16 Surprising Stories From Popular TV Show Sets

A glimpse at the other side of the camera.
16 Surprising Stories From Popular TV Show Sets

Are you still a TV show fanatic that is always looking for something new to watch? Now you'll adore these fascinating facts about your favorite show's classic sets. There are tons of secret set features that most fans rarely observe about the series they adore

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of your favorite television programs? What peculiar rules and restrictions must actors contend with? What kind of wacky antics do they get up to? Do they have strange pre-production rituals, such as pounding shots of kale juice laced with Adderall and a missing extra's blood? Okay, it could just be our vivid imaginations, but we wouldn't put it past someone who has to shave three times a day.

So get ready to get your eyes opened! Believe us when we say that your Mates marathons would never be the same - you'll never look at Monica's flat in just the same way anymore.

It turns out we were correct in our assumption that things would get strange. Take a look at it.

Jon Hamm

JON HAMM SOMETIMES HAD TO BE SHAVED THREE TIMES A DAY ON THE SET OF MAD MEN. Apparently the man has a beard that won't quit, and on long shooting days

How I Met Your Mother

THE KIDS FROM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER HAD TO KEEP THE SHOW'S ENDING A SECRET FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS. The ending of the show was filmed in Season 1 SO tha
THE CAST OF THE WALKING DEAD. HOLDS DEATH DINNERS EVERY TIME A CHARACTER GETS KILLED OFF THE SHOW. These farewell dinners include bonfires, playing
DOWNTON ABBEY HAD A NO-WASH' POLICY, WHICH MEANS THE COSTUMES WERE PRETTY SMELLY. Many of the outfits weren't washed because they had to look authen
JAMES GANDOLFINI HAD EVERYONE THINKING HE DIED WHEN HE 0I DISAPPEARED FROM THE SET OF THE SOPRANOS FOR SEVERAL DAYS. The Tony Soprano actor had been s
THE MONEY, HEIST SCRIPTS ARE WRITTEN PARALLEL TO THE FILMING OF THE SHOW. While the writers have an outline for each part (what we'd call a season), t
ALF TOOK FOREVER TO FILM, AND THE SET WAS A NIGHTMARE. The soundstage had dozens oF built-in trap doors for the show's creator and puppeteer Paul Fusc
JOHN STAMOS ALMOST GOT THE OLSEN TWINS FIRED FROM FUEL HOUSE. Stamos said he initially struggled to work with the twins because they were crying a lot

New Girl

THERE WAS A PRINCE/ KARDASHIANS FEUD BEHIND THE SCENES OF NEW GIRL. Prince was a fan and got a cameo role on the show, but when he heard the Kardashia
ESTELLE GETTY WAS SO AFRAID OF DYING THAT THE WRITERS COULDN'T USE DEATH JOKES IN THE GOLDEN GIRLS. The actress (who played the sharp and witty Sophia
GILLIAN ANDERSON WAS TOLD TO ALWAYS STAND BEHIND DAVID DUCHOVNY WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED WORKING ON THE X-FILES.. Anderson was never given a reason why
GILMORE GIRLS HAD A STRICT NO SHOWING MIDRIFF POLICY AND ANY SCENE SHOWING SKIN HAD TO BE RESHOT. The creators felt that it'd be pretty cold sportin
LAWRENCE TIERNEY SCARED EVERYONE TO DEATH ON THE SET OF SEINFELD. Tierney only appeared in one episode as Elaine's father, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus sai
THE DOG THAT PLAYED EDDIE. IN FRASIER WAS A BITER AND DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH. Moose (the dog's real name) would sometimes bite actor John Mahoney, SO
THE ORANGE COUCH FROM THE PILOT EPISODE OF THE WIRE WAS A DUMPSTER FIND...AND THEN SOMEONE THREW IT OUT AGAIN. The couch was a central part of the pil

David Cross

DAVID CROSS FOUGHT FOX TO KEEP HIS MUSTACHE IN ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. According to Cross, Fox had three rules for men in comedy: no baseball caps, no p
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