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 2012, Adam Sandler’s comedy “Jack and Jill” won in every category during the Golden Raspberry Awards, an award show honoring the worst movies of the year.
Mulan’s avalanche caused nearly 2,000 Hun deaths, making her arguably Disney’s highest kill-count character.
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 boots worn by actors in “Saving Private Ryan” were made by S.M. Wholesale, the same company that supplied boots to American soldiers during WWII.
Snoop Dogg’s real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., and his nickname came from his mother, who thought he looked like Snoopy from “Peanuts.”
The character Russell Crowe played in “Gladiator” was based on at least four different historical people.
Pal, a male collie initially hired as a stunt dog for the 1943 movie “Lassie Come Home,” performed so well that he was recast as Lassie, replacing the original female collie.
In the original 1984 “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” comics, the turtles were depicted drinking beer; their love for pizza was introduced in the 1987 animated series.
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.
In 2015, 69,278 people signed a petition to rename the Australian dollar to “Dollarydoo,” a nod to an episode of The Simpsons.
Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor often made lightsaber sound effects during fight scenes in the Star Wars prequels, which had to be edited out in post-production.
The first vlogger to upload videos to the internet, Adam Kontras, began in January 2000. As of 2025, the vlog is still running, though he has only a few thousand YouTube followers.
Karen, Plankton’s computer wife on “SpongeBob SquarePants,” is voiced by Jill Talley, who has been married to Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, since 1996.
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.
All of the sweaters Mister Rogers wore on his show were hand-knitted by his mother. He said he loved wearing them because they always made him think of her.
An episode of “The Simpsons” can take 6-9 months to produce, while “South Park” only takes a week due to its computerized animation style.
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.
More than ninety TV shows and movies, including Parks & Recreation, Workaholics, and Star Trek, used the same beer prop, Heisler Beer.
The first time Mickey Mouse talked was in the 1929 episode “The Karnival Kid.” His first words were “Hot dogs!”
Season 9, episode 17 of “The Office” was supposed to act as a backdoor pilot for a spin-off series about Dwight Schrute, but NBC didn’t pick it up.
In 1937, a major fire broke out at the Fox Film Studios in New Jersey. The fire destroyed 75% of their movies, including most of their silent films.
