Useless Trivia
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Washburne
Protector of the key.
ckg927
Potential
Actors Richard Belzer and Robin Christopher hold the prime time and daytime records,respectively,for playing the same character on the most shows.
Belzer's character of Det. John Munch has been seen most on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU...but he's also been seen in episodes of Law & Order(and another L & O spinoff,Trial by Jury),The X Files,the short-lived UPN cop show The Beat,Arrested Development and-most recently-the HBO series The Wire.
Christopher began her run as Skye Chandler on the ABC soap All My Children in the late 80s,then returned to that role on One Life to Live in 1998(crossing back over to AMC in 2000),and finally completing the trifecta by moving to General Hospital in 2001.
Robin's feat is more remarkable considering that it was all done on one network;Richard took the character to shows on 4 different networks.
Belzer's character of Det. John Munch has been seen most on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU...but he's also been seen in episodes of Law & Order(and another L & O spinoff,Trial by Jury),The X Files,the short-lived UPN cop show The Beat,Arrested Development and-most recently-the HBO series The Wire.
Christopher began her run as Skye Chandler on the ABC soap All My Children in the late 80s,then returned to that role on One Life to Live in 1998(crossing back over to AMC in 2000),and finally completing the trifecta by moving to General Hospital in 2001.
Robin's feat is more remarkable considering that it was all done on one network;Richard took the character to shows on 4 different networks.
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Lindsey McDonald
You mean, they played the same character on completely unrelated shows? I've never even heard of that before.
white avenger
white avenger
Blondie Bear
Zydrate Addict
^ Also, in the scene where he shoots the guy who's threatening him with the big sword, he was supposed to have a whole big fight scene, but Ford was sick and had heat exhaustion, and he ad-libbed that. The other guy went along with it, and Spielburg thought it was so awesome that he kept it.
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InsaneMystic
lol, seriously? *deeply impressed with HF impro coolness*
Schillaci
Scooby
Useless trivia? hmmm
I got one.
"Life sucks.
Pull down the appropriate article of clothing, and let it cling on."
That was from a movie in 2011, but they cut it, due to some plonker writing it on a forum in 2008.
I got one.
"Life sucks.
Pull down the appropriate article of clothing, and let it cling on."
That was from a movie in 2011, but they cut it, due to some plonker writing it on a forum in 2008.
ckg927
Potential
There have been a number of TV shows that have been pulled after airing only 1 episode,but the Australian show "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" has the distinction of being yanked WHILE the show was in progress. (The show aired videos of sexual situations and other sexually explicit content.)Kerry Packer(whose company owned the Nine Network,where the show aired)was said to be so incensed that he called the studio operators to "get that **** off the air!" And...they did;some areas showed a couple episodes of Cheers in its place. The host was fired and banned for life from the network.
However...they've managed to find a copy of the tape,and will run it in its entirety on August 28th.
However...they've managed to find a copy of the tape,and will run it in its entirety on August 28th.
November
Gee how did I miss that?!?! ;)
white avenger
white avenger
Johnny Sheffield, who played Boy in the Weismuller "Tarzan" movies couldn't swim until Weismuller taught him, but Sheffield wasn't Weismuller's most famous pupil. He also taught the son of Al Capone.
Blackloliita
Knowledge is power
Though Americans don't like subtitles, Amélie had also great succes in the USA.
Schillaci
Scooby
This topic is unreal. I know so much crap, but ask me for just one thing and my mind goes completely blank.
I could be wrong, but I think you are incorrect about that. I'm not 100% positive, but I believe the total was actually at least 3 times that.
Also, I just spotted the "can't lick your elbow" trivia. Total nonsense, grab yourself a pair of scissors and you're there.
Ok, I was going to say something about General Patton jr, but I thought I'd better look it up first just in case I dreamed it or something, but I can't find anything about it anywhere.
I know Patton went to West Point, but he used to hate having to do all the academic stuff, book reading, studying, all that malarky.
So when they built a statue of him there, they had him standing with his back to the library..or something
God I suck.
I could be wrong, but I think you are incorrect about that. I'm not 100% positive, but I believe the total was actually at least 3 times that.
Also, I just spotted the "can't lick your elbow" trivia. Total nonsense, grab yourself a pair of scissors and you're there.
Ok, I was going to say something about General Patton jr, but I thought I'd better look it up first just in case I dreamed it or something, but I can't find anything about it anywhere.
I know Patton went to West Point, but he used to hate having to do all the academic stuff, book reading, studying, all that malarky.
So when they built a statue of him there, they had him standing with his back to the library..or something
God I suck.
white avenger
There probably were more Greeks at Thermopalae than I said, I just meant that there were a lot more sword swingers there than Leonidis and his Spartans. They just got the movie made about them.
caitaintdead
caiters gonna cait
Umm I know quite a few random facts about Belgium from working at a Belgium theme pub.
Fries were first created in Belgium not France
Belgium has the highest suicide rate in the world
Belgium are the largest comic book producers
Belgium had the first female minister
Oh another random fact - I am awesome.
Fries were first created in Belgium not France
Belgium has the highest suicide rate in the world
Belgium are the largest comic book producers
Belgium had the first female minister
Oh another random fact - I am awesome.
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Blackloliita
Belgium, karma
Schillaci
Scooby
You sure? I'm positive that little accolade belongs to some eastern european country. Somewhere near or once belonging to ze russia.
God knows, right now I can't tell my ass from my elbow., see I've got this scar..
caitaintdead
Haha, yeah I'm not overly positive on that one, a girl from work told me. Not exactly the best reference ever!
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itsxpaperdoll
Its Estonia.
Blackloliita
Knowledge is power
Well the fact you put some facts of Belgium makes you awesome jep 😀...
I didn't know all of them yet, but I must say we have a lot of comics... Kuifje (Tintin I think in English, Spielberg is planning to make movie of it), F.C. De Kampioenen (means something like F.C. The Champions, great comics), Kiekeboe, Suske & Wiske, Jommeke, ...
I'm not sure about the suicide fact btw. I can't imagine so many people want to do suicide here, well maybe with the economy that goes wrong at the moment, but still...
Random fact of me now:
Tarja (ex-singer Nightwish) is coming up with third album (if you count Christmasalbum with her albums), she said some titles already and sang one of them live already: The Crying Moon & Enough.
caitaintdead
I'm happy to deal with the fact that someone from Belgium knows more about Belgium then me!
Blackloliita
Knowledge is power
white avenger
white avenger
One in 10 Europeans are conceived in IKEA beds
There is a sub type of blood called A-H, but to date, only three people are recorded as having it
The average employee spends 14 working days per year on personal emails, phone calls, and web browsing, outside official breaks
The honey sucker is the only bird that can fly backwards
WD-40 dissolves cocaine – it’s been used by a pub landlord in England to prevent drug- taking in his pubs toilets
The red sea is not mentioned in the bible
NASA invented dust busters
Eagles can’t hunt while it’s raining
It is possible for a human to blow up a balloon via the ear
A hundred cups of coffee in 4 hours can actually kill you
Duno how true they all are but oh well 😛
There is a sub type of blood called A-H, but to date, only three people are recorded as having it
The average employee spends 14 working days per year on personal emails, phone calls, and web browsing, outside official breaks
The honey sucker is the only bird that can fly backwards
WD-40 dissolves cocaine – it’s been used by a pub landlord in England to prevent drug- taking in his pubs toilets
The red sea is not mentioned in the bible
NASA invented dust busters
Eagles can’t hunt while it’s raining
It is possible for a human to blow up a balloon via the ear
A hundred cups of coffee in 4 hours can actually kill you
Duno how true they all are but oh well 😛