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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Peter Cullen, the voice actor who voices Optimus Prime, also voices Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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Raj from the Big Bang Theory is married to Miss India.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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In 1997, Kevin Smith was hired by Warner Brothers to write the script for a Superman movie. He was forced to write Superman without the power of flight and he had to fight a giant spider. The movie would’ve starred Nicolas Cage.
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