What’s your favorite movie? Or do you prefer getting stuck into a series? Either way, here are interesting facts about the best (and worst) films & TV shows ever released!
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Film & TV Facts
In the 1940s, air conditioning became popular in movie theaters and was advertised as “cool entertainment.”
Saturn’s moon Mimas bears a striking resemblance to the Death Star from “Star Wars” thanks to an enormous crater called the Herschel Crater.
Harrison Ford and Sean Connery starred as father and son in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” despite only having a 12-year age gap.
The first time Mickey Mouse talked was in the 1929 episode “The Karnival Kid.” His first words were “Hot dogs!”
Ziggy Marley, Bob Marley’s son, wrote the theme song for the popular children’s cartoon, “Arthur,” when he was 26.
The original “Star Wars” premiered on just 32 screens in the U.S. in 1977 to generate buzz before expanding to more theaters.
After the release of the 1996 film “Scream,” which involved an anonymous killer calling and murdering his victims, Caller ID usage tripled in the United States.
Throughout “Gilligan’s Island,” it was never disclosed whether “Gilligan” was his first or last name, although off-screen sources state his full name was “Willy Gilligan.”
A 2017 Saudi Arabian social studies textbook error included a doctored photo of King Faisal signing the 1945 UN Charter, with Star Wars’ Yoda added next to him.
Spam mail got its name from a “Monty Python” skit that joked about Spam canned meat being everywhere and impossible to avoid.
In 1964, Andy Warhol made “Empire,” an eight-hour film consisting of a single stationary, slow-motion shot of New York’s Empire State Building.
Daniel Craig initially denied playing a Stormtrooper in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” but later it was revealed that he requested the role due to his love for the franchise.
Movie theaters make roughly 40% of their profit from concession stands. This is because ticket revenues have to be shared with the movie distributors.
Contrary to their depiction in movies, asteroids in the asteroid belt are so widely spaced that, standing on one, you likely wouldn’t see another nearby.
In 2018, Peppa Pig was censored on a popular Chinese social media platform because it was linked to a youth subculture promoting “gangster” behavior.
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas wanted to make an animated “Calvin and Hobbes” movie. The author declined because he wanted to protect the integrity of the comic.
The Simpsons creator Matt Groening originally planned for Krusty the Clown to be Homer Simpson in disguise, which is why Krusty looks so similar to Homer.
Dorothy’s slippers in the Wizard of Oz book are silver in the book, but were changed to red for the movie to contrast better with the yellow brick road.
Steven Spielberg denied a salary for directing “Schindler’s List.” He also refuses to autograph any materials related to the film.
A doctor in Germany diagnosed a medical case all other doctors failed to after observing symptoms he had seen in an episode of “House.”
In the Netherlands’ version of “Sesame Street,” instead of Big Bird, they have a blue bird named Pino. He was later established as Big Bird’s cousin.
One of the visual effects teams that worked on the 2018 film “Bohemian Rhapsody” never received payment because Halo VFX, the company managing them, went bankrupt.
