70s Show facts
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Wilmer Valderrama purchased the Vista Cruiser used on "That '70s Show" for $500 when the series ended.
Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Eric Foreman's older sister on That 70s Show, had a major drinking and drug problem. She was replaced on the show and eventually overdosed on drugs in rehab.
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That. in the US, the "we'll be back after these messages" often seen during kid shows of the '70s, '80s, and '90s were mandated by the FCC to help children differentiate between the TV show and commercials.
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That. in the US, the "we'll be back after these messages" often seen during kid shows of the '70s, '80s, and '90s were mandated by the FCC to help children differentiate between the TV show and commercials.
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The Dead Kennedy's started to attract an unwanted group neo-nazi punk fans in the late 70s. They released the single "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" as a response to white-power skinheads attending their shows.
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Francis from Malcolm in the Middle (Christopher Masterson), Hyde from That 70s Show (Danny Masterson), and Tara from The Walking Dead (Alanna Masterson) are all siblings.
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B.B. King performed an average of 200 shows per year up until his 70s, and in 1956 alone he appeared at 342 shows
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You were supposed to be 18 to audition for That 70s Show. Mila Kunis was only 14, so she told casting directors that was "going to be 18," without saying when. It was technically true and she got the part.
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When That 70s Show started, the directors required all actors to be 18 or older. Mila Kunis, 14 at the time, told the casting directors she would be 18 but did not say when. Ashton Kutcher, Kunis' boyfriend in the show, was 20 years old at that time.
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If a similar show launched today that went as far back as That 70s Show did when it first aired, it'd be about a group of high schoolers in 1994.
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The British show "Days Like These" was a nearly word-for-word remake of "That 70s show". Ten episodes aired.
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70s Show" was set 22 years in the past. If a nostalgic show like it aired this fall, it would be set in the year 1994.
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The show Takeshi's Castle aka MXC originally aired from 1986-1990 and the original presenters are now in their 70s
Mila Kunis was just 14 when she got the role of Jackie Burkhart in the show 'That '70s Show' claiming that she was turning 18 years old. - source
That, while it had 8 seasons, That '70s Show took place over the span of just over 3 and a half years - source
In the 70s the US government sprayed Paraquat (a poisonous herbicide) on marijuana fields in Mexico in order to help stop drug issues in Mexico however much of the treated plants showed up in the US market
"rural purge", a mass cancellation of rural tv shows in the 70s to please the growing urban and suburban market - source
70s Show" was the only series to debut on Fox in 1998 that was not quickly cancelled
The character's name Fez from That 70s Show stands for Foreign Exchange Student because his real name was too hard to pronounce.
The writers and performers of That 70s Show theme song, "In the Street," Alex Chilton and Chris Bell were payed exactly $70 in royalties each time the show aired.
In the 60s and 70s two rival pornographic magazines, Playboy and Penthouse, pushed each other to reveal more of the female body without being too crude by showing the female nether regions. This rivalry was dubbed "The Pubic Wars".
The most watched TV shows of the past decades in the US were the final episodes of The Fugitive (60s), Roots (70s), *M*A*S*H* (80s), Cheers (90s) and Friends (00s). The most watched show of the current decade is an episode of Undercover Boss.
The Dukes of Hazzard, a popular 70s TV show and later a movie, was set in Georgia. Hazzard County does not actually exist.
