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30 Years Ago, David Spade Made an ‘SNL’ Joke About Eddie Murphy That Haunted Him for Decades
After Spade joked that Murphy was a “falling star,” Murphy angrily confronted him and stayed away from SNL for years.
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MTV Before Tinder, MTV’s ‘Next’ Turned Dating Into a Brutal Swipe-Left Game Show
The chaotic MTV dating show turned rejection into entertainment years before dating apps made swiping past people feel normal.
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Why ‘Parks and Recreation’ Completely Reinvented One Character After Season 1
After a shaky six-episode first season, the NBC sitcom reworked Leslie Knope into a more sincere, capable character.
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Jon Stewart. 18 Years Ago, Jon Stewart Yelled at Seth MacFarlane for an Hour Over a ‘Family Guy’ Joke
A ‘Family Guy’ gag about Stewart reportedly led to an angry phone battle between him and MacFarlane nearly 20 years ago
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MTV The MTV Cartoon That Captured Late-’90s New York and Then Vanished
‘Downtown’ only lasted 13 episodes, but its portrait of late-’90s New York has found new life with nostalgic viewers.
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40 Years Ago, Ernie Hudson Missed Out on Reprising His ‘Ghostbusters’ Role for a Bizarre Reason
Hudson’s audition for 1986’s ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ apparently wasn’t convincing enough for the showrunners
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Murray Close/Contributor/Getty Images 28 Years Ago, ‘Friends’ Almost Cast This Music Icon to Play Ross’s Father-in-Law
Scottish actor Tom Conti played the role in question in two episodes from the show’s fourth and fifth seasons
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How Bob Denver Nearly Got Mauled by a Lion While Filming ‘Gilligan’s Island’
Denver’s feline co-star decided to try his hand at some dangerous improv while filming an episode for the show’s second season
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Cartoon Network A Complete History of Bubbline’s Relationship Ahead of the New ‘Adventure Time’ Spinoff
Oh my Glob! It’s finally happening!
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The Strange ‘Seinfeld’ Connection Hidden Inside ‘BioShock’
The iconic sitcom has a couple of interesting connections to both ‘BioShock’ and its 2013 sequel ‘BioShock Infinite’
