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 couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Wilson the volleyball, from the movie 'Cast Away', won an award for 'Best Inanimate Object'.
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In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!
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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 first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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