TV and Film Facts

    Random TV and Film Facts

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    HBO passed up "The Walking Dead" because they thought it was too violent. They also passed up "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men".
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    Winnie the Pooh Voice Actor, Jim Cummings, Calls Kids in Hospital as the Pooh Bear
    Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh, called kids at hospitals to chat with them in character.
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    Mermaid Mockumentary
    Mermaid Mockumentary
    In 2012, Animal Planet aired a two-hour mockumentary called "Mermaid: The Body Found" that many viewers found so convincing, they overwhelmed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with phone calls demanding the truth about the existence of mermaids.
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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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    Road Runner
    Road Runner
    In 1980, the coyote finally caught the road runner. He then asks the audience "Now what do I do?"
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    In Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs are only on the screen for 15 minutes. The movie is over two hours long.
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    Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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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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