TV and Film Facts

    Random TV and Film Facts

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    The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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    Road Runner
    Road Runner
    In 1980, the coyote finally caught the road runner. He then asks the audience "Now what do I do?"
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    Forrest Gump Novel
    Forrest Gump Novel
    In the “Forrest Gump” novel that the movie is based on, Forrest goes into space with NASA. Upon return, he crash lands on an island full of cannibals. He only survives because he beats the head cannibal at chess everyday.
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    For beer commercials, they add liquid detergent to the beer to make it foam more.
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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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    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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    London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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    The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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