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A scene from 'Big Trouble.' The Tim Allen Comedy That Flopped Because of 9/11
2002’s ‘Big Trouble,’ co-starring Rene Russo and Dennis Farino pulled in just over $8 million on a $40 million budget, after being delayed due to the September 11th attacks
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Russell Brand. The Osama bin Laden Gag That Got Russell Brand Fired From MTV
The ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ star is one of the only people who could’ve rivaled Gilbert Gottfried in the ‘too soon’ department
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Seth MacFarlane. Seth MacFarlane Was Supposed to Be on One of the Planes That Crashed Into the World Trade Center
‘Family Guy’ wouldn’t have made it past Season 3 if MacFarlane had gotten to the airport on time that morning
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A scene from 'Friends.' The ‘Friends’ Episode That Had to Be Changed Because of 9/11
A deleted subplot from Season 8 featured Chandler getting detained at the airport after making a joke about bombs
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Mark Junge/Contributor/Getty Images The Posthumous George Carlin Album That Was Shelved Because of 9/11
The comedian planned to call his 12th HBO special ‘I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die’
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Lester Cohen/Contributor/Getty Images The Disagreement That Kept Jeff Ross From Doing the Comedy Central Roasts for Years
The self-proclaimed Roastmaster General’s passionate plea for offensive jokes prevented him from appearing on the dais for a while in the early 2000s
