3rd Rock from the Sun (1996): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know!

3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) — 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know!

#rememberwhen 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) sent four aliens to Ohio and made John Lithgow one of television’s funniest sitcom stars? Starring Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the NBC comedy ran six seasons and 139 episodes while turning everyday human behavior into an extraterrestrial experiment. Discover 15 weird 3rd Rock from the Sun facts, including ABC trying to block the show from NBC, Lithgow being ambushed with the role, Phil Hartman’s final TV appearance, Harry’s famous squint, a $10 million 3D stunt, William Shatner and Lithgow’s brilliant Twilight Zone joke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt leaving for college, and the alternate series finale NBC didn’t originally air.

Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:31 – 15: ABC Passed on 3rd Rock Then Tried to Stop NBC From Buying It — Marcy Carsey
03:14 – 14: John Lithgow Was Ambushed at Breakfast With the Role of Dick Solomon
04:42 – 13: Phil Hartman’s Final TV Appearance Aired on 3rd Rock from the Sun
06:27 – 12: Jane Curtin Signed for Seven Episodes and Stayed for All 139
07:39 – 11: French Stewart Invented Harry Solomon’s Famous Squint at His Audition
08:35 – 10: A Columbia String Theorist Wrote Dick Solomon’s Physics Lectures — Brian Greene
09:18 – 9: NBC Spent $10 Million Promoting 3rd Rock’s 3D Episode — John Lithgow
11:14 – 8: The Creators of 3rd Rock Didn’t Come Up With the Original Idea — Marcy Carsey
12:54 – 7: The 3rd Rock Theme Song Was Deliberately Played Out of Tune — Ben Vaughn
14:15 – 6: The Solomons Published a Real 134-Page Report About Earth — John Lithgow
15:40 – 5: William Shatner and John Lithgow Settled a Twilight Zone Joke in 10 Seconds
17:02 – 4: Dick Solomon’s Favorite Student Target Was Lithgow’s Real Son — Ian Lithgow
17:58 – 3: 108 of the Show’s 139 Episode Titles Contained the Word “Dick” — John Lithgow
19:10 – 2: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Left the Hit Sitcom to Attend Columbia University
20:07 – 1: The Alternate Finale Brought Dick Solomon Back Completely Naked — John Lithgow

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