Data Dump
This page contains all the polls and results in easy-to-view text format. It will be updated on an irregular basis whenever I feel like it.
Current update: June 5, 2009
Did you know that Billy Mumy, who played Will Robinson on the old Lost in Space TV show, was in a music duo called Barnes & Barnes, and they did that weird Fish Heads song? It’s true!
Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny #308
Yes, I know: 23%
No, I didn’t know!: 77%
Hey did you know actor Joe Pantoliano likes to be called “Joey Pants”?
Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny #308
Yes, I know: 62%
No, I didn’t know!: 38%
Hey guys, did you know the name of the member of ZZ Top without a beard is Frank Beard?
Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny #143
Yes, I know: 84%
No, I didn’t know!: 16%
Didja know that Ugly Betty star America Ferrera is actually pretty?
Submitted by Shane (Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny #403)
Yes, I know: 81%
No, I didn’t know!: 19%
Hey, did you know Carly Simon auctioned off the secret identity of the subject of her hit song You’re So Vain? [Comment has more info.]
Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny #507
Yes, I know: 56%
No, I didn’t know!: 44%
Did you know Gary Burghoff’s left hand is deformed? When he played Radar on M*A*S*H, he often carried a clipboard to hide it!
Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny #507
Yes, I know: 23%
No, I didn’t know!: 77%
Hey, did you know Hot Hot Hot singer Buster Poindexter was in the New York Dolls under his real name David Johansen?
Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny #507
Yes, I know: 65%
No, I didn’t know!: 35%
Did you know Meryl Streep will be playing Julia Child in a movie?
Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny #419
Yes, I know: 58%
No, I didn’t know!: 42%
Did you guys know Peter Falk has only one eye?
Submitted by Krys.
Yes, I know: 73%
No, I didn’t know!: 27%
Did you know that the first video on MTV was Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles?
Submitted by Shawn.
Yes, I know: 95%
No, I didn’t know!: 5%
Did you know that Nicholas Cage is Francis Ford Coppola’s nephew?
Submitted by Stig.
Yes, I know: 89%
No, I didn’t know!: 11%
Did you know that Mark Wahlberg’s penis in Boogie Nights was a prosthetic?
Submitted by Stig.
Yes, I know: 91%
No, I didn’t know!: 9%
Did you know that Michael Jackson is a former Jehovah’s Witness?
Submitted by Gretchen.
Yes, I know: 45%
No, I didn’t know!: 55%
Listen up people! Did you know the judge in My Cousin Vinny (Fred Gwynn) was also Herman Munster in the TV show The Munsters? Huh? Didja?
Submitted by Shane. (Jimmy Pardo, Never Not Funny Episode #143)
Yes, I know: 71%
No, I didn’t know!: 29%
Hey, did you know that Peter Boyle played not only Ray Romano’s dad on Everybody Loves Raymond, but also played The Monster in Young Frankenstein?
Submitted by Shane.
Yes, I know: 93%
No, I didn’t know!: 7%
Did you know that John Goodman is actually a good actor?
Submitted by Shane.
Yes, I know: 69%
No, I didn’t know!: 31%
“Slimer” in Ghostbusters is based on John Belushi.
Submitted by Zaner.
Yes, I know: 40%
No, I didn’t know!: 60%
Kevin Costner played the corpse in The Big Chill.
Submitted by Zaner.
Yes, I know: 43%
No, I didn’t know!: 57%
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom came second, but is actually set before Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Submitted by Zaner.
Yes, I know: 66%
No, I didn’t know!: 34%
Hey, did you know Sha Na Na gained national fame after performing at Woodstock? Crazy right?!
(Submitted by KeithTalent)
Yes, I know: 52%
No, I didn’t know!: 48%
Did you guys know that even though she played Bea Arthur’s mother on The Golden Girls, Estelle Getty was actually the YOUNGER of the two?
(Submitted by Matt. Corrected by Matt after public coercion.)
Yes, I know: 82%
No, I didn’t know!: 18%
You, didja know that Ray Walston, the actor from My Favorite Martian also played Mr. Hand in Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
(Contributed by Zaner27. Corrected by Bryan.)
Yes, I know: 60%
No, I didn’t know!: 40%
Did you know that Jakob Dylan, the lead singer of the Wallflowers, is Bob Dylan’s son? Father and son!
(Submitted by JY.)
Yes, I know: 89%
No, I didn’t know!: 11%
Hey, did you know ‘You Can Call Me Al’ is about someone dealing with alcoholism!?!
Yes, I know: 15%
No, I didn’t know!: 85%
Did you know that Michael Clarke Duncan didn’t even want to be an actor? He was a ditch digger and a bouncer when he was discovered!
Yes, I know: 44%
No, I didn’t know!: 56%
Hey, did you know that Courtney Cox, from Friends, got discovered by dancing in a Bruce Springsteen video? Yeah, she was the girl who got pulled onstage in the Dancing in the Dark video!
Yes, I know: 88%
No, I didn’t know!: 12%