Long before Chris Pratt and Charlie Day donned their respective red and green overalls for 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and even before Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo crossed plungers for 1993’s Super Mario Bros., there was 1989’s The Super Mario […]
September is here. It’s the time of the year when students return to school, which is a shame, because the only education they truly need is a selection of seemingly unconnected trivia facts. They can […]
One problem with standardized tests is schools sometimes “teach to the test,” which means they train students on how to answer these tests rather than truly educating them. Instead, what schools should do is teach […]
Next year, Garfield creator Jim Davis will celebrate his 80th birthday. The occasion will, no doubt, be a big one given Davis’ impact on pop culture. There is, however, one big drawback. July 25, 2025 is a […]
Looking back at the first season of The Simpsons, it’s hard to believe that it would go on to be one of the most important shows in TV history. The voices sound off, the animation is […]
A tornado-ish storm ripped through Houston this week, and the sequel to the 1996 movie Twister comes out this summer. You should therefore start reviewing your tornado preparedness right now, before it’s too late. You probably […]
“If a man empties his purse into his head,” said Ben Franklin, “no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” And this was a guy who […]
March is almost at an end, which is a relief, because let’s be honest, this month did not go like any of us planned. It wasn’t all bad, though. At least you didn’t suffer the […]
Normally, when a big movie has a big anniversary, we mark the occasion with a nice, big trivia-stuffed commemoration. Like, when Coming to America turned 35, we did “35 Trivia Tidbits About Coming to America,” and when Beetlejuice turned […]
Knowledge is power! So here’s a very, very small amount of power. 12 The First Hollywood Actress to Appear on A Postage Stamp Public Domain Grace Kelly was the first actress to ever appear on […]
It’s a bona fide Christmas classic. It’s the one where Chevy Chase uncomfortably lusts after a young woman for absolutely no reason. It’s the movie that features four SNL cast members and stars Mae Questel, the voice […]
You’d be hard-pressed to find any “Best Of” comedy horror list that doesn’t feature Mel Brooks’ iconic 1974 spoof/tribute to Universal’s monster movies (specifically, 1931’s Frankenstein), Young Frankenstein. This parody came from the mind of Gene Wilder and would go on to live in infamy […]
Developed by Norman Lear, The Jeffersons managed to make sitcom history with practically every other episode. Starting off as the neighbors of the Bunkers in All in the Family, 1975 saw the Jefferson family moving from their working-class Queens […]
When Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement set out to make a short film back in the early 2000s, they had no idea their vampire spoof would sire a popular and critically-acclaimed franchise. What We Do in the Shadows went from wowing audiences on […]
From 1961 to 1966, one of the most pivotal, pioneering sitcoms in television history aired on CBS. The Dick Van Dyke Show was created by the great Carl Reiner and starred the equally great Dick […]
Featuring quite possibly the best Season One plot twist in sitcom history and more food puns than made-up swear words, The Good Place tackled ethics and moral philosophy while making fun of folks obsessed with shrimp and froyo. While […]
3 McBride Visited a Bunch of Megachurches to Learn More About Their Inner-Workings The creator said he visited a bunch of churches and megachurches to get more information about them. “I did go to a few megachurches, […]
7 He References ‘Zardoz’ A Lot “Community” — Netflix In yet another article where Harmon (along with his disgraced former Rick and Morty collaborator, Justin Roiland) talks about pop-culture influences, he brings up his fondness of Zardoz, the bizarre sci-fi […]
23 Moscow Had to Make Some Changes to His Physical Appearance To play the younger version of Josh, Moscow told USA Today that he had to dye his hair to better resemble Hanks, and he also had […]
Arguably the greatest thing to show up on the USA Network not involving show dogs or the ironically-enjoyable exploits of Walker, Texas Ranger, Psych chronicled the mystery-solving antics of bogus psychic investigators Shawn Spencer and Gus Guster. So […]