TV and Film Facts
Fun facts about your favorite TV shows and movies that you didn't know. Trivia about voice actors, Disney, movie theaters, and more.
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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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The first song played on Virgin Radio was Born to be wild by INXS!
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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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The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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