John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons, used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes". When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
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In Ice Age, the drawings of characters during the end credit roll - and Sid's drawing of himself on a wall - were all done by the children of the animators.
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Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what gave birth to the Filipino surfing community.
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If you arrange the first letters of the names of the main characters in Inception, you would get DREAMS.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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