The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV because one if its stars was a pig.
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In 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to the Pokémon franchise, saying the games did not have "any harmful moral side effects" and were based on "ties of intense friendship."
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For each word he said in Terminator 2, Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $21,429.
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Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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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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