CBS-TV's April 2000 live broadcast of Fail Safe was the first feature-length dramatic production in over three decades that had aired live on American television. Executive producer George Clooney also co-starred as Col. Jack Grady in the recreation of the 1964 Cold War film classic. The original Fail Safe co-starred Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver, and Ed Binns. The modern live production, which aired in black-and-white, included the talents of Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy, Noah Wyle, Hank Azaria, Sam Elliott, James Cromwell, and Richard Dreyfuss as the president of the United States.
Cecil B. DeMille did not want to take any chances with his opulent epic King of Kings (1927). His two stars, H. B. Warner, cast as Jesus Christ, and Dorothy Cummings as Mary, were required to sign agreements which prohibited them from appearing in film roles that might compromise their "holy" screen images for a 5-year period. DeMille also ordered them not to be seen doing any "un-biblical" activities during the film's shooting. These activities included attending ball games, playing cards, frequenting night clubs, swimming, and riding in convertibles.
No matter how popular the show, a serial (or soap opera) on Mexican television runs no longer than just one season.
Not all Broadway musicals have had happy premises or happy endings. Popular stage musicals over the years which featured death or murder include: Carmen Jones (1943), Carousel (1945), Evita (1979), Irma La Douce (1958), Lost in the Stars (1949), Man of La Mancha (1965), Oklahoma! (1943), Oliver! (1960), Perchance to Dream (1945), Porgy and Bess (1935), Redhead (1959), Rose-Marie (1924), Sunset Boulevard (1994), Sweeney Todd (1979), The Ballad of Dr. Crippen (1961), The King and I (1951), and West Side Story (1957).
Oddly enough, despite his tremendous influence on early television and his popularity with the American public, Jackie Gleason never won an Emmy award. His longtime sidekick, Art Carney, won five Supporting Actor Emmys for both The Jackie Gleason Show and The Honeymooners; co-star Audrey Meadows won one. "The Great One," however, was overlooked through his TV career. According to one source, this bothered good friend Carney, who hid his Emmy trophies so that Gleason wouldn't be reminded of the snub when he came to visit Carney at his home.
Of the four seasons, the word "summer" is the most popular to use in the titles of films. The least preferred is "autumn," used in only a handful of titles. A few "summer" films include Summer of '42 (1971), A Summer Place (1959), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), The Long, Hot Summer (1958), Summer of Sam (1999), A Swingin' Summer (1965), Summer Stock (1950), Centennial Summer (1946), Corvette Summer (1978), In the Good Old Summertime (1949), The Greengage Summer (1961), Indian Summer (1993), Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Summer School (1987), Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Suddenly Last Summer (1959), Summer and Smoke (1961), Summer Holiday (1947), Summer Love (1958), Summer Magic (1963), The Summer Intern (2000), The Picasso Summer (1969), Wet and Wild Summer (1993), and White Water Summer (1987).
Of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, all named after artists and / or sculptors, Donatello does not occur in the same time period as Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Of the Village People’s six members, five sport mustaches
Oliver Stone made his acting debut as a tramp in The Hand (1981), which he also wrote and directed.
Omar Sharif played the title role of Dr. Zhivago (1965), and his own son, Tarek, was cast to represent him as a child in the film.
On film-making, Clint Eastwood said in an interview, "The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw
On filmmaking, former talk show host Arsenio Hall commented, "Making movies is very complicated, tedious, and tiresome. It is especially terrible for a comic, because you do a joke and you turn to the people and ask, 'Was it funny?' They say, 'We'll let you know in eight months.'"
Cheech Marin of TV’s Nash Bridges, and formally half of the irreverent comedy duo Cheech and Chong, was the surprising winner of the Jeopardy! Celebrity Championship in 1992. He won $25,000 for his charity.
Chevy Chase's real first name is Cornelius.
Child singer Jimmy Boyd was 12 years and 11 months old when he sang the Christmas favorite, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." The song hit the top of the pop charts.
Children's author Shel Silverstein, who wrote the 1981 bestseller "A Light in the Attic" (which was on The New York Times best sellers list for 182 weeks), as well as the children's classics "The Giving Tree" (1964) and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (1974) had other creative talents as well. He composed Johnny Cash's 1969 country hit "A Boy Named Sue." Silverstein earned a Grammy for Best Country Song and Cash received a Grammy for Best Country Male Vocal Performance for the tune.
On November 12, 1995, NBC’s Mad About You featured the acting debut of 62-year-old Yoko Ono, the woman who once was universally blamed for the breakup of the Beatles. The show’s star and co-creator Paul Reiser had been coaxing John Lennon’s widow to appear on the series for more than two years.
On September 23, 1969, the tabloid "The Northern Star" printed the first of many rumors that Beatle singer Paul McCartney was dead. Its first shocking headline read "Clues Hint at Beatle Death," which created an outbreak of speculative and near-hysterical opinions, most of which were pulled from interpretations of Beatle album covers and song lyrics. Teenage girls all over the world were in a frenzy for months.
On the television show, Sesame Street, one man: Carroll Spinney plays Big Bird AND Oscar the Grouch. From within the 8' 2" yellow feathered suit, Spinney watches a small monitor with the same view as the audience. He operates Big Bird's head with one hand while working the bird's hand with his other. When Oscar and Big Bird are in the same scene, Spinney speaks for both Muppets, while another puppeteer operates Oscar.
On the TV sitcom Seinfeld, when Kramer moved to Hollywood to pursue an acting career, he landed the role of one of Murphy's short-term secretaries on Murphy Brown.
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