I had NO IDEA that on HIMYM

[McGavin]

When I realized that New England is not an actual state and just a general area on the east coast.

I'm Canadian though so cut me slack aboot it.

[JLV]

Yoga Jones from Orange is the New Black is Patty Mayonnaise from Doug.

[JLV]

Wait what?! Snuffy is invisible??

[TrudyCampbell]

Snuffy really blew my mind, too!

And I don't understand why Bob Saget is older Ted. Why can't Ted just be older Ted?

[dcannie]

snuffy was only "invisible" until the follow that bird movie where the people finally meet him and believe big bird.

eta: i watched follow that bird on a loop for about a year. 

[noodleskooze]

I definitely watched "Follow that Bird" recently on Netflix in a fit of nostalgia.

[JLV]

Oooh yeah!!! I used to love Follow That Bird!!

I actually just bought it for DS.

[marcyiam]

1) That David Arquette is Scully thee parrot on Jake and the Neverland Pirates.
2) That Bot on Team Umizoomi is the 2nd lead on Blues Clues after the first guy left.
3) Twinkle Twinkle and the Alphabet song (and I think also Baa Baa Black Sheep) are all the same song

And a couple non-kid related:
I will preface this by saying I grew up in the middle of nowhere lol - but it wasn't until I moved away to college that I discovered 7-Eleven and Chuck E. Cheese were real. I had always assumed they were something made up to use on TV like they did for the 555 area code. Ummm...yeah. Oops.

[bonquiqui]

Sept 11, 2013 8:44:10 GMT -5 noodleskooze said:

I definitely watched "Follow that Bird" recently on Netflix in a fit of nostalgia.

This is magical, and I had to google what HIMYM was.  

[MrsAxilla]

That Walt on Breaking Bad is the dad from Malcolm in the Middle. I don't know how I missed that for three seasons.

[BaliHai]

I was pretty mind-blown when I realized that Lumiere was Jerry Orbach.

[BaliHai]

Sept 11, 2013 8:41:23 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Sept 11, 2013 8:39:36 GMT -5 dcannie said:

snuffy was only "invisible" until the follow that bird movie where the people finally meet him and believe big bird.

eta: i watched follow that bird on a loop for about a year. 

OMG, I loved that movie so much. I remember crying when they painted him blue.

Oops, sorry....SPOILER ALERT!

This always made me cry, too!

Sometimes, to this day, my sisters burst into a duet of that song, or "Ain't No Mountain You Can't Climb". Supposedly they still bear mental scars from how much I watched that movie when I was little, lol.

[McGavin]

Sept 11, 2013 9:06:25 GMT -5 BaliHai said:

I was pretty mind-blown when I realized that Lumiere was Jerry Orbach.

WUT?!  I just had to youtube that.  DD1 watches B&B all the time and I loved Jerry Orbach!

[onomatopoeia]

Sept 11, 2013 8:39:36 GMT -5 dcannie said:

snuffy was only "invisible" until the follow that bird movie where the people finally meet him and believe big bird.

eta: i watched follow that bird on a loop for about a year. 

I read an interview years ago with the guy who played Snuffie, and he said that they decided to make Snuffie visible after realizing that some children had very real and awful secrets that needed to be told, and these kids were learning from Sesame Street that adults wouldn't believe them even when they were telling the truth.  Sniff. 

[onomatopoeia]

Sept 11, 2013 7:54:01 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

That Vincent D'Onfrio is Thor in Adventures in Babysitting.
I was floored.

I need to leave work, go home, and process this information.  I had no idea.

[JLV]

Sept 11, 2013 9:19:28 GMT -5 onomatopoeia said:

Sept 11, 2013 8:39:36 GMT -5 dcannie said:

snuffy was only "invisible" until the follow that bird movie where the people finally meet him and believe big bird.

eta: i watched follow that bird on a loop for about a year. 

I read an interview years ago with the guy who played Snuffie, and he said that they decided to make Snuffie visible after realizing that come children had very real and awful secrets that needed to be told, and these kids were learning from Sesame Street that adults wouldn't believe them even when they were telling the truth.  Sniff. 

Well that's depressing.

[agnes]

Sept 11, 2013 8:15:27 GMT -5 @blessed said:

Mine was a few weeks ago when it was pointed out on here that it isn't Downtown Abbey, but it was something different that I can't remember lol.

MIND BLOWN

Ditto.  I learned it in that same thread.  lol

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Sept 11, 2013 7:55:18 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Sept 11, 2013 7:54:01 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

That Vincent D'Onfrio is Thor in Adventures in Babysitting.
I was floored.

OMG. I am also floored. lol I love him. 

Me too - mind still blown.

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Sept 11, 2013 8:19:33 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Sept 11, 2013 8:15:27 GMT -5 @blessed said:

Mine was a few weeks ago when it was pointed out on here that it isn't Downtown Abbey, but it was something different that I can't remember lol.

MIND BLOWN

Downton.    I can't even say it. 

Me neither - because Downton is just WRONG. My fingers almost stopped typing it "correctly" in protest.

[sydney02]

Just this year I realized that the son in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

[candreco]

Sept 11, 2013 9:49:20 GMT -5 sydney02 said:

Just this year I realized that the son in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

How have I not realized this?!?! 

[JLV]

Sept 11, 2013 9:49:20 GMT -5 sydney02 said:

Just this year I realized that the son in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

OMG yes this!! My mind was blown.

[UnderProtest]

Sept 11, 2013 9:49:20 GMT -5 sydney02 said:

Just this year I realized that the son in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

Do you realize that Leonard was also David in Roseanne and half of the Roseanne cast has been on Big Bang Theory?

[LauraMoser]

Sept 11, 2013 9:04:38 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

That Walt on Breaking Bad is the dad from Malcolm in the Middle. I don't know how I missed that for three seasons.

Dude! Never realized that before! Holy crap, lol!

[anlo]

Sept 11, 2013 10:06:32 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

Sept 11, 2013 9:49:20 GMT -5 sydney02 said:

Just this year I realized that the son in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

Do you realize that Leonard was also David in Roseanne and half of the Roseanne cast has been on Big Bang Theory?

Has John Goodman been on BBT yet? Because that needs to happen.

[MrsAxilla]

Sept 11, 2013 10:06:32 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

Sept 11, 2013 9:49:20 GMT -5 sydney02 said:

Just this year I realized that the son in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

Do you realize that Leonard was also David in Roseanne and half of the Roseanne cast has been on Big Bang Theory?

Wait - David from Roseanne is the son fom Christmas Vacation?!?  I think I've seen that movie hundreds of times and never noticed!

[BrazilianBruiser]

Sept 11, 2013 10:06:57 GMT -5 LauraMoser said:

Sept 11, 2013 9:04:38 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

That Walt on Breaking Bad is the dad from Malcolm in the Middle. I don't know how I missed that for three seasons.

Dude! Never realized that before! Holy crap, lol!

Or that, before Malcolm in the Middle, he was a recurring character on Seinfeld. I was watching a rerun the other day thinking this guy looks so familiar.... then I realized, MR. WHITE!!

[sydney02]

Sept 11, 2013 10:06:32 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

Sept 11, 2013 9:49:20 GMT -5 sydney02 said:

Just this year I realized that the son in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

Do you realize that Leonard was also David in Roseanne and half of the Roseanne cast has been on Big Bang Theory?

I don't watch the show like my DH does but I did see Sarah Gilbert and was totally amazed that she's barely aged since Roseanne. She was still Darlene. 

[UnderProtest]

Sept 11, 2013 10:11:49 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

Sept 11, 2013 10:06:32 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

Do you realize that Leonard was also David in Roseanne and half of the Roseanne cast has been on Big Bang Theory?

Wait - David from Roseanne is the son fom Christmas Vacation?!?  I think I've seen that movie hundreds of times and never noticed!

Then you clearly don't watch enough Roseanne.

[LauraMoser]

Sept 11, 2013 10:06:32 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

Sept 11, 2013 9:49:20 GMT -5 sydney02 said:

Just this year I realized that the son in Christmas Vacation is Leonard from Big Bang Theory.

Do you realize that Leonard was also David in Roseanne and half of the Roseanne cast has been on Big Bang Theory?

I always point them out to DH! lol Aunt Jackie is Sheldon's mom! Darleen was on for a while too!