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" We all love a killer piece of TV trivia to wow our mates down the pub, especially if it makes them spit out their second beverage of the night. Well, get your umbrellas out: we&amp;#039;ve collected some of the most incredible fact\u00A0nuggets from our favorite TV shows, most\u00A0of which\u00A0made us\u00A0grab the nearest remote and watch the shows\u00A0back immediately to make sure they&amp;#039;re correct. Prepare to have your minds blown: 1.\u00A0Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Nicholas Brendon&amp;#039;s twin brother doubled\u00A0for Xander and you didn&amp;#039;t notice  You may already know that Nicholas&amp;#039;s twin Kelly Donovan play Xander&amp;#039;s double in the episode &amp;#039;The Replacement&amp;#039;, but he also actually played Xander for some scenes in season five&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Intervention&amp;#039;, as Nicholas was off sick. 2. The Simpsons: Marge Simpson was meant to have bunny ears  Producer Sam Simon thankfully managed to suppress Matt Groening&amp;#039;s idea for Marge to have giant bunny ears under her iconic blue hair. Groening said in a DVD commentary: &amp;quot;Back in the very beginning, she was actually a Life in Hell rabbit from my comic strip. But then it just seemed like a... I just said, &amp;#039;Oh, forget it, there&amp;#039;s no ears under there&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Marge&amp;#039;s bunny ears did turn up briefly as a gag in The Simpsons Arcade Game. 3.\u00A0Twin Peaks: the dwarf actually can speak backwards &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;selection-marker-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;redactor-selection-marker&amp;quot; data-verified=&amp;quot;redactor&amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;  The Man from Another Place&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;backwards&amp;quot; dialogue (ie the film runs backwards but the audio runs forwards) was achieved by having actor Michael J Anderson speak into a recorder, and then repeat the audio after it was reversed. This &amp;#039;reverse-speech&amp;#039; was then\u00A0reversed again.\u00A0 But here&amp;#039;s the thing:\u00A0Anderson didn&amp;#039;t find the task too difficult as he used it as a secret language with his junior high school friends. Show creator David Lynch had no idea when he cast him, and hired a trainer to help the actor. He soon cancelled the trainer and wrote even more difficult lines. 4.\u00A0Game of Thrones&amp;#039;\u00A0sadistic\u00A0boy-king\u00A0Joffrey really, really looks like the sadistic\u00A0boy-Emperor Caligula  5.\u00A0Will and Grace: John Barrowman almost played Will  The Torchwood star was one of the final choices to play title character Will, but was rejected due to not being &amp;quot;gay enough&amp;quot;. John said in 2006: &amp;quot;I was of one of quite a few who got down to the last choices, and I was actually told that I wasn&amp;#039;t gay enough - even though Eric McCormack is straight. Go figure!&amp;quot; 6.\u00A0South Park: There are loads of hidden aliens  In many (but not all) episodes of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone hid animated aliens in the background. They can be found in posters, in crowd scenes, camouflaged, or even in a flash-frame. They clearly still want to experiment with Cartman&amp;#039;s bottom. 7.\u00A0Curb Your Enthusiasm: a\u00A0wrongly-accused man was saved thanks to the show providing his alibi  Juan\u00A0Catalan spent five and a half months in jail after being falsely accused of murdering a\u00A016-year-old. However, his innocence was eventually proven after he was\u00A0spotted in the crowd of an LA Dodgers game which was\u00A0used as the backdrop for a\u00A0CYE\u00A0episode. His lawyer managed to pick him out by watching outtakes from the episode, and\u00A0all charges were dropped. 8.\u00A0Modern Family: Luke is a genius in real life &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;selection-marker-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;redactor-selection-marker&amp;quot; data-verified=&amp;quot;redactor&amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;  Nolan Gould may play dim-witted Luke Dunphy in the ABC comedy, but he&amp;#039;s a lot brighter in reality. He is actually a member of Mensa and graduated from high school at the age of 13. He also has an IQ of 150. 9.\u00A0Red Dwarf: Rimmer and Lister were nearly played by Alfred Molina, Hugh Laurie and Alan Rickman  We all love Craig Charles and Chris Barrie as the boys from the Dwarf now, but how different would it have been with the two Als? Plus, Hugh Laurie also nearly got to play Lister. 10.\u00A0Scrubs: the Janitor was originally meant to be in JD&amp;#039;s mind &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;selection-marker-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;redactor-selection-marker&amp;quot; data-verified=&amp;quot;redactor&amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;  Neil Flynn&amp;#039;s grumpy janitor initially only spoke to Zach Braff&amp;#039;s JD in the first season, as he was initially going to be a figment of his imagination. However, this idea was scrapped later on so that Flynn could interact with other cast\u00A0members. Good idea, otherwise\u00A0we would never have had the\u00A0brain trust! 11.\u00A0The X-Files: Gillian Anderson had to stand on a box in most scenes  Standing at 5&amp;#039;2&amp;quot;, Gillian is 10 inches shorter than David Duchovny, making some conversational scenes a bit tricky to film.  An apple box -\u00A0a common tool used in TV and film -\u00A0was brought in and dubbed the &amp;#039;Scully Box&amp;#039;. It even returned for the revival. 12.\u00A0Orange is the New Black: Laverne Cox&amp;#039;s twin brother plays her character in\u00A0pre-transition scenes  Transgender actress Laverne Cox was initially going to play her character Sophia\u00A0in scenes as Marcus before her\u00A0sex change. However, producers decided to bring in a male actor as Laverne wasn&amp;#039;t masculine enough.\u00A0Her real-life\u00A0twin M Lamar -\u00A0who is a composer, not an actor -\u00A0came in to play Marcus. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m really grateful that I got to share a little bit of this show and this moment with him,&amp;quot; said Cox. 13. The Tommy Westphall Universe  In the final episode of\u00A0St Elsewhere, it was revealed that all events actually took place inside the mind of autistic child Tommy Westphall. That alone is a bit of a mindf**k, but as characters from the series also appeared on other TV shows, and those shows&amp;#039; characters appeared on other shows, and so on, it could be said thatALL these shows\u00A0take place in Tommy&amp;#039;s mind. That could\u00A0include everything from\u00A024\u00A0to\u00A0Arrested Development, Breaking Bad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cheers,\u00A0all the\u00A0CSIs, Red Dwarf, Lost, Glee\u2026 Pretty much any show imaginable. 14.\u00A0The Sopranos: Lady Gaga appeared as an extra &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;selection-marker-1&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;redactor-selection-marker&amp;quot; data-verified=&amp;quot;redactor&amp;quot;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;  She may have won a Golden Globe for her role in\u00A0American Horror Story, but that wasn&amp;#039;t Lady Gaga&amp;#039;s first appearance in a TV drama. The singer also\u00A0appears as a background character in\u00A0The Sopranos\u00A0episode &amp;#039;The Telltale Moozadell&amp;#039; in 2001. 15.\u00A0The Simpsons: Krusty the Clown was meant to be Homer in disguise  Matt Groening said in 2007: &amp;quot;The original idea behind Krusty the Clown was that he was Homer in disguise, but Homer still couldn&amp;#039;t get any respect from his son, who worshipped Krusty. &amp;quot;If you look at Krusty, it&amp;#039;s just Homer with extended hair and a tuft on his head. We were in such a rush in the beginning of the series that I thought, &amp;#039;Oh, it&amp;#039;s too complicated&amp;#039;, so we just dropped it. But when I look at Krusty, I think, &amp;#039;Yeah -\u00A0that&amp;#039;s Homer&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; 16. Woody Harrelson&amp;#039;s dad was a hitman  Woody&amp;#039;s a pretty laidback guy, but his father, not so much. He was implicated in at least three organised-crime-related murders and spent much of his life behind bars. 17.\u00A0The Walking Dead\u00A0and\u00A0Breaking Bad\u00A0are in the same universe  The two AMC shows (sort of) cross\u00A0over in season two of\u00A0Walking Dead\u00A0when\u00A0Daryl reveals that Merle\u00A0was a drug dealer before the walkers arrived, and we see Merle&amp;#039;s stash clearly has Walter White&amp;#039;s trademark\u00A0Blue Sky meth\u00A0at the bottom. Not only that, but Glenn is seen taking a Dodge Challenger that looks very similar to Walter&amp;#039;s car. And a &amp;#039;Glenn&amp;#039; is the manager of the car company that an angry\u00A0Walter dealt with:   Later on, Daryl speaks about his brother, and mentions that he knew a &amp;quot;janky little white guy&amp;quot;\u00A0drug dealer who told him: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m gonna kill you, bitch.&amp;quot;\u00A0 18.\u00A0The Wire: Only one police officer ever fires his weapon  You&amp;#039;d think that,\u00A0in five seasons of a cop drama that deals with drugs, murder and corrupt detectives,\u00A0plenty of officers would have\u00A0used their pistol, but nope: only one. Roland &amp;#039;Prez&amp;#039;\u00A0Pryzbylewski is the only cop to do so, and he did it three times. All three were errors: shooting a squad room\u00A0wall, drunkenly\u00A0firing into the air and mistakenly shooting an undercover cop. Whoops. 19.\u00A0The Simpsons: All the McBain clips put together make a full film   Did you love those little clips of the Arnie-style movie\u00A0McBain? Well, if you put them all together, the result\u00A0actually has a\u00A0plot: McBain\u00A0is fired, his partner is shot, he gets his gun back, and seeks vengeance. And it&amp;#039;s still better than the\u00A0Taken\u00A0sequels. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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