls from Alabama (as Spielberg thought that girls moved more gracefully than boys). According to actor Bob Balaban, Spielberg would shout out, Girls, stop disco dancing! CRACKED.COM — Sources: Wikipedia, Screen Rant

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Horror Tropes

CRACKED.COM TIRED HORROR TROPES THAT STILL WORK THE PSYCHO-BIDDY Pretty much the inverse of the final girl, ever since 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? evil old women longing for their youth and thus resentful towards actual young women are terrifying. Ti West's X is a great recent example, but we're big fans of Patricia Clarkson's character in HBO's 2018 show Sharp Objects. — Source: Screen Rant

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Tom Hanks

TREKKER CELEBRITIES TOM HANKS KNOWN FOR Being your mom's favorite actor. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Big fan, rumored to know the title of every TNG episode. CRACKED.COM — Source: Giant Freakin Robot

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Kellogg’s

WEIRD WORLD The Mexican government seized 380,000 boxes of Kellogg's cereal. The reason? According to the government, cartoons on the boxes violate laws aimed at improving childrens' diets. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Superbad

In 2007's, SUPERBAD, Jules is popular, social and stylish. Seth, on the other hand, is cantankerous, uncool and hard to be around. SUPERUNLIKELY LIKE REALLY NEVER. EVER WOULD HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE EVEN ONCE And, of course, in this film of nerd wish fulfillment, she is busy working hard to convince him that she is interested in him. CRACKED COM — Source: 20 Onscreen Relationships That Should Never Have Existed

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Tracy Morgan

Mind Spotless of the Tracy Morgan featured in the movie, but his character got cut. EternalSunshine I The comedian originally played Joel's neighbor, but the director SCENES said he had to drop the character e because Morgan's presence was too distracting in the film. BEH CRACKED COM — Vanity Fair

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The Breakfast Club

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is set in the 1720s, so the Union Jack shouldn't have the Cross Of St. Patrick incorporated. The red diago

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Angela Lansbury

Figuring her stage career was over, ANGELA LANSBURY turned to TV to pay the bills. 5 VENITE DA Of 112707 her long- running series, MRDER, SHE UROTE La

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Kim Kardashian

WHAT IS MY TALENT? WELL, A BEAR CAN JUGGLE AND STAND on A BALL AND HE'S TALENTED BUT HE'S NOT FAMOUS - KIM KARDASHIAN

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