One in every 4 Americans has appeared on television!
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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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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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On April Fool’s Day, 1976, the BBC convinced many listeners that a special alignment of the planets would temporarily decrease gravity on Earth. Phone lines were flooded with callers who claimed they felt the effects.
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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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Kermit the Frog is left-handed.
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The Power Rangers command center is a real building located in a California University.
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