There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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Peter Cullen, the voice actor who voices Optimus Prime, also voices Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
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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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Because of South Park’s Scientology episode, the Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.
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In the cartoon "The Jetsons", Jane Jetson is 32 and her daughter Judy is 16, which made Jane a teen mum.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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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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The first guy to win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (USA) used none of his lifelines until the final question, where he called his dad. During the call, he told his dad he didn't need any help on the final question, but he just wanted to let him know that he was about to win $1,000,000.
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