11 random and fun trivia about your favorite shows

1. 24 Hours

When producers Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran came up with a 24-hour real-time set, they didn't even have a story. The first idea was to show the last day of the wedding preparations, but both realized that the couple staying up all night thinking about the "big day" would not work very well on the small screen. Good!

2. Friends

Matthew Perry hardly took over the role of Chandler as he was practically right in the supporting cast of “LAX 2194, ” a series that would talk about employees of a futuristic airport. Perry would be the guy who separates luggage in a different way. Fortunately, the pilot episode did not please and the series was canceled before it even aired, freeing Perry for "Friends".

3. Sherlock

Speedy's Cafe does exist, but instead of Baker Street, it is located on Gower Street. There is a sandwich by the name of Sherlock, which features chicken, bacon, cheese, onions, peppers, lettuce and pickles. Watson, meanwhile, lends its name to a vegetarian sanduba - much healthier but far less popular.

4. Sex and the City

Current US President Donald Trump makes a lightning appearance in one of the episodes of "Sex and the City." At the time, Samantha (Kim Catrall) approaches the then entrepreneur to make an onslaught of what only she can, but is solemnly ignored by Trump.

5. The Simpsons

With 28 seasons and about 600 episodes, the yellow family has curiosities to give and sell. But let's have just one of them: Marge and Sideshow Bob had the same inmate number, 24601. Interestingly, it's equal to Jean Valjean's prisoner number of "The Miserables."

6. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and The Americans

Two series so distinct from each other, but with minimal similarity: note the two opening credits and see that both bring the same image of a little girl dressed in blue playing with three hula hoops. Can we dream of a bizarre crossover between "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and "The Americans"?

7. Homeland

The initial idea was that Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) would explode at the end of the first season of "Homeland", but the producers gave up on this idea and decided to explore the character for a while.

8. Party of Five

Airing between 1994 and 2000, this series was one of the first to see the potential of the internet as a means of outreach. Actor Matthew Fox, who played Charlie Salinger, often chatted with fans of the show on a virtual forum called Party of Five Compuserve.

9. South Park

Once released, "South Park" turned the four friends into a major source of marketing and merchadising. This didn't appeal to the producers, who decided to create a “less” commercial character: Towelie, the talking heroin-addicted washcloth. Of course it didn't work out, so much so that Towelie is one of the most beloved of the show, even appearing in very few episodes.

10. Game of Thrones

In 2014, Queen Elizabeth visited the "Game of Thrones" studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but declined to sit on the iron throne that is played in the series. It turns out that the rules of the British monarchy forbid the king or queen from sitting on a throne that belonged to another monarchy - even if fictitious.

11. Breaking Bad

One of the most iconic scenes from "Breaking Bad" is when Walter White (Bryan Cranston) throws a pizza on the roof of his house. Since then, many fans have repeated the scene by throwing a pizza on the roof of the lady who lives in the residence that was used as the setting for the series. This led the show's creator, Vince Gilligan, to beg the joke to end.

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