The Walking Dead, based on a comic book series by Robert Kirkman, postulates what life would be like following a zombie apocalypse.
Here are ten fun facts about the show:
1.
The flesh the walkers eat is actually ham soaked in vinegar.
2.
When Dale dies, his guts were actually made out of chicken breasts.
3.
Core characters Daryl, Merle, and Sasha don’t exist in the comics.
4.
The bag of drugs that Daryl finds has blue meth in it, which is a sneaky reference to Breaking Bad.
5.
HBO passed on The Walking Dead because they deemed it too violent.
6.
The crossbow that Daryl uses is sold at Walmart for $300, which is good to know if you’re preparing for the apocalypse.
7.
In season 3, more people were killed by the living than the dead…
8.
All the noise the walkers make is added in after filming.
9.
There is a Walking Dead-themed ride at Thorpe Park.
10.
In order to master that zombie walk, the walkers were instructed to act like they’re walking out of a bar at 2 am.
