Ellen DeGeneres Reveals the Weird Rules That Can Get You Kicked Off the Show

From tears to spontaneous applause, Ellen’s production team is notorious for being able to curate the most realistic fake interactions on the air. The best part is, none of these people are real actors! The editing and crowd direction is so good, they don’t even need to hire actors to play these parts. 

Front Row Folks Need to Do Their Research

People who sit in the front row at Ellen are subject to immediate pop culture checks that might leave your grandmother’s head spinning.

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The More You Know

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: It was the first show to use the word "Google" as a verb on TV.
  • Shaggy from Scooby Doo's real name is Norville Rogers.
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a trailblazer in bringing feminist issues onto the small screen, depicting Moore as a single female striving to make it in a male-dominated workplace.
  • Looney Tunes was created in 1930, in direct competition with Mickey Mouse cartoons. A second series, Merrie Melodies, soon followed. Both shows feature characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig
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