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Did The Rookie: Feds Just Re-Use an Old The Following Script?

Brian Cronin — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:29:28 +0000

The latest episode of The Rookie: Feds feels like it was practically a new episode of The Following, a series The Rookies: Feds creator, Alexi Hawley, wrote for in the past

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Who Played Kelly and Bud on Married…With Children Before Christina Applegate and David Faustino?

Brian Cronin — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 21:35:17 +0000

In a look at early "test runs" for future pieces of pop culture, see the actors who played Kelly and Bud on Married...with Children BEFORE Christina Applegate and David Faustino got the roles.

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Picket Fences Beat There’s Something About Mary to The ‘Zipper Scene’ by Almost Three Years

Brian Cronin — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 03:05:16 +0000

In a look at early "test runs" for future pieces of pop culture, see how a Picket Fences episode featured a "zipper scene" years before There's Something About Mary did its famous zipper scene.

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Mr. Bean’s Creators Reflect on Friends Copying Their ‘Turkey on Head’ Gag

Brian Cronin — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 02:58:45 +0000

In a look at early "test runs" for future pieces of pop culture, see how Mr. Bean did Friends' "head in a turkey" gag almost six years earlier!

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Roger Moore First Played James Bond on TV Nearly a Decade Before His Bond Film Debut

Brian Cronin — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 04:26:41 +0000

In a look at early "test runs" for future pieces of pop culture, see Roger Moore's first appearance as James Bond...nearly a decade before his film debut as Bond!

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A-ha’s First Attempt at ‘Take On Me’ is Pretty Eerie

Brian Cronin — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 04:05:16 +0000

In a look at early "test runs" for future pieces of pop culture, see the first try by A-ha at "Take On Me," including a failed original music video!

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The Surprise Buffy Connection to George Harrison’s Hit Song, ‘Got My Mind Set On You’

Brian Cronin — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 17:26:24 +0000

In a look at early "test runs" for future pieces of pop culture, see the early version of George Harrison's music video for "Got My Mind Set On You"

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The Times Just Happened to Have a Reporter Along for the Creation of Friends

Brian Cronin — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 18:49:14 +0000

The New York Times had some amazing luck when the paper assigned a reporter to cover Marta Kauffman and David Crane's 1994 pilot season, never expecting it would involve the creation of Friends.

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