Close Menu
    Monday, October 19
    TV

    29 Retro TV & Movie Facts to Read With Your Feet Up in The Big Chair

    JamesBy No Comments2 Mins Read
    29 Retro TV & Movie Facts to Read With Your Feet Up in The Big Chair

    Man, <a href="https://www.cracked.com/article_45987_20-of-the-best-dads-in-tv-history.html” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>our ol’ popshad the right idea. Loungin’ in that big ol’ La-Z-Boy and watchin’ all the ol’ classics that little ol’ TV seemed little the best ol’ time. We’ll stop calling things ol’ now, we swear. We just got into a “classic” mode while scrounging up theseamazing facts on classic moviesand TV shows.

    It really brought us back, you know? Well, we weren’t born when these classics dropped, but we lucked out with parents who loved sharing the goods. It’s something we’ll pass down to our youngins like a visual family heirloom or something.

    Anywho, we hope you enjoy this little nostalgia kick and have a gay ol’ time. Wilma!!!

    29. I Love Lucy

    The First Live Studio Audience SHARP I Love Lucy beat All In The Family to the punch by 20 years. CRACKED.COM

    28. Star Trek

    The First JV Cuss Word William Shatner had to fight hard to keep his big line "Let's get the hell outta here" from being cut in season one of Star Trek. CRACKED.COM

    27. Joe Namath

    Joe Namath THE BRADY BUNCH CRACKED.G COM Bobby hatches an elaborate scheme to bait Joe Namath into his bedroom by faking a terminal illness. Think Make A Wish Foundation meets To Catch A Predator.

    26. Richard Kiel

    CRACKED.COM Jaws from James Bond was almost the Hulk. Richard Kiel was the first actor to be painted green for the pilot of The Incredible Hulk. Не was replaced by bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno after a few days, as Kiel, big as he was, wasn't bulky enough to make a good Hulk.

    25. Star Trek

    Star Trek used The Andy Griffith Show's set (while it was still on air). BARTLETT STABLE REALLE In 1966's "Miri," Kirk and Spock beam to an alien planet that just happens to look like a 1960s Earth - and, coincidentally, exactly like the town of Mayberry, where The Andy Griffith Show takes place. CRACKED.COM

    24. Zorro

    DELL Western ZORRO WALT DISNEY'S Adventure Zorro gives himself up to save his friends. Zorro, a Disney television series from the '50s starring Guy Williams, is so popular in Latin America that it gets the best ratings in its time slot GRAGKED.COM ... even though it's over half a century old and every episode has been aired hundreds of times.

    23. I Dream of Jeannie

    GRACKED.COM DREAM of JeANNie This is what the inside of Jeannie's bottle looks

    22. The Brady Bunch

    IF GREG BRADY seemeD A LITTLe "OFF" WHILE CHECKING OUT THE GROOVY ROWBOAT MIKE BROUGHT Home in THE BraDy Bunch ePISODE "LAW AND DISORDER"... BARRY WILLIAMS HAD Been SMOKING POT WHen не WAS CALLeD in unexpectedly TO SHOOT THE scene. не WAS so STONED, не DECIDED THAT THIS WAS HIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECREATE HIS CHARACTER "In ITS enTIReTY." CRACKED.COM

    21. CBS

    CRACKED COM In the early 1970s, CBS cancelled all its shows set in the country. Rural shows like Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies made up the bulk of CBS's programming - but their audience skewed old, and execs wanted their network to be young and hip. So they cancelled the lot of them-a move that went down in history as "the Rural Purge."

    20. Lucille Ball

    Lucille Ball was actually a very serious and responsible person, despite being famous for playing silly and funny characters. And her natural hair color was brown. CRACKED.COM

    19. Bewitched

    Bewitched kept repeating itself. Episode #147 Uncle Arthur summons Napoleon while trying to make French pastries. Episode #172 Esmeralda summons Julius Caesar while trying to make Caesar salad. It's hard for a long-running show to be always fresh and original, but Bewitched was particularly bad at it. Plot points, situations, and even full episodes were often recycled, specially in the final seasons. CRACKED.COM

    18. Doctor Who

    In a 1965 Doctor Who episode, the Doctor unintentionally gives Nero the idea to burn Rome. SEASON 2, EPISODE 4 (CLASSIC) SEASON 4, EPISODE 2 Almost half a century later, in Season 4, Episode 2 (broadcast in 2008), the Doctor mentions he "visited Rome a long time ago." But he had nothing to do with the Great Fire, he says, then adds, "Well, a little bit." CRACKED.COM

    17. My Living Doll

    Forgotten sitcoms 1964-1965 MY LIVING DOLL A psychiatrist takes care of a female android and teaches her to be a perfect woman-which means doing what she's told and not talking back. Yikes. We guess this is what chuds mean when they say they want "non-political" sci-fi. CRACKED.COM

    16. The First Birth

    The First Birth I Love Lucy would never say the word "pregnant," only that Lucy was "expecting." But it still featured the first (semi-) on-screen birth, in 1953. CRACKED.COM

    15. Taxi

    Latka Gravas was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder in Taxi's third season. Comedian Andy Kaufman had grown tired of the role, which had its roots in the "Foreign Man" persona in his stand-up routine. Giving Latka the disorder appeased Kaufman, allowing him to create new personalities for his character. Among Latka's alters was notorious lounge-lizard Vic Ferrari. GRACKED.COM

    14. The Fonz

    Fonzie wasn't even billed in the opening credits. The Fonz was written as a clichéd bully, and Henry Winkler outright refused to play him that way. The producers let him have his way, so Winkler went on to turn a bit part into an uber-cool dude who quickly overshadowed the HAPPY DAYS show's "real" protagonists. CRACKED.COM

    13. Real Bullets

    IN THE EARLY DAYS OF CINEMA, REAL BULLETS WERE FIRED AT ACTORS. Before blanks, squibs, and special effects were invented, directors would hire sharpshooters to shoot over actors' heads during gunfight scenes. CRACKED.COM

    12. Child Stars

    STUDIOS GAVE DRUGS TO CHILD STARS. With ironclad contracts and without child labor laws, studios pushed their young stars to work crazy hours. Judy Garland revealed that Mickey Rooney and her were given amphetamine uppers to keep them alert during 18-hour work days and then sleeping pills at night. CRACKED.COM

    11. Noah’s Ark

    Illegal filmmaking Extras died in 1928's Noah's Ark. For the flood, cameraman Hal Mohr quit when director Michael Curtiz rolled his eyes at his safety concerns. Three extras died, another lost a limb, and a dozen suffered serious injuries, but Curtiz somehow escaped any legal repercussions. CRACKED

    10. The Others

    Alakina Mann The Others Mann had to stay indoors during daylight hours for the duration of the three-and-a-half-month shoot in order to remain pale. CRACKED.COM

    9. Jimmy Stewart

    CRACKED.COM Jimmy Stewart suffered wartime PTSD while shooting It's A Wonderful Life. Stewart was going through much mental turmoil after his service as a pilot during World War II, to the point that he considered quitting acting. Accepting the now-Christmas classic relaunched his career.

    8. Alien

    ALIEN Ridley Scott CRACKED.COM Scott (specifically, his hands) played the part of Putrid, Pulsating Egg Sac just before John Hurt gets facehugged.

    7. Bond

    James Bond's 007 came - from a bus. After author lan Fleming moved to Kent in the 1950s, he would often travel back to London by bus - specifically, the 007 bus. It still runs today, and is very popular with Bond fans. CRACKED.COM

    6. Star Wars

    Yoda was partly based on Stuart Freeborn, the guy that brought him to life. Freeborn was a Hollywood makeup artist who had worked on the Star Wars franchise and had helped design Yoda, basing him on himself and Einstein. CRACKED.COM

    5. The Exorcist

    Pop culture inspirations The Exorcist René Magritte's series THE EMPIRE OF LIGHTS explores mind-bending oxymorons, and William Friedkin recreated this work for the movie, capturing the disharmonious spiritual aura that surrounds the home. CRACKED

    4. The Shining

    Pop culture inspirations The Shining Stanley Kubrick was inspired by A DIANE ARBUS PHOTOGRAPH to cast the Grady sisters as twins. The original book by Stephen King does not feature twins. CRACKED

    3. Born Yesterday

    Classic Hollywood Movies Original vs. Remake 1950 Born Yesterday This classic rom-com with Judy Holiday tells the story of an uneducated woman whose pig of a boyfriend gets her an educated man to, erm, educate her. The remake with Melanie Griffith, John Goodman and Don Johnson wasn't nearly as good, but we still think this dangerous concept still has some steam in it. 1993 CRACKED.COM

    2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Classic Hollywood Movies Original vs. Remake RECEIVING 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Don Siegel's anti-communist metaphor is classic sci-fi noir, with many remakes. The worst one is The Invasion, with Nicole Kidman. The best? That'd be the 1978 one, which adds always reliable '70s paranoia, closely followed by Abel Ferrara's 1993 version. 1993 2007 1978 CRACKED.COM

    1. Sabrina

    Classic Hollywood Movies Original VS. Remake 1954 Sabrina The original is a timeless classic by Billy Wilder, starring Audrey friggin' Hepburn and Humphrey friggin' Bogart. The Sidney Pollack remake with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond adds a nice post- Petty Woman twist, but can't really touch the first one. 1995 CRACKED.COM
    Share.

    Related Posts

    Leave A Reply