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 It
took nearly three decades to sell a network on the idea of Mr.
Belvedere.
The first interracial kiss on TV took place
November 22, 1968 between Captain James T. Kirk, played by William
Shatner and Lt.Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichol on an episode of
Star Trek.
It takes
about 100 hours of video shooting to produce a one-hour television
program.
The
Andy Griffith show was the first spin-off in television history,
spun from the Andy Thomas show.
The first CMA (Country Music Association)
Awards were hosted by Sonny James and Bobbie Gentry in 1967.
The Oscar statuette was designed by MGM's
art director, Cedric Gibbons, in 1928. The design has remained
unchanged, except for getting a higher pedestal in the 1940's.
The Wizard of Oz was a Broadway
musical 37 years before the MGM movie version was made. It had 293
performances and then went on a tour that lasted nine years.
 The
first time a husband and wife got in the same bed on television was on
January 17, 1955 when Fred & Ethel Mertz demonstrated their unique way
to cope with a sagging mattress on the I Love Lucy show. The
first time a couple shared a bed on a regular basis would not be for
another decade when, on September 17, 1964 when Samantha and Darrin
Stephens went on their honeymoon. Samantha & Darrin continued to
share a common bed throughout the eight years Bewitched ran on
ABC.
The
original name that was chosen for Cameron Crowe's movie Almost
Famous was "Untitled." The name was changed when Dreamworks would
not allow it to be called this.
The first feature-length animated film,
released by Disney Studios in 1937, was Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs.
The first of the 190 Three Stooges comedy films called Woman
Haters, released in 1934 by Columbia Pictures. All of the
dialogue was in rhyme.
The rock music video channel MTV made its
debut in 1981.
 The
first appearance of the cartoon character Popeye was in the Betty
Boop cartoon from Paramount.
For the 1939 movie Gone
With the Wind 1,400 actresses were interviewed to play the part of
Scarlett O'Hara.
The Gilligan's Island
theme was recorded in a garage.
The "think
music" on Jeopardy was written by the show's creator Merv
Griffin.
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The
first Marvel superhero was the Human Torch.
