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Jay Leno (Photo: Wendy Perl/NBCU Photo Bank) Why Jay Leno Says There’s ‘Nothing Greater’ Than a Comedian’s Funeral
Comics have a funny way of looking at death
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Chris Farley (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) How Chris Farley Managed to Blow His ‘Home Alone’ Audition
The ‘Tommy Boy’ star tried out for the role of the Santa Claus impersonator
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Jim Carrey (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images) Jim Carrey Is Responsible for Norman Bates Terrorizing You at Universal Studios
The ‘Ace Ventura’ star inadvertently inspired the theme park to expand on one of its attractions
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Bill Murray (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) Bill Murray Only Agreed to Voice Garfield Because of a Misunderstanding (Or So He Says)
According to Murray, he didn’t realize who he’d signed up to work with
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Jerry Seinfeld (Photo by Valerie Terranova/Getty Images for Bob Woodruff Foundation) Did Jerry Seinfeld Really Say ‘What’s the Deal With…’ as Often as People Think?
If the comic is to be believed, the phrase was never a part of his stand-up routines
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'Bad Boys' stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images) ‘Bad Boys’ Was Originally Written for Two ‘SNL’ Stars (Who Hated It)
‘That would’ve been a very different movie,’ Will Smith told Jimmy Fallon in 2024
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Bill Maher on HBO's 'Real Time With Bill Maher' (Photo by Chris Polk/FilmMagic) Did a Famous Actor Punch Bill Maher on TV Back in the Day?
The ‘Real Time’ host took a minor hit during a game show appearance years ago
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Director John Landis with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, on the set of the movie 'Trading Places' (Photo by Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty Images) Eddie Murphy Only Got Blackout Drunk One Time, and It Was Because of John Landis
The two got into a ‘tussling confrontation’ on the set of ‘Coming to America,’ causing Murphy to hit the bottle pretty hard
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Martin Short and Lucille Ball (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images, Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Martin Short and Lucille Ball Once Got Into a Fight on an Airplane
In case you needed another reason to never meet your heroes
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Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, comedian Bill Minkin, Monty Python's Michael Palin and Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant attending a Monty Python party in New York. (Photo by Steve Morley/Redferns/Getty Images) ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ Was Funded by a Bunch of Rock Stars
It pays to have fans in high places
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Jackie Gleason (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) 8 Stories That Prove Early Comedians Had the Same Sense of Humor as Us
Some things never change
