16 Curious Facts About Television

[@MentalFloss]

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[@Giberaltor]

Tobias Funke (or at least, a bald, mustached man in cutoffs and blue body paint) actually has a cameo in Avengers: Infinity War in one of the Collector's cages on Knowhere. But since the whole place was under a Reality Stone-powered illusion, all that tells is that Thanos must be a fan of Arrested Development.

[@mattyt1961]

Piff the magic dragon.... not only a great stage magician... but a dragon...

[@kurtkennedy333]

It’s insane that they wouldn’t believe him even though he had tickets and his daughter presumably could have testified as much

[@davidsa76]

The even stranger thing about the Log Lady show was that Lynch wanted it to be a children's show where she and her log would do educational and mundane things like go to the dentist.

[@wbbartlett]

Fairly sure neither Abrams nor Lindelof have EVER toiled away for hours on any plot. Hacks. :D

[@inevitabletraitor]

That’s me in the Arrested Development photo in front of the banana stand! Second from the right in the plaid and cut offs.

[@HarryBookGnome]

That's cool!

[@appeasedsouls]

Thank you for this! DFTBA

[@nothingtoospiffy7913]

Oh and Hank.

[@tophers3756]

I'm surprised they haven't rebooted "Golden Girls" featuring 3 senior gay men sharing a condo.

[@delvesdg]

Don't give them any ideas. They probably won't pay you for it.

[@sun1one1]

30 Rock is one of the best sitcoms of all time IMO.

[@romulusnr]

Amazing Jonathan!

[@MissLilyputt]

My favorite magicians hands down are: Penn and Teller Piff The Magic Dragon They’re all incredibly talented magicians and I’d love to know moe about them.

[@HeBreaksLate]

You can't talk about stage magic without talking about Ricky Jay. Not only is he one of the most gifted sleigh of hand magicians of all time, he is also an accomplished historian of magic and has been a technical advisor for many films about magic, including The Prestige and The Illusionist.

[@Sandlot1992]

1:02 now this is a must-read!

[@appeasedsouls]

Love you guys!

[@jamesslick4790]

"Frasier" was VASTLY superior to "Cheers".( Itself a great show..) It's an example of the "spin-off" surpassing the original, Kind of like "Manfred Mann's Earth Band's" cover of Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light".

[@patriciaaturner289]

Magician? I’m OG, so here’s an OG performer: Mark Wilson. With his lovely wife, Nani Darnell, and their son, Mike, they worked their magic during the early 60’s.

[@pvtpain66k]

You mention Abed Gheith being the basis for Abed Nadir, but fail to point out that Gheith has a cameo as a Janitor in season 6 (episode 5).

[@henrikharbin5521]

My favorite magician was and still is Doug Henning. He's not intimidating or flashy, he's the guy who could be your neighbor.

[@bobbywhitaker3439]

The Amazing Jonathon

[@Aliasbaba41]

I just remembered that John Cleese actually played a character named Donald Sinclair, in the movie Rat Race

[@Zeldarw104]

Wow! I haven't thought about that movie, in years that was a great movie -- I think it starred, Debbie Reynolds and Tony Curtis?🤔 Google is my friend. Oops, wrong film but still an excellent one.🙂

[@MentalFloss]

Ha, yes, very true! And a hotel owner, if I recall correctly.

[@lear1980]

Any look at stage magic has to include Doug Henning. He created the first magic show on Broadway in 1974.

[@alarcon99]

Houdini!

[@Mithrandir39]

Penn and Teller!!!!!

[@jlvking]

An interesting magician… Doug Henning.

[@rickseiden1]

The most successful spin-off of all time has to be Friends. It's a spin-off of Mad About You. Now, some of you will say it's not. My wife would agree with you. But Ursula was a character on MAY, and on Friends. True, She's not a main character, or even a frequent character, but I think she's important enough to the story line to say that Friends is a spin-off.

[@plucas1]

Naw. The most successful TV spin-off is The Simpsons, which was a spin-off of the Tracy Ullman show.

[@rickseiden1]

@@plucas1 In the same way that Wayne's World was a spinoff of SNL, you're right, the Simpsons is a spin-off of Tracy Ullman. I think you're right. So, I'll just say the most successful live action spin-off is Friends.

[@waynemarvin5661]

Actually, Ursula and Phoebe were supposed to be sisters. Ursula was on Mad About You first, then Lisa Kudrow was cast on Friends. The two shows were not originally related.

[@theeuda]

Magician... Eli Bosnik.

[@christopherstanko2847]

Will the television Masked Magician be included in the next video?

[@dadoctah]

I'm hoping there will be some mention of Bill Bixby's series "The Magician", which he did between "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and "The Incredible Hulk". The show's producers made extensive use of many real stage magicians working at the time, as well as featuring the magic-themed club Magic Castle and having Bixby learn how to perform many of the illusions himself.

[@B3Sirius]

The Log Lady was based on a real person. She had poodles and my Mother was friends with her.

[@Erichev]

definitely David Copperfield. Also enjoy Penn and Teller

[@mikesands4681]

Taliesin, welsh magician. Circa 4th century ce

[@davidmcintoshjr8199]

Chris Ramsey he is here on KZbin

[@charlesmarlowstanfield]

Magician: nobody beats Derren Brown.

[@aaronmorris1513]

Magician: Penn and Teller

[@squintsyadams8463]

5 months? Holy moly the justice system in this country is doodoo.

[@dadoctah]

Speaking of John Cleese, the short fourth season (or "series" as the BBC calls it) of Monty Python's Flying Circus had him no longer in the cast or credited as one of the show's writers. The show's title for season four was also shortened from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" to simply "Monty Python".

[@garysmith9823]

That is very strange sweather you're wearing.

[@carterreid9869]

Bring back john

[@Darxide23]

I thought this was 16 facts about television. Not 16 facts about shows I've never seen and have no interest in so I don't understand any of the context.

[@ShermanistDruid]

Remember when racism and sexism were wrong no matter who it benefited...

[@InfiniteLoop]

I’m sorry no, bea Arthur is not great as Dorothy. She wasn’t funny she wasn’t witty, she was just mean. The best episodes had either the phrase picture it , sicely 1925, or back in saint olaf,

[@Matt-me4zz]

Misleading title!!! 👎

[@JonBastian]

A: "Golden Age of Television," you're about fifty years too late. B: That hair and that turtleneck aren't doing anyone any favors. Seriously? Ditch that look now.

[@waynemarvin5661]

You better do what Jon Bastian says. Who knows what he'll do if you don't. After all, he's Jon Bastian!

[@RavenFilms]

I want to say this in the nicest way possible and mean no harm, but online, the worst is usually assumed. So I’ll just say it, your shirt is not flattering. I think it’s the trim on the “sleeves” and how big the arm holes are. It’s a mix of cozy turtle neck sweater and a wife beater. Those 2 cuts don’t work together.

[@RwingDsquad]

boring

[@dengamleidiot]

This is SUPER BORING