Kara Kovalchik

Joined: Nov 21, 2012

Kara Kovalchik was born in Detroit and currently lives in the leafy suburb of Birmingham, Michigan, where she and her husband Sandy Wood spend their days ferreting out fun, fascinating trivial facts. After more than 20 years of blissful togetherness, Sandy has learned to tolerate and even indulge Kara’s love of '70s music, classic TV sitcoms, kitschy collectibles, The Walking Dead, Lifetime movies, Mystery Science Theater 3000, sparkly silver spoon rings, true crime stories, and her “unequalled ability to be fascinated by absolutely nothing.”

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18 Surprising Facts About Frasier

The original idea for 'Frasier,' which aired its final episode on May 13, 2004, had nothing to do with Dr. Frasier Crane at all.

15 Behind-the-Scenes Facts About Taxi

Unlike many sitcoms of its era, 'Taxi' focused on a group of blue-collar workers who—despite having aspirations of bigger and better careers—were never really destined to be anything other than what they were: cab drivers.