50 Fun Facts About 2 Broke Girls

What is the name of Caroline's horse, which hipsters pay to ride at a 1990s party in 2 Broke Girls?

Chestnut is one of the few possessions Caroline kept after her father's scandal. He lives in the garden behind Max's apartment until winter forces the girls to rehome him.

Which actress, Darcy Lewis in Marvel's Thor films, plays the waitress Max Black in 2 Broke Girls?

Kat Dennings was the first of the regulars to be cast, a week before her co-star. Her Marvel debut in Thor reached cinemas the same year the sitcom began.

In 2 Broke Girls, which crime sends Caroline's billionaire father to prison and leaves her penniless?

A Ponzi scheme run by Martin Channing wiped out the family fortune, a plot modelled on the Bernie Madoff scandal. Caroline still visits him behind bars more than once.

Which White Lotus star joined 2 Broke Girls in season one as Sophie, the loud upstairs neighbor?

Jennifer Coolidge first appeared as a guest in the episode And the Upstairs Neighbor and joined the main cast in season two. Sophie soon claims a diner booth as her own.

In which New York City neighborhood do Max and Caroline wait tables at a diner in 2 Broke Girls?

Williamsburg, in Brooklyn, gives the diner its name. The sitcom itself was taped in front of a live studio audience.

Which lifestyle mogul tastes Max and Caroline's cupcake at the Met Ball in season one of 2 Broke Girls?

Martha Stewart played herself, and a blurb in her magazine in season two sent orders climbing. That boost persuaded the girls to look for their first shop.

Which reality TV star visits Max and Caroline's cupcake shop as herself in season four of 2 Broke Girls?

Kim Kardashian drops in only after a producer has backed out of filming Keeping Up with the Kardashians at the shop. In the same episode Caroline's hair gets caught in the fold-up bed and has to be cut.

Which Mean Girls star plays an indecisive bride ordering a wedding cake in season three of 2 Broke Girls?

Lindsay Lohan played Claire Guinness, who hires the girls three days before her wedding. She changes her mind so often that they have to scam their fee out of her.

Which original Saturday Night Live cast member plays Earl, the diner's elderly cashier, in 2 Broke Girls?

Garrett Morris was the first Black cast member of Saturday Night Live, from 1975 to 1980. His character Earl is a former jazz musician and the co-worker Max is closest to.

Which star of The Neighborhood first found fame as the fallen heiress Caroline in 2 Broke Girls?

Beth Behrs won the role at an audition, beating more established actresses. Her first film part had been in a direct-to-video American Pie sequel.

In 2 Broke Girls, upstairs neighbor Sophie tells stories of growing up under communism in which country?

Poland is where Sophie Kaczyński grew up before starting her own cleaning company in New York. She prefers Max to Caroline but lends the pair $20,000 in season two.

Which stand-up comedian co-created 2 Broke Girls while also launching a self-titled sitcom on NBC?

Whitney Cummings had both shows commissioned for the same 2011–12 season. Her own sitcom, Whitney, was cancelled after two seasons while the diner comedy ran for six.

Michael Patrick King, co-creator of 2 Broke Girls, is best known for writing and directing which HBO series?

Sex and the City made King's name: he wrote almost all of its season premieres and finales and directed both film versions. He also co-created the HBO comedy The Comeback.

The 2 Broke Girls pilot aired right after which sitcom's first episode without Charlie Sheen?

Two and a Half Men had just replaced Sheen with Ashton Kutcher, and 28 million people tuned in. The lead-in handed the newcomer 19 million viewers, the best comedy launch since 2001.

In season two of 2 Broke Girls, Caroline dates Andy, who runs what kind of business opposite the cupcake shop?

A candy store faces the girls' shop, and its owner goes by Candy Andy. The romance ends because Caroline's focus is on her own business, and Andy closes down after the breakup.

In 2 Broke Girls, Max's boyfriend Deke secretly comes from a rich family but lives in what?

A dumpster, renovated into a home, is where Deke takes Max after their first date. His parents turn out to own a large elevator company.

Which jewelry does Caroline always wear with her waitress uniform in 2 Broke Girls, along with high heels?

Pearl necklaces, worn large, are Caroline's trademark, finished off with a thin gold belt. Unlike Max, she never wears a name tag.

From which country did Han Lee, the owner of the diner in 2 Broke Girls, move to the United States?

South Korea is the home Han mentions constantly, along with his parents. When his mother visits in season three, he pays the girls to help him pass off a stranger as his girlfriend.

Defeated by their own cappuccino machine, Max and Caroline of 2 Broke Girls take jobs at which chain?

Starbucks takes the pair on in season three once the machine bought for the cupcake window proves beyond them. The same episode introduces Luis, the diner's new day waiter.

Which Hollywood lawyer, a love interest from season five, proposes to Max in the 2 Broke Girls finale?

Randy, played by Ed Quinn, announces he is moving to New York for good, and Max accepts his ring. The show was cancelled before the engagement could go anywhere.

In the later seasons of 2 Broke Girls, Max and Caroline turn their cupcake space into what kind of venue?

A dessert bar replaces the cupcake window once the girls take over the back of the pizza place next door. It opens in season six with cocktails on the menu.

In 2 Broke Girls, diner owner Han falls into debt with a gang by gambling on which sport?

Women's tennis costs Han $30,000 he cannot repay, so Max and Caroline settle the debt for him. In return they take part ownership of the diner.

In season four of 2 Broke Girls, the mother of young waiter Nash arrives to take him home to which country?

Ireland is home for Nashit, and his mother's arrival reveals that he is not yet 18. By then Max has already had a brief fling with him.

In season four of 2 Broke Girls, the upscale restaurant The High opens a second branch in which unlikely place?

An airport is where Max, Caroline and their colleague Big Mary open the new branch, much to their dismay. Sales there disappoint so badly that their jobs are soon in doubt.

Max and Caroline end season four of 2 Broke Girls by taking a flight to which European city?

Paris is where the girls head, using plane tickets they had bought only to chase after Nash. The season closes with them drinking champagne on board.

In 2 Broke Girls, which instrument did cashier Earl play in his old jazz ensemble, The Early Birds?

Saxophone was Earl's instrument, but when the band reunites he admits he has never played sober. He had been off hard drugs for 30 years by then.

In the first holiday episode of 2 Broke Girls, Max and Caroline earn extra cash at a department store as what?

Santaland elves is the job, taken during Caroline's first holiday season without money. Max, the cynic of the pair, ends up promoted to Mrs. Claus.

In season two of 2 Broke Girls, who do Max and Caroline hire to build a barn for Caroline's horse?

Two Amish boys on rumspringa, their time away from the community, turn the garden into a barn. It becomes the horse's permanent home.

Which crime drama films a scene in the diner, with Max and Caroline as extras, in 2 Broke Girls?

Law & Order: SVU takes over the diner in season two, and Caroline is soon offered a bigger part with strings attached. Han bills the crew for items he claims were broken.

What name do Sophie and Oleg give their baby daughter, born in the season six premiere of 2 Broke Girls?

Barbara arrives in the second half of a double-length opener, and Max and Caroline become her godmothers. Oleg later frets that the baby keeps calling him mama.

Which 2011 single by the Swedish band Peter Bjorn and John is the opening theme of 2 Broke Girls?

Second Chance comes from the trio's sixth album, Gimme Some, and was also heard in Bud Light advertising. All four of these songs were singles from that record.

2 Broke Girls earned 12 Emmy nominations across six seasons but won only once, in which craft category?

Art direction brought the win in 2012, for sets including the townhouse Caroline breaks back into in season one. Every other nomination, for camerawork, editing or design, fell short.

Which Ivy League business school is the alma mater of Caroline Channing, the fallen heiress of 2 Broke Girls?

Wharton, at the University of Pennsylvania, invites Caroline back in season six to address a business class. Max goes along to give her the full college experience she missed.

Max Black of 2 Broke Girls had a rough childhood in a town called Hope in which US state?

Rhode Island is where Max returns in season three to sit one last history exam and finally earn her high school diploma. Caroline coaches her and rides the bus there too.

In season one of 2 Broke Girls, Max nannies for socialite Peach, whose twin babies are named after which couple?

Brad and Angelina are the twins, a nod to Pitt and Jolie. Peach fires Max after a cupcake-catering mishap, then begs her to come back.

What kind of work does Johnny, Max's on-off love interest in season one of 2 Broke Girls, pursue?

A street artist, Johnny paints himself and Max in a passionate embrace while he has a girlfriend. That girlfriend then hires Max and Caroline to cater the show where it hangs.

Which comedian, host of his own surreal Adult Swim talk show, played Max's boyfriend Deke in 2 Broke Girls?

Eric André joined in season three as Deke, the class clown at Max's pastry school. Deke is only the second person Max ever tells she loves, after Caroline.

Which comedian played Joedth, owner of the boutique restaurant The High, in season four of 2 Broke Girls?

Sandra Bernhard's Joedth, pronounced Joe, hires both girls and bans hook-ups between employees. Max is caught breaking the rule with a new waiter.

Which Oscar winner do the writers want to play Caroline in the film of her life in 2 Broke Girls?

Jennifer Lawrence's name wins Caroline over after she hears the film will have no Max character. Caroline still refuses to sign unless Max is written back in.

Why does Caroline hide during the 1990s party she and Max throw at the diner in season one of 2 Broke Girls?

Her ex turns up, and Caroline cannot bear him learning that she is now poor. It happens in the same episode in which she starts paying off the debts Max had been dodging.

In 2 Broke Girls, a busker played by Andy Dick sues the cupcake shop over damage to what?

His marionette is damaged when the puppeteer, named J. Petto, slips on a stray cupcake outside the shop. The girls have no insurance, and he returns in season six to block their liquor license.

In 2 Broke Girls, Max is mortified to learn that her fling Sebastian works as a DJ inside which grocery chain?

Whole Foods is where Sebastian, played by Jesse Metcalfe, spins records for the shoppers. Max cannot get over how embarrassing she finds the job.

In season four of 2 Broke Girls, Max and Caroline rent their apartment to models in town for which brand's show?

Victoria's Secret models, among them Lily Aldridge as herself, book the place through Airbnb. The girls move upstairs to Sophie's for the weekend until a huge party lures them back.

While in Hollywood in season five of 2 Broke Girls, Max and Sophie audition for which long-running game show?

The Price Is Right audition comes while Caroline is in meetings about her film. Sophie had flown out to find doctors who give fertility treatment to celebrities over 40.

Which actor, also the voice of Lars in Steven Universe, played diner owner Han Lee in 2 Broke Girls?

Matthew Moy was among the last three regulars cast, with the actors who play Earl and Oleg. He holds a degree in Japanese from UC Davis.

Which impressionist, with over 120 celebrity voices in his act, played the diner cook Oleg in 2 Broke Girls?

Jonathan Kite does Tom Hanks, Barack Obama and Liam Neeson on stage, but he is best known as the Ukrainian cook. He grew up in Skokie, Illinois.

What is the trade of Bobby, the love interest Caroline meets in the final season of 2 Broke Girls?

A contractor, Bobby is hired by Oleg to fix up the girls' business while they are away. Caroline later learns of his passion for bowling and watches his team play for a championship.

In season six of 2 Broke Girls, Max and Caroline work as extras on a zombie film in which Texas city?

Austin is the end of a road trip that takes in a broken-down car, a small plane and a riverboat casino. Max makes the journey hoping to win back her ex.

In season five of 2 Broke Girls, why does Caroline's grandmother Astrid know nothing of the family's ruin?

She was in a coma for five years, and her butler says she has no idea her own fortune went in the scandal. Astrid wakes expecting a lavish coming-out party.

Which former child star of The Wonder Years went on to direct episodes of 2 Broke Girls and Modern Family?

Fred Savage, best known as Kevin Arnold, moved behind the camera as an adult. His credits on the diner sitcom include the double-length opener of its final season.