Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in the early 1990s so that he could play Spider-Man in his own movie.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.
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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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After Disney threatened to sue three day care centers for unauthorized use of their characters, Hanna-Barbera gave them the right to use Universal characters as decorations.
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According to legend, there's a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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