Best TV trivia of 1998

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Trivia: Kevin James, who plays lead character Doug, and Gary Valentine, who plays his cousin Danny, are in fact real life brothers, with Gary being over 4 yrs older.

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Trivia: The show was originally titled "Teenage Wasteland" or "The Kids Are Alright" but those were songs by The Who and, legally, Fox couldn't get permission to use them. They renamed the show "Feelin' Alright" to show the focus groups. However, nobody really liked the name. After the focus groups airing, the audience were heard saying they really liked that show about the 70's or that 70's show - and the name stuck.

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Election - S2-E2

Trivia: In the scene where the they are having a tenants meeting, the woman on the sofa tells Will that someone "stole" her umbrella, she says it's similar to the one Tim Kaiser has, and Tim Kaiser happens to be the show producer's name.

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Trivia: Chris Casamassa is the only person in the series to return as the same character (Scorpion) he played in the film.

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Trivia: During the Pokérap that appears after some episodes, nearly all of the Pokémon shown are the actual creatures, but Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Rhydon, Zapdos, and Kabutops that are shown are machines from Pokémon Island. Also, when Kabuto is shown, it isn't actually a Kabuto but Bill in Kabuto's costume.

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Trivia: The voice of Onizuka in the English dub of the series is provided by Steve Blum. However, he had to use an alias ("David Lucas") due to the show being a non-union job. Blum has since jokingly denied that he and Lucas are the same person, despite it being a well-known fact that they are.

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The Film Critic - S3-E1

Trivia: When Becker is at the movie theater, there are two movie posters in the background. One is Rugrats in Paris, which was released 1 month after this episode aired. The other is Deep Impact, which was released 2 years before this episode aired. Both movies and Becker were produced by Paramount.

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Trivia: Throughout the whole series, Oggy's house contains various disproportional rooms inside of it. For example, the living room inside of the house is literally twice the size of the house alone. What's hilarious is that Oggy used the living room only to watch TV.

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