15 Trivia Tidbits for Saturday, April 27, 2024

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29 Beloved Characters and Actors Who Got Catapulted Off the Airwaves for Bizarre Reasons

Some of our favorite actors and fictional buddies were just too good for this world, and simply dropped off into obscurity. Here’s to them! 

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THE GOONIES Chunk CRACKED.COM Actor Jeff Cohen went to law school at UCLA, then cofounded an entertainment law firm.

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HOOK Jack Banning CRACKED COM Actor Charles Korsmo got physics and law degrees from MIT and Yale, was named to a special scholarship board by President Obama, and currently teaches at a law school.

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Rick Moranis RICK MORANIS TheAgerophobie Comboy CRACKED.COM The quintessential 80's dweeb left the biz to care for his kids after his wife's death. Now that they're grown up, he's become an eclectic parody musician, releasing songs ranging from rap to country to Kermit the Frog.

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Tom Selleck CRACKED.COM Magnum P.I. moved out of the guest house and bought a farm. He's taken up avocado farming --even though he hates the fruit, yet finds it sexual, and was caught stealing public water to grow it.

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John Carpenter CRACKED.COM Once a legendary horror filmmaker, Carpenter has since released 2 albums and gone on tour with his 80's synth-pop project.

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Gene Hackman is GENE HACKMAN - - - - - NATIONAL Here Je would . always - P TV er www. HNG TO A NOVEL OF THE AMERICAN WEST PAYBACK AT MORNING PEAK CRACKED.COM The Oscar-winning actor has become a prolific author, cowriting three historical fiction novels with an undersea archaeologist, among others.

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HAIRSPRAY Tracy Turnblad CRACKED.COM Actress Nikki Blonsky, who played the lead in the 2007 remake, went on to become a hairdresser on Long Island.

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Daniel Day-Lewis CRACKED.COM The legendary method actor may have just been preparing for a role we never heard about, but he quit acting for 3 years to apprentice with a master cobbler in Italy, and became a shoemaker himself.

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MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Frankie Muniz TOY ESTONE Yo rss TOYOTA GRACKED.COM BRIDGESTONE The perpetually youthful child actor dabbled in everything from film production to indie bands, but was maybe most successful as an actual racecar driver for a few years.

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EVEN STEVENS Beans CRACKED.COM Actor Steven Anthony Lawrence now teaches acting seminars at USC and Berkeley, but still keeps up his performing chops (he was a Christmas elf at a California mall in 2015).

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A CHRISTMAS STORY Ralphie CRACKED.COM Actor Peter Billingsley is technically still in the biz -- he's produced on Iron Man, directed Couples Retreat, and made a brief appearance in Elf.

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THE NEVERENDING STORY Bastian CRACKED.COM Actor Barret Oliver got really into photography. Не teaches the subject, and became a published expert on Woodburytype printing.

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WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Charlie Bucket CRACKED.COM Actor Peter Ostrum bought a horse with some of his Wonka money, studied veterinary medicine at Cornell, and now practices horse medicine in upstate New York.

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Freddie Prinze Jr. W LIVE CRACKED.COM The 90's teenage heartthrob started getting into WWE, as a fan, when his career stalled. Не met Vince McMahon, who helped him get started as a writer, then producer, then director at the WWE.

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THE SHINING Danny Torrance CRACKED.COM Actor Danny Lloyd quit acting as a teen, and went on to teach biology at a community college in Kentucky.

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30 ROCK Josh Girard CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE After being phased out, he THE male returns briefly lead of just to lose an TGS. audition for his old job.

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HOUSE Dr. Cameron and Dr. Chase GRACKED COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Major Quietly characters; relegated to the members of background; House's took other jobs at the handpicked hospital. team.

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POWER RANGERS Bulk and Skull CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Spent a season Bad boy bullies; as chimps; the two longest consecutively finally written appearing out when the characters in Rangers go to the series. space.

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STRANGERS WITH CANDY Guy Blank GRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Main Killed off in castmember, the second always shown season; still silent and presumably silent and motionless in motionless. mid-action.

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LAW & ORDER: SVU Stabler's kids CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Two of them His four kids pop up about were regular once a year to remind everyone characters of their drug with distinct habits and personalities. thievery.

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COMMUNITY The Meddling Professor CRACKED.COM SEÑOR CHANG PROFESSOR DUNCAN FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Jon Oliver's lan Ken Jeong's Ben Chang, a manic Duncan, the oft drunk Psych Spanish teacher teacher whose life who makes life is made hell by hell for Winger Winger and CO. and CO.

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STRANGER THINGS The non-Hopper coppers GRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Deputies Powell and Callahan ...somebody pop up from check the time to time for upside comic relief and a little local down. flavor.

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Dan Briggs CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Went mysteriously IMF missing when Director actor Steven Hill's Orthodox Judaism and lead of prevented him from working on the show. Fridays.

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HOUSE OF CARDS Edward Meechum CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Has a quiet Trusted couple of bodyguard seasons and ...body before taking a bullet for guard. Frank.

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BOY MEETS WORLD Mr. Turner CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Unorthodox Accidentally young teacher encourages who always Shawn to join a manages to cult, before teach the boys disappearing a lesson... about completely. life.

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FAMILY MATTERS Judy Winslow GRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE The youngest Last seen at a family wedding in Winslow; an season 4, and then integral part never mentioned of the family, by anyone ever pre-Urkel. again.

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THE MUPPET SHOW Rowlf CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Main star, Eclipsed by Kermit; stopped leader of speaking The altogether after Jim Henson's Muppets. death.

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EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND Dave CRACKED COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Faxed a photo Raymond's pal of his ass to and coworker, Raymond; is played by rising star never seen Dave Attell. again.

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THREE'S COMPANY Chrissy Snow CRACKED.COM FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE Replaced by her Ditzy near-identical cousin blonde, because no one series wanted to work regular. with Suzanne Sommers.

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