- ...that 2006 novel Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead, was featured among The New York Times' 100 Most Notable Books of The Year?
- ... that Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure featured Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness in "strange but quintessentially British sporting events", such as cheese rolling and bog snorkelling?
- ... that the actual newspaper article written by the journalist in the Parks and Recreation episode "The Reporter" was featured as a PDF file on the official NBC website?
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- ...that the book South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today analyzes the animated television comedy series South Park using philosophical concepts?
- ...that David Letterman parodied Werner Erhard in the 1978 Mork & Mindy episode Mork Goes Erk?
- ...that the Simpsons short Good Night aired April 19, 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show and was the first ever appearance of the Simpson family on television?
- ...that the book The Psychology of The Simpsons uses this TV series to analyze topics in psychology including clinical psychology, cognition and Pavlovian conditioning?
- ...that The Simpsons' history began when Matt Groening conceived of the dysfunctional family in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office?
- ...that the title of Dan Castellaneta's album of comedy sketches I Am Not Homer is a parody of Leonard Nimoy's first autobiography I Am Not Spock?
- ...that The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer, a book that analyzes the The Simpsons using philosophical concepts, is the main textbook in philosophy courses offered at some universities?
- ...that Richard Hanley's book South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating analyzes issues of applied ethics as presented in South Park?
- ...that the television adaptation of the BBC Radio 2 sitcom Teenage Kicks, originally for BBC Two, has been taken over by ITV?
- ...that the fight scene between Peter Griffin and a giant chicken on Family Guy episode Blind Ambition was originally created for the episode Cleveland Loretta Quagmire?
- ...that Black Entertainment Television comedy series We Got to Do Better, had its name changed from Hot Ghetto Mess amidst allegations of enforcing negative stereotypes of African Americans?
- ...that German rock band Grobschnitt have incorporated pyrotechnics and sketch comedy into their extended performances since the mid-1970s?
- ...that Roger Wilmut went on from typing out the episode list of a BBC comedy show to become a Guardian Top 10 author of books about British comedy?
- ...that Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy The School for Scandal has been widely admired, but also criticized for hints of anti-Semitism, particularly regarding its references to Jewish moneylenders?
- ...that despite $170m spent on security, Australian comedy group The Chaser managed to enter the restricted zone of the 2007 APEC Summit in a fake motorcade?
- ...that NHS Together, a group of unions which support Britain's National Health Service, are supported by celebrities such as football (soccer) player Geoff Hurst, adventurer Ranulph Fiennes, actress Tamsin Greig and comedian Arthur Smith?
- ...that Edward Laurillard produced musical comedies in London and New York City in the early 20th century, in partnership with George Grossmith Jr.?
- ...that the Jacobean play The Widow's Tears is thought to be the last comedy written by George Chapman?
- ..that numerous references to Wikipedia on The Colbert Report, an American satirical comedy series, defined the word Wikiality, as "Truth by consensus, rather than fact"?
- ...that English actor, singer and playwright Arthur Williams, best remembered for his comic operas, Edwardian musical comedies and musical burlesques, played over 1,000 roles in his career?
- ...that musical theatre star Phyllis Dare published her autobiography in 1907, but continued to perform in Edwardian musical comedy and on stage until 1951?
- ...that Graham Linehan, co-creator of Father Ted, made his directorial debut with the comedy horror short film Hello Friend?
- ...that the Greek Phlyax plays of South Italy might have been an influence on Roman comedies of Plautus?
- ...that the first feature film of director Paul Verhoeven is Business Is Business, a 1971 comedy film about two prostitutes in Amsterdam?
- ...that the low alcohol beer Buckler was taken out of the market in the Netherlands after sales dropped as a result of the negative image created by comedian Youp van 't Hek in 1989?
- ...that the 1932 comedy Pojkarna på Storholmen, starring Fridolf Rhudin, is one of the most successful Swedish films in history?
- ...that Lor Tok, a Thai comedian and actor, had roles in more than 1,000 films from the 1930s to the 1980s?
- ...that the 1983 rock and roll comedy film Get Crazy was a tribute to the famed Fillmore East theater, where director Allan Arkush once worked as an usher?
- ...that Australian soprano Gladys Moncrieff performed her famous role as Teresa in the musical comedy The Maid of the Mountains about 2800 times?
- ...that Blackadder Goes Forth, the final series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder, is noted for its sensitive depiction of World War I trench warfare and was placed 16th in the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute?
- ...that Private Passions, a weekly classical music programme on BBC Radio 3, has occasionally featured interviews with hoax characters played by comedian John Sessions?
- ...that Albanian nationalist Andon Zako Çajupi practiced as a lawyer in Cairo as well as writing a comedy attacking the tradition of arranged marriages?
- ...that Charlie Williams, one of the first black football players in Britain after the Second World War and later Britain's first well-known black comedian, responded to heckling by saying: "If you don't shut up, I'll come and move in next door to you"?
- ...that the stump speech of the blackface minstrel show was a precursor to modern stand-up comedy?
- ...that the The Colgate Comedy Hour was a musical variety television show that ran on the NBC television network from November 1950 to December 1956, and was the first NTSC color television broadcast?
- ...that the music video for the Fiona Apple song "Not about Love" (2006) features comedian Zach Galifianakis, and was filmed in and around his neighborhood?
- ...that although the director of Bollywood comedy Malamaal Weekly has offered money to anyone who can show that it is not an original work, several reviewers have labelled it a remake of Waking Ned?
- ...that Catherine the Great wrote several comedies and an opera libretto for the productions of the Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg?
- ...that Robin Williams' A Night at the Met won a Grammy for Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical?
- ...that the first volume of printed strips from the furry "Slice-of-life" webcomic A Doemain of Our Own won the 2006 Ursa Major Award for "Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work"?
- ...that the sitcom pilot Free Agents is likely to become the third show from Channel 4's Comedy Showcase to be given a full series?
- ...that the six episodes of the Japanese original video animation series FLCL were produced by the FLCL Production Committee, which included Gainax, Production I.G, and Starchild Records?
- ...that the new BBC Two sitcom Never Better has been unfavourably compared with other dark sitcoms such as Curb Your Enthusiasm and Lead Balloon?
- ...that British comedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie made one of their earliest television appearances in their 1983 television pilot The Crystal Cube, a show the BBC hated?
- ...that Blackadder II, the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, contains many tongue-in-cheek references to the plays of William Shakespeare?
- ...that according to TV critic Gareth McLean, none of the Britons featured in the Channel 4 documentary series New Hero of Comedy are "Heroes"?
- ...that Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer made their sitcom debut with their 1992 Channel 4 pilot The Weekenders?
- ...that Maturinus was the patron saint of jesters, comic actors, and clowns during the Middle Ages?
- ...that 2006 novel Apex Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead, was featured among The New York Times' 100 Most Notable Books of The Year?
- ...that Quite Interesting Limited provides the research for UK TV programme QI and The Museum of Curiosity?
- ...that screenwriter Richard Baer's writing credits for television included twenty-three episodes of Bewitched and five episodes of The Munsters?
- ...that The Curse of Steptoe, a 2008 television play based upon the making of the BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son, gained the highest audience figures to date for BBC Four?
- ...that Groucho Marx joined Hillcrest Country Club even though it was willing to have him as a member?
- ...that television critics have speculated as to how the 30 Rock episode "MILF Island" will avoid explaining the meaning of "MILF" since the last letter stands for an obscene word?
- ... that Heinrich Böll's humorous short story Anekdote zur Senkung der Arbeitsmoral was written for a May Day broadcast on the Norddeutscher Rundfunk?
- ... that the people of the planet Krikkit are the main antagonists in the Douglas Adams novel, Life, the Universe and Everything?
- ... that Walter Brennan starred in the 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Tycoon as an eccentric chairman of the board of the fictitious Thunder Corporation?
- ... that all four stars of Starved, an FX sitcom about eating disorders, struggled with eating disorders themselves, a fact unknown to producers until after casting?
- ... that Bethany Black has been described as "Britain's only goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian"?
- ... that the British radio sitcom Safety Catch is built around the moral dilemmas of a man who inadvertently became an arms dealer?
- ... that a scene from "Rosemary's Baby", an episode of 30 Rock featuring Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan, was described by one critic as "one of the funniest scenes ... on TV this season"?
- ... that Rachel Dratch lost the role of 30 Rock character Jenna Maroney to Jane Krakowski, but later appeared as a maid in the 30 Rock episode The Aftermath?
- .. that comedian Al Madrigal's first television series, The Ortegas, was dropped from the Fox Network schedule in 2003 before any episodes were broadcast?
- ... that the 30 Rock episode "Somebody to Love" was the first scripted series, which aired during the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, to actually make reference to the strike?
- ... that T-shirts which featured Jane Krakowski as Jenna Maroney, which were seen in a 30 Rock episode entitled "Jack Gets in the Game", were made commercially available by NBC?
- ... that the 1946 Mexican film Boom in the Moon starring Buster Keaton was not commercially released in the United States until 1983?
- ... that the episode of 30 Rock titled "Sandwich Day" was actress Johnnie May's second appearance in the series, after playing a blood donations nurse in the episode "Tracy Does Conan"?
- ... that the satirist Stephen Colbert has a species of spider called Aptostichus stephencolberti named after him?
- ... that an episode of 30 Rock, "Jack the Writer", contained a reference to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, which both revolve around the off-camera happenings on a sketch comedy series?
- ... that the 30 Rock episode "Secrets and Lies" was performed live at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre to show support for the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike?
- ... that during the 30 Rock episode "Cleveland", scenes set in Cleveland, Ohio were actually filmed in Battery Park City in Manhattan?
- ... that "Jack-Tor", an episode of 30 Rock, was the first episode of the series to air as part of NBC's "Comedy Night Done Right"?
- ... that in the 30 Rock episode "Fireworks", series writers Kay Cannon and Dave Finkel briefly appeared as a married couple?
- ... that Kay Cannon, a writer for 30 Rock, appeared in an episode of the series "Episode 209", as a Human Table?
- ... that 22-year-old ski jumper Anette Sagen played the mother of 70-year-old Bård Owe in the Norwegian movie O' Horten?
- ... that On the conditions and possibilities of Helen Clark taking me as her young lover, a satirical book on the Prime Minister of New Zealand, was described as a treatise of "sociology, psychoanalysis and cringe-making erotica"?
- ... that the 2008 Hindi comedy film C Kkompany marks the directorial debut of scriptwriter Sachin Yardi?
- ... that the episodes of the BBC 7 sitcom Knocker have titles such as "Privinvasionacy", "Obselejectivitysence" and "Confidentialitydence"?
- ... that Rory and Paddy's Great British Adventure featured Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness in "strange but quintessentially British sporting events", such as cheese rolling and bog snorkelling?
- ...that while they were part of the hit television war sitcom Dad's Army, Arthur Lowe and Ian Lavender were also acting in the radio series Parsley Sidings?
- ... that Welsh comedienne Gladys Morgan was renowned for her toothless, ear-splitting, infectious laugh?
- ... that the science-based panel game The What in the World? Quiz guest stars appearances from The Naked Scientists?
- ... that Stephen Fry's Podgrams are one of the top five most downloaded podcasts from iTunes?
- ... that a Saturday Night Live sketch, featuring Amy Poehler and Tina Fey as Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin respectively, was dismissed by Palin's spokeswoman as "sexist"?
- ... that the 1935 short subject Alibi Bye Bye was the last film appearance of the comedy team of Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough?
- ... that deadpan comedian Kevin Wu was one of three Asians under the age of 21 to be in the top five of YouTube's all time most subscribed in 2008?
- ... that Mickey Rooney won a Golden Globe Award in 1964 for his ABC sitcom Mickey?
- ... that British actress Glynis Johns appeared in the short-lived 1963 CBS sitcom called Glynis, in which she played a mystery writer, with Keith Andes as her lawyer-husband?
- ... that the pilot edition of the BBC Radio 7 comedy A Series of Psychotic Episodes was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award?
- ... that when ABC's Birmingham, Alabama, affiliate WBMA-LP refused to air the Ellen coming out episode "The Puppy Episode", a local LGBT group sold out a 5,000-seat theatre so people could watch it via satellite?
- ... that Jeffrey Blitz wrote Rocket Science based on his own adolescence despite claiming to be "allergic" to autobiographical films?
- ... that the first episode of the third season of 30 Rock is currently the most watched episode of the series?
- ... that Leaving Springfield is a non-fiction anthology of essays analyzing the impact of the television program The Simpsons on society?
- ... that stand-up comedian Tommy Johnagin achieved two personal career goals within one year: to appear on the Late Show with David Letterman and to host his own Comedy Central Presents special?
- ... that the comedy film Skills Like This, created by a first-time director, won the award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2007 South by Southwest film festival?
- ... that the Family Guy episode "Ocean's Three and a Half" includes the actual audio of Christian Bale's outburst on the set of Terminator Salvation, making it appear to be directed at Peter Griffin?
- ... that the South Park episode The Ring parodies the Jonas Brothers and the marketing tactics of Walt Disney Company in using the band to pledge abstinence?
- ... that The Simpsons episode "In the Name of the Grandfather", scheduled to debut on Sky One, will be the first episode of the show to air in Ireland before airing in the United States?
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- ... that despite attracting the highest ratings ever for a comedy show debut on BBC Three, Horne & Corden was described by one critic as, "about as funny as credit default swaps"?
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- ... that in Advanced Banter, the QI book of quotations, Alan Davies wrote the following proverb: "A small pie is soon eaten"?
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- ... that Jim Cramer's appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart led to The Daily Show website's highest day of traffic in 2009?
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- ... that the "Golden Ticket" episode of the U.S. version of The Office was watched by 7.7 million viewers, tying with Grey's Anatomy for number one among the broadcast networks in adults 18–34?
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- ... that the 1962 ABC sitcom Mr. Smith Goes to Washington featured a television appearance by the pantomime artist Harpo Marx?
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- ... that the South Park episode "The Coon" spoofs such dark comic book movies as The Dark Knight, The Spirit and Watchmen?
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- ... that the mockumentary Male Restroom Etiquette is the most viewed Sims video on YouTube?
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- ... that the 1957–1958 CBS sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve featured Howard Duff and Ida Lupino, then married to each other in real life, as a fictitious husband/wife acting duo living in Beverly Hills?
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- ... that Entertainment Weekly reported comedian Ellie Kemper is set to take on the role of Dunder Mifflin receptionist in NBC's U.S. version of The Office?
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- ... that "New Boss" is the first of six episodes of the U.S. version of The Office with appearances by The Wire actor Idris Elba?
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- ... that the South Park episode "Margaritaville" portrays Kyle as a Jesus-like savior of the U.S. economy during the recession?
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- ... that eight years before being cast in I Dream of Jeannie, Barbara Eden portrayed the former Marilyn Monroe role of Loco Jones in the syndicated TV series How to Marry a Millionaire?
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- ... that two of The Office protagonists quit Dunder Mifflin, the paper company they work for throughout the U.S. version of the series, in the episode "Two Weeks"?
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- ... that the parody novel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies combines Jane Austen's 1813 classic, Pride and Prejudice, with elements of zombie fiction?
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- ... that a focus group report heavily critical of the "Pilot" episode of the NBC show Parks and Recreation was leaked to the media one month before the show aired?
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- ... that actress India de Beaufort prepared for her exotic dance in the Kröd Mändoon episode "Golden Powers" by studying pole dancing at a Hungarian strip club?
Portal:Comedy/Did you know/117
- ... that to create an authentic fantasy setting in the Kröd Mändoon pilot episode "Wench Trouble", costumes were built without zippers or velcro and weapons were built by an ancient weapon replica specialist?
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- ... that Private Eye said the reason Margaret Thatcher dropped Patrick Cosgrave as her advisor was that he had vomited on her?
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- ... that the Kröd Mändoon episode "Our Bounties Ourselves" included an almost verbatim parody of George W. Bush's famous "Fool me once" speech gaffe?
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- ... that openly gay actor John Barrowman was one of the final candidates for the role of the gay character Will in the pilot episode of Will & Grace, but lost to heterosexual Eric McCormack for not being "gay enough"?
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- ... that the day the Parks and Recreation episode "Canvassing" aired on NBC, it captured almost one million viewers more than its direct ABC time-slot competitor, Samantha Who?
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- ... that the 1957–1958 CBS sitcom Dick and the Duchess was one of the few American television series filmed in England?
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- ... that the first series of British radio stand-up comedy show Mark Steel's in Town was recorded in Skipton, Boston, Lewes, Walsall, Merthyr Tydfil and the Isle of Portland?
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- ... that the actual newspaper article written by the journalist in the Parks and Recreation episode "The Reporter" was featured as a PDF file on the official NBC website?
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- ... that the 1905 film The Misadventure of a French Gentleman Without Pants at the Zandvoort Beach is one of the oldest surviving Dutch fictional films?
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- ... that in the comic fantasy sitcom ElvenQuest, "The Chosen One" who will find the sacred Sword of Asnagar is a dog called "Amis"?
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- ... that Golden Raspberry Awards founder John Wilson's marketing work has included publicity for the Academy Awards?
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- ... that the Indiana-based Upland Brewing Company provided beer bottles and props to lend Indiana authenticity to the "Boys' Club" episode of Parks and Recreation?
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- ... that Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! won the 2009 Sony Radio Academy Gold Award for comedy?
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- ... that Nobel Laureate George Smoot, whose work cemented the Big Bang theory, made a cameo appearance on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory in the episode "The Terminator Decoupling"?
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- ... that "Thrilla in the Villa", the first season finale of Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire, was seen by 858,000 households, about half the viewership of the season premiere one month earlier?
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- ... that Adam and Joe on BBC 6 Music won the Broadcasting Press Guild award for Radio Programme of the Year in its first six months of broadcast?
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- ... that Bronson Pinchot spent three months visiting psychics to prepare for his role in the 1989 comedy film Second Sight?
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- ... that Sugar Babies, conceived by Ralph G. Allen, was based on his collection of more than 5,000 comedy sketches?
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- ... that the nominees for the 25th Golden Raspberry Awards were announced by founder John Wilson at a book signing for The Official Razzie Movie Guide?
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- ... that US TV series Parks and Recreation season finale "Rock Show" received positive reviews but the lowest ratings of the season, with only 4.25 million households tuning in?
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- ... that the audio series The Dongle of Donald Trefusis by Stephen Fry went to No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart when it was released for download in 2009?
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- ... that the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Newfangle has been described by different sources as being set in either 100,000 B.C. or two million years ago?
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- ... that Matt Kirshen's Bigipedia article on the "Bee Whisperer" was inspired by an article found using the random article function on Wikipedia?
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- ... that Britney Spears' guest appearance in the Will & Grace episode "Buy, Buy Baby" was her first acting performance on prime-time television?
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- ... that the melody of the title track of Neil Innes' album How Sweet to Be an Idiot was plagiarised by Oasis for their 1994 single "Whatever" and Innes now receives royalties and a co-writing credit?
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- ... that Hitchcon, a convention celebrating the 30th anniversary of the publication of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, will feature a live commentary on Twitter given by Marvin the Paranoid Android?
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- ... that five years before he was cast as banker Theodore J. Mooney on The Lucy Show, Gale Gordon played the co-owner of a department store on the NBC sitcom Sally?
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- ... that nine years before being cast as J. Homer Bedloe on CBS's Petticoat Junction, Charles Lane appeared as a hard-nosed newspaper editor in Peter Lawford's short-lived NBC sitcom, Dear Phoebe?
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- ... that stand-up comedian Louis CK appeared in the Parks and Recreation episode "The Stakeout" as a police officer attracted to Amy Poehler's main character?
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- ... that the Parks and Recreation episode "Beauty Pageant" was directed by Jason Woliner, who directed Parks star Aziz Ansari in the MTV sketch comedy show, Human Giant?
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- ... that the Parks and Recreation episode "Sister City" featured Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen in a guest role as the head of a visiting Venezuelan delegation?
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- ... that the season premiere of the fourth season of 30 Rock had 2.4 million fewer viewers than the premiere of the prior season?
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- ... that Alison Brie, whose character "Annie" debuted in the pilot episode of the sitcom Community, was chosen after the producers failed to find a Latina or Asian girl for the role?
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- ... that "Kaboom", an episode of NBC's Parks and Recreation, featured the real-life charity KaBOOM! as part of a multi-network television campaign to spotlight volunteerism?
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- ... that in 1988, Bill Cosby became the first recipient to accept a Golden Raspberry Award, for his work on the film Leonard Part 6?
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- ... that British comedian Tim FitzHigham was the first man to cross the English Channel in a bathtub?
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- ... that "Greg Pikitis", an episode of NBC's comedy series Parks and Recreation, featured actress Rashida Jones dressed as Raggedy Ann?
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- ... that British sitcom pilot Campus, which was written by six of the same writers who wrote Green Wing, is set in a red brick university whose motto is "With wings"?
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- ... that "Ron and Tammy", an episode of NBC's Parks and Recreation, features comedienne Megan Mullally playing the ex-wife of a character played by her real-life husband, Nick Offerman?
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- ... that Jody Trautwein, who attempted to convert Sacha Baron Cohen's character Brüno from his gay lifestyle, recently ran for mayor of Birmingham, Alabama?
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- ... that the Poison song "Unskinny Bop" was featured during a strip club scene in "Tom's Divorce", an episode of the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation?
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- ... that the satirical radio comedy The News at Bedtime is based on a column in Private Eye magazine?
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- ... that amongst the policies included in The People's Manifesto created by British satirist Mark Thomas are introducing a maximum wage and renaming Windsor "Lower Slough"?
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- ... that comedian Will Arnett starred alongside his real-life wife Amy Poehler in the Parks and Recreation episode, "The Set-Up"?
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- ... that the opening scene of the first episode of BBC Three sitcom Mongrels features cats eating the corpse of their dead owner?
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- ... that the comedic poetry album Tim Key. With a String Quartet. On a Boat. was made available only as a digital download and 1,000 vinyl records?
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- ... that Gulliver's Travels is reportedly the only book read by comedy writer Bill Dare, creator of BBC satirical radio comedy Brian Gulliver's Travels, while he was at university?
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- ... that the BBC producer and director of Bigipedia, David Tyler, is a member of the Labour Party?
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- ... that the top prize on Al Murray's Compete for the Meat is a frozen chicken?
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