The first permaneant movie theater was the 400-seat vitascope hall in New Orleans.

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

Hang 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 - Dwyer's Flying Service did not name their planes. McLean made up the name.

The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It to Beaver".

Internationally, Baywatch is the most popular TV show in history.

David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.

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 on the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati wore a band-aid in every episode. Either on himself, his glasses, or his clothing.

John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

In Dutch vader means father

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.

Bela Lugosi died during the filming of "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE". Director Edward D. Wood Jr. used a taller relative who held a cape in front of his face so the audience wouldn't know the difference so he could complete filming.

Bob May played the Robot on "Lost In Space" (1965-68) and Dick Tufeld was the voice.

Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on "Scooby-Doo."

Cheryl Ladd (of Charlie's Angels fame) played the voice, both talking and singing, of Josie in the 70s Saturday morning cartoon "Josie and the Pussycats."

Clark Gable used to shower more than 4 times a day.

Kermit the frog delivered the commencement address at Southampton College located in the state of New York in 1996.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

James Doohan, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger of his right hand.

Jean-Claude Van Damme was the alien in the original "PREDATOR" in almost all the jumping and climbing scenes.

June Foray, the voice of Talking Tina from the classic Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll", was also the voice of Rocky the talking squirrel from "Rocky & Bullwinkle".

Kathleen Turner was the voice of Jessica Rabbit, and Amy Irving was her singing voice.

King Kong is the only movie to have its sequel (Son of Kong) released the same year (1933).

Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom."

Lynyrd Skynard was the name of the gym teacher of the boys who went on to form that band. He once told them, "You boys ain't never gonna amount to nothin'."

Melanie Griffith's mother is actress Tippi Hendren, best known for her lead role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.

Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)

Sharon Stone was the first "Star Search" spokes model.

The "Grinch" singer and voice of Tony the Tiger is a man named Thurl Ravenscroft.

The Andy Griffth Show was the first spin-off in TV history. It was spun-off from the Danny Thomas Show.

The band "Duran Duran" got their name from an astronaut in the 1968 Jane Fonda movie "Barbarella."

The famous split-fingered Vulcan salute is actually intended to represent the first letter ("shin," pronounced "sheen") of the word "shalom." As a small boy, Leonard Nimoy observed his rabbi using it in a benediction and never forgot it; eventually he was able to add it to "Star Trek" lore.

The first inter-racial kiss on TV was in an original "STAR TREK" episode entitled "Plato's Stepchildren". The kiss was between Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner.

The first time the word "hell" was spoken on TV was in an original "STAR TREK" episode entitled "City on the Edge of Forever". The exact quote was "...let's get the hell out of here...", spoken by William Shatner.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

The name of the Vulcan's heaven is Sha Ka Ree, this is a play on the name Sean Connery who was considered for the part of Sarek, Spock's father.

The spaceship 'Valley Forge' from "Silent Running" (1971) actually got it's name from the location used to film some of its interiors; a decommissioned aircraft carrier named the U.S.S. Valley Forge.

Video Killed the Radio Star was the very first video ever played on MTV.

One in every 4 americans has appeared on television!

One of the many Tarzans, Karmuela Searlel, was mauled to death on the set by a raging elephant!

In the original version of Cinderella the slipper was made out of fur, not glass!

In the movie 'The Wizard Of Oz', Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland was $500 a week.

In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.