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 Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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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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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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The police were called 91 times during the filming of the movie "Borat".
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