Comedies

Who was the first host of Saturday Night Live?

Who was the first host of Saturday Night Live?

Whether you watched Bill Murray deliver a lounge version of the Star Wars theme, you were a fan of Da Bears, you partied on with Wanye and Garth, or whatever less funny stuff they do now, you have to give it to SNL in terms of just sheer longevity. The...

In Back to the Future, what name does Marty use in 1955?

In Back to the Future, what name does Marty use in 1955?

One thing I always wonder about when Marty McFly returns to 1985 and finds an altered timeline in which everything is totally awesome is why his parents don't seem to ever stop and mention how much he looks like their old friend who helped them get together back in 1955....

In Big, where was the iconic piano scene filmed?

In Big, where was the iconic piano scene filmed?

It seems like pretty much everyone involved with Big, while thinking it was a good movie, thought it would bomb at the box office. Among other issues, it was the fourth body-switch movie released within eight months. Albeit, this one featured the same person changing into another version of himself,...

What is Mrs. Doubtfire's first name?

What is Mrs. Doubtfire's first name?

What would you consider reasonable reasons to get a divorce? Most of us would probably say things like infidelity, drug addiction, and domestic violence fit the bill. Hell, even just general incompatibility. But if we're talking 1993's Mrs. Doubtfire, directed by Chris Columbus, that list also includes throwing your son...

What high school does Ferris Bueller attend?

What high school does Ferris Bueller attend?

Imagine if you found the principal of your high school trying to break into your house. I think I'd have the same reaction as Jeannie, Ferris' sister (played by Jennifer Grey). For some reason, the principal needed to be inside Ferris Bueller's room to prove, once and for all, that...

What was Butters’ original name on South Park?

What was Butters’ original name on South Park?

In an age when you can find any TV show from any era somewhere online and watch all of it (if you're willing to either watch some ads or shell out a little dough), it's clear just how much finding shows like South Park used to be a giant pain...

What song does Pee-wee Herman dance to in Pee-wee's Big Adventure?

What song does Pee-wee Herman dance to in Pee-wee's Big Adventure?

I'm not sure there will ever be another children's character as wonderfully strange and joyful as Pee-wee Herman, conceived and played brilliantly by the late, great Paul Reubens. Between The Pee-wee Herman Show, a stage show developed by Reubens that features more adult humor, and the children's TV series Pee-wee's...