The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV because one if its stars was a pig.
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The first video aired on MTV was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles in 1981.
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The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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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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In 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have "any harmful moral side effects" and were based on "ties of intense friendship."
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Borat, when supposedly speaking in Kazakh with his partner throughout the film, was actually speaking fluent Hebrew.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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More than 3000 people auditioned for Afghan model in 2009. Only 10 were women.
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