Trivia: Jaleel White got to keep the bizarre car used by Steve Urkel. He stores it in his mom's garage.
Phaneron
28th Sep 2021
Family Matters (1989)
28th Sep 2021
Family Matters (1989)
Trivia: The glasses Jaleel White used for Steve Urkel actually belonged to his father.
28th Sep 2021
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: During a panel at the 2021 FanX event in Salt Lake City, Will Friedle revealed that due to his unusual accent, several cast members mistakenly believed that William Daniels was English for the first few years they knew him. At the same panel, Daniels said he developed the accent from being around other stage performers when he was around 15 years old.
28th Sep 2021
The Goonies (1985)
Revealing mistake: When Stef blindsides Mama Fratelli with a punch to the face, you can see Mama Fratelli reach up and grab her face before the punch lands. (01:34:30)
28th Sep 2021
Family Matters (1989)
Trivia: When this show first went into syndication, a market in New England declined to pick it up, thinking it wouldn't be popular with their demographics. They ended up providing the show for free with the agreement that the market would end up paying for the broadcasting rights if the show reached a certain ratings threshold.
28th Sep 2021
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: Other actors considered for the role of Eric were Rider Strong's brother Shiloh, and Jason Marsden. Marsden would later appear in the series as Eric's high school friend, also named Jason Marsden.
28th Sep 2021
Impractical Jokers (2011)
28th Sep 2021
Family Matters (1989)
Trivia: The Family Matters set shared a basketball court with the set of E.R. Jaleel White revealed that he would play George Clooney one-on-one wearing suspenders while Clooney would be wearing scrubs.
28th Sep 2021
Boy Meets World (1993)
Trivia: William Daniels accepted the role of Mr. Feeny on the condition that the character be treated with respect and dignity, as opposed to being a buffoonish foil for the main characters that was more common for teachers in sitcoms around the time.
27th Sep 2021
Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)
24th Sep 2021
Impractical Jokers (2011)
20th Sep 2021
Family Matters (1989)
Trivia: Jaleel White broke and permanently disfigured his right-hand pinky finger while filming this episode.
15th Sep 2021
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
14th Sep 2021
The Goonies (1985)
10th Sep 2021
Venom (2018)
Trivia: Tom Hardy is known for previously portraying another comic book character as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. In the comics, Bane enhances his strength with a drug coincidentally called Venom.
4th Sep 2021
Game of Thrones (2011)
The Mountain and the Viper - S4-E8
Trivia: Towards the end of this episode, Tyrion and Jaime have a discussion about their brain-damaged cousin Orson. This is supposedly a swipe at Ender's Game author Orson Scott Card, who is a harsh critic of the show.
4th Sep 2021
Drive (2011)
Trivia: Following the film's release, a Michigan woman filed a lawsuit against the distributor for damages, alleging that the film's trailers were misleading and presented it as being a car-racing action film in the vein of the Fast and Furious movies. She also alleged that the film promoted violence against members of the Jewish faith.
31st Aug 2021
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
31st Aug 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Trivia: Valentina Allegra de Fontaine was originally supposed to make her debut appearance in Black Widow, but due to that film's release being delayed multiple times because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she ended up making her debut in this series instead.
31st Aug 2021
Step by Step (1991)
Trivia: After completing a day of filming on September 3 1996, Brandon Call, who played JT, was shot in both arms in a traffic altercation. Christine Lakin said on the Pod Meets World podcast that she believes the incident made Call decide he no longer wanted to be in the spotlight. He retired from acting following the conclusion of Step by Step, which lends some credence to her theory.
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