Warner Brother's hated the name 'Beetlejuice', and urged Tim Burton to change it to something clever. Burton jokingly suggested calling the movie 'Scared Sheetless', and was horrified when the studio actually liked it.
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There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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On April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
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C3PO is the first character to speak in Star Wars.
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Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear trousers.
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God is the only Simpsons character to have five fingers on each hand.
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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