Kunis and Kutcher kept in touch after the show wrapped in 2006. From left: Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, and Wilmer Valderrama on "That '70s Show." Fox. ", Chong is best known for his major role in the buddy comedy "Cheech &Chong.". The network's broadcast schedule reflected this shift. Prepon stands at 510, towering over Kunis petite frame of 54. We all looked at her and said, 'You're right.'". In 2015, Karo sued Kunis for $5,000 to cover therapy bills racked up over the emotional distress the alleged theft caused. When the Formans find out Donna is on birth control, Red and Kitty go on high alert and give Eric "the talk," and of course, it's uncomfortable for him . He did come back during the eighth season as a regular cast mate, though. That '70s Show distinguished itself amongst the other sitcoms of its generation through its intriguing historical setting. Kunis really wanted the role, so she didnt exactly say she was a minor. ", Rupp made appearances in other sitcoms, like "Friends" and "Seinfield.". Mila Kunis had to come a long way to get cast in That '70s Show. However, Leo later abruptly disappears from "That '70s Show" during the fifth and sixth seasons, though his absence is addressed by Eric and his friends in Season 5's "The Battle of Evermore." Grace hasclaimed there's no bad blood between him and the rest of the cast, but he was not a part of thecast reunion on the set of The Ranch in 2016, and he did not attendKunis and Kutcher's wedding. As a result, and perhaps for the best, the role went to Smith. Over half were male and in their 60s and 70s. All good things have to come to an end at some point, and for That 70s Show, the ending came at 11:59 P.M. on December 31st, 1979. You think you're such hot s**t.'" She added that even though they went through "full friendship breakups" over the years, they always reconciled in the end. But the romantic feelings didnt start until they met at an awards show later on. He finds the amount ironic, stating in a Rolling Stone interview, Yeah. Netflix eventually changed course,terminatingMasterson's contract onThe Ranch. Weird, right? We can explain: Karo alleged that Kunis stole her prized pet chicken, Doggie, while they were both living in the Ukraine. I think for the first time ever, he took my breath awayI was like f, hes good-looking. The couple began dating in 2012, making their first public debut as a couple on September 23, 2012. As reported in LA Weekly, Chong was caught up in a 2003 police investigation trying to halt the sale of drug paraphernalia. With how successful "That '70s Show" proved to be, Fox searched for ways to cash in on the series' success at the peak of its popularity, creating a loosely connected spinoff series that explored the 1980s fittingly titled "That '80s Show.". The Netflix spinoff, which premiered on Jan. 19, stars a fresh cast that includes Callie Haverda, Mace Coronel, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Reyn Doi, Sam Morelos, and Ashley Aufderheide, as well as "That. In2003, Kutcher met big-time Hollywood movie star Demi Moore through friends, and immediately, the irises of their eyes turned into little hearts, despite a 16-year age difference. They were 100% accurate actually. In the context of the series, Charlie was the son of one of Red's old war buddies. The spinoff of "That '70s Show" hit Netflix on Jan. 19, bringing back a few familiar faces, too. His character often found himself in multiple on-again-off-again relationships throughout the show, with a list of love interests that included Jackie, Eric's older sister Laurie, high school classmate Pam Macy, and Brooke, who is the mother of his daughter. The play's set designer was the daughter of Bonnie and Terry Turner, two of the main producers of "That '70s Show.". He told The Advocate that Grace was "probably one of the worst kissers [he's] ever kissed." Before "That '80s Show," there was another, more obscure spinoff attempt that producers tried in the form of "Days Like These," an almost direct British remake of "That '70s Show" released around the same time as the first season of "That '70s Show.". "To me it's 'That $70 Show.'". "I told them I was going to be 18. (Foreign Exchange Student). The pair married in 2005 (his first, her third), but all was not so rosy by 2011, when Kutcher allegedly marked their six-year anniversary with an extramarital affair. It was so random and fun.. Masterson was reportedly "very disappointed" about the decision and said in a statement: "Law enforcement investigated these claims more than 15 years ago and determined them to be without merit. And I truly believe, I'm going to put it in my will and make sure that my kids have the burden of keeping that car in the garage, you know?". He said that being back on set was initially jarring. Though That '70s Show was an excellent career breakthrough for Topher Grace, his ultimate goal was always towork with brilliant directors and the money he earned during his time on the sitcom ultimately afforded him the ability to be very choosy with his projects, holding out for roles that meant something to him rather than taking jobs because he needed to earn a living. Since the beginning of That '70s Show, Ashton Kutcher's Kelso was a staple of the group. It's because Laura Helene Prepon had to go blonde for another movie. "I had lost a baby. In the show, Buddy appears as a high school acquaintance of Eric's. These days, in an age of content oversaturation . However, at the end of season seven in 2005, he decided to leave the show behind and almost immediatelylanded the role of Eddie Brock/VenominSpider-Man 3. It seems like a lot of the depictions of being very high are drawn from writers being very drunk. I was doing everything I could to look awesome," said Kutcher. Once playing teens, original cast members Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Tohper Grace and Laura Prepon, have grown up and gone on to have busy careers, thanks in part to "That 70s Show" launching them to stardom. ", "They are an amazing group of people and just thinking about that stuff it's hard for me to watch that show and reruns. Kelly later explained her departure to ABC News. The series relied on many of the same writers and production teams as "That '70s Show," using a similar style of humor and paying numerous references to its historical setting, including a number of cameos from '80s celebrities like Ed McMahon, Pat Benatar, and Neil Giraldo. Why are we just finding this out now?! We see Wilmer Valderrama, the actor of Fez, saying a long name, but its actually just him Pref Magazine tells ushe's just listing the shows characters names. Here's whyThat '70s Showwas canceled. In one of the thousands of tangential asides, he described telling a . The show's producers did as well. It turns out, that storylinehad little to do with plot arcs, and everything to do with Roberts needing to leave the show. I lost everything and I was abusing alcohol," she said. Similar to Smith, Debra Jo Rupp , 71, is an executive producer and a recurring character, once again playing Kitty Forman. In 1998, Fox and creators Mark Brazill and Terry and Bonnie Turner sent TV viewers back two decades to a small Wisconsin town in the mid-70s. As Grace remembers it, "I was in a high school play, and I was really only in that because I sprained my ankle, and I couldn't be on the tennis team." Thrilled to not only step into Donnas shoes again (Ive missed her!) Kitty Forman (Debra Jo Rupp) is, without a doubt, one of the most kindhearted and loving characters in "That '70s Show." Not only is her laugh contagious, but she truly cares about everyone.. Between the show's first and seventh season, audience scores never dropped below 60 percent, the eighth season took a massive dive, dropping all the way to 23 percent. I was convinced I was going to get fired. Actress Laura Prepon, who plays Eric's long-time love interest on the show, echoed the kiss diss when she said on a radio show (via TMZ) that her Orange is the New Black co-star, Taylor Schilling, gave better lip service than Grace. In a chat with Smashing Interviews Magazine, Danny Masterson revealed that the smoke was actually a combination of flavor-scented artificial smoke from the props department and smoke from his, Ashton Kutcher, and Laura Prepon's cigarettes, held off-screen. While bothTopherGrace and AshtonKutcher both announced that they would not return for the eighth and final season ofThat '70s Show,Kutcher did come back for a couple of episodes to wrap up some plot threads. The cast spent a ton of time in it, so inevitably certain actors grew more than a little attached to the car. After Kutcher placed first in the competition according to an unofficial Kutcher fan site, he moved to New York City, and MSN notes he signed on as a model at Next, appearing in ads for Calvin Klein. It was a long time before I was approached on whether or not I would be coming back, so when they let me know, I was really excited about that and to see everybody again," he told the outlet. The camera needs to see all actors perfectly. "['That '80s Show'] attempts to play off the decade's superficialities the teased hair, unstructured men's jackets, cocaine, sexual freedom's waning hours, Reagan's voodoo economics and the result is as conceptually thin as a new waver's tie," wrote Variety's Phil Gallo. However, Norris was unable to commit to "That '70s Show" due to his pre-existing commitment to "Walker, Texas Ranger." As fate would have it, her "first real kiss" took place in front of the cameras that year as she, in character, planted one on her real-life future husband, Ashton Kutcher, who played her character's then-boyfriend, Michael Kelso. That '70s Show Used The Circle Because They Couldn't Show Teens Smoking Marijuana. Humorously, the specific amount of money Chilton received through his royalties was a hilariously coincidental amount. Issues off the screen were bubbling up for Kelly, however. According to E! However, Harrison earned a starring role on the Fox series "The Loop" right around the same time. After six episodes, the show was promptly canceled with just 10 of its 13 episodes ever being aired on television. For a while, Wilmer Valderrama's star didn't shine as brightly as his former co-stars' afterThat '70s Show ended. Kurtwood Smith also based his character of Red Forman on a real person; his stepfather. Its sweet to think that years prior, Kunis was nervous to perform an on-screen kiss with Kutcher as her costar (because that was her first kiss ever). The circle was the best way to bypass the censorship and still accurately depict bored teens living in the '70s. The minute Kitty knocked on the door and I opened the door and it was her, it could have been yesterday. But I didn't tell them when I was going to be 18!" Ukraine transplant Mila Kunis started landing TV gigs at the tender age of 13, appearing in guest stints on Days of Our Lives and Baywatch before landing a small recurring role on 7th Heaven. According toa Hollywood Reporter analysisof networks for 2005 through 2006, the last season ofThat '70s Showwas moved to 8PM on Thursdays, opposite hits likeSurvivor, Dancing with the Stars,andWill and Grace. They formed a boys crew during the heyday of That 70s Show, without Grace. ", "That '70s Show" was among the most successful TV sitcoms of its day, raking in consistently strong ratings and doing critically well overall throughout its run, despite some shaky reception to the show's last season. This has never been elaborated on by the showrunners or Wilmer Valderrama. Topher Grace, 44, played Red and Kitty's son Eric, who ended up with Donna. IFC explained that they wanted the show to be named after The Who lyrics; either The Kids Are Alright or Teenage Wasteland, but copyright laws prevented that. That '70s Show became a huge hit, mixing the standard teen coming-of-age sitcom with the trappings of Middle America in '70s. Grace recalls the moment, telling The Washington Post I was like, 'Yeah, babe, have your people call my people. "They just pumped smoke. He becomes the subject of a Season 5 manhunt that produces only a good-bye note and eventually turns up near the end of Season 7. Remember when Donna went blonde? Kutcher was 23 at the time. One of the most innovative ways "That '70s Show" got around establishing the characters' routine use of marijuana without actually showing it was the rotating camera from the series' signature "circle" scenes. "About 25 years ago, my life changed when I met all of you and I can without a doubt say that reliving these moments brought back the unforgettable joy you were to life," he wrote. I have never been charged with a crime, let alone convicted of one. True Hollywood Story on the show's cast and crew, the actors and actresses weren't all as close as the on-screen gang. The characters werent the only ones who had troubles with names. Pref explains that the writers wanted the romantic drama to spin from Eric and Hyde battling over Donna. Debuting on Fox on August 23, 1998,That '70s Showfollowed the Forman family, chiefly through the eyes of theirStar Wars-loving son Eric and his group of teenage friends. Considering how much the showrunners strived for authenticity when it came to their 1970s settings, it's no surprise that the theme song played over the show's intro similarly originated from the '70s. Additionally, the film careers of the cast affected the cast in other ways than just stealing them away. The show ran for eight seasons, starting in 1998 and ending in 2006 (in real life). That '70s Show provided us with one of the last batches of them: Kutcher and Kunis, along with Grace and Prepon, were obvious screen-stealing stars from the get-go. She's been in movies like "Bad Moms," "Friends With Benefits" and "Luckiest Girl Alive" and has voiced Meg Griffin in "Family Guy" since 1999. As a result of that I lost it. It's an intro that perfectly captures an image of the carefree days of the 1970s, as well as the fun-loving period of your late teenage years. To me it's 'That $70 Show.'" The show sparked the careers of many actors and actresses that are very well-known today (Hey Ashton and Mila! But I didnt tell them when I was going to be 18!, One of the most well-known aspects of That '70s Show (along with the era of the seventies itself) was the reoccurring stoner circle scene (like the video above). When we meet them in Point Place, Wisconsin in 1976, the Forman family is headed by World War II and Korean War veteran Red Forman, along with his wife Kitty, who works as a nurse. In all three populations, researchers found that higher levels of erythritol were connected to a greater risk of heart attack, stroke or death within . Though plenty of positive things can certainly be said about the writing for Red, the main attribute that made the character so fun to watch was the portrayal by Kurtwood Smith. Although they played on-again-off-again young lovers on That '70s Show, and they're now married with children in real life, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher didn't care for each other as co-stars. and our They met in 2010, when she was 17 and he was pushing 30. Updated. When he is released . Cookies help us deliver our Services. That '70s Show is the perfect blend of awkward teenagers turning into adults, '70scounterculture, and sitcom humor. After dating Randy throughout most of the final season, Donna broke off the relationship as the finale drew near and got back together with Eric in the series finale. The streaming service's decision prompted anuproarfrom those who felt Netflix had been inconsistent with its decisions about shows starring alleged abusers. Becayse they all reunited in 2013 and Masterson captured a snapshot of all of them for his Instagram. After this episode, Kelso was absent from the remainder of the season, only returning for the finale. Tommy Chong, 84, returns as Leo, an aging hippy. I lost everything and I was abusing alcohol. Kelly attempted to recover from her issues with rehab, but sadly passed away on August 13th, 2013 due to a multiple drug intoxication. Non-spoiler alert: Kutcher and Moore split up soon after and divorced in 2013. Kutcher told Variety in July that he chatted with Kunis before deciding to appear in the spinoff. The Circle is a way for the creators to showcase a vital component of the '70s - smoking weed. The actor struggled to . They're totally different experiences. If it hadn't been canceled and had gone on to a ninth or tenth season, other stories might have been told butit's also very likely thatitwould have overstayed its welcome more than it already had. It's sad to say goodbye to familiar faces on TV, butat least this seriesended on a high note and looking back, it isn't hard to understand why That '70s Show was canceled. ", While the character launched Kutcher's career as an actor, he remembers the first season of the show not quite as fondly as his other castmates. The stars were also relatively unknown at. While taking on these roles, Grace managed to strike a balance betweenThat '70s Showand his other projects. 1 Reefer Madness (Season 3, Episode 1) The second season of That '70s Show ends with Hyde taking the blame for Jackie's pot and being sent to jail, much to the rage of Red. The show tackled problems that are universal to teens of any decade: relationship drama, issues with school, difficult domestic situations, and so forth. There was also a British version of That 70s Show called Days Like These produced also by the American versions production company Carsey-Werner. One of the main mysteries that continues to surround "That '70s Show" is Fez's nation of origin. What do you get when you throw a bunch of teenagers from small-town Wisconsin into a dingy basement with nothing to entertain themselves but a TV and a bag of pot? One of the biggest breakout characters of "That '70s Show" was the strict, surly, no-nonsense patriarch of the Forman household, Red. A constant foil for Eric and his friends, Red routinely acts as the personification of responsibility in the show, punishing his son's friend group whenever they step out of line or get into trouble. Those in media also know that if the actors in the shot have drastically different heights, it can cause some issues. Kelly noted her abuse came after dealing with a miscarriage. The show kind of ended up naming itself after all those legal issues, and we cant imagine a more perfect name. When Eric confides his inner troubles to Buddy one night, Buddy leans over and kisses Eric, revealing that he's had a romantic interest in Eric since the beginning of their friendship. When Kunis heard about this policy, the aspiring young actor chose not to reveal her true age when she tried out for Jackie in order to ensure she had a chance of securing the part. Like "That '70s Show," "Days Like These" takes place in the 1970s, follows a group of teenaged friends in the town of Luton in southeastern England. When it first aired in the summer of 1998, "That '70s Show" quickly became one of the most successful and popular sitcoms of its day, nabbing a total of 16 Primetime Emmy Award nominations during its eight-seasons on the air from 1998 to 2007. Fox wouldn't allow That '70s Show to directly show the use of marijuana on their network. In fact, a better-known actor "Walker" himself, Chuck Norris was initially slated for the part. According to a 2000 interview Chilton gave to Rolling Stone, he received $70 whenever the song was used on the series. Kelly died from a reporteddrug overdose in 2013 at age 43. In a new time slot up against stiffer competition,That '70sShowfaded in its final season, and what was once a cornerstone hit for the network started to look like a sitcom waiting to be canceled. ), but here are some lesser-known bits of trivia about the beloved That '70s Show: http://poluxnails.tumblr.com/post/122154728395/pinupprodigy-actual-queen-jackie-burkhart, Mila Kunis, the actress who plays Jackie Burkhart, plays the stereotypical American valley girl on the show. In a 2012interview on "The Tonight Show," Kunis revealed that she was just 14 when she auditioned for "That '70s Show." Additionally, Fox launched itsAnimation Dominationblock in 2005, highlighting adult animated shows. In the early days of the show's production, the showrunners were going to call the series, "Teenage Wasteland," a reference to the lyrics of The Who's "Baba O'Riley" (viaThe Hollywood Reporter). On "Fox's 25th Anniversary Special" in 2012, he admitted that he assumed his lack of acting experience would almost certainly get him fired during the first season, causing him to be a nervous wreck in the early days of the show. As the first star to climb out of the "That '70s Show" basement and into the higher stratosphere of a movie career in 2005, Topher Grace's transformation was a gradual one. Cookie Notice Yikes, we cant imagine what growing up with him must have been like. Ashton Kutcher (Michael Kelso) (Everett Collection, Netflix) Ashton KutcherAshton Kutcher, 44, played Michel Kelso and appears in. In the That '70s Show universe, the seasons stretch from 1976, to having the season finale end right before the ball drops on New Years Eve to bring them into 1980. Article continues below advertisement It's hard to believe more than two decades have passed. On an episode of PeopleTV's "Couch Surfing," Grace revealed that he was approached to audition for the role of Eric after appearing in a high school production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Now, they're returning for brief cameos, making way for a new set of teens to hang out in Red and Kitty Forman's basement (Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp, playing the Formans, also returned for the sequel). While on the show, fellow cast member Wilmer Valderrama taught her how to drive, Danny Masterson was Kunis' prom date, and Ashton Kutcher was her first kiss (viaPopSugar). She posted about her excitement on Instagram last month. "With That '70s Show I was guilty of a drinking problem, and I ran.". Valderrama has been keeping busy as Nicholas Torres in the "NCIS" franchise for the past seven years. One of the best examples of this throughout the show is the relationship between Eric and Donna. It was 'faking it till you make it' full blown for the entire first season.". Even after finding out Kunis was underage, the producers still decided to keep her on the show, feeling she was a perfect fit for Jackie, and their intuitions were pretty spot on. Believe it or not, Grace landed the lead role on a primetime network TV series pretty much by way of a total fluke. It seems if there was any beef between the gang, it was squashed after the show ended. The closest "That '70s Show" ever comes to stating the true name of Fez is the Season 4 episode, "Class Picture." Kunis told People, I told them I was going to be 18. Hyde was given the record store by his father, making him the new owner. Dark Secrets The Cast Of That '70s Show Tried To Hide. Though Kutcher never confirmed the cheating chatter, Moore did issue a statement when they split that suggested she may have been betrayed: "As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life.". After Eric Forman and Michael Kelso left Point Place, their friend group became a little less lively. The other running gag regarding his background is his real name. WhenThat '70s Showfirst aired, the main cast was relatively young, with the oldest of the main crew being Danny Masterson, who was 22 in real life. The former "Bond girl" and star of the real '70s show Charlie's Angels, revealed on an E!
