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Entertainment Fun Facts

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.Walt Disney was afraid of mice.Close to 80% of people who watch the Super Bowl on television, only do so to view the commercials.Each card in a deck represents a king form history:  Spades – King David, Hearts – Charlemagne, Clubs – Alexander the Great, Diamonds – Julius Caesar.The word “politics” describes the process so well:  “poli” in Latin means “many” and “tics” meaning “bloodsucking creatures.”If you add up the letters in all the names of the cards in the deck (Ace, two etc.), the total number of letters is 52, the same as the # of cards in the deck.Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named for Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life.”Until the 1960’s men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.All of the clocks in the movie “Pulp Fiction” are stuck n 4:20.Mel Blanc, who played the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because Donald doesn’t wear pants.A company, Warner Communications paid $28 million for the copyright to the song ‘Happy Birthday’.The first permanent movie theater was the 400-seat vitascope hall in New Orleans.In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.The song “Hand on Sloopy” is the official rock song of Ohio.The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the “American Pie.”(Thus the name of the Don McLean song.)  MYTH – Dwyers’ Flying Service did not name their planes – Don McLean made up the name.The first toilet ever seen on television was on “Leave It To Beaver.”Four people played Darth Vader:  David Prowse was his body, James Earl Jones did the voice, Sebastian Shaw was his face and a fourth person did the breathing.Gilligan of Gilligan’s Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never aired pilot show.  His first name was Willy.  The skipper’s real name on Gilligan’s Island is Jonas Grumby.  It was mentioned once in the first episode on the radio newscast about the wreck.  The Professor’s real name was Roy Hinkley, Mary Ann’s last name was Summers and Mrs. Howell’s maiden name was Wentworth.The Les Nessman character in the YV series WKRP in Cincinnati wore a Band-Aid in every episode either on himself, his glasses, or his clothing.A walla-walla scene is one where extras pretend to be talking in the background – when they say “walla-walla” it looks like they are actually talking.Dracula is the most filmed story of all time.In Casablanca Humphrey Bogart never actually says Play it again, Sam’.Mickey Mouse has four fingers on each hand.Before she met Popeye, Olive Oyl went out with Ham Gravy.Michael Sylvester Stallone dropped his birth-given first name before becoming a famous movie star.More than 2,500 cover versions of The Beatles’ “Yesterday” exist, making it the most recorded song in history.Chevy Chase’s real first name is Cornelius.Kelsey Grammer sings the theme song of Frasier.In Fantasia, the Sorcerer’s name is Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward.Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s fish was named Livingston.Mr. Spock’s bloodtype in Star Trek is T-negative.UB40 got its name from the unemployment form in Britain.Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.Betty Rubble’s Maiden name was Betty Jean McBricker.