TV and Film Facts

    Random TV and Film Facts

    There are 82 TV and Film Facts!

    The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!
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    The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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    Harry Potter's Tom Riddle Has a Different Name Depending on Which Language the Book Is In
    In the Harry Potter series, Tom Riddle has a different name depending on which language the book is in, in order to preserve the anagram in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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    Toy Story 2
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    During development at Pixar, Toy Story 2 was accidentally deleted, but was recovered by an employee who saved the movie to her computer at home while on maternal leave.
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    It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.
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    The Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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    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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    In 2012, 146 babies in the US were named Khaleesi.
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