Television might look polished on screen, but behind the camera, things can get hilariously awkward, surprisingly expensive, and sometimes downright bizarre. From Game of Thrones actors refusing to share scenes because of messy breakups, to Fred Rogers secretly pranking his wife with cheeky humor, TV history is full of stories you’d never expect. In this fifth installment of our series, we’ve gathered 50 more behind-the-scenes secrets—from million-dollar puppets and unscripted baby lines to costly proposals and forgotten sitcom characters—that reveal just how wild and unpredictable the making of your favorite shows can really be.
1 Natalia Tena’s Hair Battle
Actress Natalia Tena, who played Osha in Game of Thrones (2011-2019), requested a pubic wig for her nude scenes, arguing that her Wildling character would not shave or trim. The directors refused and also prohibited her from growing out her own hair, insisting that Osha’s look remain short.
2. In 2010, while filming Parks and Recreation (2009-2015), Chris Pratt shot a behind-the-scenes video joking that Steven Spielberg was texting him to star in Jurassic Park 4. The gag proved strangely prophetic, as five years later Pratt headlined Jurassic World (2015). The movie grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide and launched him into global stardom.
3. In one episode of Teen Titans Go! (2013), the characters directly react to the original Teen Titans (2003-2006) series. They admit that the earlier show was “way better,” poking fun at themselves while acknowledging fan criticism.
4. After Fred Rogers’ passing in 2003, his wife Joanne revealed that behind his wholesome public image, he had a playful and raunchy sense of humor. At boring events, he would quietly lift a cheek to signal that he was farting, then smile at her to break the monotony.
5. In 2003, Juan Catalan was accused of murder in Los Angeles, facing life in prison. His alibi rested on attending a Dodgers-Braves baseball game with his daughter, but prosecutors doubted him until outtake footage from HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “The Car Pool Lane” (2004) surfaced. The footage showed Catalan in the stadium at the exact time of the crime, clearing his name and leading to his exoneration.
6 Patton Oswalt’s Unnoticed Stillness
While filming The King of Queens (1998-2007), Patton Oswalt pulled a bizarre on-set prank. He stood completely motionless during a three-minute opening scene and went unnoticed by viewers initially. Fans only caught the gag years later when rewatching the sitcom.
7. The proposal scene between Jim and Pam in The Office (2005-2013) cost an astonishing $250,000, making it the most expensive shot of the entire series. The production team built a replica rest stop and installed elaborate rain effects to pull it off.
8. Cersei (Lena Headey) and Bronn (Jerome Flynn) never appear together in Game of Thrones (2011-2019). The actors had previously been in a relationship that ended badly, and their contracts reportedly included stipulations that prevented joint scenes. This behind-the-scenes tension shaped how certain storylines were staged.
9. The “Baby Yoda” puppet from The Mandalorian (2019) cost $5 million to create. Adam Pally, who was aware of its value, missed three times while filming a scene where his character punches it.
10. Jenna Fischer, who played Pam Beesly, kept the engagement ring Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) gave her on The Office (2005). She has occasionally been seen wearing it.
11 Iconic Star Trek Quote Myth
Although “Beam me up, Scotty” is one of the most famous lines associated with Star Trek (1966-1969), the exact phrase was never spoken in the original series or any of the films. Variations such as “Scotty, beam us up” and “Beam me up” were used instead. Over time, the misquote evolved into its own pop culture catchphrase.
12. Captain Planet was originally slated to be voiced by Tom Cruise, who even recorded several episodes for the animated series. However, his performances never made it to air, and the role was ultimately recast with actor David Coburn, who went on to voice the character throughout the show’s run.
13. In Breaking Bad’s “Ozymandias” episode, the baby playing Holly cried “Mama” unscripted when she saw her mother off-camera, and Bryan Cranston improvised accordingly.
14. While The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1996) was still airing, Will Smith starred in Bad Boys (1995) and Independence Day (1996).
15. Six marine biologists analyzed 202 episodes of Shark Week, evaluating them against more than 15 scientific variables. Their study revealed that the vast majority of episodes contained incorrect or misleading information about sharks and their behavior. Out of all the episodes reviewed, only six offered any actionable guidance on shark conservation.
16 Rob McElhenney’s Breakthrough with Sunny
Rob McElhenney, best known for playing Mac, created and wrote the pilot episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) after struggling as an actor for nearly a decade. He filmed the original low-budget pilot with friends using a handheld camera, which eventually caught FX’s attention.
17. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of Game of Thrones (2011-2019), had no prior experience in television and only limited backgrounds in screenwriting. Their original pilot for Game of Thrones was infamously disastrous. Test audiences found it confusing and poorly executed, prompting HBO to order a massive overhaul. As a result, about 90% of the pilot was reshot, several actors were recast, and the revised version became the launchpad for one of the most successful series in television history.
18. In 2016, the BBC received over 1,000 complaints about an episode of the children’s TV show Fireman Sam. However, the BBC had not aired the series since 2008, so the complaints were redirected to Channel 5, which held the UK broadcast rights at the time. The controversy centered on a scene where a character slipped on a piece of paper that briefly showed a page from the Quran, sparking public backlash and leading to an apology from the production company.
19. In the 1997 Simpsons episode “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer),” Homer coats his mouth in hot wax so he can eat extremely spicy chili peppers. Fox censors worried children might imitate him and requested that he scream in pain after doing it. Rather than incorporating a scream, the writers skillfully included a line from Ralph Wiggum questioning Homer about his actions, thereby defusing the situation while maintaining the humor.
20. In the 2011 Supernatural episode “The French Mistake” (Season 6, Episode 15), Sam and Dean are sent to an alternate universe where they are no longer hunters but actors Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, playing themselves, on the set of a TV show called Supernatural. The episode satirized Hollywood and defied convention by incorporating cameos from crew members portraying exaggerated versions of themselves.
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21 Disney’s 65-Episode Rule
For years, Disney Channel enforced the so-called “65-episode rule,” which meant that no matter how popular a series was, it would end once it reached 65 episodes. The policy, introduced in the late 1990s, ensured enough episodes for syndication but limited the lifespan of many hit shows. Popular series like Even Stevens (2000-2003) and Lizzie McGuire (2001-2004) ended because of this rule, despite strong ratings and fan demand.
22. Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner made their debut in the 1949 Warner Bros. cartoon Fast and Furry-ous.
23. Many often credit Conan O’Brien for transforming The Simpsons from its initial grounded, slice-of-life realism to more surreal and zany storylines. Hired as a writer in 1991, O’Brien wrote several memorable episodes, most famously Marge vs. the Monorail (1993), which embodied the show’s move into broader satire and absurd humor. His contributions helped establish the offbeat, fast-paced style that defined much of The Simpsons’ golden era.
24. In a 1999 episode of Hollywood Squares, the contestants missed so many questions that the game ended after just a single round-an unusually short episode for the show. The chaos frustrated comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who famously berated the players with his repeated cry of, “You fool!” His outburst became one of the most memorable and replayed moments in the history of the game show.
25. The writers of Arrested Development (2003) originally planned to cast a different actress as Ann Veal, George-Michael Bluth’s forgettable girlfriend, in every episode. The recurring gag was meant to emphasize how bland and unnoticeable the character was, even to her boyfriend’s family. Ultimately, they kept Mae Whitman in the role, and her awkward interactions with the Bluths became a running joke throughout the series.
RE: Fact #40 (Jenny Slate’s SNL Stage Fright) – I was feeling for her until she said blaming gender for still talking about it all these years was the reason. I bet Bill Buckner got asked about a mistake he made in 1986 right up until he passed away. If you mess up when you’re first in the spotlight, of course people are gonna wanna talk about it.
Yeah, so Bill Buckner got a sort of public forgiveness back in 2004, right after the Red Sox won the World Series. I think they even had him throw out the first pitch for the opening game of the 2005 season.
Yeah, SNL definitely had a reputation for being pretty sexist and tough on their female staff for a long time. It’s not to say what happened to her was sexist, but that history is definitely there. And hey, Charles Rocket got fired for saying a fu*k too, but that was also around the same time they let go of most of the SNL cast, keeping only Piscipo and Murphy.
Losing one of the most unforgettable World Series games ever feels pretty different from someone dropping a swear word on a long-running comedy show, at least to me. But hey, I’m not pinning it on gender or anything like that.
RE: Fact #3 (Teen Titans Go’s Honest Tribute) – I wasn’t a fan of TTG when it first came out, but my kids watched it, and I’d overhear some of the jokes while I was in the kitchen. Honestly, a lot of the show is pretty hilarious.
It’s also super meta. Like, in the background, there’s this urn that says “Robin II” on it.
Cyborg’s music episode is my favorite. It totally feels like a tribute to those late 70s animated movies with that wasteland vibe. It’s like they took “Heavy Metal” and mashed it with Teen Titans.
They even recreated the props from that movie with their special effects. It’s pretty wild.
RE: Fact #18 (Misplaced Complaints About Fireman Sam) – I was having trouble figuring out what the complaints were about. I thought maybe people thought the page was trying to send subliminal messages or endorse Islam, but it turns out Muslims were offended because the character was seen as disrespecting the Quran.
RE: Fact #37 (Cartoon Network’s Epic Crossover Episode) – I’m a big fan of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy!
RE: Fact #18 (Misplaced Complaints About Fireman Sam) – My kids watched Fireman Sam, and I guess the big takeaway I got was that things just randomly catch fire without any warning.
My son really enjoyed Fireman Sam when he was about two. We couldn’t light his birthday candles because he was worried he’d set himself on fire.
That YouTube video, “Arsonist Sam,” is pretty neat! They basically just play it backward, and it makes it look like he’s starting fires, shutting down fire trucks, and then heading off to bed.
RE: Fact #23 (Conan O’Brien’s Simpsons Influence) – This episode has one of my all-time favorite scenes: Marge says, “Homer, there’s a man here who thinks he can help you.” Homer asks, “Batman?” Marge replies, “No, he’s a scientist.” Homer then says, “Batman’s a scientist.” And Marge clarifies, “It’s NOT Batman.”
RE: Fact #16 (Rob McElhenney’s Breakthrough with Sunny) – They also got the camcorder they used for the pilot back for a full refund.
RE: Fact #8 (Cersei and Bronn’s Contract Clause) – Yeah, they’re actors. They could totally pretend to get along for the show.
RE: Fact #23 (Conan O’Brien’s Simpsons Influence) – Marge vs the Monorail was a classic, and I totally disagree that it caused the show to go downhill afterward. No way, my friend!
George Takei was originally supposed to have a quick appearance in that episode. However, he backed out once he heard what it was about. Apparently, he’s a board member for a public transportation group in California and told Conan he “takes public transportation very seriously.”
Yeah, I think the producers changing in Season 9 is what really messed up the show. Even though Conan’s episodes were a bit wild, you could still feel the heart and effort he put into them.
RE: Fact #31 (Goosebumps (1997) Inspires Click (2006)) – Wouldn’t surprise me if it’s just a coincidence! I don’t think the premise is all that unique.
Yeah, that’s basically the only title you could call it.
This idea goes back to a Twilight Zone episode called “A Kind of Stopwatch.” That episode might have been inspired by a novel called “The Girl, The Stopwatch and Everything.” It’s really wild how many common tropes started with The Twilight Zone. Think about evil talking dolls, creatures on the outside of planes or cars, or tiny civilizations. The Twilight Zone was kind of the “Simpsons Did It” for its time, and honestly, for ours too.
RE: Fact #21 (Disney’s 65-Episode Rule) – Ending a show while it’s still great so it doesn’t have a chance to get worse? That’s a smart move.
RE: Fact #24 (Gilbert Gottfried’s Hollywood Squares Moment) – That was way funnier than I thought it would be. A lot of people find Gilbert annoying, but this is a great example of what a fantastic comedian he was. Plus, a new version of Hollywood Squares would be awesome, or at least way better than whatever Ellen’s show was, which was so painfully scripted.
I almost peed myself laughing once when Jason Alexander messed up a question. Then GG came in, doing a perfect impression of Jerry Seinfeld asking, “Why, did you put him on the show?” The host, players, and audience couldn’t stop laughing. That’s when I realized Gottfried could do impressions.
RE: Fact #21 (Disney’s 65-Episode Rule) – This rule makes total sense. If the show has live actors, they’ll eventually get too old for their roles. Plus, the kids watching also grow up and move on to stuff for older audiences. If the channel just made 65 episodes and then played reruns, most viewers probably wouldn’t even notice.
RE: Fact #27 (Star Directors on The Office) – Here’s a breakdown of some stuff I saw:
* J.J. Abrams: “Cocktails”
* Joss Whedon: “Business School,” “Branch Wars”
* Harold Ramis: “A Benihana Christmas,” “Safety Training,” “Beach Games,” “The Delivery: Part 2”
* Jon Favreau: “Moving On”
* Bryan Cranston: “Work Bus”
* Jason Reitman: “Local Ad,” “Frame Toby”
RE: Fact #5 (Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Alibi) – His daughter said he was with her at a game and he had ticket stubs, but someone claimed they saw him elsewhere. And that’s enough to try him for murder and potentially face the death penalty? That sounds like total b.s. to me. It seems like those prosecutors were just lazy and didn’t want to find the actual killer; they just wanted to close the case.
Here’s more info I found. as the story is even wilder than what I wrote. Juan’s brother and his buddy Ledesma are accused of a bunch of drive-by shootings. A 16-year-old girl named Martha Puebla warns her friends not to talk to the cops because the gang will retaliate.
Two cops then pull a trick on Ledesma, telling him Martha Puebla ratted him out. They show him a fake lineup card with her name on it and make up a statement to make him think she confessed.
Predictably, Ledesma calls someone from jail the next day and orders Martha Puebla to be killed. The police record this call but don’t listen to it properly for ages.
There are conflicting reports about whether her family turned down witness protection or was never offered it. Either way, Martha is shot and killed on the street a few months later.
After she’s dead, some witnesses say they saw someone who might have been Juan Catalan at the murder scene. And guess who swoops in to arrest him? The same two detectives who pulled the fake lineup trick on Ledesma, and they used the same tactic to try and get Juan to confess.
Eventually, the real killers were caught and convicted years later. Juan ended up getting $320,000 for this whole messed-up ordeal, by the way.
RE: Fact #15 (Shark Week’s Misleading Content) – In the U.S., there’s no law against broadcasters sharing wrong information, even if they know it’s incorrect and their main goal is to make money. TV ratings are super important.
RE: Fact #5 (Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Alibi) – Wow, that lawyer sounds incredibly sharp! It’s wild how that filming footage ended up being key evidence. Like something out of a movie, finding your client in the background of a show eating a hot dog with his daughter. What a stroke of luck!
He’s one in a million.
Honestly, I guess I’m pretty fortunate ’cause I’ve never been wrongly accused of murder.
So, when I first got my license, I was T-boned by a big F-350 pulling a cement mixer. My little Ford Escort got totally mangled – the driver’s side door was practically pushed to the gear shift. The trooper even told my mom he was sure I wouldn’t make it after seeing the car.
I broke my jaw and lost like 8 teeth, and my left leg was so badly bruised I was on crutches for a month. Honestly, it got really old hearing how lucky I was.
RE: Fact #43 (Steve Carell’s Unique Preparation) – Michael really evolved throughout the series. He started off as a bit of a jerk, but then he turned into more of a loveable goofball.
RE: Fact #40 (Jenny Slate’s SNL Stage Fright) – I think getting fired was a good thing for her, actually. She got to do other things then. She would’ve just disappeared on SNL because she didn’t really fit there. After she left, she started showing up a lot more and has had a pretty successful career.
It might not be her most famous part, but I seriously cracked up when she showed up on Parks and Rec as Mona Lisa Sapperstein.
Those two actors really look so much like siblings!
RE: Fact #8 (Cersei and Bronn’s Contract Clause) – Parties for cast members must be pretty strange.
RE: Fact #25 (Arrested Development’s Ann Gag) – Is Daario Naharis actually Ann? That’s wild.
RE: Fact #28 (Seinfeld’s O.J. Name Coincidence) – Whoa, I always figured that was the joke too.
Larry David knew he was helping OJ plan the murder for months.
RE: Fact #42 (Douglas Adams’ Monty Python Cameo) – I always feel like most people making 42 references haven’t even read the book.
Yeah, I guess that’s how it goes with anything super popular. I really dig the series myself, especially the first couple of books, though they all have their own cool vibe.
RE: Fact #30 (Matt LeBlanc’s Friends Injury) – Seriously, how much more dislocated can my shoulder get? And just so you know, the Friends fans don’t need to jump in and say Joey didn’t say this. Remember that episode where he made fun of Chandler by wearing all his clothes and asked, “Could I be wearing any more clothes?!” That’s all I wanted to say.
RE: Fact #46 (Pokémon’s Unused Ending Revealed) – Hey, just a thought – what if it’s not a hallucination but more like a dream? The story describes an old Satoshi reminiscing about his childhood adventures with Pokémon. It sounds like he’s recalling a fond, perhaps slightly made-up, memory of his younger days. The creatures and friendships he experienced might not be something he could find in the real world now, but it feels like he’s remembering them vividly. The passage even paints a picture of him hearing his mother’s voice, getting ready for his journey the next day, and then waking up as his younger self again.
Wow, that’s really sad. Seeing an older person just longing for their youth, knowing it’s just a fantasy.
Life is tough. What am I even doing with my life?
RE: Fact #35 (Star Trek’s Syndication Success Story) – Back in the 70s, there wasn’t much sci-fi around, and no VCRs or cable TV. People were really craving Star Trek. As kids, we watched it every weekday evening at 6 for about a decade before the station changed the schedule. We seriously never got tired of it.
RE: Fact #36 (Homer Simpson Voice on L.A. Law (1992)) – He was a really great guest star on Stargate SG-1 too!
RE: Fact #9 (Baby Yoda’s Pricey Production) – This totally looks like a way to launder money. Someone could probably make a doll just like this for under a thousand bucks, so paying 5 million for it is wild.
Another example is Johnny Depp’s outfit in Pirates of the Caribbean – makes no sense at all.
Hollywood accounting is such a joke, man. There’s no way that thing actually cost 5 million dollars. It’s like they had to create a living, breathing Yoda to justify that price tag.
They usually include R&D in those costs.
RE: Fact #25 (Arrested Development’s Ann Gag) – I had no clue there were two different actresses for Ann. Guess it’s time to rewatch Arrested Development!
I’m pretty sure it’s just for one episode.
Ann shows up for a short bit in one episode, talking to George Michael at the banana stand. Then, in the very next episode, he’s hanging out with Mae Whitman playing Ann. I had to watch the series a few times to even realize they were meant to be the same person.
RE: Fact #46 (Pokémon’s Unused Ending Revealed) – Waking up at the end or realizing it was all a hallucination is such a cliché, like something you’d learn in a basic English class is a bad idea. It’s one of the worst ways to wrap up a book, and it feels like a slap in the face to readers who stuck with it. Glad he snapped out of it.
I got in trouble in second grade for ending a two-page story that way. Even back then, I knew it was a lazy way to finish, but second-grade me also thought it was pretty smart. My teacher thankfully let me know I wasn’t clever, just lazy.
You were clever because in second grade, you didn’t have the experience to know any better.
RE: Fact #13 (Unscripted Moment in Breaking Bad) – Yeah, that Anthony Hopkins fan letter to Cranston totally fits!
RE: Fact #9 (Baby Yoda’s Pricey Production) – Just found out that baby Yoda gets punched.
RE: Fact #4 (Fred Rogers’ Playful Humor) – It’s really sweet that she still has those letters from when they were dating. She keeps them in a tote bag by her favorite chair so she can read them whenever she wants to feel connected to him. It’s been 16 years since Fred passed away, and those letters are the only memento of his that she’s kept for herself.
His fart made her cry.
I was so feeling the ending of Swiss Army Man!
RE: Fact #19 (Simpsons Episode Sparks Censorship) – This is easily my favorite Simpsons episode.
I’ve got that one too! But I think I’d have to go with the Hank Scorpio episode and the one where Homer’s an astronaut as being better.
RE: Fact #13 (Unscripted Moment in Breaking Bad) – That’s a cool title. “It was not scripted.” I didn’t realize babies could read scripts in the first place.
RE: Fact #20 (Supernatural’s Meta Episode) – This show is genuinely great. One of my all-time favorite episodes from any series is the one where they get stuck in a time loop and Dean keeps dying.
RE: Fact #11 (Iconic Star Trek Quote Myth) – Lots of famous quotes aren’t actually said word-for-word. It’s super common for well-known “quotes” to be paraphrased to make them clearer and cut out unnecessary words.
For example, Darth Vader says “No, I am your father.” People often add “Luke” to it, because “I am your father” alone isn’t a very impactful quote. People prefer a clear quote over a perfectly accurate one.
It seems like we’re just creating a Mandela effect for ourselves with those quotes. Pretty interesting!
RE: Fact #9 (Baby Yoda’s Pricey Production) – Cost: $5 million
Profit from merch and streaming: $5 billion
RE: Fact #20 (Supernatural’s Meta Episode) – This is one of those meta episodes of Supernatural, you know? They usually do one every year and it’s pretty much always the most fun one.
RE: Fact #15 (Shark Week’s Misleading Content) – Most news outlets don’t really have accurate science info. When it comes to sharks, I stopped paying attention after that super annoying, self-centered one who always wears a red watch started talking.
RE: Fact #48 (The Sixth Sense’s Unlikely Inspiration) – Man, I wish he’d watched the Nickelodeon show ‘Avatar: the Last Airbender’ before making the movie ‘the Last Airbender’.
RE: Fact #4 (Fred Rogers’ Playful Humor) – Honestly, for “raunchy” jokes, that was super mild and sounded like something a kid would say. Exactly what I figured!
RE: Fact #26 (The Simpsons’ 2011 Pay Cut) – Seriously, you have to admire how dedicated these actors are. They were willing to put their own paychecks and financial stability on the line, living paycheck to paycheck, all because they really believed in the show.
Here, it seems like people just don’t get sarcasm.
So, I was checking the wiki, and it looks like they attempted to get the pay bumped up to $500,000 before. From my perspective, it feels like they backed down on that.
RE: Fact #11 (Iconic Star Trek Quote Myth) – That line from “The Voyage Home” is pretty much as close as we get.
RE: Fact #22 (Wile E. Coyote’s Debut Episode) – That “Fast and Furious” phrase is pretty ancient.
RE: Fact #36 (Homer Simpson Voice on L.A. Law (1992)) – It’s wild that The Simpsons and L.A. Law were on at the same time; really makes you realize how long The Simpsons has been around. And, like, how old I’m getting too!
I was in kindergarten when The Simpsons first aired, and now my daughter is in kindergarten.
RE: Fact #37 (Cartoon Network’s Epic Crossover Episode) – This totally reminds me of those Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron crossovers. I thought they were awesome.
RE: Fact #34 (SNL’s Unique Host Contest in 1977) – Crazy, but Elvis Costello got banned from SNL.
RE: Fact #1 (Natalia Tena’s Hair Battle) – She explained it pretty well herself. It seems like she was more bummed out that her idea for her character wasn’t used, rather than anything else. She said she doesn’t care about nudity, and as an actor, it’s fine if the role calls for it. She thinks you shouldn’t be a prude about it if it’s necessary for the part. What really bothered her was that they showed her pubic area without hair, because she felt her character should have had a “massive bush” and “muff coming down the thighs.”
Haha, I cracked up when she said “minge” and “muff.” I’m 38, and those words instantly took me back to middle school!
My friend knows her and we’ve met a few times. I can totally imagine her saying that. She’s got zero shame about being naked. The first time I met her, we were at a bar and she just blurted out to everyone if someone could zip up her dress. That was quite an introduction!
Plus, she’s got an awesome band. Seeing them live was seriously one of the best shows I’ve ever been to.
As an American, I’ve noticed those terms seem to pop up more in the UK.
I haven’t heard that word since the South Park Opera episode!
Sounds like she was mostly disappointed that her character ideas didn’t make it in, more than anything else.
I’m happy Peter Jackson listened to the actors and added some of their suggestions while filming Lord of the Rings. Like when Viggo Mortensen wanted more Elvish lines to show his character was raised by Elves for most of his life.
RE: Fact #45 (Rainn Wilson’s Consistent Presence) – He would have had perfect attendance.
RE: Fact #49 (Seven’s Mysterious Disappearance) – I remember when he was on the show, and I totally disliked him. He wasn’t a Bundy, just some really annoying little sh*t.
Yeah, I thought Fox would just do their usual thing: introduce a new character or idea, people don’t like it, and then they’d find a way to ditch it.
RE: Fact #50 (Doctor Who’s Matrix Predicament) – If you poop in your dreams, you actually poop in real life.
RE: Fact #29 (Bob Ross’s Consistent Palette) – That’s not quite right. Bob Ross actually used more than just “the same 8 colors.” If you watched the show regularly, you’d often see these colors:
Alizarin Crimson
Permanent Red
Cadmium Yellow
Dark Sienna
Indian Yellow
Midnight Black
Phthalo Blue
Phthalo Green
Prussian Blue
Sap Green
Titanium White
Van Dyke Brown
Yellow Ochre
These colors are pretty standard for anyone who watched the show a lot. And honestly, that might not even be the complete list, but it covers most of what he used. You can easily tell by watching any random episode of “The Joy of Painting” – the paints on his palette would change depending on the colors he was using for a particular painting.
Also, about your video, OP, it’s from the very first episode of the first season. The show was on for eleven years and had thirty seasons after that. So, it’s a bit much to take something he said right at the beginning of the show as the absolute final word, especially since you looked up on Wikipedia that there were exactly 403 episodes.
Hey, so I’m watching all the Joy of Painting episodes on Netflix lately, so I’m super ready to help out with any Bob Ross trivia questions!
RE: Fact #43 (Steve Carell’s Unique Preparation) – That’s awesome! Steve Carell was perfectly cast, seriously one of the best sitcom casting decisions ever.
Okay, so for Ron Swanson, April Ludgate, Andy Dwyer, Leslie Knope, Ben Wyatt, Tom Haverford, Donna Meagle, and Will Smith, I’m not saying they’re definitely better, but it’s definitely not a simple choice to pick just one.
RE: Fact #17 (Game of Thrones’ Rocky Start) – It’s pretty common for TV dramas to rewrite and reshoot their pilot episodes. For example, the original Star Trek pilot was thrown out, and they made a new one, even recasting almost everyone. It’s also not unusual for shows to be created by people new to TV. Even with the issues in the last season, I thought they did a great job.
RE: Fact #44 (Al Sharpton vs. The Boondocks) – This episode was definitely the best one of the show. It wasn’t so much funny as it was spot-on and a little sad.
RE: Fact #12 (Tom Cruise as Captain Planet) – I was really surprised by some of the actors who voiced characters in Captain Planet. Like, LeVar Burton, Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Welker, Ed Asner, Tim Curry, Mary Kay Bergman, Cliff from Cheers, Maurice LaMarche, James Coburn, and Meg Ryan were all in it!
RE: Fact #41 (He-Man’s Nonviolent Swordplay) – He never punches or kicks, not even in self-defense, unless he’s fighting a robot. I remember having a He-Man action figure that could literally punch with explosive power. You’d load a ring of caps into its back, twist its waist, and then press a button. This would release a spring, and he’d throw a punch, setting off a cap.
RE: Fact #26 (The Simpsons’ 2011 Pay Cut) – That’s still a lot of cash, $300,000 per episode. If I remember right, most of them are original episodes, and The Simpsons has been around for over 20 seasons with about 15 episodes per season. So they’ve all earned at least $10 million from the show.
RE: Fact #32 (Community (2009) Boosts Honda Sales) – This type of marketing is super tough to get right. Honda could have totally messed it up.
RE: Fact #25 (Arrested Development’s Ann Gag) – Why not? It worked for Marta.
RE: Fact #32 (Community (2009) Boosts Honda Sales) – Even though Community isn’t airing anymore, it’s still one of the most meta shows out there. It’s kind of wild that a company that sponsored an episode where they made fun of guerilla ads ended up running a guerilla ad
RE: Fact #7 (Costly Proposal in The Office) – Because rest stops are super hard to find?
RE: Fact #19 (Simpsons Episode Sparks Censorship) – I watched that episode like six times before I figured out Johnny Cash was the voice of the fox!
RE: Fact #18 (Misplaced Complaints About Fireman Sam) – So, back in July 2016, it came out that in an episode from Series 9, called “Troubled Waters,” something odd happened. During a scene where Elvis slips on some paper and falls into a bunch of sheets, making them go flying everywhere, one of those pages that flashed by was actually from the Quran – specifically, Surah Mulk, verses 13–26. The company that made it, Mattel, apologized for this mistake. They pulled the episode, and stopped working with Xing Xing, the animation company that messed up. Mattel mentioned that someone from the production crew thought they were just using random text, and they had no reason to think it was done on purpose.
Sh*t, 1000 complaints over that? I bet 500 were from Muslims because it looked like the Qur’an was being chopped up, and the other 500 were from the usual grumpy folks complaining about “forcing something Islamic down their throats.”
It sounds like a lot of the complaints might have come from Muslims, especially if a religious leader told them to report it. I remember reading about how the FCC looked into complaints about Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl halftime show. Apparently, after they took out all the form letters that came from evangelical Christian leaders, there weren’t that many complaints left.
RE: Fact #2 (Chris Pratt’s Jurassic Prediction) – After Shaun of the Dead did so well, Simon Pegg joked that he wouldn’t be in Mission Impossible 3, and then, well, he ended up in it.
RE: Fact #12 (Tom Cruise as Captain Planet) – Don Cheadle is the best Captain Planet.
RE: Fact #33 (Unmade Doctor Who Episode Revealed) – Featuring every actor from Harry Potter.
RE: Fact #39 (Star Trek TNG Flute Auction Surprise) – Who knew you could put a price on the last remaining piece of a dead civilization.
RE: Fact #31 (Goosebumps (1997) Inspires Click (2006)) – That movie was actually pretty good, especially considering it’s an Adam Sandler film.
Yeah, I agree. It felt a bit like a cheat that the remote malfunctioned to get the message across. It would have been way more impactful if Sandler’s character had messed it up himself, instead of him just ending up in a future he didn’t really have any part in creating.
RE: Fact #11 (Iconic Star Trek Quote Myth) – It’s like that famous line, ‘Luke, I am your father.’
RE: Fact #33 (Unmade Doctor Who Episode Revealed) – Even though I’ve seen so much Harry Potter stuff lately, I still think that would have been a more awesome Christmas special than most of them. Honestly, any episode that doesn’t have a bunch of things that shouldn’t be alive coming to life is fine with me.
Just wondering, how are you feeling totally swamped with HP stuff? I see the movies on ABC Family pretty often, but other than that, it feels pretty scarce to me.
Yeah, I get what you mean. It feels like we’ve been with these characters and this universe for ages, and honestly, I’m ready for something fresh. I bet I’ll feel the same way about the Avengers and their side stories in another five years.
RE: Fact #1 (Natalia Tena’s Hair Battle) – Seems like a strange thing for the directors to be so insistent about.
If you know who directed it, this makes a lot of sense.
The actors’ stories are bad enough, but then Dave and DB in interviews and commentaries will happily talk about how they went out of their way to antagonize the actors and loved making them do things they didn’t want to. Fu*king creeps.
But it has to be period-accurate! Which period are you talking about, the dragon ice zombie period?
It’s less about being historically accurate and more about fitting the character’s established look. Osha was messy and unhygienic, so it makes sense she wouldn’t be meticulously trimming or shaving just her pubic hair when she didn’t even bother brushing her head hair.
That’s a really lazy argument. Nobody’s saying it has to be historically accurate, but good world-building is what makes a fantasy series great. Dropping in silly anachronistic details that don’t fit ruins that. Wouldn’t it be terrible world-building if one of the knights suddenly had a submachine gun? A cave woman from the arctic circle having a perfectly done Brazilian is almost as out there.
RE: Fact #17 (Game of Thrones’ Rocky Start) – Man, I wish HBO had made them redo like 90% of that last season.
It’s pretty funny to think that I bet no Game of Thrones fan has rewatched the show during this quarantine. Like, what’s the point of doing that?
Yeah, me neither. The last season totally messed it up for me.