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TV SERIES · 2001– · USA

According to Jim

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13 Interesting Facts About According to Jim

  1. #002

    In the early part of the fifth season, a main character finally received a surname for the first time: Dana (Kimberly Williams) married Dr. Ryan Gibson (Mitch Rouse) and became Dana Gibson. The rest of the main characters still had no surnames.

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  2. #003

    Cheryl (Courtney Thorne-Smith) has a cat named Mr. Feeney on the series. Feeney is the surname of producer Mike Feeney.

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  3. #005

    Before the series first aired, its title was "The Dad."

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  4. #006

    Jim's middle name is Orenthal.

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  5. #007

    There is a 13-year age difference between Jim Belushi and his on-screen wife Courtney Thorne-Smith. There is also a 16-year age difference between Belushi and his on-screen best friend Larry Joe Campbell.

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  6. #008

    Cheryl's middle name is Mabel.

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  7. #009

    Jim and Cheryl live at 412 Maple Street.

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  8. #010

    An actor named Willie Amakye appears in 15 episodes of the series playing more than one different character, and he is rarely named.

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  9. #011

    A running joke throughout the series was the Chicago Cubs' long failure to win the World Series. The Cubs finally won in 2016, seven years after the series ended, their first championship since 1908.

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  10. #012

    Chicago, Illinois is Jim Belushi's real-life hometown.

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  11. #013

    The role was initially going to be twin boys, Sam and Ben Roberts. They unfortunately did not get the part, but they appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).

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  12. #014

    Each of the actors playing the three children is 2 years old; they were born in 1995, 1997 and 1999. However, Billi Bruno's (the middle child) age is a few months closer to Conner Rayburn's.

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  13. #015

    The piano on the set was non-functional until James Belushi paid $800 to have it repaired.

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