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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Kermit the Frog is left-handed.
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The first Ronald McDonald was Willard Scott in 1963.
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Jerry Seinfeld turned down US$5 million per episode, for 22 episodes, to continue the Seinfeld show for a tenth season.
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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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Wilson the volleyball, from the movie 'Cast Away', won an award for 'Best Inanimate Object'.
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