Senfeld S5E9: Because Elaine is dating a man with the same name as New York serial killer Joel Rifkin, she wants him to change his name to a less embarrassing one and suggests O.J.; about six months after this episode aired, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with the murder of his ex-wife and her friend.
TIL of a strange coincidence between an episode of Seinfeld and the OJ Simpson muders.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0697730/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
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ZeroCooler@sh.itjust.works · 40 pts · 2y
There was also an episode of Buffy that was held from airing because the subject was a potential school shooting and it was planned to air like the day after Columbine.
neptune@dmv.social · 23 pts · 2y
Is this why in Arrested Development they keep renaming George Michael after sex criminals?
theharber@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2y
Just realized “George Maharis” is a real person who also cruised bathrooms looking for sex.
This show is just a fucking masterclass of writing.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
And IIRC, one of those people was called Perfecto Telles - who is also a character in AD S4
SatyrSack@lemmy.one · 7 pts · 2y
Can you list them?
neptune@dmv.social · 7 pts · 2y
Boy George, George Maharis
SatyrSack@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
When did he go by Boy George?
neptune@dmv.social · 1 pts · 2y
He didn't. It was discussed though.
rubicon@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
Wut? I only knew about the obvious George Michaels one!
someguy3@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 2y
You know I have no idea what OJ stands for. It's Orenthal James.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 2y
Orange juice
makyo@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Huh it's a TIL inception
Transcendant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It's TILs all the way down!
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
He makes watching the old Naked Gun movies even more interesting. If OJ had just stuck to making movies instead of stabbing.
GrapesOfAss@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
I'm too young to realize this wasn't intentional. I always thought that was the joke
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Other names for him were "The Denogginizer", "Headso" and Kramer's "Son of dad"