Barney Miller made a shabby police station and a terrible pot of coffee into some of the funniest television of the 70s. But the people making it saw a side of Danny Arnold viewers never did. And some of their stories make you wonder how they kept coming back.
Christina Applegate had spent years telling people what it was like to live with multiple sclerosis. Then a doctor told her she didn’t have it. People around her were happy. Applegate wasn’t.
Columbo and Murder, She Wrote couldn’t have been more different—one smelled like rain-soaked asphalt and coffee; the other like tea and typewriter ink. Yet both solved murders that left entire generations glued to the couch. Now, let’s settle it once and for all: trench coat vs. typewriter....
In 1974, Hollywood star Jack Nicholson discovered a shocking family secret when a reporter revealed that his supposed sister was actually his mother, changing everything he knew about his childhood.
Before they became famous Hollywood faces, these actors and actresses lent their voices to hit records, often without audiences realizing who was singing.
They were on your television every week, getting laughs and sometimes stealing scenes from the people whose names appeared first in the credits. Do you remember their characters? How about their actual names? Can you get to 5?
There were so many shows that even die-hard fans couldn’t keep up—and some gems (and not so gems) just slipped through the cracks in our collective memories. From talking bunnies to bizarre dramas, here are 35 shows from the ’90s you probably totally forgot about (until now).
Carol Wayne could get a laugh out of Johnny Carson before she’d even finished a sentence. Millions knew her face, her voice, and exactly what kind of trouble she brought to his sketches. Then came a trip to Mexico—and a final few days that people are still trying to piece together.
On TV, The Brady Bunch was pure blended family bliss—six kids, two perfect parents, and a dog who never aged. But when the cameras stopped rolling, real life was anything but squeaky clean. Secret romances, bitter feuds, career-crushing choices… the Brady house had its share of drama.
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