Entertainment trivia

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The title song of The Bold and the Beautiful has words and was performed by Dionne Warwick at the end of the episodes from 89-91. It is called Upon Higher Love.

Sorry it was called High Upon This Love yes it is terrible

It sounded like a sick horse^

The Married with Children pilot was written with Sam Kinision and Roseanne Bar in mind for the roles of Al and Peggy Bundy.

Hans Zimmer wrote the theme tune for 80s gameshow Going for Gold.

SoongeBoy is a great typo.

Blondie Bumstead's maiden name is Boopadoop.

The very first episode of Spongebob Squarepants has a song sung by Tiny Tim.

Geri Reischl - who is best known as “Fake Jan” in the Brady Bunch variety series - was the original choice to play Blair on The Facts of Life. She was even at the first table read, but later the same day was informed by her agent that being on FOL was in conflict with a contract she’d signed with a breakfast cereal company to do their commercials. Lisa Whelchel was then brought in to play Blair.

I hate the fuckin’ “I’ll start…!” Troll with every fiber of my being.

Helen Hunt was almost cast as Lt. Colleen McMurphy on CHINA BEACH. The suits at ABC preferred her over Dana Delany, but John Sacret Young insisted. Snicker. And thank God!

When Lee Merweather appeared as the "celebrity guest" on Canadian game shows in the 70s she was stoned on pot. Her giggling fits were quite contagious.

Following BONANZA's cancellation, Lorne Greene bought "Buck" -- the beautiful buckskin horse he'd ridden for the entirety of the series -- and donated him to an equine-rehabilitation program for kids with disabilities.

Buck was well into his twenties when the series ended. While not a horse-guy by nature, Lorne had grown to love Buck & couldn't stand the idea that the gentle old guy might be sent off to the "glue factory" because he was no longer viable to Fat Jones' stable (provider of horses to film/TV productions). Buck lived almost another twenty years -- to 45! (he outlived Lorne)

Anyway, Lorne Greene was a mensch of the first order.

Dark Bonanza-horse trivia:

In 1964, some psycho POS broke into Fat Jones' Stables one night, drugged seven horses, and then maimed them with a knife. Some of the horses had to be euthanized due to the severity of their injuries, including Tomahawk -- known to audiences as "Cochise" -- the beautiful pinto ridden by Little Joe since the show's debut.

Michael Landon was distraught (he adored Tomahawk) and outraged that someone would do that to any horse. He offered a $25,000 reward (about $250,000 today!) for any information leading to the perpetrator's identity, to no avail. The crime was never solved.

I first read it as "SpoogeBoy" which would have been even better!

When she lived in Indianapolis, Frances Farmer would dress up like a witch on Halloween to pass out candy to the neighborhood kids.

In the film version of A Little Night Music, Elizabeth Taylor (Desiree), Lesley-Anne Down (Anne), and Chloe Franks (Fredericka) were all dubbed -by the same singer, Elaine Tomkinson. Taylor did do her own singing for "Send in the Clowns" but it required hundreds of edits from multiple takes (and a bit of "sweetening" with a dubbed-in voice after the fact). Madame Armfeldt's song, "Liaisons" was rewritten and recorded for the film, but never actually filmed.

The UB40 hit “Red Red Wine” was written by Neil Diamond.

Film costume designer William Travilla's aunt was silent screen actress Sybil Seeley, who starred opposite Buster Keaton in several of his biggest hits.

The second Chris Partridge was the grandson of the actor who played Alfred the butler on TV's Batman. He is also a great-great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens.

When Talking Heads were at Compass Point in The Bahamas recording Remain In Light, AC/DC were in the room right next to them recording Back In Black. They used to play billiards together in the lounge.

It’s God Rest Ye Merry (comma) Gentlemen, not God Rest Ye (comma) Merry Gentlemen.

Roseanne and Tom Arnold attempted to build a home outside of Ottumwa, Iowa, which is home to an actual loose meat restaurant. The house was never abandoned and sat vacant for years. His sister led one of the largest meth rings in history.

Never finished*

Ron Howard has put his brother in every movie he has ever directed.

Fresh Prince of Bel Air is loosely based on Benny Medina’s life.

[quote] which is home to an actual loose meat restaurant

WTF is a "loose meat restaurant"?

Albert Finney was screen tested and almost cast as T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia. Finney got into an argument with producer Sam Spiegel, so it did not work out. Peter O'Toole was cast instead.

At the time, O'Toole was playing Henry II in an Royal Shakespeare Production of Becket with Eric Porter, Ian Holm, and Diana Rigg. When O'Toole left to film Lawrence, he was replaced by Christopher Plummer. Plummer signed onto the film adaptation, but producer Hal Wallis bought him out when O'Toole become available. The film cast included O'Toole, Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Sian Phillips, and Sir Donald Wolfit.

Lucy was in talks for Basic Instinct, but Gary fucked her out of it.

R28 It’s a diner in the Midwest that serves a sandwich that resembles sloppy Joe without sauce. Just ground beef cooked in its juices and a little seasoning. They serve the sandwich with something as simple as a bag of chips. They’ll probably have slices of pie for dessert. Your beverage is always a “can of cold pop”.

thanks for the explanation, r31.

also, how bizarre. The Midwest is..."special."

Michael Richards (Kramer on "Seinfeld") was the second choice to play Al Bundy in "Married ... With Children," but he lost the role to Ed O'Neill. He got the Kramer gig because the casting director for "Married ..." did casting for "Seinfeld."

r33 He was absolutely perfect for Kramer. I can't imagine him pulling off the smarminess that Ed O'Neill did so flawlessly on Married w/Children.

The first toilet to be shown on a tv show was in Leave It to Beaver.

On I Love Lucy the word pregnant wasn't allowed to be used, it had to be expecting. The 50s were uptight.

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[Quote] I hate the fuckin’ “I’ll start…!” Troll with every fiber of my being.

The grease fire you implicitly ordered is here, Miss Priss.

r26 Inaccurate - he has been in many of them but not every one.

[Quote] Buck lived almost another twenty years -- to 45!

The REAL Buck wouldn’t have clung to life that long!

3 U.S. Presidents have won Grammys

r31 it was part of the Roseanne Plot - she opened her own loose meat shop, I think with Jackie.

R3 I am actually living for this nugget! Based on the year I was expecting "terrible" to mean "overproduction and synth". It's cheesy but I like the live instruments and the soapy vibe. This sounds more like the opening credits for a 90s nighttime soap.

In the Philippines, McDonald’s serves spaghetti

R44 is that entertainment trivia or just a fact?

Snoop and Cameron Diaz went to high school together. I believe he is a year older than her.

[quote]Hans Zimmer wrote the theme tune for 80s gameshow Going for Gold.

He also played piano synth in "Video Killed the Radio Star," the first music video to play on MTV in 1981.

R30 That is hella funny to me for some reason.

Maila Nurmi thought James Dean's friend Jack Simmons was weird.....so you can just imagine.

And gay Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) was staying at the house with Mongomery (tiny dick) Clift as Clift recovered from his auto accident in 1956.

Executives at CBS pushed for Roddy McDowell to be cast as Niles on THE NANNY. Fran Drescher & Peter Marc Jacobson said "absolutely not", they'd keep looking. It was nothing against Roddy McDowell. As Fran Drescher later said to Daniel Davis (who was shocked to get the part, knowing that McDowell's name was in the mix): "Then it would have been the Roddy McDowell show -- and this is the Fran Drescher show."

Allegedly Joan Crawford had a clitoris the size of a small penis.

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

r52 It's nine inches dear...

Dionne Warwick’s cigarette of choice is Virginia Slims.

Merry Christmas, you hussies.

[quote] Ron Howard has put his brother in every movie he has ever directed.

[R26] Inaccurate - he has been in many of them but not every one.

Speaking of Ron Howard....Garry Marshall's kids pop-up as extras, or in minor speaking roles, in almost everything he did -- and some of aunt Penny's things, too. (And he employed his other sister, Ronny Hallin, on a bunch of stuff)

Both of his daughters, Lori & Kathleen, were in YOUNG DOCTORS IN LOVE (an underrated daytime-soap spoof). Eventually, Kathi was Julie Andrews' mostly-silent secretary, "Miss Kutaway" (ha!), in THE PRINCESS DIARIES films. She was also "Mumbles Brockman", one of the background Rockford Peaches in a of A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. (She's standing next to Tom Hanks on the dugout-steps when he nails "Stillwell" with a baseball glove to the head). You can't help but laugh at that.

Also: Garry's son, Scott, was the horny-kid who propositioned Geena Davis in the car, outside of the Suds Bucket. "Can't we do both?"

Robert Urich had a roomy behind.

r45 Both

I'll bet Monty's cock was perfectly normal for a skinny little guy. Just not the fantasy his tricks hoped for.

[quote]And gay Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen) was staying at the house with Mongomery (tiny dick) Clift as Clift recovered from his auto accident in 1956.

And Jack Larson was also an opera librettist, writing the libretto for Virgil Thomson's opera 'Lord Byron.'

Mama met Sammy Davis Jr.