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 Simpsons are responsible for popularizing the word 'meh'.
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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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The names of Popeye's four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye!
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Kermit the Frog is left-handed.
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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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