39 Sultry Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Struggling to Push Their Skirts Down While Standing Over a Windy Subway Grate

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39 Sultry Bits of Pop-Culture Trivia Struggling to Push Their Skirts Down While Standing Over a Windy Subway Grate

Some SNL sketches go to air literal hours after they’re written, but others take years.

 

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP IN CINCINNATI CRACKED WKRP in Cincinnati was a sitcom on CBS from 1978-1982. It followed a program director and his team as they switched their radio station from easy listening to rock. It was nominated for Emmys and a Golden Globe. Exactly 1 season is available on iTunes.

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Akira

LUCAS AND SPEILBERG TURNED IT DOWN CRACKED.COM In 1987, both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg turned down an opportunity to bring Akira to the big screen, claiming it was totally unmarketable to western audiences. It's a shame Katsuhiro Otomo, who directed the animated feature, didn't listen to the person riding high off Ewoks: The Battle For Endor.

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Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams was a script editor for Doctor Who. He wrote three episodes of the TV series, but one script was never made. CRACKED.COM

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Rich Girl

Hall G Oates' RICH GIRL isn't about a girl at all. You can rely on the old man's money' It's about a guy. The spoiled brat in the lyrics was an ex-boyfriend of Daryl Hall's girlfriend. They changed the gender because it sounded better that way.

Parks and Recreation

CRACKED WE COULD DO AN ENTIRE LIST OF APRIL'S JERRY BURNS. PARKS & REC Can you photoshop your life with better decisions, Jerry?

Biopic Tropes

AWFUL BIOPIC TROPES TRIVIALIZING THE VICTIMS The Wolf of Wall Street, Straight Outta Compton, and House of Gucci gloss over the victims, and Pam & Tommy forced their subjects to relive a gross invasion of privacy. Even worse? Elizabeth Kendall, Ted Bundy's ex-girlfriend, was only consulted after her lawyers got involved in That Zac Efron Movie About Ted Bundy That Apparently Exists. CRACKED.COM

Avengers: Age of Ultron

One of Tony's Als in Avengers: Age of Ultron is from Big Hero 6. EXOUTA PRIDAY ADAS One of the labels says Tadashi, and Tadashi Hamada is the creator of Baymax in Big Hero 6. CRACKED.COM

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Gavin Rossdale

CRACKED WE KISSY-KISS IN THE REAR VIEW BUSH We let Gavin Rossdale get away with a lot in the '90s just because he looks like that, including actual baby talk.

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Fight Club

CRACKED.COM FIGHT CLUB THE MOVIE WAS A FLOP. Fight Club barely made 60% of its budget at the domestic box office. Edward Norton and David Fincher attribute it to studio execs neglecting the movie because they felt it was calling them out.

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Tangled

Dating Profiles of Magic Blondes Rapunzel TANGLED Princess and beloved of a thief and scoundrel, friend to a chameleon and a group of rapscallions, Rapunzel is one of the most well-loved characters. Magical claim to fame Can heal and bring back youth with hair, fly and glow after touching moon rocks. Likes Freedom, hiking. Dislikes Heights. CRACKED.COM

Host

HOST was inspired by a prank. Director Rob Savage pulled a jump-scare prank on his friends during a Zoom chat. Не pretended to inspect noises in his attic while all his friends were watching. At one point he deliberately fell off his ladder. The prank went down so well that he wrote and produced the movie in mere months during the COVID-19 pandemic. CRACKED COM

Ne-Yo

Ne-Yo's stage name comes from The Matrix. A good friend of the singer told him he was like Neo, but for music, because of his ability to churn out songs at a high speed. CRACKED.COM

Crazy, Stupid, Love

CRACKED ROBBIE GETS MATERIAL CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE ... BERNS As a cute ending, 17 year old Jessica hands 13 year old Robbie her nude photos (that she originally gave his father). We get the sentiment, but there's no way a teen girl would want those pics out in the world, so it's a weak, easy ending for these characters.

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Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls BULLS CRACKEDCO Most pros are contractually barred from playing pickup games, but the best of best have enough leverage to include a love of the game clause. MJ put his to good use, putting in iconic extracurricular performances at a couple UNC alumni games (and also

Smashing Pumpkins

SpongeBob was in a Smashing Pumpkins video. Tom Kenny, the inimitable voice of SpongeBob himself (and the Ice King, and the Mayor of Townsville, and lots more) showed up IRL in shows like Tim and Eric and Just Shoot Me. Most notably, he was heavily featured in the video

Creed Bratton

Creed Bratton Best known for playing a version of himself in The Office. Bratton has (in his own words) had the dubious honor of appearing in two Lin

The White Stripes

THE WHITE Seven TRIPES Nation Army The lyrics of the song proclaim I'M going to Wichita. Jack White says that he has never actually been to Wichit

General Zod

There is nothing negative to about Man of Steel say that hasn't already been said hundreds of times. And yet, General Zod reciting his purpose after r

Nicole Richie

Nicole Richie paid a good amount of cash to have an elephant attend her wedding as a symbol of good luck.

MasterCard

CRACKED.COM MARINE MIDLAND HAS A CREDIT CARD so SAFE, EVEN YOUR WIFE CAN'T USE IT. 1970 print ad by Master Charge (now known as MasterCard) Apparently

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