Top 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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It would take you a week to watch every episode of "The Simpsons" if each episode ran one after the other without stopping.

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Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.

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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 janitor from Scrubs was originally a figment of J.D.'s imagination.

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The most popular sport as a topic for a film is boxing.

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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.

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In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

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Main Spongebob Characters Inspired by Seven Deadly Sins

Each of the main characters in Spongebob Squarepants was inspired by one of the seven deadly sins.

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Yoda and Miss Piggy Shared Same Voice Actor

Yoda in Star Wars and Miss Piggy in The Muppets were voiced by the same person.

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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!

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During development at Pixar, Toy Story 2 was accidentally deleted, but was recovered by an employee who saved the movie to her computer at home while on maternal leave.

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Sesame Street's Scariest Episode Never Aired Again

In 1976, an episode of Sesame Street was aired that scared kids so much, they've refused to air it ever since.

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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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Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.

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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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