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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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The ‘Twilight Zone’ Tower of Terror Was Almost a Mel Brooks Ride
Attractions revolving around Stephen King, Vincent Price, and even Eddie Murphy were also considered early on
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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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35 Years Ago, ‘Married… With Children’ Had to Abandon a Major Storyline After a Family Tragedy
An entire pregnancy storyline had to be scrapped at the last minute due to an unforeseen tragedy
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36 Years Ago, ‘SNL’ Booked a Host So Controversial That Nora Dunn and Sinead O’Connor Refused to Appear
Nora Dunn refused to appear in the 1990 episode and musical guest Sinead O’Connor backed out at the last minute as well
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This Tiny Background Joke in ‘The Simpsons’ Actually Saved Two People’s Lives
The 1992 episode ‘Homer at the Bat’ featured a blink-and-you-miss-it Heimlich maneuver gag that proved to be life-saving on two separate occasions
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6Teen 22 Years Ago, a Beloved Cartoon That Was Basically ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld’ for Teenagers Debuted
The Canadian cartoon borrowed classic sitcom rhythms, mall-era teen drama, and even a few suspiciously familiar plotlines.
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The ‘Horrifying’ ‘Sex and the City’ Scene HBO Wouldn’t Allow on the Air
A cut sequence involving peanut butter and a golden retriever was evidently too much for the premium cable network to handle
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14 Years Ago, an Icelandic TV Station Accidentally Aired ‘The Sopranos’ Subtitles Over an Episode of ‘Teletubbies’
The broadcast mix-up paired Laa-Laa and Po with subtitles from Christopher’s intervention scene, which actually synced up nicely?
