Tony Alpsen is a writer for VICE entertainment. His work has also been published by Cracked, National Lampoon, Splitsider, and ReMIND Magazine.
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The Griffins from 'Family Guy' (Photo by FOX Image Collection via Getty Images) How All the Big Animated Comedies Covered the Y2K Scare
Everyone felt the need to address the elephant in the room in 1999
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The inside of a 'Flintstones'-themed house (Photo by John Green/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images) The ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ Star Who Built a ‘Flintstones’-Themed House
The famous TV host brought Bedrock to life in Los Angeles
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Stan and Kyle from 'South Park' (Photo By Getty Images) ‘South Park’ Used to Count Down to New Year’s for the First Few Seasons
The short-lived tradition only lasted until 2000
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George Carlin (Photo: NBCU Photo Bank/Paul Drinkwater) George Carlin Hosted the Second-Ever ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’
The stand-up legend bid farewell to 1973 aboard the ‘Queen Mary’
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'Dinner for One' (Photo by Siegfried Pilz/United Archives via Getty Images) How a British Comedy Sketch From the 1960s Became a New Year’s Eve Tradition in Germany
‘Dinner for One’ has been shown on German television every year since 1972
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Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in 'When Harry Met Sally…' (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images) You Can Time These 3 Comedy Movies So That You Ring in the New Year With the Characters
If you hit play at a certain time, the on-screen celebrations should begin exactly at midnight
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Dave Chappelle in 2022 (Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) Dave Chappelle and Dane Cook Broke Each Other’s Stand-Up Records (And No One’s Topped Them Since)
The two comics spent a ridiculous amount of time one-upping one another
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The cast of 'The Honeymooners' (Photo by John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) ‘Mad Libs’ Exists Because of ‘The Honeymooners’
If it weren’t for Jackie Gleason’s iconic sitcom, the classic word game might never have been invented
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Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, with Martin Short in the middle (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) How Chevy Chase Broke the Ice With Bill Murray After Their Feud
The ‘Caddyshack’ stars buried the hatchet in an appropriately hilarious way
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Rob Reiner (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) Rob Reiner Once Quit a TV Show Because of Desi Arnaz
Before he was butting heads with Archie Bunker, Reiner had a run-in with the star of ‘I Love Lucy’
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John Heard a.k.a. Peter McCallister (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images) Was Kevin’s Dad From ‘Home Alone’ in the Mob?
One fan theory got so much attention that the film’s director even responded to it