In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Oprah Winfrey makes $10 per second.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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God is the only Simpsons character to have five fingers on each hand.
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The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.
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