Back in those halcyon days when Chuck E. Cheese's actually considered their animatronic characters to be the main attraction they went through many different characters and acts, to keep the show as fresh as their pizza.
Characters like Crusty the Cat, Madame Oink and Foxy Colleen weren't in the spotlight for long, but their memory will live on in the greasy hearts of their robotic pizza band lovin' fans.
Most film productions go through a casting period that can take weeks, if not months, as the producers make sure they hire the right talent for the job by having multiple actors try out for the roles.
This is a pretty normal part of the movie making process, but some filmmakers don't want to deal with the whole casting call at all- because they already know exactly who they want to play the role.
As you'll see in this video by Looper the Hellboy movies were written with Ron Perlman in mind for the lead, and the role of Drax the Destroyer in Guardians Of The Galaxy was only offered to Dave Bautista.
But John Carpenter's casting of Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live seemed strange to some at the time, and now we can't imagine anyone else kicking ass and chewing bubblegum quite like Rowdy Roddy!
We previously wrote about a ranking of all the best rides at Disney World, but if you happen to live closer to the West Coast, you might find yourself visiting Disneyland far more often. If you're wondering what the best rides at Disneyland happen to be, then you won't want to miss this Travel and Leisure article. Of course, everyone's personal opinion will vary -for example, while I love Splash Mountain, I think it's nowhere near the best ride at the park, and Autopia desesrves to be way further down on the list.
The more popular the character the less they need to announce their identity, because when a big badass in a shiny black helmet or a walking, talking tree approaches someone they know exactly who they're looking at.
That being said, there is one instance when famous pop culture characters like Groot or Darth Vader would need a business card to give to people- when said character wants to offer their services.
The intro to the Marvel/Netflix series Daredevil is so bloody cool looking it's the perfect intro for such a great show, but the origin of the intro remains hidden due to licensing restrictions.
What the fine folks at Netflix don't want you to know, as pointed out by comic artist Dragonarte, is that DD was hangin' around with Batman and Spider-Man when the paint came pouring down.
They also don't want you to know that the trio moonlight as painters because their superhero gigs ain't payin' the bills...
Ever since the US entered World War II, many average Americans have longed to beat up Nazis and that dream is stronger right now than it has been for years. If you love the idea of punching a Nazi in the face, but don't want to do it yourself, then you might want to live vicariously through the movies. Over on Collider, you can see a list of the best movies where Nazis get beat up, ranging from the obvious -like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or Inglorious Basterds, to lesser know films -like Dead Snow and Green Room.
Fans are always obsessing about what it would be like if their favorite pop culture characters came together in a TV show crossover episode, but due to licensing restrictions and greed this almost never happens.
Back in the 80s and 90s it was a bit easier for pop culture franchises to come together, so we got to see Sabrina the Teenage Witch on Boy Meets World, Fresh Prince's cousin Hilary paid a visit to Blossom, and Urkel hung out with the Tanners on Full House.
Fans were naturally very excited about these crossover events, and it became a bit of a trend for TV shows to have a crossover event, even if it made no sense.
But do you know which TV crossover event made more sense than any other TV crossover ever?
You don't have to write an entire novel or short story to scare someone's pants off, and true masters of horror can make our skin crawl with a few words, much less an entire sentence.
But the freaky folks who contribute to the subreddit TwoSentenceHorror are proving that a two-sentence long story is the easiest way to get into somebody's head without using a power drill.
After all horror isn't about gimmicks, monsters or bodily dismemberment- it's about the psychological effects words and imagery have on the human mind, and nothing leaves a mental scar quite like a good tale of terror.
Pop culture iconography is something that will live on long after people have forgotten what the corresponding storylines were all about, becoming symbols of the past prized for their visual appeal.
And, as digital artist Filip Hodas shows us in his awesome artwork, the symbols of pop culture look really cool whether they're shiny and new or wasting away in a post apocalyptic world.
Filip's artwork features well known icons such as Pac-Man, Bender and Hello Kitty as apocalyptic ruins, where they live on as shelters and symbols of hope in an otherwise bleak and barren landscape.
And while most of these icons look a whole lot worse for wear they retain the visual appeal that made them so popular before the world fell apart.
As an avid board gamer I'm constantly amazed by how many great games are out there, and whether they're simple enough for kids to play or so complex adults have a hard time playing the great games keep on coming.
But back in the board game dark ages stores were full of games that were neither fun to play nor good looking, and companies like Milton Bradley would just slap a licensed character on the box and call it a day.
Did anybody ever ask for a Do The Urkel, A Day With Ziggy or Where's The Beef? board game? Hell no, and yet Milton Bradley made them anyway, and judging by the Urkel game's board layout MB also made kids hate their parents for buying them such a garbage game.
And speaking of garbage- what kid wouldn't want to play a game called Town Dump? And what could be more fun than a safe family board game about safety? It's a safe bet many copies of Let's Be Safe! found their way into town dumps across America...
Some would say it's better to crash and burn than fade away, but I think these iconic actors would have disagreed, and they deserved better roles as their final on-screen performances.
Bela Lugosi is best known by his true fans as the first and finest Count Dracula, but Tim Burton's biopic Ed Wood introduced a new generation to Bela for all the wrong reasons- his appearances in Plan 9 From Outer Space and Glen Or Glenda.
Both movies were unbearably bad, but at least Bela got to deliver one of the greatest monologues in movie history!
Joan Crawford went from being one of Hollywood's greatest and most revered actresses to playing second fiddle to a guy in a gorilla suit in the ultra-cheesy sci-fi flick Trog.
If you're a Joan Crawford or Bette Davis fan you should check out the FX series Feud: Bette And Joan, the Trog scene was particularly poignant after watching Joan's career end...badly.
But the worst send off of them all has to be Raul Julia's final on-screen appearance as M. Bison in Street Fighter: The Movie- Raul agreed to do the film because his grandchildren loved the video game so much.
Raul delivers an amazing performance in this less than mediocre movie even though he was battling cancer during the filming. He passed away shortly after the movie was finished at the age of 54.
Little girls go gaga over seeing their favorite Disney princesses when they go to a Disney theme park, but few of us really think much about the actresses that play these iconic characters. As it turns out, there a log of interesting things that go into getting them to play the role just right. For example, did you know they have to go through voice training in order to do the role just right? Or that they have to reaudition every year?
You have to admit, that will work when everyone you're playing with is right there in the room anyway. How many cats are playing the same game right now anyway? When cats chat, does that make them French cats? And what are they going to say besides "meow"? This comic is by Samantha Whitten, who says,
Personally, I’m in favor of not having voice chat, but it’s fun to tease Nintendo about being so far behind the times.
There are many wonders to be seen in the ocean, but when you're famous cartoons like Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse and Goofy your expectations are much higher than that of the average human- with good reason.
Living in a cartoon means anything can happen, and any kind of creature imaginable can appear in the illustrated ocean, from a realistic render to something totally bizarro that could only exist as a 'toon.
So when the trio jump in Doctor Von Drake's submarine ride to see what lies under the sea they're sorely disappointed by the lack of aquatic characters...until they go deeper, deeper, DEEPER!
Andy Warhol is often portrayed as a cold, emotionless character who also constantly seems a bit addle minded, but this stereotypical portrayal doesn't really do the man justice. In real life Andy had many sides to his life and his personality, and he was quite the fun loving fellow when he felt like kicking up his Beatle boots.
He was a fan of pro wrestling, appeared in music videos for The Cars and even made an uncredited appearance in Tootsie, but his 1985 appearance on The Love Boat is really out there- even for Warhol.
Here's more about Season 9, Episode 3, entitled “Hidden Treasure / Picture from the Past / Ace’s Salary”:
An all-star cast, including Andy Warhol, Andy Griffith, and Milton Berle, helps the crew celebrate the ship’s two-hundredth voyage. In “Picture from the Past,” Warhol, as himself, offers to select a passenger as the subject of his next portrait. Marion Ross plays a former Warhol superstar who fears the artist will recognize her and reveal her secret past to her disapproving, conservative husband, played by Tom Bosley.
After The Love Boat episode was aired, he complained to a friend that people in Hollywood were “idiots.” They didn’t buy art, he said. They stank.
