('21995','current NASA program.'),
('21996',' The props used in this show, (such as the computers and guns) also  were used in _"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964)_ (qv),  _"Time Tunnel, The" (1966)_ (qv), _"Land of the Giants" (1968)_ (qv)  and _"Batman" (1966)_ (qv).'),
('21997',' The computer used in the series is the Burroughs B'),
('21998','205. This  computer, with its flashing light console and large reel'),
('21999','to'),
('22000','reel  tape drives, would appear multiple times in 1960s motion pictures  and television. Among its screen credits are  _Angry Red Planet, The (1960)_ (qv),_"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964)_ (qv),_Time Travelers, The (1964)_ (qv),_Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)_ (qv),_"Hogans Heroes" (1965)_ (qv),  _"Time Tunnel, The" (1966)_ (qv), Batman  (1966),_Fantastic Voyage (1966)_ (qv),  _"Green Hornet, The" (1966)_ (qv),  _"Land of the Giants" (1968)_ (qv),  _Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The (1969)_ (qv),  _Towering Inferno, The (1974)_ (qv),  _Right Stuff, The (1983)_ (qv)and  _Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)_ (qv).'),
('22001',' There were actually two pilots filmed for the show. The original  didnt have Doctor Smith, but the network executives wanted an  antagonist so they added his character for the second pilot.'),
('22002',' It has long been rumored that Dr. Smith was only supposed to be on  for a few episodes and then get killed off. This was never true,  just a probable scenario imagined by Jonathan Harris (I) (qv), who  was listed as special guest star throughout the run of the series.  This billing occurred because the billing of the other six actors  was already contractually set before the show went into production  as a series. "Special Guest Star" was Harris request and producer  Irwin Allen (I) (qv) eventually agreed.'),
('22003',' The series takes place in the future of 1997; the film based on the  series, _Lost in Space (1998)_ (qv), began production in 1997'),
('22004',' The third season episode Fugitives in Space featured two ape'),
('22005','faced  aliens and another alien (Creech, who was more pig'),
('22006','faced than  simian) used the simian makeup by John Chambers (I) (qv) that  became famous in the movie, _Planet of the Apes (1968)_ (qv), and  its sequels.'),
('22007',' The space pod didnt show up until the shows third (and final)  season.'),
('22008',' In some scenes where the Robot is seen in close'),
('22009','up, only the top of  the robot is worn by the actor.'),
('22010',' This is the only show produced by Irwin Allen (I) (qv) to appear  on a network other than ABC.'),
('22011',' The character John Robinson was ranked #38 in TV Guides list of  the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).'),
('22012',' The character Robot was ranked #14 in TV Guides list of the "25  Greatest Sci'),
('22013','Fi Legends" (1 August 2004 issue).'),
('22014',' Jack Elam (qv) and Victor Buono (qv) were some of the other  actors considered for the part of Dr Zachary Smith.'),
('22015',' Irwin Allen (I) (qv) was very keen to enlist the help of NASA. The  space agency was equally interested in using the TV series to  promote what they do. However, after several conversations with  Allen, NASA realized that the producer had no interest whatsoever in  scientific accuracy and so they distanced themselves from the  project.'),
('22016',' Dick Tufeld (qv) provided the voice of the robot as well as the  opening narration "Last week, as you may recall.."'),
('22017',' CBS Chairman William S. Paley, (qv), who prided himself on the fact  that CBS produced quality, thoughtful programming, hated the show  and couldnt understand why it was so popular. He instructed his  executives to cancel it the minute its ratings dipped.'),
('22018',' For the pilot episode, actor Dawson Palmer (qv) was dressed in a  fur suit to portray a giant monster. A doll of John Robinson in a  jet'),
('22019','pack was held up by wires around Palmers head and he was told  to take swipes at it. This proved frustrating for Palmer as he was  completely unable to see out of his suit. When filming stopped,  Palmer angrily ripped off his suit and grabbed the doll, tearing it  to pieces, screaming "There, you little bastard!" at it.'),
('22020',' In the preview screening for the pilot episode, Irwin Allen (qv)  was horrified when CBS executives started laughing. Allen was ready  to bolt from the screening when story editor  Anthony Wilson (I) (qv) told him to sit it out, as he believed  that they really liked it. Wilson was right. The laughing was  because the executives realized that they were on to a real winner.'),
('22021',' "The Keeper" two'),
('22022','parter from Season 1 is Bill Mumy (qv)s favorite  episode.'),
('22023',' Due to their uncontrollable laughter during filming of the infamous  "Vegetable Rebellion" episode, Guy Williams (I) (qv) and  June Lockhart (qv) were written out of the next two episodes.'),
('22024',' In Season one, some episodes used incidental music utilizing a  "Theremin", an electronic instrument incorporating two heterodyne  oscillators. This music was used to create an atmosphere of suspense  and impending terror. The Theremin music used in these episodes was  from _Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)_ (qv) composed by  Bernard Herrmann.'),
('22025',' This episode is the last to be filmed in black and white. The  epilogue cliffhanger is shown in color.'),
('22026',' Live coverage of the Gemini VIII splashdown meant that 1x24 episode  "His Majesty Smith" was postponed. CBS received over 2000 calls of  complaint that night.'),
('22027',' The Giant in the very first, Pilot episode is played by the 6'),
('22028','foot'),
('22029','7  former defensive end Lamar Lundy who was part of the "Fearsome  Foursome" with the Los Angeles Rams from 1957 to 1969. This episode,  never aired.'),
('22030',' In this never aired episode, the music score is credited to Bernard  Herrmann. The music used in the opening credits is from the movie:  "The Day the Earth Stood Still". The incidental music used  throughout the episode are from: "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and  "Journey to the Center of the Earth". Both composed by Bernard  Herrmann.'),
('22031',' Bill Mumy (qv) plays his own role in this flashback episode '),
('22032',' the  only child actor in one of Irwin Allens television series to do so.  Of the two child actors in Allens science fiction series, he was  the only one who had not gone through puberty at the time this  episode was filmed.'),
('22033',' When Will Robinson descends down the spiral stairs into the control  room with the Princess, much of the instrumentation, controls and  equipment are from the "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" set. In  particular, the large serrated edged separation doors that isolate  the forward viewing compartment on the "Seaview" from the rest of  the submarine.'),
('22034',' When Sybilla opens the semi'),
('22035','cylindrical door of the greenhouse to  examine her plants, the prop used for the greenhouse is the four man  bathysphere used in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode:  "The Condemned".'),
('22036',' The Trader, while speaking with Doctor Smith, informs him that he  will be going to the planet "Torin". The actors name playing the  "Trader" is Torin Thatcher.'),
('22037',' Jorge Garcia (I) (qv) missed his sisters wedding to shoot this  show in Hawaii.'),
('22038',' The first season depicts the first 44 days on the island. Locke  mentions this when talking to Desmond inside the hatch.'),
('22039',' The song played by Desmond in the final minutes before the islanders  open the hatch is "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by Mama Cass, and  the song listened to by Juliet in season 3 is "Downtown" by Petula  Clark. However, the CD case Juliet pulls the disk from is from The  Talking Heads "Speaking in Tongues" album.'),
('22040',' Parts of the plane were used as percussion instruments and can be  heard in the soundtrack.'),
('22041',' ABC opted not to fly the intact N783DL to Hawaii first before  dismantling it. Instead, ABC dispatched 40 production workers to  Mojave to cannibalize and ship the aircraft pieces. Dismantling took  about 5 days in February 2004.'),
('22042',' The Airline in this show that flew the ill'),
('22043','fated flight is called  "Oceanic" this Airline name has been used before in  _Executive Decision (1996)_ (qv), and has also been used in many  other made'),
('22044','for'),
('22045','TV movies.'),
('22046',' The airplane pieces on the beach, depicting the doomed flight from  Sydney, are the remnants of a Lockheed Tristar L'),
('22047','1011. She began  service for Eastern Airlines (N308EA) in 1972 and was retired by  Delta Airlines (N783DL) in 1998 having racked up a total of 28,822  landings and 58,841 flight'),
('22048','hours.'),
('22049',' N783DL was bought by Thompsons Aviation Warehouse (Mojave, CA) for  $50,000. ABC/Touchstone purchased it for about $200,000.'),
('22050',' The first episode debuted on ABC with 18.65 million viewers. The  second episode attracted 16.33 million viewers.'),
('22051',' Hurley uses the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 to win the lottery.  During the season 1 finale, as Hurley drives to the airport, the  numbers appear on the dashboard as the car stalls. Running to the  gate, he passes a girls soccer team with the same numbers on their  uniform jerseys. They also appear on the hatch exterior and the vial  Desmond uses for injection.'),
('22052',' 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 all added together equal 108, the total of  minutes left to enter those very numbers into the computer each  time.'),
('22053',' Jennifer Jason Leigh (qv) was approached to play the part of  Libby, but she declined'),
('22054',' Adewale Akinnuoye'),
('22055','Agbaje (qv) came up with his own characters  name, "Mr. Eko", while he and the writers were developing the  character.'),
('22056',' Yoon'),
('22057','jin Kim (qv) originally read for the character of Kate. The  producers felt she was not what they were looking for but decided to  create a new character for her along with her characters spouse.'),
('22058',' During Charlies heroin scenes, Dominic Monaghan (qv) is actually  snorting brown sugar.'),
('22059',' Charlies shoulder tattoo reads "Living is easy with eyes closed".  This is a lyric from the song "Strawberry Fields Forever" by  The Beatles (qv).'),
('22060',' The rocks used in the waterfall cave set are made of rubber so that  the sound of the actors, and crew members walking about are not  picked up on camera.'),
('22061',' The part of Charlie was originally written for someone much older,  but when Dominic Monaghan (qv) auditioned, the writers and  producers loved him so much that they set about re'),
('22062','writing the part  to Dominics strengths.'),
('22063',' Plane wreckage scenes were filmed at Mokuleia Beach.'),
('22064',' The majority of post'),
('22065','pilot beach scenes are filmed along a more  remote, secluded stretch of Oahus famous North Shore. The sandy  shoreline is not private but the access is off the beaten path.'),
('22066',' Jungle scenes depicting open, grassy pasture areas at the foot of  jagged cliffs were filmed in Kaaawa Valley (first season).'),
('22067',' Mokuleia Beach is near Oahus northwest tip (Kaena Point). Kaaawa  Valley is over 30 miles away on the islands eastern coast.'),
('22068',' The sound stage where the cave scenes are filmed is at the old Xerox  building.'),
('22069',' Vincent, the dog, is actually played by a female dog, whose name is  Madison (IX) (qv).'),
('22070',' The symbol that Claire wears around her neck is the Japanese kanji  for "love".'),
('22071',' The symbol on Boones shirt is the Chinese symbol for the number 84.  Reversed the number is 48, The exact number of Survivors when the  plane first crashed.'),
('22072',' The shirt that Sawyer wears that has a fish on it is from an actual  restaurant. One of the shows creators went to Humpys in Alaska and  liked the logo so much he wanted to use it on the show. They didnt  get permission to use it until much later so they took the logo from  the site and made their own. No one at Humpys knew how it got onto  the show until much later.'),
('22073',' ABC picked up the show before there even was a script.  J.J. Abrams (qv) and Damon Lindelof (qv) had only turned in an  outline and based on this ABC picked up the show.'),
('22074',' James Cash (II) (qv) lost the part of Jack Shepherd to Matthew Fox  at the final auditions.'),
('22075',' When Jin is at the house of the person he is meant to kill (but only  beats him up) Hurley is on the television behind him. If you look  (extremely) carefully you can see that he is wearing the grey shirt  that he is wearing when the television cameras show up at the petrol  station later on in the series'),
('22076',' Jorge Garcia (qv) was the first person cast for the series.'),
('22077',' Charlie was in a band called Drive Shaft. Their only hit was called  "You All Everybody". That song can be heard in the background of an  episode of Alias, another show created by JJ Abrams.'),
('22078',' The number 42 is the last number in the series of mysterious numbers  that is central to the plot of Lost. In the X'),
('22079','Files, Agent Mulder  saw Edward D. Wood Jr.s Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) 42 times. He  also lives in apartment number 42. 42 is the answer to life, the  universe, and everything from Douglas Adamss _"The Hitchhikers  Guide to the Galaxy"(1981)_ .'),
('22080',' Michael Keaton was considered for the part of Jack, but turned it  down. Had he accepted, he would have been killed off in the pilot  episode.'),
('22081',' The very first scene filmed on the show was the one in the pilot  episode when Charlie was confronted by Cindy, the flight attendant,  seconds before the plane crashed. Kimberley Joseph (qv) who played  Cindy, spoke the very first lines of the shows production.'),
('22082',' Evangeline Lilly was one of the last actors to be found for the  show, but since she is Canadian, the producers werent sure if she  would be able to play the part. They pushed back all of Kates  scenes when they where shooting the pilot, just to be sure that they  could get a green card for Lilly. It wasnt until they had shot  almost every scene without the Kate character that Evangeline Lilly  was finally granted a green card and signed on. The same day Lilly  was put on a plane in Canada and went directly in to shooting.'),
('22083',' Josh Holloway was trying to cover up his Southern accent while he  was shooting several of his first scenes in the first season. It  wasnt until director J.J. Abrams told him that the reason they cast  him was BECAUSE of his accent that Holloway changed it. There are  still some scenes left in the pilot where Holloway doesnt use his  Southern accent.'),
('22084',' In the original description for Kate, she was a slightly older woman  separated from her husband, who went to the bathroom in the  tail'),
('22085','section of the plane. However, that idea ended up being used  for the character Rose.'),
('22086',' SPOILER: Originally, Libby was not set to die, but Ana Lucia Cortez  was not a popular enough character to garner sympathy from fans, so  Libby was killed as well for emotional impact.'),
('22087',' Eko was originally to be named "Emeka".'),
('22088',' The character of Sawyer was originally meant to be a slick,  suit'),
('22089','wearing city con artist. However, when Josh Holloway (qv)  forgot a line at his audition and subsequently kicked a chair in  frustration and loudly swore, the writers liked the edge he brought  to the Sawyer character and decided to write Sawyer as more of a  Southern, darker grifter instead.'),
('22090',' Jorge Garcia (I) (qv), Matthew Fox (qv), and  Dominic Monaghan (qv) all auditioned originally for the part of  Sawyer as the other characters had not been developed at the time.'),
('22091',' Yoon'),
('22092','jin Kim (qv) originally thought that Sun was too  stereotypical and submissive, but agreed to take the role after  being convinced by series co'),
('22093','creator J.J. Abrams (qv).'),
('22094',' Although in the Lost cast list Sun'),
('22095','Hwa is listed as having her  husband last name of Kwon, it is highly unusual for Korean women to  take their husbands last name.'),
('22096',' SPOILER: One of the key questions with the character Walt is casting  and problems that arise concerning the proposed time line on the  show. While the series moves slowly through time and only weeks have  passed on the show, the actual filming has stretched over two years.  When originally cast, Walt was portrayed as a 10 year old boy but,  after two seasons, he no longer looks 10. The shows writers appear  to have dealt with this at the end of season two, by sending Michael  and Walt away from the island toward supposed rescue.'),
('22097',' Executive Producer Carlton Cuse (qv) does the narration for the  advertisements for The Hanso Foundation.'),
('22098',' John Locke was an English philosopher in the 1800'),
('22099','century, who  described the human being as "tabula rasa" '),
('22100',' translated "unwritten  sheet" or "empty canvas", at birth. It is obvious that the creators  of ‘Lost’ were inspired by this when creating the character Locke.'),
('22101',' In the episode "In Translation", when Jin comes to the secretarys  house for the first time, in the background the secretarys kid is  watching television. On that television you can clearly see  Jorge Garcia (I) (qv).'),
('22102',' After the scene where Locke and Eko watch the orientation video for  the "Pearl" station of the Dharma Initiative, a gag commercial is  included in the next actual commercial break. This commercial sings  the praises of the Hanzo Corporation, which sharp'),
('22103','eyed viewers would  recognize as being the copyright holders from the Dharma Initiative  tape. This commercial included a website and a toll'),
('22104','free telephone  number at the end (www.sublymonal.com and 1'),
('22105','877'),
('22106','HANSORG,  respectively). Viewers who called the phone number were treated to  an interactive presentation wherein they could listen to the voice  mail messages of senior executives of the Hanzo corporation, and,  when the phone call was "hacked" by a mysterious woman called  Persephone they could obtain a password. When visiting the website,  viewers could play an interactive game which eventually unlocked  access to the Hanso Corporations homepage. If they tried to sign up  for the Hanzo newsletter on this site, the site would be "hacked" by  Persephone, who would ask for the password from the telephone  number. Those with the password were signed up to access "secret"  anti'),
('22107','Hanzo news and messages from Persephone.'),
('22108',' This was the first episode that J.J. Abrams (qv) was directly  involved in since the shows first season.'),
('22109',' Michael Emerson (I) (qv) who plays Ben Linus (in season two known  as Henry Gale) was originally contracted to appear in just three  episodes but the producers were so impressed by him that they  contracted him for a further five episodes (making eight in total).  In season 3, he is a regular cast member.'),
('22110',' Walt is speaking backwards to Shannon in the tent. He says, "Theyre  coming, and theyre close."'),
('22111',' When Shannon is searching for Vincent and she sees Walt standing in  the trees. He whispers something to her, but it is not audible.  Played in reverse, he says "Dont push the button."'),
('22112',' There are two unaired flashbacks scenes in this episode. The first  is between Shannon and her step mother at her fathers wake. They  discuss beef stroganoff. In the other Shannon visits Philippes  home, and meets his wife Dominique. Both these scenes appear on the  Series 2 DVD.'),
('22113',' The World Trade Centre towers were digitally re'),
('22114','added in this  episode to show the pre'),
('22115','2001 time'),
('22116','line setting.'),
('22117',' SPOILER: When Saywer and Michael are on the remains of the raft the  shark swimming around has a Dharma Initiative logo on its tail.'),
('22118',' As Desmond is being dismissed from the Monestary by Brother  Campbell, on his desk there is a picture. It is of Ms. Hawkins, the  woman who sold Desmond the wedding ring in "Flashes before your eye"  and Brother Campbell.'),
('22119',' The book in the parachutists bag is titled Ardil'),
('22120','22. This is the  Portuguese version of Joseph Hellers Catch 22 '),
('22121',' the name of the  episode. The men in the Arctic listening station at the end of  Season Two spoke Portuguese.'),
('22122',' The parachutists bag also contained an MRE packet (beef stew), a  nutra bar, and a satellite phone.'),
('22123',' The book Sawyer reads is "Watership Down" by  Richard Adams (IV) (qv). It tells the tale of a group of lost  rabbits searching for a new home.'),
('22124',' Episode was named after the disputed last words of Captain Smith of  the Titanic.'),
('22125',' Tito, Hugo Reyes grandpa, is a cameo appearance by the special  effects supervisor, Archie Ahuna (qv).'),
('22126',' Jin is notable in that he is the only major character who was  purportedly unable to speak English before arriving on the island.  (He does, however, speak English in one of Hurleys dream  sequences.) By contrast, Korean'),
('22127','born actor Daniel Dae Kim was raised  in Pennsylvania, and speaks English fluently and Korean with an  American accent. He is coached on set by a dialect coach and co'),
('22128','star  Yunjin Kim to speak Korean without the American accent.'),
('22129',' SPOILER: When Hugo drinks the milk, the picture of the missing child  on the milk box is a picture of Walt.'),
('22130',' During filming of the first season finale, each cast member was only  given the script pages of scenes where they appeared.'),
('22131',' During filming of the first season finale, each cast member was only  given the script pages of scenes where they appeared.'),
('22132',' In the season finale, while they are building the raft, Michael  instructs Jin, "No, this one goes there, that one goes there.  Right?" This is a quote from  _Star Wars: Episode V '),
('22133',' The Empire Strikes Back (1980)_ (qv) spoken  by Han Solo to Chewbacca when the two are working on the Millennium  Falcon. Later, while on the raft, Sawyer refers to them as Han and  Chewie.'),
('22134',' Sawyer is seen reading Agatha Christies Evil Under the Sun. The  book also centers around diamonds, and the mystery is played out on  an island.'),
('22135',' Exposé director Stephen Williams cast a fictional Stephen Williams  as the director of the fictional Exposé. You can see his name on the  clap board and on the back of the directors chair. The gentleman in  the sleeveless shirt is the phony Williams, the man in the lower  right is the real Stephen Williams. The old dude Nikki and Paulo  swindled was just an executive producer.'),
('22136',' This episode is also a take on a play called Rosencrantz and  Guildenstern are Dead, which chronicles the lives of two characters  played out against the backdrop of events from Shakespeares Hamlet.  In Hamlet, the two characters are charged with determining Hamlets  motives, and plans. Instead they, themselves are killed. The  characters are thrust into the universe of Hamlet in much the same  way that Paulo and Nikki were thrust into ours, by the will of the  writer. Inasmuch, they seem to serve no valid purpose and are  generally mocked throughout for being the extraneous folk they are.  In "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", however, much like  Expose is Nikki and Paulo, the playing field is reversed and they  are the major characters with Hamlet seeming to be the character  with misappropriated importance.'),
('22137',' The book Hurley is reading is Vladimir Nabokov (qv)s novel  "Laughter in the Dark". It is a book about a guy whose sex addiction  is his undoing.'),
('22138',' The clock in the nightstand reads 1:08. A reference to the  mysterious number sequence.'),
('22139',' Charlies full name is Charles Hieronymus Page.'),
('22140',' The art in Widmores office has echos of Dharma, and LOST island.  The painting behind Desmond has a Polar Bear, an upside down Buddha,  and the word Namaste backwards.'),
('22141',' In the episode "The Homecoming" (2/9/05) Charlies date Lucy  mentions that her dad is out of town looking to buy a paper company  in Slough. This is a reference to the British show  _"Office, The" (2001)_ (qv) which took place at a paper company in  Slough.'),
('22142',' The Others have very similar taste in games to one Mr. John Locke.  You can see the game Mouse Trap in the game room. Mouse Trap was  of extreme symbolic importance in the episode Deus Ex Machina in  which Johns description of the game to a young lad turned out to be  a dissertation on the fraud that was about to befall him at the  hands of his father, Anthony Cooper.'),
('22143',' The societal allegory book Watership Down makes at least its  second appearance on LOST in Sawyers hands.'),
('22144',' When Juliet punched in the code to activate the monster fence, the  code utilized part of LOSTs mystical number sequence: 4, 8, 15, 16,  23, 42, 16, and 23. You can see her enter 16 and 23.'),
('22145',' The boat named "Elizabeth" was from Newport Beach, California. Guest  star Alan Dale was "Caleb Nichol" on the TV series "The OC" which  took place in Newport Beach.'),
('22146',' The safe deposit box that John Locke opens in season 2 is numbered  1516, two of the mysterious numbers.'),
('22147',' There was an unaired flashback scene cut from this episode. In it  Father Chuck asks Locke about his father as he walks down the  cemetery with Locke and Helen. This scene appears on the Series 2  DVD.'),
('22148',' The world premiere of season two took place at Waikiki beach on the  island of Oahu one week before ABC aired the episode. The first  episode was projected on a screen 30 feet tall and the cast walked a  red carpet to greet fans before the episode played. The producers  requested that the viewers not disclose the events of the episode  before it aired.'),
('22149',' SPOILER: The bus that runs over Juliets ex'),
('22150','husband in Miami has the  color scheme and unique rainbow decals found only on The Bus, the  public bus system in Honolulu where the show is filmed.'),
('22151',' In the beginning of the episode Juliet is going to visit her sister  to give her some experimental medicine. On her sisters night stand  is a feng shui lamp. It is recognizable as the "Dharma Symbol".'),
('22152',' At the end of this scene where Juliet is going to visit her sister,  she looks out over the Miami skyline and an OCEANIC Airlines jet  flies by.'),
('22153',' Juliet is approached to work for a company called Mittleos  Bioscience. Mittleos is an anagram of Lost Time. Time is a huge  theme of this episode.'),
('22154',' Aldo is studying Stephen Hawkings A Brief History of Time, yet  another emergence of time in the subtext of LOST. The chapter he is  reading is Chapter seven '),
('22155',' all about black holes and bending time.'),
('22156',' Alexandras boyfriend is being brainwashed in room #23. Another  appearance of one of the numbers in the mysterious sequence'),
('22157',' SPOILER: When poor Edmund got smacked by the bus, you can see an  Apollo bar ad whiz by on the side of the bus. Apollo bars have made  several appearances in various episodes.'),
('22158',' LOST Coincidences with 04 08 15 16 23 42 numbers, etc. 04 '),
('22159',' 4 guns  in Marshals metal case. '),
('22160',' 4 years ago Hurleys Grandpa had a heart  bypass operation. '),
('22161',' Sam Toomey, Leonard Sims friend source of  numbers, died 4 years ago. '),
('22162',' John Locke has been paralyzed for 4  years. '),
('22163',' 4 people sailed off on the raft. '),
('22164',' Ana Lucia was shot 4  times through her vest. '),
('22165',' Ana Lucia went into psyche therapy for 4  months. '),
('22166',' Sgt. Sam Austen, who Kate thought was his true father, was  in Korea up till 4 months before Kate was born, making Wayne the  true father. '),
('22167',' Henry Gale and his wife crashed on the island in  their balloon 4 months ago. '),
('22168',' American army pilot was killed by  Tariq (Sayids commander) and buried 4 kilometers away. '),
('22169',' Charlie  was the fourth person to pass the alley when he interfered with the  mugging. 08 '),
('22170',' Kate wanted item in bank safety deposit box #815. '),
('22171','  Oceanic Flight 815 '),
('22172',' 8 days after the crash, some move into the  caves. '),
('22173','Sarahs (Jacks wife) had an accident 8 months before her  wedding to Kevin. 15 '),
('22174',' Boone spent 15 hours on a plane to get to  Shannon in Sydney. '),
('22175',' Young Kate and Tom buried their time capsule on  Aug.15 1989 (08'),
('22176','15'),
('22177','1989). '),
('22178',' Adam Rutherford, Jacks patient and  Shannons dad, died at 8:15AM. 16 '),
('22179',' 16 hours after the crash, they  find the pilot and transceiver. '),
('22180',' French S.O.S. repeating for 16  years. '),
('22181',' Deadline to take Jacks Dads body home for the funeral, 16  hours. '),
('22182',' 16 weeks without a lotto winner then Hurley won. '),
('22183',' Leonard  and Sam heard the numbers being transmitted 16 years ago while on  duty in the Pacific. '),
('22184',' 16 years ago, Danielle Rousseau and her team  of 5 followed the six'),
('22185','number transmission to the island and got  shipwrecked. '),
('22186',' Before the flight, Hurley pays $1,600.00 for a  scooter at the airport. '),
('22187','Shannons New York internship is 16 hours a  day. 23 '),
('22188',' Jacks plane seat, 23B '),
('22189',' Reward for Ray Mullen,  $23,000.00. '),
('22190',' From the planes tail section, 23 initially survived  after the crash. '),
('22191',' Sayid was 23 years old when Americans came and  taught him how to torture and interrogate. '),
('22192',' Karl was in room 23 in  the episode "Not in Portland"'),
('22193',' There were 23 people on the deck that  Hurley was on when it collapsed. 42 '),
('22194',' By the end of the first  season, only 42 survivors are left. '),
('22195',' Ana Lucias plane seat, 42F. '),
('22196','  Lockes last item in his crossword puzzle is 42'),
('22197','Down. Polar Bears '),
('22198','  Michaels gift to young Walt was a Polar Bear stuffed toy. '),
('22199',' There  are polar bears in the comic Walt is reading. '),
('22200',' Polar bears are  included in the orientation tape of The Dharma Initiative. '),
('22201',' Sawyer  kills a Polar Bear on the island. '),
('22202',' Walt is attacked and trapped by  a Polar Bear, he is rescued by Michael and Locke.'),
('22203',' Possible anagrams / meanings for "Herarat Aviation" '),
('22204',' Earhart  Aviation (as in famous Lost aviator Amelia), Her a Rat (to  describe/foreshadow Juliet), and Earth Variation A.'),
('22205',' The Dharma logo in the show is encircled by symbols known as  "Trigrams". There are eight Trigrams altogether, each representing  an aspect of life. One of the Trigrams can be seen on the tower of  the submarine as Juliet is standing on it. This Trigram represents  the front door, the beginning or your life path, and career.'),
('22206',' The sum of 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 is 108: the number of minutes on  the timer in the hatch. 108 times 5 is 540, the number of days Dr.  Candle indicates in the orientation film that a team will live in  the Swan station.'),
('22207',' Emilie De Ravin was initially a guest star that was billed as a  regular in season 1. In this episode she officially became a part of  the regular cast.'),
('22208',' Sayids electrical map reveals two interesting features of the  Others camp: two underground passages that seem to lead far beyond  the protected perimeter.'),
('22209',' The book Sawyer is reading is Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.'),
('22210',' {Pilot: Part 1 (#1.1)}'),
('22211',' The production budget for the two'),
('22212','hour pilot was $12 million, far  greater than the cost of most television shows. This led to Disney  firing ABC Entertainment Chairman Lloyd Braun for greenlighting the  show, which went on to became ABCs biggest hit in years.'),
('22213',' When the idea was to have Jack killed off in the pilot, the creators  discussed casting Michael Keaton (qv) as Jack.'),
('22214',' Jack was meant to die in the pilot. The "pilot" in the trees after  Jack, Charlie, and Kate were chased was actually supposed to be  Jack.'),
('22215',' Boone frequently wears a t'),
('22216','shirt with Chinese characters meaning 84,  which are two of the numbers that frequently appear throughout the  show.'),
('22217',' Jorge Garcia was the first actor cast for the first season.'),
('22218',' In the original pilot, in which Jack dies when the group finds the  cockpit, Kate was to emerge as the leader for the survivors,  motivating them to build shelter and begin considering life as  permanent residents of the island.'),
('22219',' The comic book that Walt reads is Green Lantern/Flash: Faster  Friends #1, published by DC Comics, and a polar bear really appears  in it.'),
('22220',' Dominic Monaghan (qv), Matthew Fox (qv), and  Evangeline Lilly (qv) were not allowed to see the cockpit set  before shooting. They were blindfolded until cameras rolled. They  were walked down the path, cameras now on, and their reaction to  seeing the cockpit leaning against the trees was real. This one'),
('22221','take  is what was used in the pilot episode.'),
('22222',' In the original outline of the pilot episode, Jack was supposed to  be killed halfway through the two'),
('22223','part pilot; however, early readers  claimed killing him off would lose viewers. The producers  subsequently cast Fox in the role as a permanent character after  considerations of a better known guest star such as Michael Keaton.'),
('22224',' The kite is an authentic Thai kite masters signature piece. The  swirl patterns were modeled after Van Goghs Starry Night. The  kite itself is named "Starbird" and was created by Buteo Huang.'),
('22225',' The branding that Juliet received is the Scientology cross upside  down.'),
('22226',' SPOILER: The number 4: Ben kills his dad at 4:00'),
('22227',' Bens Dharma Initiative jumpsuit is different from those worn by  other characters '),
('22228',' it doesnt have a Dharma logo on it, and is a  slightly lighter color.'),
('22229',' To Bens right you can see a copy of Stephen Kings The  Gunslinger. Damon Lindelof is involved in adapting the series with  J.J. Abrams. In the episode Not in Portland, one snotty book club  attendee chastised Juliet for choosing a Stephen King book, stating  Ben wouldnt read it in the bathroom. He was right '),
('22230',' apparently, Ben  prefers to read it in bed.'),
('22231',' The street address on Lockes disability application is 168 San  Juan St. #201, Tustin, CA 92780'),
('22232',' Juliet is holding a hamster in her portrait that hangs in Bens  home. At one point Ben claims that the electricity came from  Hamsters on treadmills.'),
('22233',' On one table in Bens home you can see a copy of Stephen Hawkings  A Brief History of Time. In Not in Portland, an Other named Aldo  was studying black holes from this very same book.'),
('22234',' The number 4: there are 4 survivors left from the tail end of the  airplane by the time they reach the other camp; Ana'),
('22235','Lucia, Libby,  Rosas husband, and Ecko'),
('22236',' The period of time between the plane crashes and the end of the  episode is 48 days. 4 and 8 are the first two "cursed" numbers.'),
('22237',' The location of The Others campsite and hatch is on the windward  (southeastern) part of the island of Oahu. This can be discerned by  the vegetation, a low scrub grass.'),
('22238',' The final scene, which reveals that the flashbacks are actually  flash'),
('22239','forwards to life after the survivors are off the island, was  kept a secret even from the shows cast. Only Matthew Fox (qv) and  Evangeline Lilly (qv), the two actors in the scene, knew about it  before the episode aired.'),
('22240',' The song playing in Jacks car as he drives to the funeral that no  one attended is "Scentless Apprentice", by Nirvana (qv). It is  possibly the first use of a Nirvana song on television since  Courtney Love (qv) sold 25% of the rights to the Nirvana catalog.'),
('22241',' The reporter, Tricia Tanaka, is similar to the recurring character  "Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa," from the animated show Family Guy.'),
('22242',' The hood ornament on the van is the Dharma logo'),
('22243',' In the flashback to Hurleys mansion, you can see a portrait of a  tranquil beach '),
('22244',' a harbinger.'),
('22245',' Tricia Tanaka works for Channel 8. 8 is one of the mysterious number  sequence.'),
('22246',' When Lockes boss Randy is first seen in this episode he stresses  that Johns TPS reports are due at noon. "TPS reports" are a  reference to the movie Office Space.'),
('22247',' (Episode #1.12), Shannon describes having been in France and seeing  a childrens animated movie about "computer fish" that ends with the  song "La Mer" (known as "Beyond the Sea" in English). Although  Shannon doesnt know the name of the movie, it is clearly  _Finding Nemo (2003)_ (qv), although the French dub of Finding Nemo,  like the original American movie, ended with  Robbie Williams (I) (qv)s English cover of "Beyond the Sea"  instead of the French source. This show and Finding Nemo are both  products of the same parent company, Disney. On the DVD region 2  release (Eurpoe/france) the french track does have the french  version of Beyond The Sea, this may have only been changed on the  DVD release as Williams recorded a french language version for a  disc being released of combined hits for a international market, and  so may not have been available for a theatrical release.'),
('22248',' This Swedish talk show shocked the nation in 1995 by being the first  television show in Sweden (and possibly the world) to show a full  gynecological exam on prime time TV.'),
('22249',' Named for and hosted by Lotta Aschberg.'),
('22250',' The show covered a wide variety of subjects from celebrity  interviews to family matters.'),
('22251',' The $5000 used on the show used 5 genuine $1000 bills printed  especially for them by the United States Bureau of Printing and  Engraving since at the time they printed no denominations over $100.'),
('22252',' Wanda Ventham (qv) was 11th hour casting choice replacing a  actress who dropped out.'),
('22253',' During the primetime run of the show (1977'),
('22254','1982),  Edward Asner (qv) became increasingly vocal on behalf of various  liberal political causes. Although the series had slipped in ratings  by 1982, many critics speculated that the actors politics played a  major role in the shows cancellation.'),
('22255',' When the series aired on CBS on Monday nights, journalism classes  would dismiss early, so that the faculty and students could watch  the new episodes and discuss them in class.'),
('22256',' Mrs. Pynchon, the widowed owner of the fictional Los Angeles  Tribune, was based on Mrs. Graham, the real widowed owner of the  Washington Post, and on Dolly Schiff.'),
('22257',' The producers of the show wanted to air a final episode that dealt  with the paper going out of business. They actually interviewed  reporters from real newspapers that closed in order to prepare for  this episode. The show was taken off the air before that episode  could be filmed.'),
('22258',' During the run of the show, the reporters switched from using  typewriters to personal computers. The brand name was taped over on  all of the computers.'),
('22259',' A spinoff of the sitcom _"Mary Tyler Moore" (1970)_ (qv), this is  one of the only dramatic series in American TV history to originate  from a comedy series.'),
('22260',' One of the influences on the show was the film  _All the Presidents Men (1976)_ (qv). Actor Robert Walden (qv)  appeared in both projects.'),
('22261',' The Trib uncovered numerous scandals in the small city of Newton  California. Newton is the name of an LAPD district, but there is no  city of Newton California.'),
('22262',' The show _"Room 222" (1969)_ (qv) takes place at the fictional Walt  Whitman High School. The old building at Los Angeles High School,  which was used for the exterior of Walt Whitman High, collapsed in  the 1971 earthquake. The new building on that spot was used as the  exterior for Whitman High in this series.'),
('22263',' CBS canceled the show after six episodes aired.'),
('22264',' Louie Anderson (I) (qv) said he didnt even like the show due to  all the changes CBS made to it.'),
('22265',' Two Princess cruise line ships were used in the series: The Island  Princess and The Pacific Princess.'),
('22266',' In season 6 a non'),
('22267','Princess ship was used. The Stella Solaris (at the  time a Sun Line ship) was used for the 2 part Spoonmaker diamond  episodes (144 & 145)'),
('22268',' This series was based upon Jeraldine Saunders novel titled, "The  Love Boats". She wrote the book from her personal observations while  serving as a hostess on a cruise ship.'),
('22269',' Last film project for Anne Baxter (qv).'),
('22270',' Final TV appearance of Bob Crane (I) (qv).'),
('22271',' Ethel Merman (qv) in her final performance.'),
('22272',' Robert Cummings (I) (qv)’ last performance.'),
('22273',' Greer Garson (qv)s final filmed performance.'),
('22274',' After 3 episodes, CBS canceled the show and then the remaining  episodes got picked up by VH1.'),
('22275',' The name of Charlie Jackson (Dan Wyllie)s company is Jackson &  Perske, which is a reference to Jacqueline Perske, the series  co'),
('22276','creator/writer/producer.'),
('22277',' This program was broadcast on the DuMont TV Network on Tuesday  nights between 8:30 and 9:00 PM Eastern Time.'),
('22278',' This program was broadcast on the Dumont TV network on Tuesday  evenings between 8:30 and 9:00 PM Eastern Time.'),
('22279',' When US soldiers showed up during filming, alarmed by cameras and  microphones they believed were rocket'),
('22280','propelled grenades, the  director often turned the cameras onto them and integrated them into  the current episode.'),
('22281',' Cancelled on 1 February 1980 to allow  _"Young and the Restless, The" (1973)_ (qv) to expand to an hour.'),
('22282',' Was produced by Roy Windsor and American Home Products until 1969,  when CBS took over.'),
('22283',' Expanded to 30 minutes in 1958 and switched to color in 1967.'),
('22284',' The shows demise after 29 years was covered on the "CBS Evening  News" which showed a crestfallen Sammy Davis, Jr. (qv), its No. 1  fan, watching the final episode.'),
('22285',' Jessica Walter (I) (qv)s first TV role.'),
('22286',' Ronald Longs TV debut.'),
('22287',' The four episodes were named after 1920s song titles: "Yes Sir,  Thats My Baby", "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight", "I Cant Give  You Anything But Love, Baby" and "Aint She Sweet".'),
('22288',' The episode titled "Love and Happy Days" (25 February 1972) was the  birth of the hit show _"Happy Days" (1974)_ (qv) and featured  eventual cast members Ron Howard (I) (qv), Anson Williams (qv)  and Marion Ross (qv).'),
('22289',' This series had more direct and indirect spin'),
('22290','offs than any other  American TV series. The following series can trace their roots back  to this show (most via the episode "Love and Happy Days"): '),
('22291','  _"Barefoot in the Park" (1970)_ (qv) '),
('22292','  _"Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" (1972)_ (qv) '),
('22293','  _"Happy Days" (1974)_ (qv) '),
('22294',' _"Laverne & Shirley" (1976)_ (qv) '),
('22295','  _"Laverne & Shirley with Special Guest Star the Fonz" (1976)_ (qv) '),
('22296','  _"Blanskys Beauties" (1977)_ (qv) '),
('22297',' _"Mork & Mindy" (1978)_ (qv) '),
('22298','  _"Out of the Blue" (1979)_ (qv) '),
('22299','  _"Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, The" (1980)_ (qv) '),
('22300','  _"Laverne & Shirley in the Army" (1981)_ (qv) '),
('22301','  _"Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour" (1982)_ (qv) '),
('22302','  _"Joanie Loves Chachi" (1982)_ (qv) '),
('22303','  _"New Love, American Style" (1985)_ (qv) '),
('22304',' and possibly others.'),
('22305',' Other series that had their pilots shown on this series were  _"Barefoot in the Park" (1970)_ (qv) and  _"Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('22306',' The major sponsor of "Love American Style" was Oscar Mayer.'),
('22307',' Acting debut of Dr. Joyce Brothers (qv).'),
('22308',' Final on screen performance of Paul Ford (I) (qv).'),
('22309',' The segment "Love and the Happy Days" was an unsold pilot. The  success of _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv) convinced ABC to pick it  up as the series _"Happy Days" (1974)_ (qv).'),
('22310',' Shannen Doherty (qv) was originally going to be apart of the show  but then she was dropped after UPN picked up the pilot for the show.'),
('22311',' Each individual episodes title is named after other sitcoms. For  example, "Bosom Buddies", "Arrested Development", etc.'),
('22312',' Even though Sidney was openly gay in the television movie that the  show was based on, the producers toned down that aspect of his  personality when the show premiered due to the fact that they were  afraid that they would not get any sponsors for a show featuring an  openly gay character.'),
('22313',' Myrna Loy (qv)s last television appearance.'),
('22314',' Something of a mystery surrounds Lovejoys daughter. In  _"Lovejoy" (1986) {Sugar and Spice (#2.8)}_ (qv), Lady Jane mentions  that Lovejoy has just one daughter. In Season 1, she is called Kate  and is played by Charlotte Edwards (qv); in Seasons 2 and 3, she  is called Vicky and is played by Amelia Shankley (qv); in Season 6  her name is spelled Viki and she is played by Amelia Curtis (qv).  Despite information to the contrary on some web sites,  Amelia Shankley (qv) and Amelia Curtis (qv) are not the same  actress.'),
('22315',' This episode and the preceding one,  _"Lovejoy" (1986) {Riding in Rollers (1 of 2) (#2.11)}_ (qv), are  sometimes shown as a single 105'),
('22316','minute episode Black Virgin of  Vladimir.'),
('22317',' In this episode, DS Pulver (Gary Waldhorn (qv)) is called Arnie,  but in previous episodes  _"Lovejoy" (1986) {Three Men and a Brittle Lady (#5.5)}_ (qv) and  _"Lovejoy" (1986) {Swings and Roundabouts (#5.11)}_ (qv), his first  name was Bob.'),
('22318',' This episode and the following one,  _"Lovejoy" (1986) {Black Virgin of Vladimir (2 of 2) (#2.12)}_ (qv),  are sometimes shown as a single 105'),
('22319','minute episode Black Virgin of  Vladimir.'),
('22320',' Tinkers full name is revealed: Archibald Bertram de Vere Dill!'),
('22321',' Lovejoy is shown arriving at a railway station called  Bigbury'),
('22322','on'),
('22323','Sea. This is artistic licence '),
('22324',' Bigbury'),
('22325','on'),
('22326','Sea has never  has a railway station: the nearest railway station (which closed in  1963) was at Kingsbridge, about 10 miles away by road.'),
('22327',' Canceled by MTV on 18 September 2000.'),
('22328',' This episode was censored by Lifetime Television and never aired.  After approving the script, filming, and then requesting additional  editing, they got cold feet and decided the subject matter was too  controversial. By comparison, it was tame compared to story lines  "Campus Ladies" has aired on the Oxygen Network.'),
('22329',' The show was one of the first co'),
('22330','productions of West Germany and  Czechoslovakia during the Cold War period. Although '),
('22331','or as'),
('22332',' it was  very popular in both countries, it was never aired in East Germany.'),
('22333',' The first HBO sitcom to be taped before a live audience.'),
('22334',' The show was cancelled because of poor ratings two weeks after  receiving an Emmy nomination.'),
('22335',' Due to his commitment to the show, John Corbett (I) (qv) had to  decline to reprise his role as Ian Miller in the  _My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)_ (qv) spin'),
('22336','off,  _"My Big Fat Greek Life" (2003)_ (qv).'),
('22337',' Filmed in color starting in the second season, but not aired in  color until the fourth season.'),
('22338',' Vivian Vance (qv) left the program after the third season, because  she lived in Connecticut and tired of commuting and leaving her  husband.'),
('22339',' The show ended in 1968 as part of the stipulation of the sale of  Desilu to Gulf & Western.'),
('22340',' When asked during an interview how actress Joan Crawford (qv)  liked working with Lucille Ball (qv) on the show, Crawfords  response was, "And they call *me* a bitch!"'),
('22341',' Frustrated with Joan Crawford (qv)s lack of memorizing her lines,  Lucille Ball (qv) was said to have asked fellow producers if  Gloria Swanson (qv) was available to film the episode instead.'),
('22342',' The series sixth and final season was its highest rated: it ranked  number two in the ratings after  _"Andy Griffith Show, The" (1960)_ (qv).'),
('22343',' Loosely based on the book "Life without George".'),
('22344',' Charles Lane (I) (qv) appeared occasionally in the first season as  Mr. Barnsdahl. But Lane had trouble remembering his lines and his  character was written out of the show.'),
('22345',' Vivian Bagley was the first regular character on television who was  a divorcée.'),
('22346',' At the start of Season 5, the opening sequence featured  Lucille Ball (qv)s head on an animated jack'),
('22347','in'),
('22348','the'),
('22349','box. Ball  hated this sequence and it was changed back to the Season 4 version,  which showed clips of Lucy in a kaleidoscopic fashion. This sequence  remained until the end of the shows run. The "jack'),
('22350','in'),
('22351','the'),
('22352','box"  sequence has never been shown in syndication since the 1970s.'),
('22353',' Lucie Arnaz (qv), Lucille Balls daughter, met future husband  Phil Vandervort (qv) on the set of the sixth season episode "Lucy  Gets Her Diploma".'),
('22354',' Joan Blondell (qv) was to be a recurring guest'),
('22355','star in the fourth  season as Lucys neighbor. But she and Lucille Ball (qv) did not  get along and had heated arguments backstage. After two episodes,  her character was written out.'),
('22356',' Lucy and Viv are stuck in the shower as the water continually rises.  Lucille Ball later stated that she nearly drowned during the filming  of this episode, when she went to the bottom and found herself  unable turn herself upright. Vivian Vance (qv) realized she was in  trouble, and pulled Lucy up by her hair. Vance ad'),
('22357','libbed until Lucy  could catch her breath and resume her lines. The near'),
('22358','disastrous  moment was left in the episode and is widely considered the funniest  of the show.'),
('22359',' The sixth season episode "Lucy and the Lost Star" is the last  episode to star actress Vivian Vance (qv), but it is also one of  the episodes that Lucille Ball (qv) was not happy to make.  According to known Hollywood sources, as well as visual proof once  you watch the episode, actress Joan Crawford (qv) was often drunk  on the set during taping which lead to frequent arguments between  the stars.'),
('22360',' Lucille Ball (qv) filed for divorce from Desi Arnaz (qv) the day  after filming of the final episode wrapped.'),
('22361',' Near the end of the series run, William Frawley (qv) and  Vivian Vance (qv) were offered their own spin'),
('22362','off series. But the  two had never gotten along and did not want to work together any  further.'),
('22363',' The premiere episode "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" originally ran  75 minutes.'),
('22364',' The premiere episode "Lucy Takes a Cruise to Havana" contained the  first ever TV crossover. Ann Sothern (qv) guest starred playing  her Susie McNamera character from her series  _"Private Secretary" (1953)_ (qv), which had ended a few months  before.'),
('22365',' The first show cancelled from the 2003 fall season'),
('22366',' Was briefly kicked off the air for jokingly asking young viewers to  send him "little green pieces of paper." But an urban legend in  which Soupy allegedly sneaked a reference to the f'),
('22367','word into an  on'),
('22368','air joke is just a myth.'),
('22369',' During the show Soupy would often answer knocks at the door. He  would then talk to various characters not visible to the camera.  Once, as a joke, the crew brought in a totally nude dancer. Soupy  was practically speechless and could not say anything on the air.  This was released years later and shown on TV (appropriate areas  blanked out, of course).'),
('22370',' Model Georgina Wilson, Richard Gutierrezs girlfriend, was rumored  to be considered to play the love interest of Lupin. But it didnt  happen due to a conflict of schedule, since Georgina was still  studying in Australia when the shooting started. The role went to  2007 Bb. Pilipinas runner'),
('22371','up Abby Cruz.'),
('22372',' Cesar Montano (qv) was supposed to be in the series. He, however,  backed'),
('22373','out when he was offered to run as Senator by Pres.  Gloria Macapagal'),
('22374','Arroyo (qv) in the Philippines. He was replaced  by Michael de Mesa{qv).'),
('22375',' Vic Sotto (qv) and Joey de Leon (qv) were originally offered the  role of Inspector Clavio, but turned it down. The role went to  Janno Gibbs (qv).'),
('22376',' Ryza Cenon (qv) left the project to be the leading woman of  Mark Herras (qv) in Fantastic Man. L.J. Reyes (qv) took over the  role.'),
('22377',' Though there are many differences between this TV series to the  anime and the original novel, the series stories has been adapted  from the anime, the novels and the movies.'),
('22378',' This program was broadcast on the CBS Network on Friday nights  between 9:30 and 10:00 PM Eastern Time alternating with  _"Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1951)_ (qv).'),
('22379',' From 1950 to September 1953, the live 30'),
('22380','minute broadcast came from  New York City. The show moved to Hollywood in September 1953 and  continued the 30'),
('22381','minute schedule. In August 1954, the show moved to  NBC television and came from Hollywood in a 60'),
('22382','minute format.'),
('22383',' Broadcast live from New York City until the 1953 season premiere.'),
('22384',' The show was based on the radio show "Lux Radio Theater" which was  broadcast from October 1934 to June 1955. The sponsor was Lux soap.'),
('22385',' Premiered on CBS as a half hour dramatic anthology series on 2  October 1950 (Monday nights 8:00'),
('22386','8:30), moved to Thursday nights  (9:00'),
('22387','9:30) in August, 1951. Switched to NBC in an hour long format  in August, 1954 on Thurday night 10:00'),
('22388','11:00). Last televised 12  September 1957.'),
('22389',' During the last two years of production, scripts were condensed  versions of projects under consideration by various studios as  feature films, although none were ever produced as such.'),
('22390',' A pilot for a potential television series.'),
('22391',' Margaret OBrien (I) (qv) and Walter Brennan (qv) appear on the  show to promote their new movie, _"Glory" (1956)_ (qv), and show a  clip.'),
('22392',' First televised appearance of Walter Matthau (qv).'),
('22393',' The show was among the very first successes of Danish broadcaster  TV2 when it started as Denmarks second TV channel in 1988.  According to TV2, the show had a run of 3,599 episodes until it was  cancelled in 2001 after an ineffective attempt at modernizing the  format to suit young viewers.'),
('22394',' 13 Episodes were made but only 6 episodes aired because the show got  canceled after only airing 6 episodes.'),
('22395',' Rick Wakeman (qv) was offered the chance to write the theme tune  either for this series or for _"Bill, The" (1984)_ (qv). He chose  this one, believing that it had the best potential of the two to be  a long running series. It ran for two seasons, while "The Bill"  continues to run.'),
('22396',' An episode featuring a Chicago cop taking a bribe led to Mayor  Richard J. Daley (qv) banning any TV show or film from doing any  shooting in Chicago at all. That ban was later broken with the  filming of _Blues Brothers, The (1980)_ (qv).'),
('22397',' The show was inspired by the exploits of legendary Chicago crime  fighter Det. Supt. Joseph Morris. Det. Lt. Frank Pape (qv), who  worked for Morris, served as a technical adviser on the show,  without getting credit, however, because of his active status within  the Chicago Police Department, which banned police moonlighting.'),
('22398',' Burt Reynolds (I) (qv) TV debut.'),
('22399',' This television series, set during the Korean War, lasted eleven  seasons. The actual Korean War lasted only three years.'),
('22400',' While most of the characters from the movie carried over to the  series, only three actors appeared in both: Gary Burghoff (qv)  (Radar OReilly) and G. Wood (qv) (General Hammond) reprized their  movie roles in the series (though Wood appeared in only three  episodes). Timothy Brown (I) (qv) (credited as "Tim Brown") played  "Cpl. Judson" in the movie and Spearchucker Jones in series.'),
('22401',' Throughout the run of the series, any "generic" nurses (nurse  characters who had a line or two, but were minor supporting  characters otherwise) were generally given the names "Nurse Able",  "Nurse Baker", or "Nurse Charlie". These names stem from the  phonetic alphabet used by the military and HAM operators at the  time. During the time period of the Korean War, the letters A, B,  and C in the phonetic alphabet were Able, Baker, and Charlie (since  then, the standard has been updated, and A and B are now Alpha and  Bravo). In later seasons, it became more common for a real character  name to be created, especially as several of the nurse actors became  semi'),
('22402','regulars. For example, Kellye Nakahara (qv) played both  "Able" and "Charlie" characters in season three before becoming the  semi'),
('22403','regular "Nurse Kellye"; on the other hand, Judy Farrell (qv)  (then Mrs. Mike Farrell (I) (qv)) played Nurse Able in eight  episodes, including the series finale.'),
('22404',' Radars Teddy Bear is no longer held at the Smithsonian, but was  sold at auction July 29, 2005, for $11,800.'),
('22405',' The UK was actually the only country to broadcast MASH without a  laugh track. Now some DVDs of the show offer the option of watching  with the laugh track on or off.'),
('22406',' Season 5 had Hawkeye living in Vermont with Crabapple Cove, Maine,  being a summer home. A few episodes later, when speaking with a  patient, Hawkeye says he grew up in Crabapple Cove. From this point  on in the series, we only hear about him and Crabapple Cove, Maine'),
('22407','  never Vermont.'),
('22408',' Hawkeyes home town of Crabapple Cove, Maine is the only fictional  home town of all of the M*A*S*H characters.'),
('22409',' B.J.s wifes name was Peg.'),
('22410',' By the time the series ended, two of the regulars were promoted:  Klinger (Jamie Farr (qv)) from Corporal to Sergeant, and Father  Mulcahy (William Christopher (qv)) from Lieutenant to Captain.  (Farr and Christopher also saw their names move from the closing  credits of the show, to the opening credits.) Radar OReilly was  temporarily promoted when an I'),
('22411','Corps mimeograph operator owed poker  money to Hawkeye. Both Hawkeye and B.J. turned down offers of  promotion but B.J. suggested Rader be promoted to Lieutenant  instead. Radar gives the promotion back when he finds out he liked  being a non'),
('22412','commissioned officer.'),
('22413',' In some early episodes, Colonel Blakes wife was called Mildred.  Later, she became Lorraine. Colonel Potters wife was called  Mildred.'),
('22414',' The baseball cap worn by Klinger (and on occasion, Col Potter),  starting in the 8th season is supposed to be a Toledo Mud Hens cap,  but its actually a Texas Rangers cap, that the Rangers wore in the  70s and early'),
('22415','80s'),
('22416',' Col. Potters Horse Sophie is played by several different horses in  several different episodes. In many cases Sophie, a mare, is in fact  played by a male horse.'),
('22417',' Tom Skerritt (qv) was approached to reprise his role as Duke  Forrest on the series and he declined, because he felt a TV version  of the movie would be unsuccessful.'),
('22418',' Rene Auberjonois (qv) turned down the chance to reprise his role  of Father Mulcahy.'),
('22419',' Lt. Col. Blakes daughter was named Molly.'),
('22420',' Col. Blakes alma mater was the University of Illinois. When word of  this reached the university, a U of I sweater (of appropriate  vintage) was donated to the show, and Blake can be seen wearing the  blue sweater with a large orange "I" in several episodes.'),
('22421',' Morgan, Harry (qv), who played Col. Potter, had an earlier guest  appearance as a crazy General named Steele.'),
('22422',' Col. Potter was from Hannibal, Missouri. (Some early episodes give  his home as Nebraska.)'),
('22423',' Col. Potters horse was named Sophie. He gave Sophie to Sister  Teresas orphanage after the war ended, since he couldnt take her  back to the States.'),
('22424',' Jamie Farr (qv) and Alan Alda (qv) were the only two cast  members to have served in Korea, but both of them did their tours of  duty after the 1953 cease fire.'),
('22425',' Many of the actors from the cast appeared in a series of TV  commercials for the IBM Personal Computer. Alan Alda (qv) also  endorsed the Atari personal computer.'),
('22426',' "M*A*S*H" stands for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.'),
('22427',' Stevenson, McLean (qv), who played Lt. Col. Henry Blake, died of a  heart attack on 15 February 1996. The next day, 16 February,  Bowen, Roger (qv), who played Lt. Col. Henry Blake in the movie,  died of the same cause.'),
('22428',' The character of Spearchucker disappeared after the first five  episodes when the writers found out that there werent any African  American surgeons serving at MASHes in the Korean War.'),
('22429',' Edward Winter (qv) first appeared as Capt. Halloran in "Deal Me  Out" (8 December 1973), but would later play the paranoid Col. Sam  Flagg six times in the series. ("Halloran" may have been one of  Flaggs many aliases; when he and Sidney Freedman meet in a later  episode, Flagg reminds Freedman theyd once played poker together.)'),
('22430',' Gary Burghoff (qv)s left hand is slightly deformed, and he took  great pains to hide or de'),
('22431','emphasize it during filming. He did this  by always holding something (like a clipboard), or keeping that hand  in his pocket.'),
('22432',' All of the replacement characters (BJ, Col. Potter, and Charles)  lasted longer then the characters they replaced (Trapper, Henry, and  Frank).'),
('22433',' Hometowns: HAWKEYE: Crabapple, Cove Maine; BJ: Mill Valley,  California; MARGARET: Fort Ord, California; POTTER: Hannibal,  Missouri; RADAR: Ottumwa, Iowa; KLINGER: Toledo. Ohio; CHARLES:  Boston, Massachusetts; BURNS: Fort Wayne, Indiana; HENRY:  Bloomington, Illinois; TRAPPER: Boston, Massachusetts; MULCAHY:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; NURSE KELLYE: Honolulu, Hawaii; SGT  RIZZO: Baton Rouge, Louisiana'),
('22434',' Spouses: BJ: Peg; POTTER: Mildred; MARGARET: Donald Penobscott;  KLINGER: Laverne/Soon Lee; HENRY: Lorraine; BURNS: Louise; TRAPPER:  Melanie/Louise; RIZZO: Zola'),
('22435',' The filming location for the exteriors of the 4077 M*A*S*H camp is  today known as Malibu Creek State Park in Malibu, California.  Formerly called the Fox Ranch, and owned by 20th Century Fox Studios  until the 1980s, the site today (early 2001) is overgrown with  foliage, and marked by a rusted Jeep and an ambulance used in the  show, as well as a small sign. The state park is open to the public.  It was also the location where _Planet of the Apes (1968)_ (qv) and  _How Green Was My Valley (1941)_ (qv) were filmed.'),
('22436',' When the series was first going into production, the network wanted  a laugh track (a sitcom staple), while the shows producers didnt.  They compromised with a "chuckle track", played only occasionally.  (DVD releases of the series mostly allow viewers a no'),
('22437','laugh'),
('22438','track  option.)'),
('22439',' When the series was shown in the UK, it didnt have a laugh track.  Once, the BBC left it switched on by mistake and received a number  of complaints that the intrusive canned laughter spoilt the shows  atmosphere.'),
('22440',' Alan Alda (qv) had a running guest appearance on the TV show  _"ER" (1994)_ (qv) in which he plays Dr. Gabriel Lawrence, who  reminisces about being a doctor in a war.'),
('22441',' Col. Henry Blake is from the central Illinois twin cities of  Bloomington'),
('22442','Normal. McLean Stevenson (qv), who played Blake, was  born and raised in Bloomington'),
('22443','Normal (in McLean County).'),
('22444',' Allan Arbus (qv)s character, Dr. Sidney Freedman, was called Dr.  Milton Freedman in "Radars Report" (episode # 2.3) 9/29/1973'),
('22445',' The Japanese actor Mako (I) (qv) played four different characters  over the course of the series, and Korean actor Soon'),
('22446','Tek Oh (qv)  played five.'),
('22447',' Robert Alda (qv), Alan Alda (qv)s father, had guest appearances  in two episodes, "The Consultant" and "Lend a Hand". "Lend a Hand"  also featured a guest appearance by Antony Alda (qv), Alan Aldas  brother. According to Alan Alda, "Lend a Hand" was his way of  reconciling with his dad; he was always giving suggestions to Robert  for their vaudeville act and in "Lend a Hand" Roberts character was  always giving Hawkeye suggestions. It was Roberts idea for the  doctors to cooperate as "Dr. Right" and "Dr. Left" at the end of  that episode, signifying both a reconciliation of their characters  and in real life as well.'),
('22448',' Gary Burghoff (qv) played his characters own mother in the  fourth'),
('22449','season episode "Mail Call Again".'),
('22450',' Klingers attempt to be thrown out of the army by wearing womens  clothing was inspired by the comedian Lenny Bruce (qv), who  similarly attempted to win his way home from active service by  dressing up as a WAVE (female officer).'),
('22451',' Stuart Margolin (qv) appears as two different characters during  the first and second seasons '),
('22452',' both of whom try to get fresh with a  resisting Major Houlihan. Oliver Clark (I) (qv) and Tim  OConnor (I) (qv) also played two different characters on the show,  and even John Orchard (qv) ("Ugly John" from the first season)  returned for a guest spot later, in another role.'),
('22453',' Loudon Wainwright III (qv) appeared in three episodes in the third  season (1974'),
('22454','75), playing the character "Captain Calvin Spaulding".  The name is taken from "Captain Jeffery T. Spaulding", a character  played by Groucho Marx (qv) in _Animal Crackers (1930)_ (qv).'),
('22455',' It was Mike Farrell (I) (qv) who asked to have his characters  daughters name be Erin, after his own daughter of the same name. It  was originally going to be Melissa. Every time B.J. Hunnicut talks  into a phone, on screen, he was really talking to his wife at the  time, Judy, or his daughter, Erin. As well, anytime B.J. mentioned  his daughter Erin, Farrell was speaking from the heart about his  real life daughter.'),
('22456',' Henry Blake also had a University of Illinois coffee mug (orange  with a blue "I") as well as his sweater (blue with an orange "I").'),
('22457',' Colonel Potter was an enlisted cavalryman during the First World  War.'),
('22458',' The game Trivial Pursuit claims Hawkeye only ever saluted once  during the entire run of the series. This is false. He saluted Radar  twice'),
('22459','once when awarding him a purple heart and once when he went  home. He saluted Frank without thinking about it early in the  series. Hawkeye and BJ saluted Colonel Potter in the series finale.  Hawkeye along with Trapper also salute Nurse Cutler in Requiem for  a Lightweight when she loses her towel after she bumps into them  while running from the shower.'),
('22460',' Franks wifes name was Louise '),
('22461',' as was Trapper Johns. Frank had  three daughters (names not given); Trapper John had two (Cathy and  Becky).'),
('22462',' There was one nude scene throughout the entire series. It occurred  during the episode titled "The Sniper". When Radar was running  outside wearing only a towel and the sniper is firing at him, he  runs back into the showers, for some reason he takes off his towel  *before* he closes the door to the showers. Rear nudity is briefly  shown from a distance.'),
('22463',' Max Klinger frequently refers to a baseball team named the Toledo  Mud Hens. This team exists in reality. Founded in 1896, it is the  AAA minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, and is part of the  West Division of the International Baseball League.'),
('22464',' First American network series to use the phrase "son'),
('22465','of'),
('22466','a'),
('22467','bitch".'),
('22468',' Michael Mann (II) (qv) once took a minor role in the series as a  wounded soldier.'),
('22469',' Hawkeyes fathers name was Daniel. Dr. Daniel Pierce was an M.D.  who still practiced in Crabapple Cove, Maine, where Hawkeye grew up.  (In one of the "Dear Dad" episodes early in the series, however,  Hawkeye mentions his father living in Vermont.)'),
('22470',' Hawkeye occasionally mentions a sister (even sporting an oversized  sweater shed knitted him) during the first few seasons, and asks  his father in a letter to "kiss Mom and Sis" for him. However,  Hawkeye later related that hed been an only child, that his mother  died when he was a boy, and that his father had never remarried.'),
('22471',' The ubiquitous helicopters were military versions of the Bell 47. In  the real Korean War, the H'),
('22472','13s evacuated 80% of American casualties.  (Roads in Korea were primitive, and often treacherous, so  helicopters were favored over ambulances.)'),
('22473',' Charles Emerson Winchester was stationed in Tokyo before he was  transferred to the 4077. His commanding officer had him transferred  because he owed Charles $600 for losses in cribbage. There is a  later episode where Charles commanding officer visits the 4077th.'),
('22474',' When Larry Linville announced that he was leaving at the end of the  fifth season, the storyline of Margarets impending marriage to Lt.  Colonel Donald Penobscott was used as a way to write Burns off the  show. His absence was later explained by having Burns suffer a  nervous breakdown following Margarets marriage and searching all  over Seoul for her. He later was transferred back Stateside where he  was promoted to lieutenant colonel and put in charge of a Veterans  Administration hospital in his home state of Indiana.'),
('22475',' Much like their onscreen counterparts, the cast bonded and became a  "family" on the set, in response to the relative remoteness of the  Fox Ranch and the cold weather when filming began.'),
('22476',' Klinger married his first wife, his childhood sweetheart Laverne  Esposito, while he was serving in Korea. The ceremony was performed  over the short wave radio and officiated by Father Mulcahy, who also  performed Klingers marriage ceremony to his Korean war bride Soon  Lee.'),
('22477',' As the series went on, the producers began interviewing actual  M*A*S*H veterans for their stories and impressions; many of their  recollections went into storylines. The gradual thinning of fresh  ideas prompted work on the series conclusion.'),
('22478',' Klinger was only going to appear in one episode. However, he proved  so popular that he became a regular.'),
('22479',' Larry Hama (qv), the writer of most of the GI Joe comic books,  appeared in one episode as a North Korean jeep driver.'),
('22480',' Frank Burns had three middle names during his time on the show: W.,  Marion and D.'),
('22481',' While Major Burns almost never drank, the camps Officers Club  (later opened to enlisted personnel) was built at his request, after  the surgeons saved Gen. Mitchells son.'),
('22482',' John Fujioka (qv), who played the uncredited role of a Japanese  Golf Pro in the movie, appeared three times in the series. The first  time was in "Dear Ma" (12'),
('22483','23'),
('22484','1975) as Colonel Kim, the second time  was in "The Tooth Shall Set You Free (02'),
('22485','08'),
('22486','1982) as Duc Phon Jong  and the last time he played a peasant in "Picture This"  (04'),
('22487','05'),
('22488','1982).'),
('22489',' Frank Burns nickname "Ferret Face" came from his brother; he  mentioned it to Hawkeye and Trapper John once, during a rare  drinking binge, and they never forgot it. (Even BJs first words to  Burns when they met were "What say, Ferret Face?")'),
('22490',' Both Major Margaret Houlihan and Cpl. Max Klinger were married in  the same wedding dress (Margaret in person, Klinger over the phone)  and divorced during their service at the 4077th.'),
('22491',' Charles carried a photograph of himself having lunch with movie star  Audrey Hepburn (qv), whom he met through a family associate.  Though thoroughly charmed by Hepburn, Charles had still never seen  any of her movies.'),
('22492',' One of Col. Potters guilty pleasures was watching  Doris Day (I) (qv) perform, onstage or onscreen. Hed seen all her  movies, but never took his wife Mildred to one.'),
('22493',' The 4077th actually consisted of two separate sets. An outdoor set,  located in the mountains near Malibu, California, was used for all  exterior and tent scenes for the first few seasons. The indoor set,  located on a sound stage at Fox studios, was used for the indoor  scenes for the run of the series. Later, after the indoor set was  renovated to permit many of the "outdoor" scenes to be filmed there,  both sets were used for exterior shooting as script requirements  dictated (for example, night scenes were far easier to film on the  sound stage, but scenes at the chopper pad required using the  ranch).'),
('22494',' Since he hated guns, Hawkeye never carried a sidearm when he was  officer of the day.'),
('22495',' Big Birds teddy bear is named Radar. This is reference to Walter  "Radar" OReilly having a teddy bear during his entire stay on the  series.'),
('22496',' The series finale is the highest rated American show of all time,  with a 60.2% ratings and 106 million viewers.'),
('22497',' When Henry Blake died in the end of "Abyssina Henry", the shows  writers and producers were bombarded with hate mail and letters of  protest. Some people wrote letters saying that Henry Blake is alive  and well in their city. The point the producers and writers were  trying make was that all soldiers, when they were discharged did not  necessarily return home safely, when their tour of duty was over.'),
('22498',' Throughout the series, Klinger frequently introduces himself by his  full name, Maxwell Q. Klinger, but never says what the Q stands for.'),
('22499',' BJs real name is never given. In one episode, Hawkeye goes to  extreme lengths to learn what "BJ" stands for, but all official  paperwork concerning his friend claims that BJ really is his first  name. Toward the end of the episode, BJ explains that his parents  names are Bea and Jay, and claims that this is the reason for his  odd name, but whether this is actually true is never made clear.'),
('22500',' The show was created after an attempt to film the original books  sequel "M*A*S*H Goes To Maine" failed.'),
('22501',' Alan Alda (qv), Loretta Swit (qv) and Jamie Farr (qv) were the  only actors to stay on the show from the first episode to the last.  Farr was in the first episode as the P.A. announcer but Klinger  didnt appear until late into the first season.'),
('22502',' Many young actors appeared as guest stars before becoming household  names, including John Ritter (qv), Patrick Swayze (qv), and  Laurence Fishburne (qv). Ron Howard (I) (qv) appeared (while  still known as "Ronny" Howard) between  _"Andy Griffith Show, The" (1960)_ (qv) and  _"Happy Days" (1974)_ (qv). Other guest stars included  Joe Pantoliano (qv) (later of _Matrix, The (1999)_ (qv) and  _"Sopranos, The" (1999)_ (qv), George Wendt (I) (qv) (Norm from  _"Cheers" (1982)_ (qv)), comedian Andrew Dice Clay (qv) (credited  as Andrew Clay) and former football players Alex Karras (qv) and  John Matuszak (qv). Bruno Kirby (qv) and Teri Garr (qv) also  made appearances.'),
('22503',' Throughout the entire eleven'),
('22504','year run of the series, a laugh track  was almost never used in any of the operating room scenes; the one  and only exception appears in this episode, when Col. Blake is  stabbed by an anesthetic needle and falls asleep counting backwards.'),
('22505',' The final scene, where Radar delivers the news of Henrys death, was  kept from the rest of the cast until the day of filming.'),
('22506',' The final episode for McLean Stevenson and Wayne Rogers.'),
('22507',' In the third season finale "Abyssinia, Henry", Henry Blake is sent  home, to coincide with McLean Stevenson (qv)s departure from the  show. In a surprise twist at the end of the episode, the characters  learn that Blakes plane was shot down en route to Japan, and  everyone aboard died. This was kept a surprise from the cast (with  one exception, Alan Alda (qv)) until the moment when  Gary Burghoff (qv)s character ran into the operating room to  announce the news. The producers intent was to capture the casts  genuine shock and surprise, and to remind the audience that war  takes friend and foe alike. A technical mistake required a second  take to be filmed, and in that take one of the cast dropped a  surgical instrument on the floor, banging loudly as it hit. This  mistake was left in, since it so well fit the scene. McLean  Stevenson was on the set as the scene was shot, and left almost  immediately afterward. A catered wrap party had been prepared, but  after filming was finished, nobody felt like celebrating, and they  simply went home.'),
('22508',' After the news of Col. Blakes death shocked the world, the very  next night on _"Carol Burnett Show, The" (1967)_ (qv), the opening  shot was of "Henry Blake" in a smoking raft, waving his arms,  hollering, "Im OK!" Im OK!"'),
('22509',' Wayne Rogers (I) (qv) decided to leave the show because he felt  that Trapper John had become more of a sidekick to  Alan Alda (qv)s Hawkeye than the equals they were supposed to be.  20th Century'),
('22510','Fox sued Rogers, but its case collapsed when it  transpired that hed never signed his contract. The reason Rogers  cited for this was an archaic "morals clause", which he wouldnt  accept unless the studio signed one for him in turn.'),
('22511',' After the episode was aired, the writers and producers received many  letters by viewers, voicing their objections to the ending of the  episode. Some even wrote that Henry Blake is alive and well in their  town. The point trying to be made was, not all soldiers after their  tour of duty was completed, arrived home safely.'),
('22512',' Mildred seems to be a "running name" on M*A*S*H. Henrys wife was  originally called Mildred. Potters wife was Mildred. In this  episode, Trapper’s old fling (who they call to pickup the package)  was named Mildred.'),
('22513',' Although "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" was the final episode that  aired, the episode "As Time Goes By", which was the second last  episode that aired, was in fact the final episode filmed. Because  the ranch set had been destroyed by a brush fire, "As Time Goes By"  was filmed completely on the indoor sound stage set.'),
('22514',' When Hawkeye offers Radars teddy bear for the time capsule, it is a  different stuffed animal than what was used throughout the series.'),
('22515',' The episodes title is also the title of the song from  _Casablanca (1942)_ (qv).'),
('22516',' Stuart Margolin (qv), who plays psychiatrist Captain Phillip G.  Sherman in this episode, reappears in the second season as plastic  surgeon Major Stanley Stosh Robbins. In both episodes, he plays a  man who sexually assaults Major Margaret Houlihan.'),
('22517',' A voice on the radio (radio station, not communication) says, "Its  been the Bob Hope show, with ... and yours truly Hy Averback." Hy  Averback is the director.'),
('22518',' John Orchard (I) (qv), who had been a recurring cast guest in  1972'),
('22519','73 as "Ugly John," appears as an MP in this episode.'),
('22520',' In this episode, Col. Potter relates that he "lied about [his] age  to get into World War I." Since enlistees had to be 18, Potter could  not have been more than 17 years old between the US entering the war  in 1917 and the Armistice, making him no older than 51 during the  Korean War. Later episodes establish that Potter was Cavalry officer  in WWI.'),
('22521',' It was Alan Alda (qv)s idea to have Mike Farrell (I) (qv) grow  a mustache in the seventh season. Farrell kept it for the rest of  the shows run.'),
('22522',' This episodes title is German for "The Day".'),
('22523',' Throughout the entire 11'),
('22524','year run of the series, no laugh track was  ever used in any of the operating room scenes.'),
('22525',' Klinger (Jamie Farr (qv)) is from Toledo, Ohio (Farrs own home  town). One of the locations that Klinger talks about a lot is Tony  Packos Cafe, which is a real restaurant. In the episode "Dreams",  Klinger dreams that he visits Tony Packos Cafe. The address given  on the café in Klingers dream is 1902 Front Street, which is the  actual address of the real Tony Packos in Toledo.'),
('22526',' Larry Linville (qv) left the show because he felt that the  character of Frank Burns was too one'),
('22527','dimensional, and that theyd  done all they could do with it.'),
('22528',' Margarets father, Alvin Houlihan, was a retired colonel whose  nickname was "Howitzer Al". He served under General MacArthur, and  kept a signed photo as a memento.'),
('22529',' When Gary Burghoff (qv) decided to leave the series,  Mike Farrell (I) (qv) tried unsuccessfully to talk him out of it.  Specifically, Farrell cited the lackluster, relatively unsuccessful  TV careers both McLean Stevenson (qv) and Larry Linville (qv)  had once they earlier left the show and ultimately he was right,  Burghoffs subsequent television career never took off.'),
('22530',' The final appearance of Radar OReilly (Gary Burghoff) in the  series. In addition to being on the show since Season 1, Burghoff is  the only regular cast member to have starred in MASH (1970).'),
('22531',' Footage from the 1976'),
('22532','1977 season premiere episode "Bug Out" is  reused in this episode in the scenes in which the 4077th is forced  to bug out to another location due to the incendiary bomb fires.  Such scenes were not in the original script, but written in after  the area where the series exterior scenes were shot was affected by  a Forest Fire during filming.'),
('22533',' This episode does not air regularly as part of the series  syndication run in the United States. It was first syndicated in the  mid'),
('22534','1990s as a separate feature, but it does air on occasion with  the rest of the series on various networks.'),
('22535',' This episode is the only episode of the series to feature the title  of that particular episode on screen.'),
('22536',' This episode has the most writers credited for a single episode in  the entire series run with eight writers.'),
('22537',' This was not the series last filmed episode, in fact the episode  that preceded it, "As Time Goes By", which aired the previous week,  was the last filmed episode.'),
('22538',' Alan Alda (qv) and Loretta Swit (qv) are the only actors to  appear in the first episode of MASH, and this episode.'),
('22539',' With 106 million viewers, this overtook "Who Done It?" (AKA "Who  Shot JR?") from _"Dallas" (1978)_ (qv) to become the highest rated  episode of television in American history.'),
('22540',' In the final episode ("Goodbye, Farewell, Amen"), the song "Hail to  the Chief/Sayonara" can be heard in a scene between Hawkeye Pierce  and Sidney Freedman at the psychiatric hospital. The song originated  from Robert Altman (I) (qv)s _MASH (1970)_ (qv).'),
('22541',' 106 million people in the USA that watched the final episode are  still the largest audience ever for a television program. 50.15  million households or 60.2% watched this episode giving it a Neilsen  share of 77%.'),
('22542',' It was Jamie Farr (qv)s idea to ironically have Max Klinger  voluntarily choose to remain in Korea in the final episode.'),
('22543',' During filming for the final episode, a brush fire broke out and  destroyed much of the ranch set. Since the show was coming to an  end, it was decided that rebuilding the set would be unnecessarily  expensive, and the fire was written into the story by having the  North Koreans set off incendiary devices and start a brush fire.'),
('22544',' At one minute past the end if the airing the final episode, the New  York City Sanitation/Public Works Department recorded the single  larges use of water simultaneously around the city as several  citizens commemorated the end of the series by flushing their  toilets.'),
('22545',' Hawkeye is injured avoiding kids in his jeep. This episode takes  place at a Korean familys home, and does not show one scene in an  operating room as per Alan Alda (qv)s contract.'),
('22546',' Even though the rest are credited, Alan Alda (qv) is the only  regular actor who appears in this episode. This is also the only  episode of the series to only feature one character.'),
('22547',' Throughout the episode, Alan Alda (qv) is the only one to speak  lines in English. No other English speaking cast members were  present.'),
('22548',' This episode was inspired by William Christophers own bout with  Hepatits, which caused him to miss several episodes.'),
('22549',' The movie being shown in the Swamp is  _Leave Her to Heaven (1945)_ (qv).'),
('22550',' As part of an educational program, the script was published in a  local newspaper. Drama classes in local schools were encouraged to  use the script in their classes.'),
('22551',' The ship identified as the USS Essex (CV'),
('22552','9) is actually the USS  Yorktown (CV'),
('22553','10). The scene is from the Academy Award nominated  short subject documentary film "Jet Carrier". The Yorktown is on  public display in Charlestown, SC.'),
('22554',' The final appearance of Frank Burns (Larry Linville) in the series.'),
('22555',' The film being shown at the beginning of the episode is  _History Is Made at Night (1937)_ (qv), purportedly Col. and Mrs.  Potters favorite film'),
('22556',' The episodes title is a reference to the title of  John Steinbeck (qv)s novel "Of Mice and Men".'),
('22557',' Todd Susman (qv) did the bulk of the announcements in the early  seasons, and appeared in the episode "Operation Noselift". The other  PA announcer early in the series was Jimmy Lydon (qv). By the end  of the series, Sal Viscuso (qv) had taken over PA duties  completely. Viscuso also appeared several times onscreen, but never  making announcements.'),
('22558',' Stuart Margolin (qv), who plays plastic surgeon Major Stanley  Stosh Robbins in this episode, appeared previously in the first  season as psychiatrist Captain Phillip G. Sherman. In both episodes,  he plays a man who sexually assaults Major Margaret Houlihan.'),
('22559',' When Klinger first appears in this episode, he is dressed just like  Carol Burnetts "charwoman" character that she portrayed at the end  of each episode of "The Carol Burnett Show", which stopped filming  the same year this episode of "M*A*S*H*" aired.'),
('22560',' To show the horrors of war, Alan Alda (qv) had it written into his  contract that each episode had to have at least one scene taking  place in the operating room. This episode is the only exception and  has no OR scene.'),
('22561',' The character of "Hotlips Houlihan" was inspired by the real'),
('22562','life  Korean War MASH head nurse "Hotlips Hammerly," also a very  attractive blonde, of the same disposition, and also from El Paso,  Texas.'),
('22563',' Wayne Rogers (I) (qv) was originally considered for the Hawkeye  role; finding the character too sardonic for his tastes, he asked if  he could instead test as Trapper John, who was more upbeat.'),
('22564',' In the original pilot episode, the song playing at the beginning (My  Blue Heaven) is the same one that is played frequently on an Armed  Forces Radio broadcast in _M*A*S*H (1970)_ .'),
('22565',' For this episode only, the show does not begin with the "Suicide is  Painless" theme song. Rather, the individuals are introduced in  using the following comedic sequence: Trapper and Hawkeye (and  Ho'),
('22566','Jon) are playing golf on a plateau, only to hit a ball into a  minefield; Col. Blake and Nurse "Dish" are working feverishly on  something, only to learn later that they were opening a bottle of  Champagne; Father Mulcahy is swatting a fly while crossing himself  at the same time; Hot Lips and Frank are reading the bible while  playing Footsie with each other; and Radar and Spearchucker are  tossing a football.'),
('22567',' In the final scene of the prologue, Radar catches the football  thrown by Spearchucker and yells "Here they come... Wait for it!" He  then puts the football under his left arm and looks skyward. The  "Suicide is Painless" song begins and we see the familiar back and  cap (and football) that is used in subsequent episodes for the  opening sequence.'),
('22568',' Before the theme song in this episode the words "KOREA, 1950, a  hundred years ago" appear on screen.'),
('22569',' The introductory theme song in this episode is about twice as long  as in the version shown in syndication for all other episodes. Other  changes to this sequence include: "Attention all personnel, report  immediately to admitting ward and operating room" being announced  over the PA, a man running from the shower stall, a man following a  woman out of a bunk marked "Off Limits to Male Personnel", and  Hawkeye shouting "This guys got a rapid pulse, hes in shock, get  him down, were going to work on him first thing. Lets go!" during  the landing pad triage.'),
('22570',' Until this episode, Radar did not have a first name. Gary Burghoff,  asked the writers to come up with one for his character. This is the  first time he reveals his first name is "Walter".'),
('22571',' The last appearance of Colonel Flagg (Edward Winter).'),
('22572',' William Christopher (qv)s first appearance as Father Mulcahy.'),
('22573',' It was in this episode where Klinger married his girlfriend Laverne  via a shortwave radio.'),
('22574',' Alex Karras  (qv)guest stars in this episode as Marine Lyle  Wesson, who shows his appreciation for Hawkeyes saving his life by  doing various over'),
('22575','the'),
('22576','top favors, one of which was picking up Major  Burns and swinging him around Col. Blakes office after Burns  mouthed off to Hawkeye one too many times. After this incident,  Hawkeye chastises Wesson, to which Wesson replies, "Lyle bad. Do bad  things." This references the part he played in Mel Brooks  _Blazing Saddles (1974)_ (qv), which opened in theaters the same  year this episode aired.'),
('22577',' Radar is reading “A Channel Passage” by Rupert Brooke to Lt Louise  Simmons when she attackshim. The line just before the attack is  "...Retchings twist and tie me, Old meat, good meals, brown gobbets,  up I throw."'),
('22578',' The tent that Hawkeye and his bunkmates share is called The Swamp.  In the first season episode "Sticky Wicket" it is revealed that  Hawkeye was the one who came up with the name.'),
('22579',' Loretta Swit (qv) wanted to leave the show after the 8th season to  star in the TV series _"Cagney & Lacey" (1982)_ (qv) (she had  originated the part of Det. Christine Cagney in the pilot movie).  Executives wouldnt let her out of her contract, so the role went to  Sharon Gless (qv).'),
('22580',' The first "clip show" television episode to incorporate material  from previous episodes into the storyline.'),
('22581',' The original broadcast of Episode #9.20, "The Life You Save", was  delayed by several weeks. It featured a subplot about Maj.  Winchester becoming obsessed with death after almost being shot. It  was scheduled to on the same day that U.S. President  Ronald Reagan (I) (qv) was wounded in an assassination attempt.  The network felt the audience was not in the mood to see the episode  at that time.'),
('22582',' The episodes title is a reference to the title of  William Shakespeare (I) (qv)s play "The Merchant of Venice"'),
('22583',' The movie "State Fair" is mentioned and a short excerpt shown.  Harry Morgan (qv) (Colonel Potter) was in _State Fair (1945)_ (qv)'),
('22584',' Harry Morgan also starred in "High Noon" which was mentioned in the  episode.'),
('22585',' Although David Ogden Stiers plays the French Horn very badly in this  episode, he is an expert Horn player in real life (making the  annoyance of his bad horn playing an inside joke as well as an  obvious running gag through this episode).'),
('22586',' The first piece of music that Winchester plays badly on the French  Horn, is from "Ein Heldenleben" by Richard Strauss.'),
('22587',' The first American prime time television episode to feature male  nudity when Radar lost his towel running from the sniper in the  shower revealing his bare butt.'),
('22588',' Corporal Klinger changes his section 8 ploy from cross'),
('22589','dressing to  pretending he is a civilian in Toledo and not in the army. During  his "exit interview" with Colonel Potter, he reveals his Social  Security number as 555'),
('22590','78'),
('22591','2643.'),
('22592',' The opening credits for the first seven seasons begins with a shot  where you can see part of the back of "Radar OReillys" head. After  Gary Burghoff (qv) left the series the shot was removed, even  though it was not a front shot of Burghoff.'),
('22593',' "Sparky", the switchboard operator that Radar frequently calls at  I'),
('22594','CORPS, was only seen once during this episode, played by the late  Dennis Fimple. Although a first name is never given he is revealed  to be a sergeant whos last name is Pryor.'),
('22595',' The episode is about a non'),
('22596','existing Captain Tuttle. The ending  credit read: Captain Tuttle as Himself'),
('22597',' Stafford Repp (qv)s final TV role.'),
('22598',' "M'),
('22599','U'),
('22600','S'),
('22601','H" stood for Mangy Unwanted Shabby Heroes.'),
('22602',' In the pilot, "M.A.N.T.I.S." stood for: Mechanically Augmented  Neuro'),
('22603','transmitter Interactive System. Otherwise known as the  "exo'),
('22604','skeleton". But the network felt that the public would get  confused by this, and would always be asking themselves, "Whats  that suit called again?" So the actual series producers, Danny  Bilson and Paul De Meo (who had previously done "The Flash") had one  of the supporting characters in the first episode of the actual  series run, upon seeing the title character in the suit for the  first time, say "Wow, you know? It kinda looks like a Mantis!" thus  removing the need for an acronymic title. No mention is ever made of  the original acronyms meaning in the entire run of the series. Yet  the producers retained the spacing between the letters of the  original title.'),
('22605',' The M.A.N.T.I.S. writers offices on the Universal lot were  demolished during the production of the series in order to make  space for the "Jurassic Park" ride.'),
('22606',' Carl Lumbly is the only cast member to feature in both the pilot and  series.'),
('22607',' The series was subjected to a drastic overhaul midway through its  first (and only) season. After a half'),
('22608','season of serious urban action  stories with a science'),
('22609','fiction twist, the shows focus shifted to  overt fantasy, involving parallel universes, super'),
('22610','villains and  monsters. This failed to reverse the programs weak ratings and the  show was cancelled at the end of the season with two episodes  unaired. The final episode anticipated this cancellation by killing  off the title character.'),
('22611',' Although it is the actual name of the police unit portrayed in the  series, the "MIT" acronym was removed from the shows title for  international (non'),
('22612','UK) release after complaints from the  Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The show was retitled as  simply "Murder Investigation Team" for the second season in the UK,  as was the season one DVD release.'),
('22613',' This episode investigates the murder of Sgt. Matthew Boyden (Tony  OCallaghan (I) (qv)) which occurred in  _"Bill, The" (1984) {111 (#19.36)}_ (qv).'),
('22614',' In episode 2, "Shabat Babassis" (Saturday in the base), musicians  Idan Raichel and Shlomo Gronich are having a competition, who makes  better music using Israeli'),
('22615','Ethiopian Jews. Idan Reichel turns up the  volume on his car radio when his hit "Boi" plays. You can the radio  is on 91.8 FM, Galgalatz, the station known to play his songs in a  notoriously high frequency.'),
('22616',' In episode 3 (shown as episode 6 on channel 2), "Zeev, Zeev"  ("Wolf, Wolf"), the two men from the newscrew wear the same T'),
('22617','shirts  as the title characters in MTVs Beavis and Butthead. The episode  also references _Blair Witch Project, The (1999)_ (qv).'),
('22618',' In episode 5, "Behazara Laavar" (Back to the past), Shulman and  Hanukah return back in time using a time machine. There is a flux  capacitor in the machine, just like the one in the Back To The  Future trilogy.'),
('22619',' In episode 6, "Hamishpat" (The Trial), there is a scene in English  (rather than the usual Hebrew) which takes place under a bridge. The  dialog in this scene is almost exact to the one in Spike Lees "25th  hour" where Edward Norton is looking for a way not to enter prison  with a pretty face.'),
('22620',' The disabled soldier is named Michal Levinstein. Beit Levinstein  ("Levinstein House") is a rehabilitation institute and hospital that  helps disabled people function better with physiotherapy and other  treatments.'),
('22621',' M.K. stands for Mahane Keva, which is Hebrew for "regular army  base". The number 22 is a reference to Hellers novel Catch 22.'),
('22622',' Eight Episodes were made but only four episodes got to air before  the show was cancelled.'),
('22623',' Elizabeth Perkins (I) played Opal in the original pilot but the  role was later re'),
('22624','cast.'),
('22625',' The on'),
('22626','screen subtitles (and running times taken from the TCM print)  for the three individual parts are: "Part One: The Lions Roar"  (02:02:06) "Part Two: The Lion Reigns Supreme" (02:01:00) "Part  Three: The Lion in Winter" (02:02:24)'),
('22627',' This series and _"Hospital Central" (2000)_ (qv) supposedly take  place in the same hospital, but the characters refer to it as  "Hospital Universitario" instead of "Hospital Central".'),
('22628',' Antonio Dávila (Lluís Marco (qv)) was a main character of  _"Hospital Central" (2000)_ (qv) for several seasons before starring  in this series.'),
('22629',' When they first appeared in an episode of  _"Hospital Central" (2000)_ (qv), Edu told Nuria and Carmen that  operating on a friend would be like doing it on any other person. In  this episode, he is operated by both of them.'),
('22630',' The sentence which is the title of this episode is said by Mateo  (Pau Roca) referring to himself.'),
('22631',' In this episode, we learn that Edus Girlfriend dead a year ago.'),
('22632',' The sentence which is the title of this episode is said by Mateo  (Pau Roca (qv)).'),
('22633',' Lara de Miguel (qv) and Álvaro Monje (qv), who participate in  this episode as guests, also worked together in  "Compañeros (1998) (qv).'),
('22634',' In this episode its said that Dávila (Lluís Marco (qv)) was  director of the Hospital Central. This character was previously one  of the mains in "Hospital Cantral (2000) (qv), whose spin'),
('22635','off is  MIR.'),
('22636',' John Rooney (III) (qv) was fired in 1998. An unidentified producer  said that Rooney wasnt "hip or edgy enough".'),
('22637',' Steve Lyons (III) (qv) was immediately fired for remarks he made  during Game 3 of the 2006 American League Championship Series.  Commentator Lou Piniella (qv), who is of Spanish descent, compared  a play with the luck of finding a wallet, and then said some phrases  in Spanish. Lyons responded by saying that Piniella was "hablaing  [sic] Español" and added, "I still cant find my wallet. I dont  understand him, and I dont want to sit close to him now." Lyons was  replaced by Jose Mota (qv). Lou Piniella later stated that Lyons  was "kidding" and that Lyons was not racist.'),
('22638',' Jessica Simpson (I) (qv) and Matt Damon (qv) were rejected from  "The Mickey Mouse Club".'),
('22639',' Lindsey Alley (qv), Jennifer McGill (qv), and  Josh Ackerman (qv) were the only cast members to be in every  season.'),
('22640',' The only cast member who didnt return for the final season was  Keri Russell (qv). She left the series to film  _"Daddys Girls" (1994)_ (qv), a show that didnt make it through  its first season.'),
('22641',' Jessica Simpson was beaten out for a spot on the show by both  Britney Spears and Christina Aguileira.'),
('22642',' MSNBCs World Headquarters, in Secaucus, New Jersey, was occupied in  1997 after the network started its life in an office building in  Fort Lee, New Jersey. MSNBC hired contractors to convert a closed  Jamesway retail warehouse into a state of the art broadcast  facility.'),
('22643',' NBC launched the "Americas Talking" cable channel in July 1994. In  January 1996 NBC announced that it was converting the channel into  MSNBC by forming a joint venture with Microsoft. The channel  re'),
('22644','launched July 15, 1996.'),
('22645',' The silkworms that Daniel Wu ate and throw up on camera are  considered a delicacy in the street markets of Thailand.'),
('22646',' Many segments of the show were banned from television by country  censorship boards and network executives.'),
('22647',' MV3 was a syndicated music video show for people who didnt have  cable. The show featured the latest videos and performances from new  wave artists that were currently being played on KROQ FM radio in  Los Angeles. It was filmed in local dance clubs and featured  dancers, a la American Bandstand and Soul Train, but catered to a  younger, hipper audience. It was also the first (and in some cases  ONLY) place where you could catch bands like Romeo Void, Falco, and  Heaven 17.'),
('22648',' This show was a folly that cost ABC dearly. The network created the  series as their answer to CBSs cop'),
('22649','buddy hit  _"Cagney & Lacey" (1982)_ (qv) with the twist that it was a secret  affair between a policeman and his policewoman partner. ABC spent  millions and heavily hyped the show for three months with non'),
('22650','stop  ads on television and in print and made its premiere an event by  having it follow Super Bowl XIX. The premiere got a huge audience  despite dreadful early reviews but the ratings didnt hold and the  following week it dropped to #34 in the ratings and continued to  plummet until ABC pulled the show after only three months.'),
('22651',' Michael Des Barres (qv), who plays Murdoc, MacGyvers archenemy,  actually composed the song "Cleo Rocks" for the same'),
('22652','named episode.'),
('22653',' MacGyvers first name is Angus.'),
('22654',' Angus Macgyvers birthday is January 23, 1951. RDAs birthday is  January 23, 1950.'),
('22655',' MacGyvers Swiss Army Knife went through a few changes over the  early episodes. His first and most often used knife was a "Spartan"  model from Victorinox. The knife seen in the opening credits of each  episode was a Wenger, as noted by its long keychain.'),
('22656',' When the onset of glaucoma began robbing co'),
('22657','star Dana Elcar (qv)  of his sight in real life, his TV character was given the same  condition.'),
('22658',' The "MacGyverisims" shown in the series are all based on scientific  fact, but not all of the steps needed to create the experiment were  shown. This was done to prevent children who were watching the show  from duplicating the experiments themselves and possibly getting  injured.'),
('22659',' In the late 80s, two teenage boys made a bomb in their garage which  went off, killing one of them. The surviving boy said they learned  how to make the bomb from an episode of the show. However, the show  was quickly exonerated after it was discovered no such episode  existed.'),
('22660',' Kai Wulff (qv) played 4 different characters in 4 different  episodes'),
('22661',' MacGyver speaks at least four other languages in addition to  English: French, German, Italian and Russian.'),
('22662',' Richard Dean Anderson (qv) won the role of MacGyver when the  casting director noticed he was unafraid to use his glasses during  his audition, showing a lack of pretension that the creative team  wanted in their lead.'),
('22663',' Throughout the entire run of the series, Macgyver states many times  his opposition to using guns because of a childhood event. However,  in the pilot episode, "Pilot", he does in fact fire a gun, an AK'),
('22664','47,  and then quickly hands it to the pilot hes rescuing to provide  cover fire. This aspect of his character was probably added after  the pilot as he makes no mention of his distaste for guns.'),
('22665',' MacGyver grew up in Minnesota.'),
('22666',' Several episodes (including the pilot episode) were directed by Alan  Smithee, a pseudonym commonly used by directors who dont want their  real names associated with a project.'),
('22667',' The surname "MacGyver" is of Scottish origin, first found in early  times in Dumbarton. The clan motto, "Numquam obliviscar" translates  as "I will never forget."'),
('22668',' A $40,000 mechanical rhino was used in this episode to simulate the  injury to the rhino.'),
('22669',' This episode marks Teri Hatcher (qv)s first television  appearance.'),
('22670',' MacGuyvers passport lists his Date of Birth as "23 JAN 51", exactly  one year later than Richard Dean Anderson (qv)s actual birthdate;  Pennys passport lists her Date of Birth as "20 FEB 62", nearly 3  years earlier than Teri Hatcher (qv)s actual birthdate.'),
('22671',' The GX'),
('22672','1 is of course a regular F'),
('22673','14. The dog fight between the F'),
('22674','14  and the Mig'),
('22675','28/F'),
('22676','5E was taken from the hit'),
('22677','movie "Top Gun".'),
('22678',' MacGyvers given name was not revealed until near the end of the  show in the episode "Good Knight MacGyver: Part 2". Before that when  someone asked, "Do you have a name?" he answered, "Yes," but did not  reveal it. MacGyvers name was originally Stace MacGyver (according  to the script for the pilot). Nobody used the name during the pilot;  when it slipped out and became general knowledge to the fans, they  decided to just call him "Mac" or Macgyver" for the duration. The  name Angus was chosen because they felt it was unusual and something  with an "ick" factor (although, not according to any Scots in the  audience). The name was "suggested" from a poster for a charity  event in Canada, where the series was being filmed at that time.'),
('22679',' Among the vehicles that MacGyver owned were a Jeep Grand Wagoneer, a  Jeep Cherokee Chief, a Jeep Wrangler, a 1942 Chevrolet truck, and a  1957 Chevrolet Nomad willed to him by his grandfather Harry in the  episode "Harrys Will".'),
('22680',' The last television appearance of Vic Tayback (qv).'),
('22681',' This was one of the few spec scripts ever bought by the producers.  The writer, Peter Felardi, went on to write  _Flatliners (1990)_ (qv).'),
('22682',' This episode used footage from _Italian Job, The (1969)_ (qv). All  of the shots of the three Minis racing the cops are lifted from the  movie.'),
('22683',' Episode 106 "Trumbos World" uses footage from  _Naked Jungle, The (1954)_ (qv). The footage of Christopher  Leiningen (_Charlton Heston_qv) flooding the ants was used.'),
('22684',' The role of Úrsula Villavicencio was offered to  Alejandra Herrera (qv) but she turned it down.'),
('22685',' Fernando Kliche (qv) was offered a role, but turned it down.'),
('22686',' The script editor for the series was John A. Keel, author of "The  Mothman Prophecies".'),
('22687',' The show was created by splicing together the animes GoShogun and  Srungle.'),
('22688',' The theme song is performed by Jamie Theakston (qv) and  Amanda Holden (I) (qv).'),
('22689',' Paul Reiser (qv) played the piano in the opening song.'),
('22690',' Paul and Jamie met at a newsstand both looking for the Sunday  edition of The New York Times.'),
('22691',' In one episode, a character asks if they saw the movie about those  aliens that burst from peoples chests (the Alien movies), and  Reiser, Paul (qv) says, "Only the first one." Reiser starred in  _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), the second movie in this series.'),
('22692',' Ursula Buffay (Lisa Kudrow (qv)), the waitress, is Phoebe Buffays  (Lisa Kudrow (qv)) twin sister, in _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv). In one  episode of _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv), Fran and Jamie visit the coffee  house and mistake Phoebe for Ursula.'),
('22693',' Pauls old flat is rented out to Cosmo Kramer  (Michael Richards (qv)) from _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv). In an  episode where Jamie wants Paul to give up his old flat he visits  Cosmo.'),
('22694',' Reiser, Paul (qv)s production company is called Nuance  Productions, after a line in the first film he appeared in,  _Diner (1982)_ (qv): "You know what word Im not comfortable with?  Nuance. Its not a real word. Like "gesture". Gestures a real word.  With gesture you know where you stand. But nuance? I dont know.  Maybe Im wrong."'),
('22695',' Steve Buscemi (qv) appears in an episode in the first season which  was inspired by an actual incident between himself and  Paul Reiser (qv). Before Buscemi began acting, he tried his hand  at doing standup. One night, he bombed so badly that another comic  had to take his place. That comic was Reiser and the episode pokes  fun at the incident.'),
('22696',' Paul and Jamies daughter, Mabel, got her name from her grandma  (played by Carol Burnett (I) (qv)). When Paul and Jamie were  looking for a name, Jamies mother said to them, "Mothers always  bring extra love" M.A.B.E.L.'),
('22697',' Teri Hatcher (qv) was considered for the role of Jamie Buchman,  but lost at the final auditions.'),
('22698',' For the first few episodes, the dog that played the character,  Murray, was nameless. Every time someone yelled for him or referred  to him, he was called, "The Dog".'),
('22699',' In this episode we find out that Jamies birthday is February 12.'),
('22700',' Phil Leeds, who played Vacky, the peanut vendor, really was a peanut  vendor in New York ball parks before becoming an actor.'),
('22701',' This episode was dedicated to George O. Petrie (qv). George played  Sid in 10 episodes of "Mad About You" between 1994'),
('22702','96.'),
('22703',' The inn used in the establishing exterior shots is the same one that  stood in for the Statford Inn on the series "Newhart"'),
('22704',' The creators of this Canadian game show later successfully revived  the concept in several European countries.'),
('22705',' {Babylon (#1.6)}'),
('22706',' The album which they are listening to in Petes office is by  Bob Newhart (qv).'),
('22707',' {Red in the Face (#1.7)}'),
('22708',' Bryan Callen was added to the original cast at the last minute,  replacing Craig Anton as the eighth cast member. This explains why  Anton appears in the opening sketch and Bryan does not. Anton  remained on the show as a featured player for three years.'),
('22709',' Jordan Peele did not appear in the first four episodes from Season  10, though hes credited as a regular member of the show.'),
('22710',' The man yelling "MADtv! MADtv!" during Alex Borstein and Will  Sassos red carpet interviews at the Billboard Music Awards in  Season 5, episode #512, is actually Alexs husband Jackson Douglas.'),
('22711',' The episodes closing was re'),
('22712','filmed with Mo Collins at a later tape  date, paying tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks on the  USA of 11 September 2001.'),
('22713',' In episode #812, Josh Meyers became the Spishak spokesperson. The  role was previously played by Pat Kilbane.'),
('22714',' A 15 year old Katie Melua (qv) made her television debut when she  took part and won a segment of the show called "Stars Up Their  Noses" during which she sang the song "Without You".'),
('22715',' Based on the popular comic strip of the same name'),
('22716',' This was the last TV series that Fred Dibnah (qv) filmed before  his death in November 2004. Although dying of cancer, he was  determined that he would complete the filming.'),
('22717',' Dibnah was accompanied on his journey by two of his friends, Alf  Molyneux and Jimmy Crooks, who both used to be coal'),
('22718','miners. The  three men shared the firing and steering of the traction engine.  They slept in the trailer that the traction engine towed behind it.  Freds sons Jack and Roger, also keen steam enthusiasts, joined him  for part of the journey.'),
('22719',' Freds traction engine did not cover the whole of the route under  its own steam. Because of the great distances involved, the slow  speed of the engine and Freds failing health, it was transported  from one area to another on a low'),
('22720','loader by Alan Atkinson, owner of  a haulage firm in Preston and great friend of Fred.'),
('22721',' In the first season, there were no stars because the series was  presented as an anthology. It was only in the second season that  there were regularly established cast members. In season one, all  appearances were guest appearances.'),
('22722',' The three books that Friday seeks, have the following chants, and  Engish meanings:  '),
('22723',' 1. (Firsthari) Elda Taluta "The words of awakening"  '),
('22724',' 2. (Secondary) Sarkus Sark "The words of true nature"  '),
('22725',' 3. (Thirstary) Ark Arkus "The words of the truth"'),
('22726',' The Darwin Operating System, and several famous scenes of Hong Kong  appear throughout the story.'),
('22727',' The tune that Margaret was humming to herself in the flower field in  episode 24 is actually the theme song of Madlax, Hitomi no Kakera.  (Shards of My Eyes) She also hums part of the song "Cradel"'),
('22728',' In Madlax red shoes are important to the past events that happened  12 years ago. "Red shoes" could be a possible link to Noir, since  Kirika, the young girl, also wear red shoes. In episode 25 you see  that Madlax is also wearing red shoes. Both pairs of red shoes from  both series look exactly alike.'),
('22729',' There are three important books in the series. The first is named  Secondary. The other two are Firstary and Thirdary...'),
('22730',' [EASTER EGG]: (U.S. DVD #6) According to ADVs monthly e'),
('22731','newsletter  (March 2006), an extra called "Sock Puppet Theater" is included in  the English version of volume six. To access it, press up, down,  left and right (in that order) when the second eye'),
('22732','catch of episode  twenty'),
('22733','one comes on. Its a "live action" about Madlax going after  Chris Patton, an annoying womanizer. This extra is in English only.'),
('22734',' The theory of Four Great Ancient Civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt,  China, and India), which is referred to by Madlax and others when  researching the Elies language, is actually a real theory developed  by Chinese historians.'),
('22735',' Yuki Kajiura wrote the score in a high'),
('22736','rise hotel during  pre'),
('22737','production which, according to Kajiura, is unusual for her as it  is a new environment. Also, according to Keiichi Nozaki it is much  cheaper than a sound studio'),
('22738',' The cat statuette that Madlax keeps in her apartment is a  traditional Japanese good luck charm called Maneki Neko.'),
('22739',' According to the director Koichi Mashimo, the title is a morph of  two English words: MAD and reLAXed, mirroring the authors intention  to portray the two extremes of human beings'),
('22740',' The chant "yammani" means nothing. Though the chant has become an in  joke amongst fans that the chanting gives Madlax her super  abilities.'),
('22741',' Earlier drafts of Yosuke Kurodas screenplay had Madlax and Margaret  the same person, and Elenore was her mechanic'),
('22742',' Wherever possible original DECCA Records Pty Ltd. vinyl pressings  were used for the opera soundtracks'),
('22743',' This was the first Australian TV production to use the "UltiMatte"  image'),
('22744','keying format, a significant advancement on the existing  "Chroma'),
('22745','Key" technique.'),
('22746',' All major set'),
('22747','pieces were elaborate scale'),
('22748','models, designed by  leading Opera Designers, the cameras were ganged together via an  early robotics gearing system to match action on set to the scale  models '),
('22749',' in real'),
('22750','time.'),
('22751',' The final broadcast was 12 September 1952.'),
('22752',' Also seen as a daytime program and as a local series in New York.  The last network broadcast was on 9 February 1951.'),
('22753',' "Umi" is Japanese for "Sea". In both anime and manga, Umi had  control of water spells.'),
('22754',' François, Esmeraldas brother is based on the character François  Villon in _Beloved Rogue, The (1927)_ (qv). They are both poets.'),
('22755',' Bill Bixby (qv) actually learned how to do the magic tricks for  this role, so there was no trick photography used at all.'),
('22756',' License number on his Corvette was "SPIRIT".'),
('22757',' In the X'),
('22758','Files, when Samantha Mulder is kidnapped in 1973 The  Magician was playing on the Mulders TV set.'),
('22759',' This was the last film project for Pamela Britton (qv).'),
('22760',' This show was a notorious flop and the first problem was the "marble  machine." It was huge, unbalanced and very uncooperative. It was  about 20 feet high and 14 feet wide and almost impossible to play.  The carpentry shop at NBC had wisely decided not to build it because  they could see from the designs that it had a lot of flaws and  questionable engineering. It was subcontracted out to an independent  scenery shop. It was shipped in sections to NBC on a Friday but was  back in the workshop the next week. In removing the largest section  from the truck at the NBC loading dock it fell and cracked wide  open. It was repaired and some of the problems were corrected when  it was sent to NBC. It was still a fragile giant. Normally a set  would move out of its studio after taping so that another show could  use the space but the "marble machine" would break each time it was  moved so the tapings were held day after day until there were enough  for the first half season. Fortunately that was several more shows  than were needed as the show was yanked before the end of 1975 and  no one ever heard from the "Magnificent Marble Machine" again.'),
('22761',' An Internet fan campaign was partly responsible for CBS decision to  renew this series. A team of fans organized and coordinated their  efforts through a Web site, recruiting the internet fandom in  e'),
('22762','mailing CBS executives and affiliates and raising $5,000 of their  own money for ads in Variety and USA Today thanking the producers,  the cast, and the extended crew members. Patti Kleckner, a  Chicago'),
('22763','based fan, who was part of the team who organized the  campaign, offered her services as a contact on behalf of the effort.  She was offered a free trip to California by executive producer  John Watson (I) (qv) to make her television debut with a walk'),
('22764','on  part in the "New Law" episode which started the second season.'),
('22765',' Robert Vaughn (I) (qv) plays Judge Oren Travis in the series. He  appeared in _Magnificent Seven, The (1960)_ (qv) as Lee.'),
('22766',' The episode "Achilles" contains two poems written by the character  Vin. "Heros Heart" was actually penned by series star  Midkiff, Dale (qv), while "Achilles Heel" was written by  Everett, Chad (qv).'),
('22767',' These shorts were originally made for cinema as part of the  Childrens Film Foundation.'),
('22768',' The third series featured a completely different set of children  played by different actors.'),
('22769',' CBS aired six installments of this series on "The CBS Childrens  Film Festival". Three were aired in 1969 and three more were aired  in 1973.'),
('22770',' Episode #149 (7.22) Limbo, where Magnum was to be shot dead by  mobsters was to be the CBS series finale on 15 April 1987. When the  shows fans heard this, there was a huge public outcry and the "shot  dead" plotline was nixed by the producers. Magnum was indeed shot by  mobsters in this episode. Magnum returned for an unprecedented 8th  season on CBS, filming 12 more episodes.'),
('22771',' On his navy uniform, one can see the blue and white ribbon for the  navy cross, as well as the naval special warfare insignia. This  means he earned the nations second highest award for naval  personnel and was a SEAL.'),
('22772',' One of the reasons for this series being set in Hawaii is that CBS  did not want to close its Hawaii production offices when  _"Hawaii Five'),
('22773','O" (1968)_ (qv) ceased production in 1980. This show  started production that same year and contains occasional references  to Steve McGarrett and "Hawaii Five'),
('22774','O", although McGarrett was never  shown.'),
('22775',' The design shown during the closing credits comes from Magnums  ring.'),
('22776',' In the first episode, Rick was owner of a club called Ricks Cafe  Americain, and played a Humphrey Bogart wannabe. Afters the Cafes  demise, Rick became manager of the King Kamehameha Club. T C always  referred to Higgins as "Higgy Baby".'),
('22777',' This drama series was one of the highest rated shows on Thursday  nights until the debut of _"Cosby Show, The" (1984)_ (qv) sitcom.  The sitcom eventually became the #1 show on the air and routinely  out'),
('22778','rated Magnum.'),
('22779',' Tom Selleck (qv) is a big Detroit Tigers baseball fan. Several  episodes feature references to the Tigers. When they won the World  Series during the run of the show, tentative plans were made to film  an episode in the Detroit area but those plans were scrapped.'),
('22780',' When Frank Sinatra (qv) agreed to do a guest part on the show,  producers sent Sinatra a list of story ideas they were considering  and Sinatra chose the idea he wanted to do. The story he chose was  called "Laura" and it ran during the seventh season.'),
('22781',' Producers eventually wanted Orson Welles (qv) to be revealed as  Robin Masters, but he died before the series ended its run.'),
('22782',' Magnums full name was Commander Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV, USN. His  father, Commander Thomas Sullivan Magnum III, USN, was a Naval  aviator killed in Korea, and is seen in flashbacks (played by Robert  Pine). His grandfather, Captain Thomas Sullivan Magnum Jr, USN,  (played by Howard Duff), is seen in the 8th season episode  "Resolutions." His great'),
('22783','grandfather, Thomas Sullivan Magnum, is  seen in a home movie watched by Magnum and his nephew in the 6th  season episode "Going Home."'),
('22784',' Higgins was actually a baronet, a British hereditary noble. He was  engaged to a countess, but she broke it off when he refused to  renounce his title; she didnt want to take a step down in the  heraldic list. When Robin bought a castle in England and set the  crew to get things set up, Higgins refused to see his father (they  were estranged over Higgins dismissal from Sandhurst), so Magnum  kidnapped Higgins and drove him to the family estate, where he was  embraced by his father, also played by John Hillerman.'),
('22785',' Higgins used two Dobermans to guard the estate. The dogs were named  Zeus and Apollo and also referred to as "the lads".'),
('22786',' The episode "Echoes of the Mind" (which guest'),
('22787','starred  Sharon Stone (I) (qv)) opens with the New American Orchestras  version of the _Blade Runner (1982)_ (qv) theme on the soundtrack.  At the time, this was the only version of the "Blade Runner" theme  legally available.'),
('22788',' Higgins has four illegitimate siblings: his brother, Father Paddy  McGuinness, an Irish priest; Soo Ling, a half'),
('22789','Chinese sister; a  half'),
('22790','brother from his fathers side, Elmo Ziller, a rodeo owner from  Texas; and a half'),
('22791','brother from his fathers side, Don Louis Mongueo,  a royal heir to the throne of Costa De Rosa in South America.'),
('22792',' Higgins father, Albert Stanley Higgins, was played by  Anthony LaPaglia (qv) in #6.19, "Who is Don Louis, and Why Is He  Doing These Terrible Things to Me?", which aired in 1986.'),
('22793',' Used the same soundstage in Hawaii as "Hawaii 5'),
('22794','0"'),
('22795',' The only episode in which John Hillerman (Higgins) does not appear.'),
('22796',' This episode served as a pilot for a spin'),
('22797','off series starring  Erin Gray (I) (qv), but a series was not ordered.'),
('22798',' During a barroom fight scene, Frank Sinatra beat up an extra playing  a character who wouldnt give him information (that was in the  script) and then poured a glass of water over his head (that wasn’t  in the script). The producers liked the bit and kept it in the show.'),
('22799',' This was the highest'),
('22800','rated "Magnum" episode in over two years, and  prompted CBS to renew the show for a final season even though Tom  Selleck had already committed to three movies (he filmed "Magnum"  episodes during breaks between films). Sinatra, who got along well  with fellow Republican Selleck (who produced the show), agreed to  play Doheny in another episode if the schedules allowed it.  Unfortunately, they didnt.'),
('22801',' Sinatra was tired out from filming an aggressive fight scene, but  agreed to do another take when the director told him the filming had  been spoiled by a flash of light from a Polaroid camera. Larry  Manetti (Rick Wright) confessed to taking the picture (reportedly  because the picture rolled out of his camera while he was denying  it). Sinatra had a quiet little chat with Manetti before the scene  was reshot, but apparently didnt menace him '),
('22802',' Manetti said in the  TV Guide article which accompanied this episode how much he admired  Sinatra.'),
('22803',' Tom Selleck (qv)s prior commitment to the series forced him to  turn down the role of Indiana Jones in  _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv). However, production on the  series was slated to start in May of 1980, but was delayed by an  actors strike. When the series finally went into production a few  months later, "Raiders" had just completed filming. Although this  time period would have allowed Selleck to do the movie,  Harrison Ford (I) (qv) had already been cast in the film by the  time the actors strike began. (The 1988 episode "Legend of the Lost  Art" served as a "Raiders" parody, with Magnum dressed up as Indiana  Jones.)'),
('22804',' Episode: #1.9 '),
('22805',' 12 February 1981, actors Anne Lockhart (I) (qv)  and Miguel Ferrer (qv) portrayed the younger characters of their  parents, June Lockhart (qv) and José Ferrer (I) (qv).'),
('22806',' It is revealed that 546'),
('22807','10'),
('22808','8740 is Magnums Drivers license number  in Hawaii. It also lists his address as 11435 18th Avenue Honolulu,  and his birthdate as January 5th, 1946.'),
('22809',' This is the first of a two'),
('22810','part crossover story arc, concluded in  the _"Murder, She Wrote" (1984)_ (qv) episode, Magnum on Ice.'),
('22811',' The revolver Carlton uses at the end is a target variant of the Colt  Peacemaker called the Bisley, named for the well'),
('22812','known shooting  match in England where it made its debut. It is a fairly rare piece  today.'),
('22813',' Episode: #4.10 '),
('22814',' 15 December 1983, the destroyer shown is the USS  Wren (DD 568) which was scrapped in 1975.'),
('22815',' While Magnum and Higgins are trapped in the elevator, Magnum accuses  Higgins of being Robin Masters and the unseen writer is an actor  which Magnum suggests is Orson Welles. An inside joke since  Orson Welles (qv) does indeed provide the voice of Robin Masters'),
('22816',' The episode was dedicated to camera technician Robert Van Der Kar  who was killed in a helicopter crash during production. An on'),
('22817','screen  caption before the closing credits of that episode reads: This  episode is dedicated to camera technician ROBERT VAN DER KAR who  died during its filming.'),
('22818',' This episode marks the first mention of Icepick.'),
('22819',' This episode served as a pilot for a spin'),
('22820','off series starring  William Lucking (qv), but a series was not ordered.'),
('22821',' "Magpie" was created by Thames Television in 1968 as a "more  accessible" rival to the BBCs childrens show  _"Blue Peter" (1958)_ (qv). It had a more hip image and focused on  pop music and fashion trends.'),
('22822',' The shows mascot was a magpie named Murgatroyd.'),
('22823',' In 1971, a teenager saved a childs life by administering CPR  techniques which he had seen demonstrated on the show.'),
('22824',' Like "Blue Peter", the show asked its viewers to donate to various  charities, through the "Magpie 6'),
('22825','Pence Appeal".'),
('22826',' The shows theme song was based on a childrens nursery rhyme, which  stems from an old English superstition regarding a flock of magpies.  The number of magpies in the flock was thought to correspond to a  particular fortune or omen: "One for sorrow, two for joy, three for  a girl, four for a boy..." etc.'),
('22827',' The most popular Hindi serial in history. It entered the Guinness  Book of World Records as having been watched by over 96% of Indians  around the world.'),
('22828',' Mukhesh Khanna was initially selected for the role of Drona, but was  later changed to play Bhishma. It finally turned out that it was one  of the most remembered characters of the series.'),
('22829',' In its original Japanese version, "Mach Go Go Go," Speed Racer was  called Go Mifune; he was named in honor of legendary Japanese actor  Toshirô Mifune (qv).'),
('22830',' The lettering on the shirts as well as the hood of the Mach 5  corresponded to the characters names on the Japanese version of the  show.'),
('22831',' Of all the supporting cast, only Trixie, Sprytle and Chim Chim  appeared in every episode of the series.'),
('22832',' Trixies, Sparkys, Pops, Moms, Sprytles and Chim Chims real  names on the show were Michi, Sabu, Daisuke, Aya, Kurio and Sanpei  respectively.'),
('22833',' Speed actually lost three races during the run of the show. His  first loss came in the episode "The Snake Track", his second loss  was by disqualification in the episode "The Desperate Racer" and his  third loss came in the episode "Dangerous Witness" when he failed to  complete the race he was in.'),
('22834',' Racer X was seen without his mask in four episodes, "Challenge of  the Masked Racer", "The Secret Invaders", "Dangerous Witness" and  "The Trick Race".'),
('22835',' In the American version, the original Japanese theme song can be  heard in episode #10, "The Most Dangerous Race (Part 2)".'),
('22836',' Early in each episode, there was a "dramatic pause", during an  action scene. This was a cliché normally associated with this show.  In the Japanese version, the "dramatic pause" is where the episodes  title appeared (the US version instead has the episodes title  against a red & yellow checkered background before the episode  begins). The only episode in the US version to follow the Japanese  versions formula was Part 1 of "The Race Against the Mammoth Car".'),
('22837',' In 2005, footage from this episode was used with some redubbing to  make a commercial for Geico Auto Insurance. In the original scene,  Trixie, Sprytle, and Chim'),
('22838','Chim are in a helicopter talking to Speed,  and asking him to lose the race so his rival can use the prize money  for his sisters medical bills. Speed refuses after being  dumbfounded at her even making the request. In the commercial,  Trixie warns him that a bridge ahead is out, but she has good news.  When she tells him that her good news relates to the deal she got on  car insurance, he looks dumbfounded.'),
('22839',' TRIOMATIC, the singers of the Mahoro De Mambo, among other songs,  are also the actual voices for the three friends who are depicted in  the Mahoro De Mambo video.'),
('22840',' There are  52 episodes in the series :  '),
('22841',' 01 The Ship of Feather Star  '),
('22842',' 02 A Star is Born  '),
('22843',' 03 Debut! Debut!!  '),
('22844',' 04 Scramble top ten  '),
('22845',' 05 In danger!? Mamis secret  '),
('22846',' 06 The legendary stag  '),
('22847',' 07 A bouquet for the big boss!  '),
('22848',' 08 Miracle Duet at the beach  '),
('22849',' 09 The midsummer fairy  '),
('22850',' 10 Hello, Catherine  '),
('22851',' 11 Papas a middle'),
('22852','aged rider  '),
('22853',' 12 The studio has total power failure!  '),
('22854',' 13 Mami within the mirror  '),
('22855',' 14 My Mr. Dream  '),
('22856',' 15 The rainbow'),
('22857','colored angel  '),
('22858',' 16 The memory that vanished into the sea  '),
('22859',' 17 The forest where time sleeps  '),
('22860',' 18 The adventure of Zashikiwarashi  '),
('22861',' 19 Mamis longest day  '),
('22862',' 20 The dangerous gift!  '),
('22863',' 21 The party of the cute romance  '),
('22864',' 22 Midori'),
('22865','kun & Pukkupukuu  '),
('22866',' 23 The starry parasol  '),
('22867',' 24 Bear bear audition  '),
('22868',' 25 Disturbance! The night of the popular song festival  '),
('22869',' 26 Bye'),
('22870','bye, miracle  '),
('22871',' 27 To Feather Star!  '),
('22872',' 28 Mysterious transfer student  '),
('22873',' 29 Ropeway panic  '),
('22874',' 30 Dear Grandma  '),
('22875',' 31 Yuus flash'),
('22876','dance  '),
('22877',' 32 The Valentine of just the two of us  '),
('22878',' 33 The atchoo! of horrors  '),
('22879',' 34 Snake Joes counterattack  '),
('22880',' 35 Tachibana'),
('22881','san becomes a woman!?  '),
('22882',' 36 Galaxy circus 1984  '),
('22883',' 37 Marians eyes  '),
('22884',' 38 Heart'),
('22885','fluttering fan club  '),
('22886',' 39 Jurassic monster Ojira!  '),
('22887',' 40 Creamy'),
('22888','ga oka flour war  '),
('22889',' 41 Beware, lest you over'),
('22890','study  '),
('22891',' 42 Mamas memory of the stage  '),
('22892',' 43 Run, yuu! Faster than a turtle!  '),
('22893',' 44 SOS! Escape from the dream storm  '),
('22894',' 45 The psychic boy of sorrow  '),
('22895',' 46 My wonderful pianist  '),
('22896',' 47 Mamis first kiss  '),
('22897',' 48 Yuu & Midoris first date!  '),
('22898',' 49 Infiltrate! The treasure of Tachibana'),
('22899','sans premises  '),
('22900',' 50 Mami disappears...  '),
('22901',' 51 Toshio! Dont remember it  '),
('22902',' 52 Final stage'),
('22903',' The character of Nils from the series  _"Nils no fushigi na tabi" (1980)_ (qv) (also a Studio Pierrot  production) appears in the audience as a cameo, 15 minutes into the  episode.'),
('22904',' The official names for the episodes are in Latin with the episode  numbers written in Roman numerals. Additionally, each episode name  is a Latin phrase.'),
('22905',' All the songs in the series are sung by the voice actors of the  girls in Negis class. Each version is sung by a group of five or  six of the girls, organized by seat number.'),
('22906',' The title of episode 9, "Te capium, cunicule sceleste!", translates  into "Ill get you, you wascally wabbit!" is a reference to Elmer  Fudd of Looney Tunes cartoons.'),
('22907',' Nodokas nickname, Honya, means Bookstore.'),
('22908',' Negis name is actually a pun. In Japanese, Negi means scallion, or  green onions or Welsh onions, and are also in the same family as  leek, which is a national symbol of Wales, where Negi comes from.  Many of his students address him using the playful "'),
('22909','bozu"  honorific, which means something along the lines of "kiddo" or  "squirt", but "negibozu" ("onion head") is also a slang term meaning  a callow or inexperienced youth.'),
('22910',' Nodoka literally means "quiet", and "calm", which are traits of  Nodoka.'),
('22911',' Ken Akamatsu, the creator of the manga, makes an appearance at the  end.'),
('22912',' Sasamis surname, "Kawai", is a pun on the Japanese word "kawaii",  which means "cute".'),
('22913',' The show was inspired by the American sitcom  _"Bewitched" (1964)_ (qv), very popular in Japan at the time, but  mostly with young girls. TOEI decided to buy a manga with a similar  story (a witch living on earth against the parents will).'),
('22914',' The sound effect of the spinning magic wand in Episode 3 was taken  from _Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)_ (qv). It was the sound of  Nausicaas insect whistle.'),
('22915',' The title, "Maho Tsukai Tai!" is a Japanese pun. It can either be  read as "Magic Users Club", or "I Want To Use Magic!". The "tai" as  the end is written in Roman letters, thus leaving the title open to  more than a single reading. Most of the main characters have  alliterated names, using Japanese syllables Example: TAkakura TAkeo,  MIyama MIzuha, NAkatomi NAnaka.'),
('22916',' When Robin Hood wonders whether his life would ever be made into a  movie, Rabies asks if he could be in it. The actor who played  Rabies, Howard Lew Lewis, did in fact appear in  _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)_ (qv) as Hal.'),
('22917',' The "White Knight"/"Whitish Knight" song is a pastiche of (and  homage to) Clannads "Robin '),
('22918',' The Hooded Man" which was the theme  song for the 1980s series "Robin of Sherwood"'),
('22919',' Michael Gambon (qv) felt very nervous acting opposite  Peter Barkworth (qv) (The Minister) in this episode because  Barkworth used to teach acting technique at RADA. Gambon felt that  Barkworth was studying him all the time and mentally giving him  marks out of ten for his performance.'),
('22920',' The series title graphic is an ambigram of the word Majika.'),
('22921',' Based on the manga by Go Nagai (qv), this series gave birth to the  modern Japanese super'),
('22922','robot. These qualities include a samurai'),
('22923','like  body, lasers and missiles shooting out of certain parts, attachments  (weapons, jet wings, etc.), and the ever'),
('22924','popular shooting fists  (Mazinger Zs "Rocket Punch"). This was also the first Japanese  giant robot to be piloted by a human being (in this case, Koji  Kabuto), whereas previous giant robots were remotely controlled by a  hand'),
('22925','held device or watch (like  _"Tetsujin nijû'),
('22926','hachi gô" (1965)_ (qv), Japans first heroic robot,  and its semi'),
('22927','remake, _"Jaianto robo" (1967)_ (qv)).'),
('22928',' The robot Mazinger Z (pronounced "Majingâ Zetto" in Japanese) is  based on the Japanese "majin" (Japanese for "devil" or "evil  spirit").'),
('22929',' Episodes 1 and 32 features stock music from Toei Dogas anime film,  _Wanpaku ôji no orochi taiji (1963)_ (qv), composed by famed  composer Akira Ifukube (qv).'),
('22930',' Although Mazinger Z never made it to Mattels "Shogun Warriors"  collection in America, his "brother" Great Mazinger, the title robot  of the sequel series _"Gurêto Majingâ" (1974)_ (qv), was featured in  that collection (as "Mazinga" and then "Great Mazinga").'),
('22931',' The building shown at the opening of the show when they lived on  Camp Holister Marine Base is actually a building at Quantico Marine  Base in Virginia. It is across from the military lodging on the main  road.'),
('22932',' Pollys middle name is "Esther" (making her "Polyester").'),
('22933',' The final broadcast was on 2 March 1952. In actuality, there is a  Flying Tigers Airline, which specializes in hauling freight.'),
('22934',' As of 2006, this is the longest running show on UK terrestrial  network Five (TV).'),
('22935',' On May 21, 1950 Mike Wallace became the host of this program. It was  his first national television appearance.'),
('22936',' One of the episodes has Danny traveling through the town of Mayberry  and introduced the character of Andy Taylor who was then spun off to  his own series _"Andy Griffith Show, The" (1960)_ (qv)'),
('22937',' The theme song was a jazzed'),
('22938','up version of the old Irish tune The  Londonderry Air (best known when sung with the lyric known as "Danny  Boy").'),
('22939',' The character Danny Williams was ranked #5 in TV Guides list of  the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).'),
('22940',' Penny Parker (qv) beat a then'),
('22941','unknown actress named  Mary Tyler Moore (qv) for the role of Terry. According to  Danny Thomas (I) (qv), the only reason Parker got the part was  because he felt Moores nose looked different enough from his so  that nobody would believe she was his daughter.'),
('22942',' The title "Make Room for Daddy" actually grew out of an in'),
('22943','joke  within Danny Thomass family. Whenever Danny was away on a nightclub  tour, his children more or less had the run of the house. When he  returned from a tour, it was time to spread out and "make room for  daddy", hence the shows title.'),
('22944',' This series is an updated version of the stop'),
('22945','motion series based on  the "Noddy" books. This new series is computer animated with lively  music and songs in each short.'),
('22946',' Make Way for Noddy is an animated series for children produced by  Chorion. It moved to its new channel, PBS Kids Sprout. The first  episode began on 5 January 2004, with Noddy and The New Taxi as its  very first episode.'),
('22947',' Cross'),
('22948','over episode with Trading Spaces has Ty Pennington and  Amy'),
('22949','Wynn Pastoor being made over in preparation for being presenters  at the 2002 Daytime Emmy Awards'),
('22950',' Even though the show lasted less than one season, the disco accented  theme song performed by series lead David Naughton (qv) became a  hit single.'),
('22951',' This show was intended to be a modern version of "Happy Days",  mixing that show with elements of  _Saturday Night Fever (1977)_ (qv). It didnt catch on and was  canceled after three weeks. The title song, however, stayed on and  became a #1 hit for series star David Naughton.'),
('22952',' There are eight episodes to this series. They are: Also Starring...;  Designing ; Editing and Composing ; Organising ; Producing ; Selling  ; Shooting Scene 341 ; Shooting Scene 330.'),
('22953',' This is O.U. Film No. 513 Project Number: 00525/2349 in the Mass  Communication and Society Series [OU = Open University].'),
('22954',' This is O.U. Film No. 512 Project Number: 00525/2348 in the Mass  Communication and Society Series (OU = Open University).'),
('22955',' This is O.U. Film No. 517 Project Number: 00525/2353 in the Mass  Communication and Society Series (OU = Open University).'),
('22956',' This is O.U. Film No. 514 Project Number: 00525/2350 in the Mass  Communication and Society Series (OU = Open University).'),
('22957',' This is O.U. Film No. 518 Project Number: 00525/2354 in the Mass  Communication and Society Series (OU = Open University).'),
('22958',' This is O.U. Film No. 519 Project Number: 00525/2349 in the Mass  Communication and Society Series (OU = Open University).'),
('22959',' This is O.U. Film No. 515 Project Number: 00525/2351 in the Mass  Communication and Society Series (OU = Open University).'),
('22960',' This is O.U. Film No. 516 Project Number: 00525/2352 in the Mass  Communication and Society Series (OU = Open University).'),
('22961',' TV debut of Forest Whittaker (qv).'),
('22962',' "Krelboyne", the name of the class of gifted students to which  Malcolm belongs, is taken from the name of the nerdy hero of  _Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)_ (qv).'),
('22963',' The animation clips shown briefly during the opening credits are  from the Japanese anime _"Nazca" (1998)_ (qv).'),
('22964',' Scenes from _One Million Years B.C. (1966)_ (qv) can be seen during  the opening credits. In one of them Raquel Welch (qv) is shown in  the claws of a monster bird. The other scene shows the fight against  a giant turtle.'),
('22965',' On the show, Reese is the second oldest brother of Malcolm, but in  real life Reese (Justin Berfield (qv)) is less than three months  younger than Malcolm (Frankie Muniz (qv)).'),
('22966',' The two wrestlers briefly featured in the opening credits are  Bret Hart (qv) and Chris Benoit (I) (qv).'),
('22967',' The hamster that Dewey releases in an earlier episode can be seen in  various episodes after, rolling past the screen (in its exercise  ball) on the ground in the background.'),
('22968',' In the episode where Hal and the boys go to the race track, they  come home to discover that Lois had gone through all of their stuff,  in that pile was a pack of Morley cigarettes, the same fake brand  the Cigarette Smoking Man prefers to use on  _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv).'),
('22969',' The last name of the family has only twice been revealed on the  show. It is Wilkerson, as revealed in the pilot as the name tag  Francis wears on his school uniform. There was also a joke that  appeared in the original pilot script. In that script, Malcolm was  walking to school when a neighborhood kid came running up shouting,  "Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm. I was talking to my parents last night '),
('22970','  I was listening to them talk, and whats your last name?"  "Wilkerson, why?" Malcolm replied. "Oh. Who are the Pariahs?" said  the other kid. The joke was eventually cut, and the shows writers  subsequently decided never to reveal the familys last name, but it  would seem they forgot about Franciss name tag. In the company  picnic episode, Hal also refers to them as the Wilkersons.'),
('22971',' Merrin Dungey (qv) (who plays Stevies Mom, Kitty Kenarben)  appeared in the first episode as Malcolms teacher.'),
('22972',' Jane Kaczmarek (qv) in real life has given birth by way of  Caesarian section three times. When it came time to simulate giving  birth without a C'),
('22973','section in the episode Baby Part Two, Jane just  imitated every other birth she had seen on television.'),
('22974',' Two of the Krelboynes, Dabney and Lloyd, are named after student  houses at Caltech.'),
('22975',' In the original version of the show Otto Mannkusser and his wife are  Germans, in the German dubbed version they are Danes.'),
('22976',' The monster seen rising from the water in the opening credits is the  monster from _Clash of the Titans (1981)_ (qv)'),
('22977',' In the episode where Hal takes the boys to the race track, its  revealed that Malcolm was named after Hals favorite NASCAR driver,  Rusty Malcolm.'),
('22978',' The character of Reese was ranked #9 in TV Guides list of "TVs 10  Biggest Brats" (27 March 2005 issue).'),
('22979',' The motto of Lucky Aide is: The "L" Stands for Value.'),
('22980',' In the opening credits, the boxer who inadvertently knocks out the  referee is Pedro Cardenas, fighting Willie deWit. He accidentally  KOed referee Bert Lowes during the 1982 North American  Championships in Las Vegas.'),
('22981',' The signs in Deweys Busey classroom read, "Put ups '),
('22982',' not put  downs," and "Words not hands."'),
('22983',' FOX announced that this program will air its final (151st) episode  on 14 May 2006.'),
('22984',' Scenes from _Brain from Planet Arous, The (1957)_ (qv) can be seen  during the opening credits.'),
('22985',' In the German dubbed version Otto and Gretchen Mannkusser are from  Denmark and not from Germany, they speak with a Danish accent. In  this episode Ottos nephew Willy (a typically German name) from  Germany visits him. When Francis tries to talk with Willy (his name  in the German dubbed version is Björn), it is a little bit confusing  for German viewers that Francis has a German dictionary and not a  Danish one.'),
('22986',' This is the first episode that the krelboynes Llyod and Dabney are  in.'),
('22987',' The name tag Francis wears on his school uniform is "Wilkerson".'),
('22988',' 100th episode. For Justin Berfield this is the second series he has  hit 100 episodes setting a record for a juvenile.'),
('22989',' Aaron Spelling (qv) convinced the executives at NBC to air this  episode as a special summer replacement for the usual 8:00 PM '),
('22990',' 9:00  PM slot due to NBCs lack of programming.'),
('22991',' Aaron Spelling (qv) convinced the executives at NBC to air this  episode as a special summer replacement for the usual 8:00 PM '),
('22992',' 9:00  PM slot, not only due to NBCs lack of programming, but also to  allow the viewers too see how the series ends.'),
('22993',' This episode served as the series finale.'),
('22994',' NBC executives made the decision to cancel the "Malibu Shores" TV  series shortly after this episode aired due consistently achieving  relatively low Nielsen ratings.'),
('22995',' This short'),
('22996','lived Sunday night (9:30'),
('22997','10:00) live ABC sitcom debuted  on 21 May 1950 and was last seen 11 June 1950. It was set in a  Hollywood boarding house catering to theatrical types.'),
('22998',' First telecast 1 July 1949. The last episode supposedly aired on 27  July 1956, but public demand brought it back for a brief period in  1957. Shown on CBS Friday nights 8:00'),
('22999','8:30'),
('23000',' Theme songs: "Holberg Suite" (opening) and "The Last Spring"  (closing) by Edvard Grieg (qv).'),
('23001',' Series based on the book,"Mamas Bank Account" by  Kathryn Forbes (I) (qv) ("Katrin" as portrayed by  Rosemary Rice (qv) in the series).'),
('23002',' This show was one of the best'),
('23003','loved early TV comedies but  unfortunately was broadcast live and the vast majority of the  episodes were never recorded. This was a huge financial mistake that  would finally dawn on the bean counters at CBS after the success of  _"I Love Lucy" (1951)_ (qv). CBS (and sponsor Maxwell House Coffee)  finally relented to the added cost and the series was committed to  film at the very end of production (ironically not enough episodes  were filmed to enable profitable rerun syndication). Sadly, while  older fans remember this series fondly, most of the heart'),
('23004','warming  stories of the Hansens white house on Steiner Street are lost to  posterity.'),
('23005',' Famous for the annual Christmas episode where Papa  (Judson Laire (qv)) told daughter Dagmar how the animals were  given the gift of speech each Christmas Eve as a reward for  protecting Baby Jesus in Bethlehem.'),
('23006',' Dick Van Patten (qv)s TV and acting debut.'),
('23007',' Thelmas husbands name was Carl.'),
('23008',' Vintons first wifes name was Mitzi.'),
('23009',' Vintons two teenage children, Buzz and Sonja who appear on the show  from 1983'),
('23010','1985 were written out of the show in 1986, and no  explanation was ever given for there whereabouts (many probably  assumed that both Buzz and Sonja went to college and lived on their  own). In the 1990 season, when Vinton wants to have another child,  he says that if its a boy, he will name it Vinton Jr., forgetting  that Buzzs real name is Vinton Jr.'),
('23011',' Naomi married three times; first to Tommy Ray, second to Leonard  Oates, and third to Vinton.'),
('23012',' Iolas middle name is Lucille.'),
('23013',' In the last episode, Naomi gave birth to a daughter, Tiffany Thelma.'),
('23014',' Carol Burnett (qv) was originally supposed to play Mama and  Vicki Lawrence (qv) was supposed to play Eunice.'),
('23015',' Aunt Fran (Rue McLanahan ) was written out by having her die while  choking on a toothpick.'),
('23016',' Ed (Harvey Korman (qv)) and Eunice (Carol Burnett (qv)) were  written out of the show by having them move to Florida.'),
('23017',' The name of the tavern that Vinton always visited was called the  "Bigger Jigger".'),
('23018',' The name of the club that Thelma and Iola belonged to was the Church  Ladies League.'),
('23019',' Iolas mother and father are often talked about, but never shown.'),
('23020',' Began as a skit on the _"Carol Burnett Show, The" (1967)_ (qv) with  Vicki Lawrence (qv) (Mama), Carol Burnett (qv) (Eunice),  Harvey Korman (qv) (Ed) and Betty White (qv) (Ellen).'),
('23021',' Ellens husbands name was Bruce. He was never shown.'),
('23022',' Cancelled by NBC after two seasons, the series continued production  for the syndication market for several more years, becoming one of  the first dramatic or comedy series to successfully move off network  and continue in syndication. A few years later,  _"Baywatch" (1989)_ (qv) would duplicate this feat with even greater  success.'),
('23023',' Vintons occupation was as a locksmith by trade for a place called  Kwik'),
('23024','Keys. Naomi worked at a grocery store called Food Circus; she  was a checker when the show began, but eventually worked her way up  to being the assistant manager.'),
('23025',' A running joke on the series was that since they lived in Ray Town,  everything had Ray in the name. St. Ray the hospital, Ray Lake the  lake, and K'),
('23026','Ray the TV station.'),
('23027',' The town the family lives in is called Raytown, and every business  there is a variation of the town name. Instead of having a  McDonalds, they have McRays. The towns upscale restaurant is called  Chez Rays and the newspaper is the Raytown Gazette.'),
('23028',' All of Vicki Lawrences on'),
('23029','screen children (Ken Berry, Carol  Burnett, and Betty White) are older than her by at least 15 years.'),
('23030',' In real life, Dorothy Lymann is 2 years older than Vicki Lawrence'),
('23031',' The original address of the house is 1 Old Decatur Rd.'),
('23032',' In the majority of the episodes, the characters would wear the same  colored or similar'),
('23033','colored attire. Mama wears blue or purple, Vinton  wears tan, Naomi wears yellow (though in earlier episodes she  didnt), Iola wears pink.'),
('23034',' This was the second episode produced, and after seeing it NBC  decided (with Executive Producer Joe Hamilton (II) (qv)s  approval) to shelve the series until spring to work out the  problems. When the show came back, Supervising Producer  Ed Simmons (qv) and Producers Dick Clair (qv) and  Jenna McMahon (qv) had been added (Clair and McMahon were already  staff writers who got promoted). Harvey Korman (qv) began doing  extra duty as a director, shared with Roger Beatty (qv) (he left  after the second season, when  _"Carol Burnett Show, The" (1967)_ (qv) Director Dave Powers (qv)  became available). This was the lowest'),
('23035','rated episode of the first  season, airing just after NBC had renewed the series.'),
('23036',' Mama says she is age 65.'),
('23037',' The final broadcast (over NBC) was on 26 August 1956.'),
('23038',' The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was the sponsor and even held an  interest and a copyright on the series. The Mike Barnett character  was often shown smoking, and at the end of the live versions Ralph  Bellamy would drop the character, don reading glasses and address  the camera with a list of veterans hospitals to which the sponsor  was donating cigarettes that particular week.'),
('23039',' TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR, a film in the BBCs MAN ALIVE film  series of documentaries, is an examination of the Weeny'),
('23040','bopper craze  that was in full swing when this programme was first transmitted on  Wednesday, October 24th, 1973. At that time, Britains efforts to  emulate the weeny'),
('23041','boppers idols, Jimmy and Donny Osmond and Michael  Jackson, led to an intensely competitive race to manufacture a new  pre'),
('23042','teen boy singing star. EMI joined the race with their eleven  years old former church choirboy candidate, Darren Burn, from  Southgate, Middlesex, the son of EMI executive Colin Burn and his  wife, Jo and we see the big reception to promote Darren and his  first record, Somethings Gotten Hold of My Heart backed with True  Love Ways. Meanwhile, Larry Page guides their rivals, The James Boys  and Jonathan King grooms Ricky Wilde, son of ex'),
('23043','pop star Marty.  Highlights include Darren Burn having his first record played on  Radio One by Tony Blackburn; Darren at the Abbey Road studios,  recording Concrete and Clay, the B'),
('23044','side of his second single, Is it  Love?; reading his fan letters; being interviewed by DJ Tony Prince  on Radio Luxembourg and appearing live on stage at the Sundowner  Disco, Edmonton (which was formerly the ABC Regal cinema...now long  since demolished) and Darrens first single being pressed at the EMI  factory in Hayes, Middlesex. There are also interviews with Darrens  parents and with Ricky Wilde and Marty Wilde and Jonathan King. But  the highlight of the programme is Darren, sat on his bed in his  bedroom, being interviewed by reporter John Pitman. This is a  wonderful few minutes in which Darren comes across as far more  intelligent and sophisticated than many other boys of his age. He  was eleven and three quarters when this film was made in July, 1973  and was twelve years old by the time it went out on the air in late  October.'),
('23045',' Television debut of Ted Bessell (qv).'),
('23046',' Television debut for actor David Niven (I) (qv).'),
('23047',' Based on the same events that inspired the Ian Fleming (I) (qv)  novel and then movie, _From Russia with Love (1963)_ (qv).'),
('23048',' Robert Horton sang the theme song.'),
('23049',' As the program progressed, we learn the hero was a union army  officer in the western theater of the war and he was an expert card  player.'),
('23050',' The pilot episode of this TV series was broadcast as the TV movie  _Death Ray 2000 (1981) (TV)_ (qv), a year after the show was  cancelled.'),
('23051',' According to Greg Hughes, XM Satellite Radio shock jocks Opie and  Anthony were originally offered the chance to replace Adam and Jimmy  before the job was given to Doug and Joe.'),
('23052',' First American television series purchased by the Peopless Republic  of China.'),
('23053',' Patrick Duffy (qv) didnt own a swimsuit when he auditioned for  the show; he had to audition in his one unripped pair of Fruit of  the Loom briefs.'),
('23054',' The show was produced in the UK in 1958/59 and was shown out of  order when presented on NBC in 1960. Even some of the titles were  changed for US showing.'),
('23055',' The show was originally to have been called "Solo", but in the year  it was due to come out the movie _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv) was  released with a villain called "Solo."'),
('23056',' The stunts were usually done by actors David McCallum (I) (qv) and  Robert Vaughn (I) (qv) as well as by stuntmen, and the best  version was used. McCallum wasnt too keen on heights and Vaughan  wasnt too keen on water '),
('23057',' so they tried to avoid those stunts.'),
('23058',' U.N.C.L.E. stands for "United Network Command for Law and  Enforcement"'),
('23059',' Access to U.N.C.L.E. headquarters was made through Del Florias, a  tailors shop. Additional entrances were mentioned but not seen.'),
('23060',' In the original, unaired version of the pilot episode (shot in  color), the Head of U.N.C.L.E. was called Mr. Allison, played by  Will Kuluva (qv). When the program finally aired it was shown  entirely in black and white with Kulavas scenes re'),
('23061','shot, featuring  Leo G. Carroll (qv) as Mr. Waverly.'),
('23062',' At one point, the producers considered combining the show with  _"Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1966)_ (qv) to make a single, two'),
('23063','hour  series called "The U.N.C.L.E. Show".'),
('23064',' Ian Fleming (I) (qv) was reportedly one of the consultants when  this series was being planned. The name Solo was borrowed,  apparently with his blessing, from the novel Goldfinger.'),
('23065',' Napoleon Solo was originally to have been a Canadian. Although  Ian Fleming (I) (qv) assisted in the creation of the series, at  one point EON Productions '),
('23066',' which owned the rights to Flemings  novel "Goldfinger" '),
('23067',' threatened legal action over the use of the  name Napoleon Solo.'),
('23068',' The shows third season saw a change of style that resulted in the  amount of comedy being increased in response to the "camp" craze  made popular by _"Batman" (1966/II)_ (qv) and  _"Get Smart" (1965)_ (qv). As a result, UNCLEs ratings plummeted  and the series never recovered. Despite a return to serious stories  the next year, it was cancelled midway through its fourth season.'),
('23069',' The meaning of the acronym THRUSH was never spelled out in the  series, though a meaning was created for one of the UNCLE novels  published at the time ("Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of  Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity").'),
('23070',' Every two'),
('23071','part episode of this series was reedited into a series of  theatrical films which were initially released in Europe, and later  to American TV. In each case, additional footage was shot. Among the  films in this series: _To Trap a Spy (1964)_ (qv);  _Spy with My Face, The (1965)_ (qv); _One Spy Too Many (1966)_ (qv);  _One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)_ (qv);  _Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)_ (qv);  _Karate Killers, The (1967)_ (qv);  _Helicopter Spies, The (1968) (TV)_ (qv);  _How to Steal the World (1968)_ (qv).'),
('23072',' Except for "Alexander the Greater Affair, episodes were always  titled "The (insert episode title) Affair", while each act also  carried its own title, usually taken from a line of dialog.'),
('23073',' Robert Vaughn (I) (qv) worked on his PhD during the course of the  series, and often was allowed to leave the set early so that he  could attend night classes.'),
('23074',' When they were filming a reunion movie, both lead actors were asked  how the success of this show affected their careers.  David McCallum (I) (qv) said that he was often typecast and found  it difficult to play other types of roles, Robert Vaughn (I) (qv)  said in his case the opposite was true, he played nothing but  villains after the series ended.'),
('23075',' The name Illya Kuryakin comes from a Broadway play written and  directed by Jules Dassin. "Ilya Darling" is Dassins musical  adaptation of his earlier film "Never on Sunday," or in Greek "Pote  tin Kyriaki". The irony lies in the fact that the Kuryakin character  is Russian and Dassin was blacklisted for years as a suspected  Communist.'),
('23076',' Carrie Preston (qv), who plays Ben Linus mother Emily, is in real  life married to Michael Emerson (I) (qv), who plays Ben Linus.'),
('23077',' Contains many references to the recent blockbuster  _Lawrence of Arabia (1962)_ (qv). Ilya claims to be the son of  Lawrence, and rides to the rescue dressed in a white desert outfit,  mounted on a white horse.'),
('23078',' The episode includes a parody of Dr. Strangelove. Kuryakin rides a  giant stink bomb, a scene staged in a similar way to Major Kong  riding the nuclear bomb in Strangelove.'),
('23079',' RTS Nomination in 1998.'),
('23080',' Carlos Thompson was popular in episode 6 as "The Sentimental Agent".  This lead to a spin off series of the same name.'),
('23081',' The rescue sequence had to be re'),
('23082','shot because the crew did not look  happy enough.'),
('23083',' Jorge Alberto Poza (qv) was taping two novelas at the same time.  The novela, "Atrevate a Olvidarme" (2001) was cancelled because of  its record low ratings.'),
('23084',' Manuel Ojeda was contracted for filming "La Otra" (2002), after el  manantial. El Manantial was extended for two weeks beyond the date  it was to initially end. Although this happened, his character  briefly left but does return during the final episodes.'),
('23085',' The name Nick Mancuso (qv) is shared by a real'),
('23086','life actor, best  known for the (also) NBC TV'),
('23087','series _"Stingray" (1986)_ (qv), which  initially caused him to protest the title characters name to his  former network, without success.'),
('23088',' Available on 2 VHS cassettes at the Danish Public Libraries (De  danske Folkebiblioteker).'),
('23089',' The final broadcast was on 20 April 1951.'),
('23090',' The "embedded" real model among the competitors was  Kevin Peake (qv). He is most known for his work for Abercrombie &  Fitch.'),
('23091',' Based on a popular "point and click adventure" computer game with  the same name although, besides the character Fred Edison, the game  and the TV series doesnt have any connection between them. They  dont even share the same plot or storyline.'),
('23092',' It was later revealed in the show about the connection to the  popular video game. The events of the show take place about twenty  years after the time frame of the video game. Fred Edison is the son  of the character Weird Ed. It is believed he was named Fred after  the character of Dr. Fred. Like his grandfather, Fred Edison is also  a doctor, although it is unsure what his doctorate is in. It is  believed by now the characters in the game are presumably deceased  and have willed the mansion and its scientific equipment to Fred  Edison'),
('23093',' Peggys husband was a police officer that was killed in the line of  duty.'),
('23094',' In the first season, Mannix worked for a company named Intertech.  Each week the company computer (also referred to as Intertech) would  give Mannix an assignment. Mannix didnt know who had actually  contracted with Intertech nor where his reports were going. The  trouble with this concept is that if Mannix doesnt know the whole  story neither do we. So the computer was dropped, and Mannix became  a normal private eye getting assignments from real people.'),
('23095',' During the 1972'),
('23096','73 season Mannixs car (a 1973 Plymouth Cuda  convertible) were actually three 1971 models updated (by changing  the grill/headlights, hood, and taillights panel) to look like a  1973 Cuda, as Plymouth no longer made the Cuda as a convertible, and  driving a convertible had been a Mannix trademark since the show  began.'),
('23097',' Star Mike Connors (I) (qv) complained that this show was not very  good at showing the consequences of violence. He said Joe Mannix  would get thrown down a flight of stairs in one scene and then  appear without a scratch in the next.'),
('23098',' An episode of the series _"Diagnosis Murder" (1993)_ (qv) called  "Hard'),
('23099','Boiled Murder" (episode # 4.17), was actually a sequel to the  "Little Girl Lost" (episode # 7.4) episode of this series. Many of  the same guest stars appeared in both episodes.'),
('23100',' Mannix was of Armenian descent and spoke fluent Armenian and French.'),
('23101',' Over the eight seasons of the series, Mannix was knocked unconscious  55 times and shot 17 times.'),
('23102',' This is the first episode in which Mannixs Armenian heritage is  revealed.'),
('23103',' Loretta Swits TV debut.'),
('23104',' Maynard called Dobie "Good Buddy."'),
('23105',' Chatsworth called Dobie "Dobie'),
('23106','do."'),
('23107',' Dobie gave his weekly monologue in front of a replica of Rodins  "The Thinker."'),
('23108',' Zelda knew Dobie loved her because she wrinkled up her nose and  Dobie involuntarily did it back in spite of himself.'),
('23109',' Manyard can never say the word "work" in a normal tone of voice, or  with out getting upset.'),
('23110',' What did the middle initial in Maynard G. Krebbs, stand for? In one  episode, and one only, someone asked this question, Maynard stated  that the "G" stood for Walter. His explanation was that his mother  "didnt spell too good".'),
('23111',' The occupation of Dobies father was different in each of the short  stories upon which the series was based. In the series his job was  "locked in" as a grocer.'),
('23112',' The character of Dr. Imogene Burkhart was played by  Jean Byron (qv), who was born Imogene Burkhart.'),
('23113',' Marlo Thomas (qv) TV debut.'),
('23114',' Ryan ONeal (qv)s TV debut.'),
('23115',' Only 10 episodes were aired.'),
('23116',' The programme started life as a French childrens TV series "Le  Manège Enchanté" (The Magic Roundabout). Dougal the Dog was named  Pollux in the original French version and spoke French with a strong  English accent. The animation was done by Ivor Wood (qv) who later  went on to animate _"Herbs, The" (1968)_ (qv),  _"Wombles, The" (1972)_ (qv), _"Paddington" (1975)_ (qv) and  _"Postman Pat" (1981)_ (qv). Eric Thompson (I) (qv) was asked to  narrate a translation of the French script, but chose instead to  discard the French script and devise his own stories, based purely  on what was happening on'),
('23117','screen.'),
('23118',' When the British version was first shown to the French film'),
('23119','makers,  they thought that the British name Dougal for their character Pollux  was intended to poke fun at French president de Gaulle.'),
('23120',' The shows title changes each year to include the current years  date.'),
('23121',' Peter Firth (qv), Michael Ontkean (qv) and Mandy Patinkin (qv)  all turned down the lead role.'),
('23122',' The exterior of Dr. Welbys office was the same building used as the  Cleaver family home on _"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)_ (qv) with only  Welbys shingle as the new addition to the set.'),
('23123',' The movie was supposed to be a remake of  _Burlesk Queen (1977)_ (qv). However, the production decided to  re'),
('23124','write the story to tone down some sexy scenes since the TV series  will be shown in prime time evening slot. However, the main  character, Margarita, still plays a strip dancer just like in  Burlesk Queen.'),
('23125',' Wendy Valdez (qv) was supposed to star in Banal, but her mother  studio ABS'),
('23126','CBN refused the offer wanting that the star to make her  first appearance in an ABS'),
('23127','CBN production.'),
('23128',' Bruce Quebral (qv) was dropped from _Desperadas (2007)_ (qv) to be  in this production.'),
('23129',' Originally titled as Burlesk Queen after  _Burlesk Queen (1977)_ (qv), it was changed to "Burlesque Queen".  But since the registered owner of Burlesk Queen disagreed, the  production changed the title to Margarita.'),
('23130',' The final broadcast was on 24 September 1954.'),
('23131',' Angel Locsin (qv) was the original producers choice to play the  title role. But her busy schedule forced her to refuse the offer  since she is set to go to London to study fashion design. Further,  Angel reasoned that the series needs the lead character to sing and  dance she cant do.'),
('23132',' Among the actresses who auditioned for the lead role, three  actresses were given roles in this series: Nadine Samonte (qv) as  Inocencia, Bianca King (qv) as Natalia Montenegro, and  Marian Rivera (qv) as Marimar, the lead.'),
('23133',' Karylle (qv) auditioned for the lead role of Marimar.'),
('23134',' Angel Locsin (qv) refusal to accept the lead role sparked the feud  between the actress and her home studio. Angel and her manager  Becky Aguila left the network and signed up to rival ABS'),
('23135','CBN.'),
('23136',' Laurice Guillen (qv) was earlier attached to do the series.'),
('23137',' Bing Loyzaga (qv) was earlier tapped to play the main villain  Angelica. She was given the role of Tia Esperenza'),
('23138',' This was the first American network dramatic series to be set in a  prison.'),
('23139',' On 2 January 1995, the series switched from weekly to daily  broadcast in Germany.'),
('23140',' Only the first 169 episodes got titles.'),
('23141',' This show started the "Fantaserye" (Fantasy series) mania in the  Philippines. Marina sustained an over'),
('23142','all ratings of 27% and rose to  30% in its final episode. It was been mimicked by rival GMA Network  7 and launched another mermaid'),
('23143','fantasy'),
('23144','series, "Marinara". However,  it did not able to beat the ratings of Marina up to the last episode  of Marinara (it ended earlier).'),
('23145',' Already a good swimmer before the show, Claudine Barretto (qv)  still took a diving course before taping started. Her role required  her to swim up to 60 ft. underwater, which reportedly caused her  ears to ache.'),
('23146',' Three mermaid tails were made for Claudine Barretto (qv) to play  her character, Marina: two for the water and one for land. The ones  for the water were heavy for the actress to wear, and sometimes  required four to six people to carry her. The one tail made for land  was not as difficult on the actress: she was able to move, and was  able to take it off if she needed to.'),
('23147',' Claudine Barretto (qv)s double, certified diver Patty Lopez, used  a mermaid tail similar in color and material to the one used by  Claudine, except that Claudines tail was smaller. Lopez was also  later offered the role of the mermaid Neptuna on the series.'),
('23148',' Contrary to popular belief, this is not a spoof of the soap opera,  "Marina". Regine Velasquez came up with the idea a year before  "Marina" was released.'),
('23149',' This is dubbed as the first "Kwelanovela", a genre of Philippine TV  soap opera which is purely comedy.'),
('23150',' Big stars of GMA had cameo appearances in the series. Among them  were Eddie Garcia (I) (qv) who played King Karpa, the king of  Laot'),
('23151','Daot; and Janno Gibbs (qv) as the younger Juan Miguel.'),
('23152',' This show is launched as part of GMAs 53rd Anniversary Celebration.'),
('23153',' Marine Boys mermaid girlfriend, Neptima, was topless (although her  hair always covered her breasts). No other childrens animated show  has ever dared to do this.'),
('23154',' Marine Boys dolphin was actually named Whitey in the Japanese  version. It was changed to Splasher for the American market to avoid  accusations of racism.'),
('23155',' Although Marine Boys "oxygum" supplied his air, the effects of  pressure and depressurization were conveniently ignored.'),
('23156',' Neptimas pearl, besides being a defensive weapon, also showed  glimpses of future events.'),
('23157',' The characters originally appeared in a five'),
('23158','episode story, The  Puddlethorpe Carnival Coup, broadcast by BBC Radio 4 within the  childrens strand Cats Whiskers from 20 May to 17 June 1990.'),
('23159',' The commercial break animations hint at which couples will come out  on top in the shows many love triangles.'),
('23160',' The Manga, first published in 1992, ended in October 1995, a month  after the Anime ended.'),
('23161',' The diva Bibi Ferreira, as Carlota Joaquina, queen of Portugal and  Dom Pedro Is mother, recorded a scene where she flirted with black  slaves. The scene was cut by the censors.'),
('23162',' The first color prime time series on American network television.'),
('23163',' The last episode aired on May 6, 1997, on Fox TV. After that episode  aired, Fox was trying to decide whether to renew the show. When they  decided to cancel it, they didnt notify the cast. Ed  ONeill (I) (qv) said he was on vacation and a couple staying near  him read about the cancellation in the newspaper and told him about  it. He bought them a meal in appreciation.'),
('23164',' Was the longest running show to never win an Emmy until  _"Baywatch" (1989)_ (qv) was cancelled in 2001.'),
('23165',' Many of the original producers later collaborated on the WB series  _"Unhappily Ever After" (1995)_ (qv), which bore many similarities  to MWC.'),
('23166',' In some episodes, the Bundy home address is 9764 Jeopardy Lane,  Chicago, Illinois. In other episodes, the address is 9674 Jeopardy  Lane.'),
('23167',' According to Michael G. Moye (qv), the name Bundy came from (at  the time) well known World Wrestling Federation villain  King Kong Bundy (qv)'),
('23168','who had challenged Hulk Hogan for the World  Title at Wrestlemania II. Bundy later made an appearance as one of  Pegs hillbilly cousins.... The name never came from the serial  killer, Ted Bundy. King Kong Bundy also appears in a later episode  as himself, wrestling Bud in a match on a televised wrestling show  called "Wrestlepalooza". Bud ends up there because Al has asked him  to get King Kongs autograph. Bud is trying to become a member of  "NO MAAM", so his task to gain membership is to get the autograph  from King Kong Bundy.'),
('23169',' After the 1992'),
('23170','1993 season, Sevens mysterious disappearance is  alluded to often, such as in the "Touchdown Trivia" episode, when Al  is filling Kellys head with sports facts and she forgets about Buck  and Seven, and in the "Carpool" episode, where Sevens face is shown  as "Missing" on the Bundys milk carton'),
('23171',' The roles of Al and Peg Bundy were first offered to  Kinison, Sam (qv) and Roseanne (qv).'),
('23172',' _"Top of the Heap" (1991)_ (qv), later re'),
('23173','titled  _"Vinnie & Bobby" (1992)_ (qv), was a "MWC" spinoff. There were also  two other ideas for spinoffs, "Enemies" and "Radio Free Trumaine".  "Enemies" dealt with Kellys friends fighting and falling in love  again, while "Radio Free Trumaine" was about two unconventional disc  jockeys at Buds college. They remained as episodes for the MWC  seasons, but never made the final cut for more episodes.'),
('23174',' The series makes several references to the movie  _Deliverance (1972)_ (qv). Ed ONeill (I) (qv), who plays Al  Bundy, had a small part as a police officer in the film.'),
('23175',' Makes references to Ed ONeill (I) (qv)s film,  _Dutch (1991)_ (qv). The film is mention in the first part of The  England Show when Al is on the plane. In the episode where Al and  Peggy go to the video store to rent a movie, a poster for the film  is covering Eds eyes.'),
('23176',' In the opening sequence the shot of the cars on the interstate  interchange is part of a scene from _Vacation (1983)_ (qv).'),
('23177',' The fountain shown at the beginning of the credits is the Buckingham  Fountain in downtown Chicago.'),
('23178',' According to Ed ONeill (I) (qv) and David Faustino (qv), much  of their life was parodied on the show. ONeill (Al Bundy) did play  college football. Faustino (Bud Bundy) wanted to be a rapper, hence  his character Grandmaster B.'),
('23179',' After the show was an unexpected success among young adults in  Germany, broadcasting network RTL produced a German version called  "Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt". The scripts and every single joke of  the originals 1987'),
('23180','1988 season were translated and the family was  called "Struck", but it was canceled after one season (1992).'),
('23181',' Buds middle name is Franklin.'),
('23182',' Steves middle name is Bartholomew.'),
('23183',' One of the shows creators said the reason Ed ONeill (I) (qv) was  cast was that when he was auditioning for the pilot, he was required  to simply walk through the front door into the Bundy home. Right  before he opened the door, ONeill let out a deep breath and slumped  his shoulders, as if going home was a defeat. Producers said when  they saw that, they knew ONeill understood the show.'),
('23184',' Jeffersons middle name is Millhouse.'),
('23185',' "No Maam" stands for National Organization of Men Against Amazonian  Masterhood.'),
('23186',' Like Seven, many of the shows extra characters lasted for one  season. Als colleague in the shoe store, Luke Ventura, appeared in  season one; Amber, the DArcys niece, appears in season nine; and  Aaron, Als first shoe sidekick, appeared in season nine too.'),
('23187',' Ed ONeill (I) (qv) is the only actor from the show to appear in  all 260 episodes, from the lost episode to the failed pilots that  stayed in the show.'),
('23188',' Throughout the show, the stars had their families as guest stars.  Ed ONeill (I) (qv)s wife, Catherine Rusoff (qv) made two  appearances. David Faustino (qv)s brother,  Michael Faustino (qv) made a couple of appearances.  Christina Applegate (qv)s mother, Nancy Priddy (qv) made an  appearance, and Katey Sagal (qv)s brother, Joe Sagal (qv) made  appearances. Elaine Hendrix (qv) and Juliet Tablak (qv) were  also at one point David Faustino (qv)s girlfriends.'),
('23189',' In one episode, Kelly reveals the Bundys phone number 555'),
('23190','2878.'),
('23191',' In one episode, where Kelly works at TVLand, a bunch of the kids  come up to Jefferson and ask him for his autograph and he makes a  reference to Happy Days and the kids ask him if he was also in "The  Love Boat". This is a reference to Ted McGinley actually being in  Happy Days as Roger Phillips and The Love Boat as Ashley Covington  Evans.'),
('23192',' The house shown at the beginning and end of each episode is in  Deerfield, Illinois.'),
('23193',' Ed ONeill (I) (qv) says that he focused on his Uncle while acting  as Al because they shared so many personality traits.'),
('23194',' Instead of saying "Visa" the credit card sign in the shoe store says  "Vista".'),
('23195',' Buck the Dog was on the show from the day it began, and was until  the 10th season. Buck died on May 25th, 1996 at the age of 13 years  old.'),
('23196',' Katey Sagal (qv) came up with the idea for her character Peggy  Bundy to dress in 1960s'),
('23197','inspired clothing. Sagals reason for the  look was because she wanted to parody the 1960s housewife. For her  audition, Sagal had brought her own red bouffant wig, and when she  won the role, producers approved the image into the show. (Peggys  60s wear included the bouffant hair, tight capris'),
('23198','styled leggings  paired with a large belt, and slip on heels.)'),
('23199',' Prior to the series, Ed ONeill (I) (qv) had a career in dramatic  acting in the theatre. The producers were doubtful ONeill should be  cast because they did not think that a dramatic actor would be able  to be funny in a comedy series. However, when ONeill auditioned for  the role, producers were surprisingly impressed.'),
('23200',' Als favorite movie is _Hondo (1953)_ (qv).'),
('23201',' Als favorite song is Duke of Earls.'),
('23202',' Transvestite film actor Divine (I) (qv) was scheduled to appear as  Uncle Otto, but died just before filming his scenes.'),
('23203',' The Bundys basement is shown for the first time in this episode.'),
('23204',' Episode: #11.6, we see Kellys room for the first time.'),
('23205',' It is revealed that the previous episodes of season 6 were all a  dream. Katey Sagal (qv) had miscarried in real life, so the  writers decided to get rid of Peggy and Marcys pregnancies.'),
('23206',' The song at the bar is Tuff Enuff by The Fablouous Thunderbirds,  which would later become Als theme.'),
('23207',' This is the first episode where Al talks about when he "scored four  touchdowns in a single game".'),
('23208',' James Gypsy Haake replaced Divine who was originally cast to play  the role of the transvestite Uncle Otto, but died shortly before  filming began.'),
('23209',' The final episode aired as a "lost episode" several months after the  series finale had already aired.'),
('23210',' This episode was a pilot for a proposed spin'),
('23211','off series that was not  picked up.'),
('23212',' When the Bundys arrive at the airport, there is a person holding a  sign in the background with the last name: Leavitt. Another person  holds a sign that says Moye. This is a reference to Executive  Producers Ron Leavitt (qv) and Michael G. Moye (qv) (who also  wrote the show).'),
('23213',' Jefferson has a job at the car wash and the apron he wears reads  "Traugotts House of Scrubbin." Walter Traugott was the man who  Jefferson supposedly had killed while watching a baseball game in  Episode #820 "The DArcy Files" because he knew of Jeffersons past  as a spy.'),
('23214',' "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" was a famous song by  Cyndi Lauper (qv).'),
('23215',' This episode was found offensive by homemaker Terry Rakolta who  began a letter writing campaign to boycott the show. However it had  the opposite effect and ratings for the show grew which help put the  Fox network on the television map.'),
('23216',' This episodes title is a quote from _Casablanca (1942)_ (qv).'),
('23217',' Kelly had the first line in the first episode and the last line in  the final episode.'),
('23218',' This episode was slated to be shown during season 3. But the  producers could not come to an agreement with the network censors  and decided to pull the episode rather than change the script. The  episode did air worldwide but not in the U.S. It came to be known as  "The Lost Show" among fans and in the press. The episode was finally  shown in the U.S. on the FX network on June 18, 2002.'),
('23219',' Ted McGinley (qv) first appeared on the show as "Norman  Jablonsky". He would later play Jefferson Darcy'),
('23220',' This episodes title is a quote from the song "Ghostbusters" by  Ray Parker Jr. (qv) from the movie _Ghost Busters (1984)_ (qv).'),
('23221',' SPOILER: The song that haunts Al throughout the episode is "Anna (Go  To Him)" by Arthur Alexander.'),
('23222',' The final episode featuring the character Seven Bundy.'),
('23223',' The 1987 airing premiere of this pilot was also the premiere of the  Fox Network; it was followed by The Tracey Ullman Show pilot;  both pilots were repeated twice on that night!'),
('23224',' Kelly had the first line in the first episode and the last line in  the final episode.'),
('23225',' This was the final appearance of David Garrison (I) (qv) (Steve  Rhoades) on the show.'),
('23226',' This episode was the pilot of a proposed spin'),
('23227','off series starring  Eric Dane (qv), Andrew Kavovit (qv), Keri Russell (qv) and  David Garrison (I) (qv).'),
('23228',' Cliff Bemis plays Als dad even though he is two years younger than  Ed ONeill.'),
('23229',' This episodes title is a pun on "Something wicked this way comes".'),
('23230',' Christina Applegate stated that this had been her favorite episode.'),
('23231',' This episode was originally titled "A Period Piece". But the FOX  Network censors thought that women would be offended by the title,  even though the episode was written by two women and the series  episode titles never appeared on screen. The censors asked the  writers to retitle the script so the writers just named it "The  Camping Show".'),
('23232',' This episode became a tradition during presidential election days in  The United States as a spoof.'),
('23233',' The name of the tag on Als shirt is Habib, which would later be an  inside joke on the show.'),
('23234',' This episode was the pilot for the spin'),
('23235','off series  _"Top of the Heap" (1991)_ (qv).'),
('23236',' Renée Zellweger (qv)s first TV role.'),
('23237',' According to the drivers license shown in this episode, Al was born  on November 3, 1948.'),
('23238',' According to his drivers license, Als birthday is November 3, 1948'),
('23239',' The original pilot was taped on December 12, 1986. The producers  were not happy with the original child actors Tina Caspary (qv)  (as Kelly) and Hunter Carson (qv) (as Bud). They recast the roles  and all the scenes with the Bundy kids had to be reshot.'),
('23240',' {You Better Shop Around: Part 2 (#5.22)}'),
('23241',' When Al puts his shoes up on the coffee table, you can faintly see  "555" on the right shoe and "SHOE" on the left. The number 555'),
('23242','SHOE  is from the episode "976'),
('23243','SHOE" when Al was trying for his own Shoe  Hotline as Dr. Shoe and he had "555 SHOE" written on the bottom of  his shoes.'),
('23244',' _"Seinfeld" (1990)_ (qv) was originally known as "The Seinfeld  Chronicles", but the shows name was changed partly in order to  avoid confusion with this series. After "Seinfeld" made its debut  with its new name in May of 1990, The Marshall Chronicles only aired  one further episode before it was cancelled.'),
('23245',' Kerry Armstrong (qv) filmed a pilot as Verity Marshall but pulled  out and the show was almost discontinued. Alison Whyte (qv)  stepped in at the last moment to save the show.'),
('23246',' Cancelled at the beginning of 2004, following  Martha Stewart (II) (qv)s conviction on four felony charges on 5  March 2004.'),
('23247',' Martha Stewarts niece and sister both worked on the show.'),
('23248',' The shows themes would vary for the different times of the year,  such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween etc.'),
('23249',' Martha Stewart cooked, sewed, gardened, and made projects and crafts  on the show.'),
('23250',' The show mainly took place in Marthas kitchen and her arts and  crafts rooms. Sometimes Martha would go travel to different towns  and states.'),
('23251',' Sammo Hung Kam'),
('23252','Bo (qv)s first starring role as well as his first  English'),
('23253','speaking role in an American production.'),
('23254',' Jackie Chan (I) (qv), a long time friend of the shows star  Sammo Hung (qv), appears briefly as a background extra in an early  episode.'),
('23255',' The miniseries was originally scheduled for release in September  1979 as a major kickoff to the 1979'),
('23256','80 season. Unfortunately, it  fell victim to some negative publicity from Ray Bradbury (qv)  himself. Although Bradbury had worked with scriptwriter  Richard Matheson (qv) in adapting his book to the small screen, he  was less than thrilled with the final production. At one point,  shortly before the miniseries scheduled release, Bradbury found  himself the sole representative of the production at a press  conference. When one reporter asked him what he thought of the  miniseries, he responded candidly, "Booooooooring!" NBC soon shelved  the miniseries and did not air it until January 1980.'),
('23257',' Robert Powell was asked to play the Jon Finch cameo'),
('23258',' A 90 minutes version, edited out of three episodes of the series,  was theatrically released in France a year before the complete  version was weekly aired on television.'),
('23259',' This live NBC detective series debuted on 1 September 1949 and was  last shown 17 June 1954. Title was shortened in August 1953 to  "Martin Kane" and coincided with Kane no longer hanging out in the  tobacco shop. Revived in 1957 in a syndicated version with  William Gargan (qv) reprising his role as the original Kane.'),
('23260',' Michael McKean was the shows bandleader. He even portrayed various  characters on it. Also, Annette OToole and him guested on one of  the episodes.'),
('23261',' Martins love interest in this story is the heroine Rose of  Noonvale. Her full name is Laterose. The first season of Redwall  (which takes place hundreds of years after Martin the Warrior) is  set in the summer of the Late Rose.'),
('23262',' Theres a poster on the wall for the Spike Lee (qv) film  _Do the Right Thing (1989)_ (qv). Martin Lawrence (qv) played Cee  on that film.'),
('23263',' In the episode where Shenenah wins a date with Kid from Kid N Play,  she asks, while slowing dance with him, "Would you kiss me? Just  like you did to that lil light'),
('23264','skinned girl on  _House Party (1990)_ (qv)?" That is a joke in reference to the fact  that Tisha Campbell (qv) (Martins girlfriend on the show) is the  girl that Kid kissed on "House Party".'),
('23265',' In the episode where Martin, Tommy, Cole, Nipsy and Air Gordon play  the Womens US Basketball team, it is revealed (by his jersey) that  Tommys last name is Strawnn and not Strong as previously reported.'),
('23266',' During the final season, Tisha Campbell (qv) filed charges against  Martin Lawrence (I) (qv) claiming he sexually harassed and  sexually battered her. She left the series for eight episodes. She  later returned when the case was settled out of court. From then on,  Lawrence and Campbell filmed their scenes at different times and  their characters no longer appeared together in the same scene.'),
('23267',' In the episode where Gina loses her job, she and Martin argue about  her redecorating their bedroom with the colors pink and green. Gina  says that theyre her sorority colors, a reference to Alpha Kappa  Alpha Sorority, Inc. the nations oldest black sorority.'),
('23268',' In the talent show episode, the song Gina performs "Push" is  actually a single Tisha Campbell released.'),
('23269',' The episode "Goin For Mine", which aired during the fifth and final  season of "Martin", was actually a pilot for a proposed spin'),
('23270','off  featuring Tichina Arnold (qv). The series was not picked up by the  network and never went into production.'),
('23271',' Martin and Gina go to the movies to see  _Thin Line Between Love and Hate, A (1996)_ (qv) and Martin comments  on how he heard it was "the bomb". Martin Lawrence stars in the  movie.'),
('23272',' Daytime programming on KTTV in the 1950s was reliant on  personalities and films. By the latter part of the decade, the  station had its system down pat, having a familiar face introduce  the films, read commercials, and provide some chatter. This was  before the days of videotape and it was live. The films were  half'),
('23273','hour TV re'),
('23274','runs, old movies. Martins Manor followed Sheriff  John (Rovick) vintage cartoons on his "Lunch Brigade". The laid  back, pipe'),
('23275','puffing Martin broadcast from his home in Sherman Oaks,  the program co'),
('23276','hosted by his dog, "Pal". The theme tune played at  the start and end of Martins shows was "The Third Man Theme",  plunked on a zither in the movie of that title, and used on radio on  "The Many Lives of Harry Lime". Martins tree lines estate in  Sherman Oaks was located where now the Ventura US 101 freeway runs  through now.'),
('23277',' Alexandru Lupu developed the script after reading a newspaper  article about a book wrote by criminal investigator Traian Tandin;  Tandin collected from Romanian Police archives cases '),
('23278',' either solved  or not '),
('23279',' which all had paranormal implications.'),
('23280',' Had a budget in excess of $15 million, making this the largest  television mini'),
('23281','series ever made in Australia.'),
('23282',' Shot over 12 weeks in 22 locations.'),
('23283',' The program was short'),
('23284','lived, as a sponsor was never signed.'),
('23285',' Ranked #21 in TV Guides list of the "25 Top Cult Shows Ever!" (30  May 2004 issue).'),
('23286',' Norman Lear (qv)s shows were being produced at Metromedia Square  in Hollywood, but there was inadequate space for this show, so they  rented studio space from KTLA. The KTLA studio was across Fernwood  Street, so they started calling KTLA "Fernwood", which then became  the name of the fictitious town where the show is set.'),
('23287',' Then Nixon aide Ben Stein wrote an impassioned letter in support of  the show early in the first season, when its future was strongly in  doubt; his piece is considered at least one of the reasons it  continued airing.'),
('23288',' Martin Mull (qv)s TV debut.'),
('23289',' The first TV series to portray a couple sharing a bed.'),
('23290',' The first sitcom on TV.'),
('23291',' In December 1947 the shows sponsor, Anacin tried to find out if  anyone was watching their show (TV ratings didnt yet exist). A test  was devised offering a free mirror to the first 200 viewers who  submitted comments about the show. Nearly 9,000 letters were  received.'),
('23292',' This program aired over the DuMont Television Network at 9:00 pm EST  on Tuesday nights in its first season.'),
('23293',' The final broadcast (over NBC) was on March 11, 1950.'),
('23294',' The show was originally planned to be about a divorced woman, but  because divorce was still a hot subject in 1970, they settled for a  broken engagement instead. Also, the network was afraid people would  think that Mary had divorced Rob Petrie, her characters husband on  _"Dick Van Dyke Show, The" (1961)_ (qv), losing the audiences  sympathy.'),
('23295',' A three'),
('23296','minute mini'),
('23297','pilot, titled "Love is All Around," was produced  for CBS Network executives in an attempt to sell them on the casting  of Edward Asner (qv) as Lou Grant.'),
('23298',' The first stanza of the theme song was rewritten after the first  season.'),
('23299',' Series was filmed on Stage 2 at CBS Studio City'),
('23300',' Marys house, which appears in the opening credits, is still  standing in Minneapolis, Minnesota '),
('23301',' the city in which the show  takes place.'),
('23302',' Gavin MacLeod (qv) first auditioned for the part of Lou Grant.  Edward Asner (qv) gave a terrible reading at his first audition  and insisted on a second chance. Jack Cassidy (I) (qv) was  considered for the role of Ted Baxter. Cassidy later guest starred  as Teds brother.'),
('23303',' The name for the local broadcasting awards on the show were the  Teddies.'),
('23304',' Murray was the only member of the WJM news staff who never won a  Teddy. Coincidentally, Gavin MacLeod (qv), who played Murray, was  the only regular cast member to never be nominated for an Emmy.'),
('23305',' After leaving the WJM news staff, Gordy the weatherman became a  successful talk show host.'),
('23306',' Following the conclusion of the series, Edward Asner (qv)  continued to play Lou Grant in a long'),
('23307','running dramatic series of the  same name.'),
('23308',' Dr. Lars Lindstrom, Phylliss never'),
('23309','seen husband, was a member of  the Society of Concerned And Responsible Dermatologists, or SCARD  (pronounced "scarred").'),
('23310',' W.J.M. stands for "Wild" Jack Monroe. He was the station owner.'),
('23311',' The shot in the opening credits where Mary Tyler Moore throws her  hat into the air was shot at the corner of 7th Street and Nicollet  Mall in downtown Minneapolis. In May 2002, TV Land erected a statue  of her at that spot. The statue faces the opposite direction,  however: the buildings that appear in the background of the shot  were destroyed by a fire that took out an entire city block on  Thanksgiving night in 1982. Many scenes in the opening credits  (riding an escalator, window shopping) were shot within a one'),
('23312','block  radius of this spot.'),
('23313',' When the famous opening credit sequence was reworked for Season 3'),
('23314','4,  the Mary crew was being followed by a news team for the talk show  program "Moore on Sunday". Both the news crew and the police officer  escorting the Mary team were pressed into service for one of the  clips (when the Mary Richards character has to duck to avoid being  caught on film as the "news" cameraman swings his camera around in  the direction the officer points).'),
('23315',' The two joggers who pass Mary in the park during the opening credit  sequence are producers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns. Also in the  credit sequence, the gray'),
('23316','haired man Mary has lunch with and is  later seen walking with in the evening is Mary Tyler Moores  then'),
('23317','husband Grant Tinker, the president/co'),
('23318','founder of MTM. The  woman seen scowling back at Mary as she tosses her hat is local  resident Hazel Frederick.'),
('23319',' Marys home telephone number is identified as 555'),
('23320','2312 by Ted in an  episode during season four.'),
('23321',' Moore wore a wig for the first season of the show, to make her  appear less like Laura Petrie (her character on "the Dick Van Dyke  Show.") When it was discarded, the change in her hairstyle  (including her much lighter hair color) was never commented on in  the show itself.'),
('23322',' When casting the part of Sue'),
('23323','Anne Nivens, producers were stumped for  an actress to take the role. They wanted "someone like Betty White."  Eventually, someone asked "Why not cast Betty White?"'),
('23324',' This episodes credited co'),
('23325','writer, David Davis, credits Rhodas  oft'),
('23326','quoted chocolate line ("I should just apply it directly to my  hips") to staff writer Treva Silverman, who, according to Davis,  came up with the line during the dress rehearsal and gave it to  producer James L. Brooks.'),
('23327',' Marys entire audited income for the previous year was $8.000. Her  refund is $16.73.'),
('23328',' The only episode in the series that Ed Asner (qv) does not appear  in.'),
('23329',' According to this episode, Ted has been working at WJM for four  years.'),
('23330',' The boutique where Mary and Rhoda shop in is named Shot Down in  Ecuador, Junior'),
('23331',' John Amoss first series appearance. His character is identified in  the credits as "Weatherman Gordy"'),
('23332',' Mary says that her mothers name is "Marge". When Nanette Fabray is  cast as Marys mother in Season 3, her characters name is "Dottie".'),
('23333',' First episode to feature the Teddy Awards. "Teddy" stands for  "Television Editors," and the current awards are indicated as the  second'),
('23334','annual edition.'),
('23335',' Lou calls the morale'),
('23336','boosting trophy (purchased as the Tinker Trophy  Company) that he gives to the crew "The Tinker." Grant Tinker was  the founder of MTM Enterprises and married to Mary Tyler Moore.'),
('23337',' Mary is nominated in the category of public'),
('23338','affairs programming for  a show titled "Sunday News Conference." Murray is nominated for  writing a flood story. Ted is nominated as Best Male Personality,  Best Newcaster, and Best TV Personality.'),
('23339',' The sequence near the episodes end in which Mary approaches Rhoda  on the sofa, saying "I got another one" is incorporated into the  second'),
('23340','seasons opening credits montage.'),
('23341',' Teds first mention of the "5,000'),
('23342','watt radio station in Fresno,  California," where he started his broadcasting career. He delivers  his acceptance speech under the closing credits, one of the few  times in the series run in which the "curtain'),
('23343','call" credits were  replaced by continuing action.'),
('23344',' The classic episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust" was inspired by an  actual event where several funeral'),
('23345','goers burst out laughing during a  funeral.'),
('23346',' According to this episode Mary is a 1959 graduate of Leif Erickson  High, located in the (fictional) town of Roseburg in upstate  Minnesota. She was a Viking Queen.'),
('23347',' Series creator and executive producer James L. Brooks is visible in  the closing reception scene. He is the bearded man to whom Rhoda  says, "Excuse me, Rabbi."'),
('23348',' According to this episode, Ted Baxters salary is $31.000.'),
('23349',' The movie Mary is watching on television is "Red Dust" with Jean  Harlow, who can be heard speaking.'),
('23350',' According to this episode, Teds frequently mentioned first job in  Fresno, California, was followed by stints playing Uncle Fuzzy on a  kids show in Albany; doing band remotes in Altoona, PA; and playing  classical music in Bennington, VT.'),
('23351',' Mary explains to Murray the meaning of the word "feeb" over the  closing credits, one of the few times in the series run that the  customary "curtain'),
('23352','call" credits werent used.'),
('23353',' According to this birthday episode, Lou Grant was born in 1945 and  is turning 48.'),
('23354',' Bruce Boxleitner (qv)s five line part as Rick in this episode  launched his television and movie career and won him his Screen  Actors Guild card.'),
('23355',' Its with this episode that Rhoda begins her job at Hempels; up  until now, she has been working as a window'),
('23356','dresser at Bloomfields.'),
('23357',' According to this episode, Marys monthly rent is $135.'),
('23358',' Joyce Bulifants first series appearance as Marie Slaughter,  Murrays wife.'),
('23359',' According to the pilot episode, "Love Is All Around", the rent on  Marys new apartment is $130 a month.'),
('23360',' Teds rent on his current apartment is $242.50'),
('23361',' In this episode, Phyllis and her husband, Lars, are revealed as L &  P Management, the unresponsive managers of the girls apartment  building.'),
('23362',' Marys current rent is $125; Rhodas is $87.50.'),
('23363',' This is the first episode of the series not to include any scenes  set in Marys apartment.'),
('23364',' Marys Teddy'),
('23365','Award nomination, in the category of Best Public  Affairs Program, is for producing "The Sunday Show".'),
('23366',' According to this episode, Mary spent two years at the University of  Minnesota, where she pledged Gamma Gamma Delta.'),
('23367',' James L. Brooks and Allan Burns won an Emmy for "outstanding writing  achievement in comedy" for this episode.'),
('23368',' The Teddy'),
('23369','nominated documentaries are "A Comet Named Kahoutek",  "Watergate: Tempest in a Teapot Dome", and one that was produced by  Mary, "Chimps and What They Can Teach Us". The successful reception  of this documentary was talked about in the episode "Love Blooms at  Hemples."'),
('23370',' According to this episode, the building where WJM is located is  owned by Snyder Publishing and is called the Snyder Building.'),
('23371',' First series appearance of Henry Winkler (qv).'),
('23372',' Cloris Leachmans second Emmy Award was for her work on this  episode.'),
('23373',' This episode marks the debut of Betty White as Sun Ann Nivens.'),
('23374',' The unseen but frequently mentioned mayoral candidates are named  "Turner and "Mitchell" '),
('23375',' Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell are  credited as the writers for the series previous episode,  "Toulouse'),
('23376','Lautrec Is One of My Favorite Artists" (Season 1, Episode  7)'),
('23377',' Election returns for the mayoral race are suspended for some eleven  hours at Mitchell 85, Turner 23.'),
('23378',' Two of the four names fleetingly visible on the tote board for the  councilmans race are "Lorenzo" and "Davis" '),
('23379',' Lorenzo Music and  David Davis are credited as the writers for this episode.'),
('23380',' Episode depicts the first of Marys notoriously disastrous parties.'),
('23381',' The public'),
('23382','affairs show for which Mary interviews Eric Matthews is  titled "Scrutiny." He is promoting a book titled "Are Men Obsolete?"'),
('23383',' Mary says that her rent is $152.50'),
('23384',' This is an adaptation of Brazilians TV Globo popular series  _Zorra Total_ (qv)'),
('23385',' In order to avoid the heat of the Israeli desert, the crew employed  a unique shooting schedule: they divided the day into three eight  hour segments and they only shot either late at night or early in  the morning. They avoided shooting between late morning and late  afternoon, the hottest part of the day.'),
('23386',' Cesar Montano (qv) and Aga Muhlach (qv) were offered to host the  show, but a snag in the talent fee forced the management to maintain  the old triumvirate of Randy Santiago (qv),  Willie Revillame (qv), and John Estrada (II) (qv). Cesar and  Aga, however, made a surprise appearance in the first episode '),
('23387','  acting like they were going to host the show.'),
('23388',' A third season of Shinzo was produced by a small independent company  without Toei Animations permission and then Toei sued the  independent company and the third season was pulled off and was  never aired.'),
('23389',' A spin'),
('23390','off series, "The Spies", began transmission two weeks after  "The Mask of Janus" finished its run.'),
('23391',' The program was broadcast on ABC'),
('23392','TV twice a week. The original live  program was broadcast on Sunday evenings between 8:00 and 9:00 PM  Eastern Time. Between March and April, a kinescope of the Sunday  show was rebroadcast on Tuesday or Wednesday night between 8:00 and  9:00 PM.'),
('23393',' The show was expensive to produce but ABC'),
('23394','TV could not find a  sponsor so it was canceled after four months.'),
('23395',' Sabans Masked Rider was adapted from three separate Kamen Rider  incarnations: the TV series, "Kamen Rider Black RX," and two Kamen  Rider movies, "Kamen Rider ZO" and "Kamen Rider J."'),
('23396',' Creator of Kamen Rider, Shotaro Ishinomori was so outraged by how  this show insulted his creation, he refused to allow Saban to have  anymore footage to make the show, which is why they stopped making  the show entirely'),
('23397',' One of the scenes shown is based on a live incident involving then  Montreal Canadiens goalie Patrick Roy in 1995 and coach Mario  Tremblay. Thought the incident resulted to trading the goalie to the  Colorado Avalanche, in this story, the goalie remains with the team,  but gets suspended indefinitely...'),
('23398',' The series was canceled after five episodes.'),
('23399',' The film contains 163 minutes of special computer generated effects.'),
('23400',' Many scenes were filmed in St. Petersburg, Russia. Director Bortko,  who lives in St. Petersburg, made such a decision, because in his  words, "St. Petersburg today still looks more like 1930s Moscow".'),
('23401',' Documentary B&W footages of the 1930s Moscow are included in the  final episodes.'),
('23402',' In the original Russian version of the series, the voice of Alexandr  Galibins character Master is actually dubbed by Sergei Bezrukov,  who plays Ieshua Ha'),
('23403','Notsri (Jesus).'),
('23404',' The show was axed after the first episode didnt rate well. However  because they had already filmed a further six episodes, it returned  in the non ratings period.'),
('23405',' The show originally ran from 1972'),
('23406','1997 with  Magnus Magnusson (I) (qv) as quizmaster. Due to popular demand it  was resurrected in 2003, following exactly the same format, with  John Humphrys (qv) as the new quizmaster.'),
('23407',' TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse (I) (qv) is indirectly responsible  for the growth and success of ‘Mastermind’. In 1973 the BBC were  transmitting a comedy programme called _"Casanova 73" (1973)_ (qv)  starring Leslie Phillips (qv). Ms. Whitehouse objected to the  content of the programme, which she saw as being smutty and  unsuitable for transmission before the 9pm watershed. The BBC  responded by swapping the time slots of ‘Mastermind’ and ‘Casanova  73’. So ‘Mastermind’ went on to prime time and ‘Casanova 73’ went to  the 11.20pm graveyard slot '),
('23408',' it was to last only one series.  ‘Mastermind’ then began to attract audiences of 14'),
('23409','15 million and  went from strength to strength.'),
('23410',' Summer replacement show in 1950 for  _"Philco Television Playhouse, The" (1948)_ (qv).'),
('23411',' This show was fully financed even before Showtime came along.  Originally the episodes were just going to be released on DVD by  Anchor Bay Entertainment.'),
('23412',' According to creator Mick Garris (qv), the directors involved were  given free reign as to what stories they told, however they wanted  to tell them. But when Showtime came on board, they laid out a  handful of rules. One was, there could be no full frontal male  nudity. Another was, there could be no violence committed on a child  by another child (but violence on adults by children or children on  adults was fine).'),
('23413',' When Jamie is in his bed, he takes the book “Desperation” by  Stephen King (I) (qv) off his night stand. Director  Mick Garris (qv) directed many Stephen King stories, including  Desperation.'),
('23414',' One of the three men who win the jackpot in the casino is Mick  Garris who created the Masters of Horror series.'),
('23415',' When talking to the captain, the police discuss a wolf attack in  London in 1981. Thatll be the events that John Landis An American  Werewolf in London they are talking about.'),
('23416',' DIRTRADE(John Landis (I) (qv)): [SYNW]: One of the cartoon  characters says it near the end of the first TV showing.'),
('23417',' When George Wendts character is speaking to Matt Keeslars  character in the ER waiting room, there are a couple of pages for  "Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine". This is a nod to the Three Stooges short  Men in Black (1934), which paged the Stooges with calls of "Dr.  Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard".'),
('23418',' The hospital was actually a set built in the high school where  Harold looks for a "big sister".'),
('23419',' In this movie its the second time Ezra Godden (qv) has a  character that wears a Miskatonic University t'),
('23420','shirt in a  Stuart Gordon (I) (qv) film. The first one was _Dagon (2001)_ (qv)  where they both were involved.'),
('23421',' George A. Romero was originally going to direct Haeckels Tale but  was replaced by John McNaughton.'),
('23422',' {Homecoming (#1.6)}'),
('23423',' At the end when the zombie soldiers coming out of their graves the  tombstones have the names of veterans of the horror and zombie  genre, easy to read are: Jacques Tourneur (qv), G.A. Romero (  George A. Romero (I) (qv)), Jean Yarbrough (qv) and Delbert  Tenney ( Del Tenney (I) (qv)), harder to read are:  Lucio Fulci (qv), Victor Halperin (qv) and  Gordon Douglas (qv). The (readable) graves have this order: Romero  and Tenney in the first line, behind them Fulci and Halperin and in  the last line behind Fulci is Tourneur, who is in the middle of  Douglas and Yarbrough.'),
('23424',' This episode was originally going to be shown on Showtime in January  2006, but the station banned it shortly before the broadcast. It  debuted in America on DVD on September 26, 2006.'),
('23425',' This was the only Season 1 episode to require cuts. 2 shots were  removed from the final film, both involved graphic depictions of  oral sex. The first one occurred during the sex scene in the car,  and the second occurred at the end of the film. The deleted scenes  are edited into the So Hideous My Love documentary on the DVD.'),
('23426',' The source material first appeared in 1974 in Creepy #63 and was  illustrated by Bernie Wrightson (qv).'),
('23427',' Laurene Landon (qv) not only plays a small role in this episode,  but also wrote the lyrics to the ending credits theme song.'),
('23428',' Roger Corman was going to direct Sick Girl but was replaced by Lucky  McKee.'),
('23429',' The role of Ida Teeter, played by Angela Bettis, was a role  originally written for a man with the character name of "Ira  Teeter".'),
('23430',' One of the film clips shown to the men examined at the lab (a  torture scene) is taken from Miike Takashis Episode 13 of MoH  ("Imprint").'),
('23431',' The rejection letter in the opening shots from DMG Publishing House  is dated February 29, 2007. Obviously that date does not exist in  our world, as 2007 is not a leap year.'),
('23432',' {The Discarded (#1.4)}'),
('23433',' The grand prize for winning the bonus wrong was always a $250  shopping spree for the Sharper Image store in Beverly Hills '),
('23434',' this  was long before Sharper Image went mainstream and opened stores  nationwide.'),
('23435',' The second season made several changes. The basic format/appearance  of the show changed, the maze itself retained the same general  design in most places but got a total makeover in its appearance,  and the Honeycomb Maze was replaced by an ice cave. Also, the second  season did not feature a bonus round.'),
('23436',' The second season added in a trivia gate in which a player had to  answer three trivia questions to answer three gates, from guardians  who covered a variety of subjects. The subjects included history,  science, nature, and innovation.'),
('23437',' The most successful TV series in Denmark ever. The first run between  late 1978 and early 1982 was viewed by at least half the population.  The first rerun was at least as successful, the final episode airing  on 26 May 1985 to an estimated audience of 3,640,000, which is more  than two thirds of the Danish population.'),
('23438',' The DVD release of the series has sold over one million copies,  counting each of the double'),
('23439','episode DVDs separately, which  allegedly makes it the most sold DVD publication to date in Denmark.'),
('23440',' In the series Karin Nellemose (qv) plays the daughter of  Karen Berg (I) (qv), but in real life Nellemose was almost a year  older than Berg.'),
('23441',' The name "Korsbæk" is an amalgamate of two real Danish provincial  cities: Korsør and Holbæk.'),
('23442',' Upon its fifth rerun on Danish television in 2006'),
('23443','07, the series was  the most'),
('23444','watched programme for 18 out of 24 weeks and averaged a  ratings share for its time slot of 73 per cent with in the vicinity  of 1.4 million viewers per week.'),
('23445',' As of 2007, the series has been broadcast a total of six times in  Denmark: From 1978 to 1982, in 1984'),
('23446','85, in 1989'),
('23447','90, in 1997'),
('23448','98,  again in the summer of 1998, and finally in 2006'),
('23449','07.'),
('23450',' It may have been Richard Dawson (I) (qv)s charm on "Match Game  73" that prompted its creators Mark Goodson (qv) and  Bill Todman (qv) to build him a game show all his own: ABC  Televisions _"Family Feud" (1976)_ (qv). Dawson wound up doing  double duty for "Feud" and "Match Game 76 (1976)" before leaving the  "Match Game 78 (1978)" panel in 1978 to devote full time to "Feud"  for the next 7 seasons to 1985'),
('23451','1986.'),
('23452',' Originally when the final match was played. The contestant was  allowed to choose which panelist he wanted to try and match answers  with him or her ($5000 on CBS'),
('23453','TV & $10,000 on Syndicated). In 1978,  a bonus wheel (The Star Wheel) was introduced and the contestant had  to spin it and whichever celebrity the wheel stopped at was the one  the contestant had to match. Also if the wheel stopped on a lucky  star, the prize amount would be doubled ($10,000 on CBS'),
('23454','TV & $20,000  on Syndicated by Jim Victory Television). On the 1st episode that  the wheel was used it landed on "Richard Dawson" and all the  celebrities tried to leave the set in "disgust" as  Richard Dawson (I) (qv) was usually picked by most contestants for  the original Super Match round before the wheel was introduced.'),
('23455',' Every New Years Eve, there was an update of the 2 digits in the  title to reflect the coming of the new year (e.g. from "Match Game  76" (1976) to "Match Game 77" (1977)).'),
('23456',' On 8 September 1975, a weekly prime time syndicated spin'),
('23457','off called  _"Match Game PM" (1975)_ (qv) debuted while "Match Game 75" (1975)  on CBS'),
('23458','TV. In April 1979, it graduated from weekly to daily status  when the CBS daytime version named "Match Game 79" (1979) ended on  April 20, 1979.'),
('23459',' Gene Rayburn (qv) and Johnny Olson (qv) are returned as host and  announcer that having previously served their roles on  _"Match Game, The" (1962)_ (qv) on NBC'),
('23460','TV.'),
('23461',' The original "Match Game 73" game show debuted at 3:30pm (EST),  Monday afternoon, June 25, 1973 on CBS Television and it sandwiched  in between _"Price Is Right, The" (1972)_ and  _"Secret Storm, The" (1954)_ (qv). The stars on the panel of the  first weekday of MG73 shows were Michael Landon (qv),  Vicki Lawrence (qv), Jack Klugman (qv), Jo Ann Pflug (qv),  Richard Dawson (I) (qv) and Anita Gillette (qv). Klugman was  reluctant to appear at first, but agreed on one condition: that his  wife Brett Somers (qv) also appear as a panelist on a later date  along with Charles Nelson Reilly (qv) & Betty White (I) (qv).  Somers, Reilly & White are debuted on the panel of "Match Game 73"  during its 4th weekday (July 16'),
('23462','20, 1973); little did they imagine  that they would continue this duty for the next 9 seasons!'),
('23463',' Alley, Kirstie (qv), once appeared as a contestant.'),
('23464',' Jenny Jones (I) (qv) once appeared as a contestant.'),
('23465',' Brian Billick, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, appeared on Match  Game. He was at the time a college assistant coach who had been cut  from an NFL team. After failing miserably in the game, Richard  Dawson joked, "Failed at football. Failed at Match Game. Where will  you go now?" Billick went on to coach the Ravens to a win in Super  Bowl XXXV.'),
('23466',' On "Match Game 79" (1979): Brianne Leary (qv) is the only person  to have ever appeared on the show as a contestant and a panelist.  She was a contestant before landing the role of officer Sindy Cahill  on _"CHiPs" (1977)_ (qv).'),
('23467',' During one show the question was "The Big Bad Wolf said, "I just  came from Grandmas house and that old lady had the biggest BLANKs I  ever saw!" The contestant said straight out "Boobs" the entire panel  except Richard Dawson left the set in fake disgust.'),
('23468',' Brett Somers never used the word "Boobs" in an answer when it was  appropriate. She usually used "Buzzums" or "Bosoms" as an answer.'),
('23469',' The show was usually broadcast live.'),
('23470',' NBC'),
('23471','TV destroyed most of the recordings of the show and only 11  episodes are known to exist today.'),
('23472',' The shows original theme song was "A Swingin Safari" by Bert  Kaempfert.'),
('23473',' This was the first program to combine two game shows into one single  program.'),
('23474',' Archibald Leech is Cary Grants real name'),
('23475',' MBARI, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, is an actual  organization.'),
('23476',' The name of the fictional country Calpurnia was also the name of  Julius Caesars wife.'),
('23477',' Last episode of the series filmed and set in Los Angeles before the  move to New York.'),
('23478',' Julie Bennett, who plays Sybil Devine in this episode, also made  several guest appearances on Dragnet (1954) and Dragnet 1967, the  series on which Mathnet is based.'),
('23479',' Many of the characters names in the show are spoofs of names of  famous people associated with baseball and other sports: Babs  Bengal'),
('23480',' Babe Ruth; Casey Bengal'),
('23481',' Casey Stengal, Casey at the Bat;  Roy "Lefty" Cobb'),
('23482',' Ty Cobb; Frank N. Steenbrenner'),
('23483',' George  Steinbrenner; announcers Dick and Vern'),
('23484',' Chick Hearn (the long time  announcer for the Lakers)'),
('23485',' The show was performed live, but there were at least two exceptions.  "The Iceman" was filmed in 1957 and so was the second version of  "From the Desk of Margaret Tydings". Both productions aired in 1958.'),
('23486',' Some stories were produced more than once. For instance, there were  two versions of "Wuthering Heights" (both live), and two versions of  "From the Desk of Margaret Tydings" (one live, one filmed).'),
('23487',' When John Conte was notified that Matinee Theatre would be  cancelled, he asked the TV audience to try and help keep the program  on the air by sending in one dollar to keep Matinee Theatre on the  air. People sent in their dollar bills, but to no avail. The network  cancelled the live Matinee Theatre and Mr. Conte returned all the  money to the TV audience. John Conte was absent for one or more of  the live programs and Richard Conte substituted as the host. The  program was on for an hour every day at 3 pm EST.'),
('23488',' Final appearance of Shirley Ross (I) (qv).'),
('23489',' Nancy Stafford (qv), Kari Lizer (qv), Daniel Roebuck (qv) and  Brynn Thayer (qv) all had guest appearances on the show before  taking the roles of Michelle, Cassie, Cliff, and Leanne,  respectively.'),
('23490',' Besides Don Knotts (qv), other former cast members of the  _"Andy Griffith Show, The" (1960)_ (qv) to appear were  Aneta Corsaut (qv), Jack Dodson (qv), Betty Lynn (qv), and  Arlene Golonka (qv).'),
('23491',' Ben attended Harvard Law School.'),
('23492',' In a couple of flashback episodes that looked at Bens early career,  Andy Griffith (I) (qv) played Bens father.'),
('23493',' Conrad was a deputy sheriff before becoming Bens investigator.'),
('23494',' George Peppard (qv) made his last TV'),
('23495','appearance on this show. He  appeared as Max Morgan in the 8th season, in the episode "The P.I.",  first broadcasted on 3 March 1994. Peppard died on 8 May 1994.'),
('23496',' Brynn Thayer (qv) later played Matlocks daughter.'),
('23497',' 120 actors and actresses participated at the series. They are from  Belgium, Russia, the Netherlands, Moldavia, Cyprus, Greece, Lituania  and the United Kingdom'),
('23498',' The series was shoot in 135 days.'),
('23499',' Amnesty International will be using scenes from "Matroesjkas" in a  documentary to be screened at schools in eastern Europe to warn  girls for these malpractices.'),
('23500',' The Belgian makers couldnt understand the language the girls were  speaking, so they had to hire some translators to verify if the  girls were following the script.'),
('23501',' Based upon the character created by Donald Hamilton, although in  Hamiltons novels and earlier movie series starring  Dean Martin (qv), Helm was a secret agent.'),
('23502',' This was actually two series. Until 1961, it presented Harveytoons,  led by Casper the Friendly Ghost, originally produced by Famous  Studios. From 1961'),
('23503','62, it showcased Beany & Cecil cartoons produced  by Bob Clampett.'),
('23504',' In "Beany Meets the Boo Birds", Cecil stops by the haunted Fountain  Boo Hotel to borrow a bucket of ice cubes, unaware that the hotel is  staffed entirely by ghostly birds. According to a close'),
('23505','up shot of  the key rack behind the front desk, every room at the Fountain Boo  is room #13.'),
('23506',' All four crew "men" on board the Leakin Lena had ladyloves, who  appeared in the series from time to time. Cecils "she serpent"  girlfriend was Cecilia McCoy; Beanys sweetheart was Baby Ruth;  Captain Huffenpuff was in love with "Ida, sweet as apple cider"; and  Crowies main squeeze was Bridget Crow'),
('23507','dot (pronounced "crow  dough").  "Beany and Cecil" appeared during an era in which child  psychologists were predicting devastating results from the effects  of television violence. This popular cocktail'),
('23508','party subject was made  light of in at least two episodes. In "Beany Meets the Boo Birds",  after whacking Cecil on the head with a hammerhead shark, one Boo  Bird turns to the camera and nonchalantly asks, "Do you think  theres too much violence on TV?" And, in "Invasion Of Earth by  Robots", mechanical alien housewife Venus the Meanest '),
('23509',' whos  actually visiting Earth for a picnic with her rambunctious toddler,  Venice '),
('23510',' comments to a friend, "When it comes to violence, Venice  doesnt need TV to give him any ideas!"'),
('23511',' Maude became a congresswoman during a three'),
('23512','part finale at the end  of its last season. However, Beatrice Arthur (qv) decided that she  had grown tired of the role and decided to end the series. The setup  was used with the exact same new supporting cast, reworked with  Maudes Bill Macy (qv), as _"Hanging In" (1979)_ (qv).'),
('23513',' The series drew heavy criticism when the character of Maude had an  abortion.'),
('23514',' Norman Lear (qv) based the Maude character on his then'),
('23515','wife,  Frances Lear (qv).'),
('23516',' Donny Hathaway (qv) sang the theme song "And Then Theres Maude".'),
('23517',' Michael Keaton (qv)s TV debut.'),
('23518',' In the episode, "Maude Bares Her Soul" (episode 4.9),  Beatrice Arthur (qv) performed a 22 minute monolog in a  psychiatrists office.'),
('23519',' Dack Rambo (qv)s last TV appearance.'),
('23520',' Garner, James (qv) claimed that during filming one day they had  less than an hour until overtime would have to be paid, but they  still needed to shoot a complicated fight scene. Spying a group of  tall weeds, he suggested that he throw his opponent into the weeds  and have the fight proceed with much shaking of the weeds, and  people being ejected from the weeds, only to immediately run back  in. The results were extremely funny, and thus the cast and crew  began to look for "funny" ways to cut corners, turning the show into  a semi'),
('23521','comedy.'),
('23522',' Series creator Roy Huggins (qv) never received on'),
('23523','screen credit  for this show. In the 1950s Warner Bros. wanted to avoid paying  royalties to creators and wanted all television projects to be based  on properties held by the studio. The "pilot" episode was based on a  Warners'),
('23524','held book, "War of the Copper Kings"; Huggins script became  episode 1.2. Huggins wouldnt get credit until  _Maverick (1994)_ (qv), the film version with Mel Gibson (I) (qv).'),
('23525',' In 1960, James Garner (qv) sued the Warner Brothers studio for  breach of contract, arising from his suspension during the writers  strike of that year. Warner claimed that there were no scripts  available during the strike, and were, therefore justified in  suspending Garner without pay. However, it was learned during court  testimony that the studio had secretly obtained approximately 100  television scripts during the strike. Eventually, the Los Angeles  Superior Court ruled in favor of Garner, and he was released from  his contract with the series.'),
('23526',' Jack Kelly, Leo Gordon, J. Pat OMalley and John Dehner all later  appeared with James Garner on his later series "The Rockford Files".'),
('23527',' Robert Redford (I) (qv)s first TV project.'),
('23528',' Peter Kay (I) (qv) changed the voice of his Character Max for this  show. In _"Phoenix Nights" (2001)_ (qv) the character spoke with a  much deeper voice. Kay found trying to do this voice for an  increased length of time required due to the greater amount of  dialogue as the shows star put tremendous strain on his voice, which  he then kept losing. He decided to make Maxs voice higher than that  in Phoenix Nights and decided not to alter his own Bolton accent to  protect his voice. At times Max speaks in almost the exact tone of  Peter Kays normal voice, due to how close it now is to his natural  voice.'),
('23529',' In the 3rd Episode, Peter Kay decided not to use a stunt'),
('23530','voice for  the scene where his character was required to sing Elton Johns  "Thats why they call it the Blues". Kay sang the song himself and  also did it in his characters voice. However later in the song they  did dub in the actual harmonica solo, as Patrick McGuinness could  not play the harmonica.'),
('23531',' When Wolfster hands Max his phone number/address, you can see the  back of card. It turns out to be a John Smiths Beer Mat which  happens to feature the image of Peter Kay. This is because Peter Kay  is the face of the John Smiths Beer Ads.'),
('23532',' Maxs full name is Maxwell Bygraves.'),
('23533',' Original publicity was designed to make the audience believe that  Max Headroom was a completely computer'),
('23534','generated character, rather  than computer'),
('23535','enhanced footage of a live actor.'),
('23536',' Matt Frewer (qv), Amanda Pays (qv) and  William Morgan Sheppard (qv) were the only actors held over from  the original UK version.'),
('23537',' William Gibson (II) (qv), a fan of the show, had written a script  for the show, but the series was canceled before it was shot.'),
('23538',' According to the first episode, the name "Max Headroom" came about  when Edison Carter was fleeing from security guards on a motorcycle,  and he ran into a parking garage exit gate labeled MAX HEADROOM.  While he was in a coma his memory was downloaded into a computer by  Bryce Lynch and the computer'),
('23539','generated personality chose this to be  its new name.'),
('23540',' Max Headroom is not the only character named for a sign. The Zik Zak  Corporation chairman, Ped Xing, is named after the street sign  abbreviation for "Pedestrian Crossing".'),
('23541',' The "Max Headroom" sign is the British equivalent of "Maximum  Clearance".'),
('23542',' The futuristic graphics used on the show were created by a  top'),
('23543','of'),
('23544','the'),
('23545','line computer of 1987, a Commodore Amiga.'),
('23546',' After the show was initially canceled in the second season (after  drawing minimal ratings after being moved to Friday nights, against  _"Dallas" (1978)_ (qv) and _"Miami Vice" (1984)_ (qv)), Max Headroom  made a final announcement, paraphrasing (and imitating) Winston  Churchill: "We will fight them on the streets of Dallas... We will  fight them on the streets of Miami... Vice... and if the ratings  book lasts for a thousand years, they will say this is Max  Headrooms finest hour."'),
('23547',' Exactly when the story is meant to be set is an open question.  However in the original (Channel 4) "pilot" we are told that Bryce  is 18 years old, and his records indicate that he was born in 1987,  meaning the story is taking place in 2004.'),
('23548',' Foundation Imaging which produced Max Steel, also produced  Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles. Often times, the  artists/producers would use characters from the Roughnecks in Max  Steel. IE Diz appears as a student in one of Joshs classes. Carmen  is on a rope bridge and Josh has to rescue her, etc.'),
('23549',' Initially aired over IBC'),
('23550','13. It was later transferred to RPN'),
('23551','9.'),
('23552',' First appearance of Lesley Dunlop (qv) as Zoe Angell'),
('23553',' R.F.D. stands for Rural Free Delivery'),
('23554',' Essentially a continuation of  _"Andy Griffith Show, The" (1960)_ (qv). In fact the series premier  featured the wedding of Andy to his long time girlfriend Helen  Crump, and Barney Fife can briefly be seen serving as Andys best  man.'),
('23555',' A victim of the infamous rural purge in 1971 along with  _"Beverly Hillbillies, The" (1962)_ (qv), _"Hee Haw" (1969)_ (qv),  _"Green Acres" (1965)_ (qv) and the  _"Toast of the Town" (1948)_ (qv). These shows were perceived by  then CBS executive Fred Silverman to only appeal to people who lived  in rural areas and older people, so he decided to cancel them even  though they were all still hugely popular at the time.'),
('23556',' The Andy Griffith Show has been brought to you by General Foods now  Kraft Foods) makers of Maxwell House Coffee and Post Cereals.'),
('23557',' The song the cleaning woman is listening to as she buffs the floor  is "Crocodile Rock" by Elton John.'),
('23558',' Years later Ibáñez'),
('23559','Serrador carried out a remake in Spain and  another in Argentina in 1974'),
('23560',' Marshall Colt was cast not only for his acting ability but also  because he is 6 5", and would be closer to the height of Jim  Arness, who is 6 8".'),
('23561',' More than a dozen actors are uncredited, including at least two  cops, a doctor, a pharmacist, a television announcer and children in  the hospital.'),
('23562',' When The Stranger looks through a McCloud scrapbook during the  opening credits, he turns to a page with stories reading "Marshal  Kills Cabbie" (from "The Great Taxicab Stampede," episode 7.3) and  "Lord Bridges Arrested" (from "London Bridges," episode 7.5). Those  episodes were filmed before, but aired after, this one.'),
('23563',' Dennis Weaver (qv) learned he had been elected President of the  Screen Actors Guild while filming this episode.'),
('23564',' In the lobby of Bonnies hotel and you can hear "B.B. Murchison" and  "Jack Haferman" being paged. They were characters in "The Day New  York Turned Blue" (6.6)'),
('23565',' On initial broadcast, this episode was shortened by 5 minutes to  make room for a political program at the end. When it was rerun in  June 1977, it had a higher rating and a much higher placing (No. 15)  than it did on the initial broadcast. (This is the only episode to  air both the original and the repeat in a later time slot than the  regular "Sunday Mystery Movie," which normally ran before "The Big  Event." Some of the original episodes were shown as the back ends of  "Sunday Mystery Movie" double features, strictly throwaways.)'),
('23566',' Debut of the classic theme song. Although no composer credit is ever  given for the song itself, Frank DeVol (My Three Sons, The Brady  Bunch) scored this episode and probably either wrote it solo or in  collaboration with Glen A. Larson.'),
('23567',' Terry Carter is promoted to the opening credits (and given a  substantially larger role) beginning with this episode.'),
('23568',' The horseback chase was a spur'),
('23569','of'),
('23570','the'),
('23571','moment idea. Originally the  plan was to have McCloud "borrow" a mounted officers horse at a  drugstore and then cut to Central Park for the end of the chase.  Instead, the director and a camera car followed Dennis Weaver  through the streets of Manhattan without a permit. Due to a rain the  previous day, the horse slipped at least once in street grease.'),
('23572',' The rainstorm seen in this episode also plays a part in the episode  "Horse Stealing on Fifth Avenue" (episode 1.2): the streets were  still slick when Dennis Weaver rode the horse down Boradway, and the  horse slipped at least once.'),
('23573',' In the extended "Tomorrow Show" sequence, the scenes with Chris  Coughlin and Loren Belasco are filmed on a Hollywood set, while Tom  Snyder is on his own New York set. Later editing shows them on  adjacent TV monitors.'),
('23574',' This episode was partially filmed in Morocco. Reports at the time  indicate the crew got into a wee bit of trouble with His Majestys  Government and had to high'),
('23575','tail it out of the country.'),
('23576',' Producer Glen A. Larson, after meeting actor John S. Ragin in a  restaurant, wrote him into this episode (playing a diplomatic  functionary) as a screen test to become "Quincy"s Dr. Robert Asten.'),
('23577',' This is the first of two Jaclyn Smith episodes which were later  remade for other series: this one turned up, with Smith repeating  her role, on "The Rookies" in December 1975.'),
('23578',' Shots of McCloud in an observation tower, and later rappelling down  the side, are used in the opening titles of later episodes.'),
('23579',' McCloud leaps from a second'),
('23580','story window into an open roadster, then  scrambles into the drivers seat to take off after the jewel  thieves. This shot is featured in the main titles of this and all  subsequent episodes.'),
('23581',' This episode aired against (and got clobbered in the ratings by) the  ABC Sunday movie'),
('23582','of'),
('23583','the'),
('23584','week "Little Ladies of the Night," which in  turn was attributed (by Variety) to have taken its inspiration from  a "McCloud" episode "The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street" (episode  5.1).'),
('23585',' Jaclyn Smith does her own ballet dancing with the San Francisco  Ballet.'),
('23586',' This is the episode with the wild fight on top of a stagecoach  touring Manhattan, used in later episodes opening credits.'),
('23587',' Debuts for Grover and Simms; also Sharon Glesss first major role.'),
('23588',' Rick Nelson sings "Garden Party" in a concert sequence.'),
('23589',' The gunfight on a rooftop and McClouds subsequent ride on the skid  of a helicopter will be used in the opening titles of later  episodes.'),
('23590',' Dennis Weaver was actually dangling from the helicopter skid as it  left the top of the 20'),
('23591','story building, having missed the cue to be  replaced by a stuntman. Helicopter pilot James Gavin (who plays the  helicopter pilot on camera) set Weaver down very gently and saved  his life.'),
('23592',' In the final shot where McCloud and Bubba stroll off into the  distance, Dennis Weavers stunt double is used to make Bubba look  even bigger (Weaver was six feet two inches, the double just five  feet eight).'),
('23593',' On 27 July 2004, and again on 2 August, the show had a Nielsen  rating of 0.0, meaning that Nielsen Media Research could not find a  single person watching it.'),
('23594',' During the final season, McHale and his crew along with Captain  Binghamton and Lt. Carpenter were all shipped from the Pacific  theater of operations to the European Theater.'),
('23595',' The entire Pacific Ocean naval base was built on the backlot of  Universal Studios. For many years after the show went off the air,  the sets were used an attraction on the studio tour.'),
('23596',' The name of the naval base where the show takes place is Taratupa.'),
('23597',' McHales nickname for Binghamton was "Old Leadbottom".'),
('23598',' Binghamton referred to McHales men as "his bunch of pirates".'),
('23599',' McHale often referred to his men as "8 balls". The men referred to  him as "Skipper" or "Skip".'),
('23600',' The men referred to Ensign Parker as "Mr. Parker". McHale referred  to him as "Chuck".'),
('23601',' This was initially conceived as a straight military action show.'),
('23602',' The crews duties were:  '),
('23603',' "Christy" Christopher '),
('23604',' Quartermaster  '),
('23605',' "Tinker" Bell '),
('23606',' Engineman  '),
('23607',' Lester Gruber and "Happy" Haynes '),
('23608','Torpedomans Mate  '),
('23609',' Willy Moss '),
('23610',' Radioman  '),
('23611',' Virgil Edwards '),
('23612',' Gunners Mate'),
('23613',' The name of the town where McHale and his men were stationed at in  Italy was Volta Fiore.'),
('23614',' One of the crews favorite liberty ports when they were in the  Pacific was New Caledonia.'),
('23615',' Sometimes a character mentioned an unnamed commander of torpedo boat  PT'),
('23616','109. PT'),
('23617','109 was the boat commanded by then'),
('23618','President  John F. Kennedy (qv) during World War Two.'),
('23619',' Naomi Stevens (I) (qv), who plays Grubers mother in this episode,  was actually more than four years younger than  Carl Ballantine (qv).'),
('23620',' Mike Farrells TV debut.'),
('23621',' 13 episodes were made but only five were aired.'),
('23622',' The show is filmed on location on what had been a working farm  (until it was purchased in 1999 by the shows production company) in  South Australia near Adelaide. The interior scenes at Drovers Run  are filmed inside the farms 150'),
('23623','year'),
('23624','old house.'),
('23625',' Lisa Chappell (qv), who played Claire during the shows first  three seasons, left the show in 2003 in part to focus on her singing  career. Her first album, "When Then Is Now", was released in May  2006.'),
('23626',' Seasons 1'),
('23627','3 aired on the U.S. cable channel WE (Womens  Entertainment) from 2004 until March 2006.'),
('23628',' Both Susan Saint James (qv) and Nancy Walker (I) (qv) left the  show at the end of the 1975'),
('23629','1976 season. St. James because of a  contract dispute, and Walker because she had just signed a contract  with A.B.C..'),
('23630',' To explain St. Jamess not being on the show, the producers decided  to have Sally die in a plane crash.'),
('23631',' Martha Raye (qv) made several earlier appearances as Agatha before  becoming a regular on the show.'),
('23632',' Mac was in the Naval Reserves where he served as a JAG officer.'),
('23633',' Many people erroneously accuse the TV series "Columbo" of stealing  the story for this episode. In fact Steven Bochco (qv) originally  wrote a virtually identical episode for "Columbo" in 1973. However,  Peter Falk (I) (qv) did not feel the script was good enough and,  as a result, it did not get made at the time. Bochco then used the  story for this series. Years later, Falk changed his mind and made  the original Bochco script into a Columbo movie in  _Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown (1990) (TV)_ (qv)'),
('23634',' This episode drew a 23.5 rating and 37 share (about one rating point  behind "Columbo," the networks number one hit), astonishingly high  for a series that had been written off as dead the previous season  and had been delayed until after the November sweeps so it wouldnt  drag down the Sunday Mystery Movies average rating. NBC quickly  scheduled three more episodes to run in January. The bottom fell out  of the ratings (it didnt help that the Janaury 23 and 30 episodes  went up against "Roots"), and the show was shelved again until  March. The series had an average rating of 17.5 for the season,  which taken as a whole was acceptable (and ran ahead of "McCloud" by  two rating points), but there was no saving it, "McCloud" or the  unfortunate "Lanigans Rabbi" (brought in as a midseason replacement  for "Quincy," which was going it alone as a weekly series).'),
('23635',' This "extra" episode (ordered by NBC long after the production  company had wrapped for the season) features Susan Saint James  real'),
('23636','life pregnancy. In the opening of the show, shes seen going to  her obstetrician for a prenatal checkup (complications developed and  she goes by ambulance). That baby is not mentioned in subsequent  episodes.'),
('23637',' {Buried Alive (#4.3)}'),
('23638',' Maudie Pricketts final TV performance.'),
('23639',' For this episode only, Martin E. Brooks (as the District Attorney)  gets "Also Starring" credit on the same card with Nancy Walker.'),
('23640',' Sally McMillan has given birth (as had Susan Saint James in real  life). But the only reference to the baby comes early on, when Sally  asks Mac how the baby is doing. Mac pauses noticeably and says,  "He... is doing fine." The baby is not mentioned at all during any  subsequent episodes; scriptwriters described "him" as a script  encumbrance mentioned only because of Susan Saint James real'),
('23641','life  pregnancy. (She is also pregnant at the end of the first season, and  one episode begins with her being rushed to the hospital to check on  complications.)'),
('23642',' This was the first "McMillan" episode filmed. On the first day of  shooting, a simple scene where Agatha tells Mac that his breakfast  is ready, had to be reshot numerous times because Rock Hudson kept  doubling over in laughter at Martha Rayes (Agatha) manner and  goofy'),
('23643','looking eyeglasses.'),
('23644',' This episode was filmed just after Martha Rayes 60th birthday in  late August 1976, an unusually late start for filming at the time  (Universal Television put the series on hold while the new cast was  hired and script adjustments made).'),
('23645',' Available at the Danish Public Libraries (De Danske  Folkebiblioteker).'),
('23646',' Henry Fonda (qv), Claude Rains (qv), and Janet Gaynor (I) (qv)  made their major television dramatic debuts on this series in  various 1953 episodes.'),
('23647',' Former mayor of Rotterdam Bram Peper (qv) helped the writers with  constitutional issues.'),
('23648',' The AVRO who produced the series, was planning to make more  adaptations of the Classical tragedies. But after the murder of the  director, Theo van Gogh (qv), no production of other projects  begun.'),
('23649',' Robert Vaughn (I) (qv)s TV debut.'),
('23650',' Guest star Cyd Charisse plays a famous, albeit fading, movie star in  this episode. The episode screens various clips from her actual  films, including the Gypsy dance from Sombrero (1953), the "One  Alone" dance from _Deep in My Heart (1954)_ (qv), and the title  number from _Silk Stockings (1957)_ (qv).'),
('23651',' Sven'),
('23652','Bertil Taube who originally was to play Alex was attacked and  seriously wounded a week into filming, so he was hastily replaced by  Lennart Hjulström.'),
('23653',' Some of the action sequences originally written in the script proved  too expensive to shoot so the directors focused more on the human  drama.'),
('23654',' Inspired by the real'),
('23655','life "psychic", Allison DuBois.'),
('23656',' The real Allison DuBois serves as a consultant to the show.'),
('23657',' Allison dreams about playing dice in Las Vegas. The chips and  croupier name tag have the insignia of the Montecito Resort & Casino  from fellow NBC show _"Las Vegas" (2003)_ (qv).'),
('23658',' The music that can be heard during the dream sequences is "Radar  Love" by Golden Earring (extended version).'),
('23659',' At the beginning of the episode when Allison closes the fridge the  magnets spell out "HARLOW" which is a reference to  Patricia Arquette (qv)s real daughter. The name "Enzo" can also  be seen through out series 1 which is a reference to her real life  son.'),
('23660',' When the Witness has to describe the killer to Wayne the police  sketch artist, she picks Matt Damon (qv) instead; who appears on  the cover of a magazine lying on Waynes desk.'),
('23661',' 3'),
('23662','D effects were created by Montreal'),
('23663','based Sensio.'),
('23664',' Various scenes of this episode were shot in 3'),
('23665','D.'),
('23666',' In the original telecast of this episode, the opening sequence  featuring Rod Serling (qv) was taken from his introduction for  "Twilight Zone, The" (1959) {The Midnight Sun (#3.10)}. For purposes  of this "special 3'),
('23667','D episode", Serlings voice was overdubbed by an  impressionist (Mark Silverman (I) (qv)), for obvious reasons.'),
('23668',' In promoting his voice appearance as Rod Serling in is episode, NBC  said that Mark Silverman "is the only voice artist recognized by the  Serling estate."'),
('23669',' Guest stars Jessy Schram (qv) and Kyle Gallner (qv) previously  appeared together on _"Veronica Mars" (2004)_ (qv) as "Hannah  Miller" and "Cassidy Casablancas", respectively.'),
('23670',' The meerkats Youssarian and Zaphod are named after two rebellious  characters from satirical and humorous literature: the insubordinate  John Yossarian in Joseph Hellers "Catch'),
('23671','22", and the egocentric  Zaphod Beeblebrox in Douglas Adams "The Hitchhikers Guide to the  Galaxy".'),
('23672',' Stinker is called "Sondheim" in the US version.'),
('23673',' The show is narrated by three separate individuals.  Bill Nighy (qv) for the UK version (which is the original),  Sean Astin (qv) for the USA version and Mike Goldman (I) (qv)  for the Australian version.'),
('23674',' Tosca the Meerkat (qv) gets her radio'),
('23675','collar removed after only  having it for a short while, since Flower the Meerkat (qv) found  the splinter group and re'),
('23676','seized autocracy at the end of last  episode (evidently normal Cambridge University procedure is to only  have meerkat leaders collared).'),
('23677',' Tosca the Meerkat (qv) got radio'),
('23678','collared by people from Cambridge  University after she took over leadership over the Whisker splinter  group.'),
('23679',' The teachers name, Buys, is archaic spelling (not uncommon in  Dutch'),
('23680','language names) for buis, literally tube, which in slang means  failing grade.'),
('23681',' Mr. Buys reappeared, with a different class in another type of  school, years later, this time on commercial TV, in "Meester".'),
('23682',' A CBS radio staple since 1943, the TV version was unique in that the  show was broadcast live to separate parts of the country on  consecutive nights, requiring the actors to perform the same script  twice. This situation lasted from the series debut on 12 July 1951  through September 1951. CBS managed to consolidate its nationwide  telecasts the following season. The series ended its network TV run  on 29 March 1952 but would extend its life by going into syndication  during the 1954'),
('23683','55 season with a new cast (with the exception of  Robert Ellis (II) (qv).'),
('23684',' The final broadcast (over DuMont) was 4 July 1954.'),
('23685',' The final broadcast was on 12 May 1953.'),
('23686',' Originally began on radio in 1945.'),
('23687',' The longest running TV show in history.'),
('23688',' The first and only talk show to star a former member of the  executive branch of the U.S. Government.'),
('23689',' In one episode, three of Wilys robots pose as a rock band and  hypnotize people with music. Spark Man, the leader of this "robot  band", was voiced by a real life rock star '),
('23690',' Mark McGrath from Sugar  Ray.'),
('23691',' The robots Wily uses are the robot leaders from Mega Man 1, 2, 3, 4,  and 5 on the NES.'),
('23692',' Proto Man, Guts Man, and Cut Man are Wilys most commonly'),
('23693','used  robots on the show.'),
('23694',' Proto Man is evil in the show but was a good guy in the games. This  show, along with the (confusing) plot from the video game Mega Man  5, convinced many people that the character is evil.'),
('23695',' Dark Man appears in two episodes. In the Mega Man 5 video game, this  was the robot masquerading as Proto Man and framing him for crimes.'),
('23696',' Eddie, the robot that gives Mega Man energy tanks, is green on the  show, but was red in the games. The character was called Fliptop in  the games, but they later started calling him Eddie as well. This  was due to his name always being Eddie in the Japanese version,  though '),
('23697',' NOT because of the TV series.'),
('23698',' Napalm Man appeared in the shows intro, but never in an actual  episode.'),
('23699',' Despite the show premiering a year after the release of Mega Man 6  on the NES, no robot leaders from that game ever appeared on the  show. The show only used robots from the games 1'),
('23700','5.'),
('23701',' Background music from this show was later reused as background music  in the dub of the Monster Rancher anime.'),
('23702',' When this cartoon was still in the works, Capcom was very quiet  about the storyline. At one point, they said they werent even  certain Dr. Wily would appear in it.'),
('23703',' Actor Yuki Kitazume (qv), who played Takashi Shishido (the  alter'),
('23704','ego of Megaloman) and Captain Dagger, originally auditioned  for the role of martial arts teacher Takamine. This series was  Kitazumes acting debut.'),
('23705',' During the first episode, Coop attacks the alien mechas with an  energy weapon in its chest. This is, in fact, the tip of the Yamato  from _"Uchû senkan Yamato" (1974)_ (qv), firing its primary cannon.'),
('23706',' There are frequent insulting references to MTV in the guise of "POP"  music channel. Usually in the form of a sign with the "POP"  channels logo (which is very similar to MTVs) being smashed apart.'),
('23707',' XLR stands for "Extra Large Robot".'),
('23708',' The character Goat, comes directly from the short'),
('23709','lived animated  comedy _"Downtown" (1999)_ (qv). He is voiced by Scot Rienecker in  both.'),
('23710',' Jody Schaeffer and George Crstic used to write for MTVs Downtown  wich is where they got the character Goat. This could explain the  destruction of the MTV logo in each episode.'),
('23711',' The mechs in Evil Coops army in the episode "Rearview Mirror,  Mirror" are based off of the Zaku from the Mobile Suit Gundam anime.'),
('23712',' It is revealed that Coops last name is Cooplowski.'),
('23713',' Magnanimouss giant robot in the episode "The Return" is modeled  after Ash from Evil Dead and Elvis Presley from Bubba Hotep, both of  which were played by Bruce Campbell, who voiced Magnanimous.'),
('23714',' The T'),
('23715','Bot from the episode "The Return" is a combination of actor  Mr. T and Gaigar from the anime series Gaogaigar.'),
('23716',' The car that is grafted onto the Megas is a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda  muscle car. The "shaker" style hood scoop indicates that is the  high'),
('23717','performance Cuda model, and most likely equipped with the  famous 426 cubic inch, 425 horsepower V'),
('23718','8 "Hemi" engine. However,  listening to Coops bragging about his modifications reveals that  Megas now has a 12 cylinder engine of unknown origin. The Cuda was  apparantly equipped with a ten cylinder engine (most likely from a  Viper) throughout season one, and two more are added in the episode  "Ultra Chicks".'),
('23719',' After airing the first five episodes Sat.1 (the producing channel)  decided in late November 2004 to cancel the series. The last three  episodes will be aired in 2005.'),
('23720',' After airing the first five episodes Sat.1 (the producing channel)  decided in late November 2004 to cancel the series. The last three  episodes were aired after a "christmas break" in 2005.'),
('23721',' ProSieben was originally going to cancel the series after the third  episode, but then showed all episodes after massive fan protests.'),
('23722',' There were 20 episodes of 25 minutes each.'),
('23723',' The steam train was composed of a locomotive preserved at a museum  railroad situated in the eastern part of the country, the "Museum  Buurtspoorweg". The passenger coach was taken from the National  Railway Museum. This coach had to be turned because of broken  windows. The locomotive was built by Hanomag in 1925 and was  purchased by the museum railway in the sixties from a private  railway in Germany, the "Delmenhorst Harpstedter Eisenbahn". The top  light was omitted to show the period signaling in the Netherlands  showing only two bottom lights.'),
('23724',' Up to 100 Hungarian animators needed more than five years to  complete the animation sequences for all 52 episodes.'),
('23725',' The joiners workshop was supposed to be demolished in the mid'),
('23726','80s.  Only by the intervention of Bavarian prime minister  Franz Josef Strauß (qv) it could be saved for the second season.'),
('23727',' Director Ulrich König (qv) spoke the part of Pumuckl during  filming to help Gustl Bayrhammer (qv) in his performance.'),
('23728',' Minami Takayama, who voices Conan, is also the lead singer in a band  called Two'),
('23729','Mix. She appears as herself in one episode, in which  other characters comment on how alike she and Conan sound.'),
('23730',' The name that the main character made up after his accident, Conan  Edogawa, is derived from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as Edogawa  Rampo, both very famous mystery/detective authors.'),
('23731',' In many episodes, Gosho Aoyama makes many small mentions to Yaiba,  his other manga.'),
('23732',' The episodes made by Miyazaki can be easily told apart from the rest  because Moriartys henchman, Smiley, has green fur in a Miyazaki  episode.'),
('23733',' Voice actors are uncredited in this series. Péter Balázs (I) (qv),  who has one of the most recognizable voices among Hungarian actors,  provides the voice for the main character, Mekk Elek.'),
('23734',' One of a handful of regularly scheduled television programs  broadcast in the doomed CBS field sequential color system in 1951.  Programs broadcast under the CBS color system were not viewable on  standard black and white sets, and only 100 CBS color sets were sold  before the network put its color system on permanent hiatus.'),
('23735',' Dedicated to the memory of Joan Greenwood (qv)'),
('23736',' The final broadcast was on 4 February 1954.'),
('23737',' Locklear, Heather (qv) was credited as a "special guest star" for  six seasons.'),
('23738',' Calabro, Thomas (qv),(Michael Mancini) was the only original cast  member to remain on Melrose Place throughout the entire run.'),
('23739',' Melrose Place is a so'),
('23740','called "branch" of  _"Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990)_ (qv) since part of the Melrose Place story begins there. Grant Show (qv) had appeared on two episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990)_ (qv)  (as Jake Hanson), to introduce this spin'),
('23741','off, to viewers. Also in  the pilot the cast of _"Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990)_ (qv) which  included Jennie Garth (qv), Ian Ziering (qv),  Brian Austin Green (qv), and Tori Spelling (qv). Garth appeared  on the first three episodes of Melrose to continue their characters  story lines, with brief appearances by Ziering and Green in each  show. Spelling appeared in only the first two shows because her  character then left to study in France for the rest of the summer.'),
('23742',' Actress Hunter Tylo (qv) was originally cast in the role of Taylor  McBride, but became pregnant soon after being hired, and was fired.  Producers said the pregnancy violated the change'),
('23743','in'),
('23744','her'),
('23745','appearance  clause in her contract, and she sued them. Tylo won the suit against  Aaron Spelling (qv) and the other producers, and was rewarded $4.9  million.'),
('23746',' Stephen Fanning (qv) was originally cast in the role of Billy  Campbell, but was fired when filming first began because he had  gained too much weight. He was replaced by Andrew Shue (qv), who  re'),
('23747','shot the "Billy" scenes in the pilot two days after getting the  role.'),
('23748',' The third season was originally going to end with Kimberly blowing  up the apartment complex, but that was scrapped since the Oklahoma  City bombing occurred a month earlier. Not wanting to be insensitive  to the national tragedy of the Oklahoma City bombing, the producers  had the final shot of the season being Kimberly hitting the  detonator, then showed the explosion in the season premiere in the  fall of 1995.'),
('23749',' When the series ended, people who worked on the show sold bottles of  the swimming pool water on EBay.'),
('23750',' Courteney Cox (qv), Dean Cain (qv), Calista Flockhart (qv),  Julianna Margulies (qv), Paul Rudd (I) (qv),  Robert Sean Leonard (qv), Sherry Stringfield (qv),  Pamela Anderson (I) (qv), Noah Wyle (qv), and  Kathy Ireland (qv) all auditioned for roles when the show was  first being cast in 1992.'),
('23751',' Both Linden Ashby (qv) and Rob Estes (qv) had guest appearances  in the first season and second season and then became prominent  members in the cast later in the series as completely different  characters. Ashby played Jos ex'),
('23752','husband and then became Dr. Brett  "Coop" Cooper and Estes played Sam and then became Kyle McBride.'),
('23753',' By early 1999, FOX decided that the ratings erosion as well as the  extremely high production costs (it was said that they could have  filmed an entire pilot just on Heather Locklears salary) warranted  cancellation.'),
('23754',' In Season One, its mentioned that both Allsion Parker and Jane  Mancini are 23; and Billy Campbell is 22.'),
('23755',' From the fifth season on, "St. George Industries" became a running  gag in the show, popping up as a random company name as needed; it  was named after Chris St. George, a writers’ assistant for the show.'),
('23756',' The Season 7 villain "Alex Bastian" was named partly after then  Script Coordinator Jon Bastian.'),
('23757',' The character, Billy Campbell, was named after actor  Bill Campbell (I) (qv). According to the Season 1 DVD feature:  "Beginnings", Billy was intended to be the main character and they  looked to cast his role first.'),
('23758',' This is Doug Savants final appearance as Matt Fielding.'),
('23759',' Alyssa Milano becomes an official cast member in the opening  credits.'),
('23760',' Linden Ashby joins the cast as Dr. Brett Cooper in this episode.'),
('23761',' This is the episode that introduces Kimberly Shaw.'),
('23762',' SPOILERS: In the series finale, during the funeral for Amanda  Woodward and Peter Burns, the entire writers office staff are  scattered among the extras in the audience, and featured prominently  in several shots. The shoot took an entire day under the sun on a  beach near Malibu. If you watch closely, you can see the extras in  the audience gradually turn redder. Also, the "ashes" accidentally  scattered at the end of the funeral were pulverized blue corn  tortilla chips.'),
('23763',' Josie Bisset officially re'),
('23764','joins the cast as Jane Mancini in this  episode.'),
('23765',' Kelly Rutherford becomes a full'),
('23766','time regular starting with this  episode.'),
('23767',' This episode marks Andrew Shues, Brooke Langtons, Alyssa Milanos,  Linden Ashbeys, and Lisa Rinnas final appearances in the series.'),
('23768',' This episode was originally to be the two'),
('23769','part 6th Season final  episode, but moved into the 7th season at the last moment.'),
('23770',' This episode marks Daphne Zunigas final appearance as Jo Reynolds.'),
('23771',' Brooke Langton joins the cast in this episode as Samantha Reilly.'),
('23772',' David Charvet becomes a full'),
('23773','time regular staring with this episode.'),
('23774',' This episode marks Kristen Davis final appearance as Brooke  Armstrong.'),
('23775',' Due to the departure of Amy Locane (qv), the opening credits have  changed. Anywhere Locane was walking or standing has been spliced  out.'),
('23776',' This episode marks Amy Locanes final appearance as Sandy Harding.'),
('23777',' This episode marks Josie Bissetts departure from the series, until  rejoining the cast years later.'),
('23778',' Daphne Zuniga joins the cast as Jo Reynolds in this episode.'),
('23779',' Bibi Beschs guest appearance in this episode marks her final acting  role. She died from cancer two days before this episodes air date.'),
('23780',' Rob Estes and Lisa Rinna join the cast as Kyle and Taylor McBride in  this episode.'),
('23781',' First time Heather Locklear (qv) is credited in the main credits  as an official cast member (or rather, permanent Special Guest Star)  as Amanda Woodward.'),
('23782',' Following many complaints by critics about Amy Locane (qv)s  attempts at a Southern accent, Sandy is now without an accent.'),
('23783',' Heather Locklear joins the cast as Amanda Woodward in this episode.'),
('23784',' This was the only single episode to run ninety minutes. It was  originally scheduled to air on 1st July, 1992, however was delayed a  week.'),
('23785',' Amy Locane (qv) does not appear in this episode. This is the first  time, a regular cast member does not appear in an episode.'),
('23786',' William R. Moses (qv)s final appearance as Keith Gray.'),
('23787',' This episode marks Laura Leightons introduction as Sydney Andrews.'),
('23788',' This episode marks Vanessa Williams final appearance as Rhonda  Blair.'),
('23789',' This episode was supposed to have ended with the explosion at the  apartment building. However, the producers decided to end it just  when Kimberly was about to detonate the bomb because of the Oklahoma  City bombing.'),
('23790',' This episode marks Marica Crosss final appearance as Kimberly Shaw.'),
('23791',' This is the first episode of Melrose Place featuring partial nudity  of showing a side'),
('23792','view of a very naked Lexi (Jamie Lunder) lying on  the ground trying to seduce Peter after he and Eve walk in on her in  their honeymoon suite.'),
('23793',' This episode marks Courtney Thorne'),
('23794','Smith, Grant Show, and Laura  Leightons final appearances in the series.'),
('23795',' Six episodes of this sitcom were made, but due to an angry reaction  to the perceived racist content of the show, the series was pulled  after one episode and the remaining five were never shown. (A  previous series, _"Curry & Chips" (1969)_ (qv), also starring  Spike Milligan (qv) and with a similar premise, was shown in  full.)'),
('23796',' "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" is actually an adaptation of  "The Three Garridebs", as the original story is one of  Arthur Conan Doyle (qv)s poorest.'),
('23797',' Jeremy Bretts last appearance as Sherlock Holmes.'),
('23798',' Owing to the illness of lead actor Jeremy Brett (qv), "The Mazarin  Stone" episode had Sherlocks brother Mycroft (played by  Charles Gray (I) (qv)) written in to take Sherlocks place.  Mycroft also took the place of Dr. Watson in the episode "The Golden  Pince'),
('23799','Nez" because Edward Hardwicke (qv) (Watson) was unavailable,  as he was filming the motion picture _Shadowlands (1993)_ (qv).'),
('23800',' Adapted from two Conan Doyle stories: the title story ("The Mazarin  Stone") and "The Three Garridebs".'),
('23801',' Owing to the illness of lead actor Jeremy Brett (qv), this episode  had Sherlocks brother Mycroft (played by Charles Gray (I) (qv))  written in to take Sherlocks place.'),
('23802',' The last David Stivels mini'),
('23803','series in Argentina.'),
('23804',' {(#1.6)}'),
('23805',' Each episode of this series was budgeted at $50,000.'),
('23806',' A sixth episode was released in 1995 titled "The Truth Shall Make  You Free" which details recent discoveries made since the original  series. For the 40th anniversary of the JFK assassination in 2003,  three additional episodes were released. These three episodes  included "The Smoking Guns," "The Love Affair" (centering on an  interview with Oswalds mistress Judyth Vary), and "The Guilty Men"  (centering on Lyndon Johnson).'),
('23807',' In February 2004, two former presidents and the widow of President  Johnson asked for an enquiry into the episode "The Guilty Men" which  claims that Lyndon Johnson was a major figure in the assassination  plot.'),
('23808',' In the United States, the History Channel presented a special  program in April 2004 rebutting the episode "The Guilty Men", which  contends that Lyndon Johnson was a major force in the assassination.  The History Channel also announced that the episode "The Guilty Men"  will not be shown again nor released on video.'),
('23809',' The second of two shows founded by Ed Feldman (qv) and Joe  LErario (qv) (the first being _"Furniture to Go" (1993)_ (qv))'),
('23810',' NBC shut down production on the show after six episodes. The network  had originally ordered 13 episodes. Differing opinions about where  the show was heading reportedly caused the stop in production. The  show also went through some recasting early in its life, with Skala  replacing Eric Lively after the pilot was shot.'),
('23811',' During Sandra Maischberger (qv)s pregnancy break in early 2007,  the show was presented by seven substitute hosts:  Erich Böhme (qv), Jörg Kachelmann (qv),  Friedrich Nowottny (qv), Wolf von Lojewski (qv),  Ulrich Wickert (qv), Frank Elstner (qv) and  Alice Schwarzer (qv).'),
('23812',' In the year 1996 Günther Jauch canceled his contract at short  notice. ZDF had to find someone new very quickly and selected Wolf  von Lojewski and Holger Weinert as co'),
('23813','hosts. This was a temporary  solution, in 1997 Johannes B. Kerner became the new regular host of  the show.'),
('23814',' The program was originally a cable public access show on the St.  Paul Neighborhood Network in St. Paul, Minnesota. SPNN is still used  as the production facility.'),
('23815',' A special episode that aired after Super Bowl XXXVI on February 3,  2002 is believed to have been the shows most'),
('23816','viewed. It was carried  on PBS stations covering 85% of the U.S. population and featured  Aisha Tyler (qv) and Lizz Winstead (qv) as guests.'),
('23817',' Individual episodes have been produced for as little as $300,  including satellite uplink fees.'),
('23818',' Kreg Mcminn (qv) was originally hired to play Jandis in the first  season, but after they cast Sarah Lind (qv) he was removed due to  script changes.'),
('23819',' Due to budgetary issues, the filming of the second season was  greatly delayed after nearly being cancelled, and then broadcast on  a different channel than the first season. To accommodate the  change, the new network showed a 90'),
('23820','minute movie that summed up the  events of the first season, so viewers would be able to start  watching the show from the second season.'),
('23821',' Cartoons such as Merry Melodies and Silly Symphonies were originally  developed to promote songs published by the sheet music branch of  production studios. The original cartoons thus had to feature at  least one full chorus of the song being promoted.'),
('23822',' First french program aimed at (young) deaf people. The narrator told  a short story in French Sign Language, with a voice giving the  translation in French.'),
('23823',' Was shown during _"Récré A2" (1978)_ (qv).'),
('23824',' The shows lighting changed dramatically about halfway through when  the production switched studios due to space conflict with the  Boomer Esiason show which filmed in the same studio.'),
('23825',' The name of the grocery store in the first episode is "Fintrolls" a  reference to the Finnish folk'),
('23826','metal band Finntroll. Other references  to metal bands include the restaurants "Burzum" and "Dimmu Burger"  (as a reference to "Dimmu Borgir") and the hardware store  "Gorgoroth".'),
('23827',' The series was originally named Death Clock Metalocalypse. Due to  the name "Death Clock" already copyrighted, the name was then  changed to Dethklok Metalocalypse. To prevent confusion the name was  then shortened to Metalocalypse (the band is still named Dethklok).'),
('23828',' Part way through the first season of the show, the band became  endorsed by EMG pickups. Later episodes were changed to reflect the  endorsement, with all pickups on the guitars and basses being  changed to EMG. However early episodes and the shows intro remained  the same, with the guitars and bases using the original stock Gibson  pickups.'),
('23829',' There are several references to influential European black metal  bands. The first is Burzums, the restaurant, which is a reference to  Norwegian one'),
('23830','man band Burzum. Gorgoroths Medical Supply references  the Norwegian band Gorgoroth. Marduks Putt & Stuff is named after  the Swedish band Marduk.'),
('23831',' Grishnackh The Studio head got his name from Count Grishnackh (Varg  Vikernes) a member of black metal band Mayhem.'),
('23832',' The fast food burger place is named "Dimmu Burger" after the  Norwegian symphonic black metal band "Dimmu Borgir".'),
('23833',' The name of the school is Carpathian Forest which is yet another  Norwegian black metal band.'),
('23834',' The name of the High School is "Carpathian Forest High", it is  supposed to be a joke with the name of the Doom Metal band called  Carpathian Forest'),
('23835',' Dethklok play Gibson Guitars and Krank Amps exclusively. William  Murderface plays a Gibson Thunderbird Studio 5'),
('23836','String Bass.  Skwisgaar Skwigelf plays a Gibson X'),
('23837','Plorer (Explorer) guitar. Toki  Wartooth plays a Gibson V'),
('23838','Factor (Flying V) guitar.'),
('23839',' Members of San Francisco metal band Metallica, James Hetfield and  Kirk Hammett voiced Fan #1 and Fan #2 in the episode "Curse of D."  Michael Amott of Swedish metal band Arch Enemy has also lent his  voice to a future episode, as have members of Seattle metal band  Nevermore.'),
('23840',' According to a behind the scenes video on AdultSwim.com, all guitar  parts played by Dethklok are fret'),
('23841','accurate reproductions of Brandon  Smalls guitar playing. Originally Small had played the parts in  front of a green screen and had sensors attached to his fingers for  the animators to reproduce, but this way was scrapped in favor of  the animators referencing video and photos to traditionally animate  the guitar playing.'),
('23842',' When Nathan Explosion yells over the loudspeaker at the grocery  store, he makes references to three different Cannibal Corpse songs:  "Rotted Body Landslide," "Every Bone Broken," and "Hammer Smashed  Face."'),
('23843',' The "Gulf of Danzig" is a reference to the band Danzig.'),
('23844',' First soap opera made in HDTV in Latin America'),
('23845',' 13 Episodes were made for the show but FOX canceled it after only  airing 9 episodes due to low ratings.'),
('23846',' The show was shot with a single camera and had no laugh track.'),
('23847',' Rick Bayless is owner of two Chicago restaurants, Frontera Grill and  Topolobampo.'),
('23848',' Originally, Kyoko and Godais relationship wasnt going to be the  basis of the story. Rather, Rumiko Takahashi, the creator of the  comic the series is based on, was going to end the storyline early  on and continue on with a series of other storylines centering  around the buildings other occupants. However, the romance  storyline proved so popular it became the basis for the entire  series in both comic and television form.'),
('23849',' The surnames of many of the characters are derived from Japanese  numbers: Ichinose '),
('23850',' "One/first rapids". Mitaka '),
('23851',' "Three hawks",  Mitaka is also the name of a wealthy area in Tokyo. Yotsuya = "Four  valleys", shares a name with the Yotsuya district, name famous in a  Japanese ghost story. Godai = "Five generations". Roppongi = "Six  trees", Roppongi is also a famous nightclub district on Tokyo. Nanao  = "Seven tails". Yagami = "Eight gods". Kujo = "Nine streets", Kujo  may also a play on "Cujo", the Stephen King book.'),
('23852',' The role of Anghelita was originally given to Ella Guevara (qv).  It ended up with Crystal Reyes (qv) instead.'),
('23853',' Broadcast in Malaysia on channel NTV7.'),
('23854',' The first sitcom where the protagonist has his own blog. The blog is  actually written and updated by Hernán Casciari, the most popular  blogger in Spanish. Casciari recently published the first  "blogonovela", that is, a blog turned into novel. He claims to be  the founder of this new genre'),
('23855',' Many of the television critics who praised the show in its first  season made reference to the series music, a combination of songs  by artists like Glenn Frey (I) (qv), Phil Collins (I) (qv) and  Kate Bush (qv) and original music by Jan Hammer (qv), the former  keyboardist for the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Frey and Collins made  cameo appearances in some episodes of the series.'),
('23856',' The soundtrack LP went to #1 and stayed there for 12 weeks, making  it the most successful TV soundtrack of all time. Jan Hammer (qv)  received a congratulatory phone call from Henry Mancini (qv),  whose music from _"Peter Gunn" (1958)_ (qv) was the previous record  holder (it was #1 for 10 weeks in 1959).'),
('23857',' Crocketts Ferrari Daytona was actually a modified Corvette. Ferrari  executives were so upset that this ersatz Ferrari was gaining such  popularity that they offered to provide the series with their new  flagship car, the Testarossa.'),
('23858',' Martin Ferrero (qv) played Trini DeSoto, the hit man who was  killed in the pilot. He then played a recurring character, Izzy  Moreno, during the remainder of the series.'),
('23859',' Michael Mann (I) (qv) was inspired to create the shows trademark  pastel color scheme after a visit to a paint store.'),
('23860',' In the last scene of the final episode, Sonny Crockett is seen  wearing a University of Kansas Jayhawk t'),
('23861','shirt.  Don Johnson (I) (qv) was a student at the University of Kansas.'),
('23862',' Sonny Crockett owned three boats on the show: a Cabo Rico 38  sailboat in the pilot and later, an Endeavour 42 sailboat '),
('23863',' both  called "The St. Vitus Dance" and a Wellcraft 38 Scarab KV  "cigarette" speedboat.'),
('23864',' Larry Wilcox (I) (qv) was a finalist to play Sonny Crockett.'),
('23865',' Anthony Yerkovich (qv) left _"Hill Street Blues" (1981)_ (qv) to  write the pilot for this show. While he was on "Blues", he wrote a  character that was a 300 pound racist biker played by actor  Dennis Burkley (qv). The characters name was Sonny Crockett, the  same name he gave the lead to this show.'),
('23866',' All technical advisors for the show served with the real'),
('23867','life Miami  Vice unit, and required that the cast members first pass the Florida  Department of Law Enforcement firearms test before they could handle  weapons on the set.'),
('23868',' Crocketts white Testarossa is currently on display at the Swap Shop  Flea Market in Sunrise, Florida.'),
('23869',' In scenes where there was the potential for the white Ferrari  Testarossa being destroyed the car was "stunt doubled" by a  supercharged and heavily modified DeTomaso Pantera. As part of an  agreement with Ferrari it was destroyed after the series ended.'),
('23870',' NBC originally wanted to spin off the characters of Officers Renko  (a white cop raised in the South) and Hill (a black cop raised in  the East) from _"Hill Street Blues" (1981)_ (qv) into their own  show, but decided not to when it was discovered that they were two  of the most popular characters with viewers of the show. However,  network executives liked the idea, and eventually it was incoporated  into the characters of Sonny Crockett (white cop raised in the  South) and Ricardo Tubbs (black cop raised in the East) on this  show.'),
('23871',' NBC executives were initially against casting Don Johnson (I) (qv)  because he had starred in four failed pilots.'),
('23872',' In order to help get the potential cast members more into character,  they were taken on stakeouts by the real Miami Vice unit. While  auditioning for the role of Sonny Crockett, Don Johnson (I) (qv)  came into a script reading for the producers directly from an all  night stakeout. He appeared tired, his hair a mess, and he had not  shaved that morning. That look showed the producers what a real life  vice cop would look like following a long night of work, and he was  hired immediately.'),
('23873',' Edward James Olmos (qv) made a few changes to his character when  he was hired for the show. He said that his characters desk should  always be free of paper work, and that the cops knock on the door  before entering the office.'),
('23874',' Sonnys undercover alias was "Sonny Burnett". Ricardos was "Rico  Cooper" except for the pilot episode which his alias was "Teddy  Prentiss".'),
('23875',' Edward James Olmos (qv) and Don Johnson (I) (qv) often argued  during the first season due to their different acting styles. Olmos  used his anger towards Johnson for his character in their scenes  together. In some episodes, Lt. Castillo never looks at Crockett at  all.'),
('23876',' Trudys nickname around the office was "Big Booty Trudy".'),
('23877',' Crocketts first gun in the pilot was a Browning BDA (it was a sig  sauer P220 imported into the US by Browning at the time it has the  Euro style heel mag release). Then he had the BrenTen and so on. His  ankle gun was a Detonics Combat Master. The BrenTen was actually  chambered to fire .45 blanks because 10mm blanks were not readily  available.'),
('23878',' The idea for the look and tone of the show originated from NBC Exec  Brandon Tartikoff (qv) whom, after seeing the success of the cable  music network MTV, pitched an idea of cops who looked like theyd  just walked out of an MTV video. "Miami" Vice" was the result.'),
('23879',' The show was originally to be called "Gold Coast" (as shown in  advance TV promos), but with the characters shouting "Miami Vice!"  so much in the show, it seemed a better choice for the title.'),
('23880',' The series commitment to the visual quality of every episode made  it one of the most expensive shows to produce at the time.'),
('23881',' Miami tourism officials credit the series for transforming the  impression of the city from a retirement community to a fun and  exciting place for young people to visit.'),
('23882',' In 1985, "Miami Vice Theme" became the first TV theme to hit #1 in  Billboard since Henry Mancini (qv)s "Theme from Peter Gunn" in  1959. The song earned composer Jan Hammer (qv) two Grammy awards.'),
('23883',' When this pilot script was being considered at NBC, an executive  wrote the note "MTV Cops" to summarize the show. That nickname  stuck.'),
('23884',' John Milius (qv) wrote the episode "Viking Bikers From Hell" under  the pseudonym Walter Kurtz, the same name of Marlon Brando (qv)s  character in _Apocalypse Now (1979)_ (qv), also written by Milius.'),
('23885',' The Australian producer (David No) was also So Ji'),
('23886','Seobs stunt  double and played the Assassin in the first episode.'),
('23887',' On April 23, 2007, Michael Smerconishs morning radio show was  broadcast on the MSNBC morning slot left vacant by Don Imus. Imus  was fired two weeks prior due to a highly publicized racial slur  spoken on air.'),
('23888',' This show premiered on ABC the same day  _"Captain Kangaroo" (1955)_ (qv) premiered on CBS.'),
('23889',' Annette Funicello (qv) has stated in interviews that, upon being  cast for the show, she told Walt Disney (qv) that she wanted to  change her last name to one that sounded more "American". To his  credit, Disney told her to keep her original last name because,  "once someone remembers it, they will never be able to forget it".'),
('23890',' In the animated inserts, Walt Disney (qv) provided the voice of  Mickey Mouse for the very last time. He retired from voicing the  character during the production of _Fun and Fancy Free (1947)_ (qv)  because he simply could not do the required falsetto anymore, and  let sound effects man Jimmy MacDonald (qv) take over.'),
('23891',' The Mouseke'),
('23892','ears were designed by Disney storyman/Big Mooseketeer  _Roy Williams (I)_. He based them on a gag in _The Karnival Kid  (1929)_, in which Mickey doffed the top of his head '),
('23893',' ears and all '),
('23894','  like a hat.'),
('23895',' Although the show was filmed and broadcast in black and white, all  of the animated segments '),
('23896',' the opening theme, Mickeys introductions  and farewells, the Jiminy Cricket shorts, etc. '),
('23897',' were filmed in  color.'),
('23898',' This is a series of documentaries made by TV Cultura from Brazil in  partnership with more than 16 non'),
('23899','profit organizations from Latin  America, Mexico, Caribe and a non'),
('23900','profit organization called  Television Trust for the Environment (TV Trust).'),
('23901',' PBS declined to broadcast the final episode, dealing with high  school students, out of concerns that the subjects had been  exploited.'),
('23902',' Based on Gail Sheehys novel of the same named (subtitled "One  Towns Passage From Trauma to Hope") about the town in New Jersey  that lost more people during the September 11 attack than any other  community in the U.S..'),
('23903',' Jack Killians first boss at KJCM, Devon King, drew her family  fortune from her fathers chain of Laundromats. Devon King stayed on  the series for two years, before selling the station to Nikki  Molloy.'),
('23904',' One of the earliest episodes dealt with the aftermath of AIDS, as  Jacks old girlfriend (played by Kay Lenz) develops the disease, and  Jack hunts down the man who infected her. The episode was eventually  rewritten to show compassion for people with AIDS, and won Kay Lenz  an Emmy award.'),
('23905',' This was the first episode to have Als favorite TV show Psycho  Dad'),
('23906',' John Denver hosted the Pilot (Episode 1) of the show with guests  including: Mama Cass, The Everly Brothers, The Isley Brothers, Harry  Chapin, Linda Ronstadt and Argent. Helen Reddy was also a musical  guest on the show, but did not host this first episode.'),
('23907',' Johnny Rivers (qv) sang the theme song.'),
('23908',' The solo instrument that produces the melody in the title music is a  theremin. It was invented by Russian scientist Leon Theremin (qv)  and was first demonstrated in 1920. It predates the modern  synthesizer by about 40 years, but its uniqueness stems from the  fact that it is the only instrument that is played without actually  being touched. Its electronic circuits are controlled by two  antennas, left and right of the instrument, toward which the player  moves his or her hands. The closer the right hand to one antenna,  the higher the pitch. Similarly the proximity of the left hand to  the other antenna controls the volume. The theremin has a range well  in excess of eight octaves, and is capable of all kinds of strange  effects. These sounds have been put to use in science fiction and  other films including Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s  _Spellbound (1945)_ (qv) and Robert Wise (I) (qv)s  _Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)_ (qv). This unique instrument  has also been used on The Beach Boys (qv) song "Good Vibrations."  The late Clara Rockmore (qv) was the theremins greatest virtuoso,  and the instrument and its inventor were profiled in the documentary  _Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1994)_ (qv).'),
('23909',' Ian Richardson was booked for a role but died before filming.'),
('23910',' The mother and son characters of Ursula and Alistair Gooding are  related (as sister and cousin respectively) to Iris and Dennis  Rainbird (again mother and son), characters in the very first  episode,  _"Midsomer Murders" (1997) {The Killings at Badgers Drift (#1.1)}_ (qv).  Both sets of characters were played by Elizabeth Spriggs (qv) and  Richard Cant (qv).'),
('23911',' SPOILER: When filming his death scene, Richard Briers (qv) did all  his stunts refusing to let a stuntman do it.'),
('23912',' When the gardening expert is shown filming his TV show, the crew in  the background are actually the real Midsomer Murders production  crew, including the director hunching over his monitor.'),
('23913',' The hat worn by Vince (Noel Fielding) in episode 1.8 Hitcher is  the same one worn by Johnny Depp (qv) when he appeared in  _"Fast Show, The" (1994)_ (qv)'),
('23914',' When Dixon Bainbridge (Matt Berry (qv)) commands the mutants to  get back into their cage he calls one of them "Ayoade". This is a  reference to Richard Ayoade (qv), who originally played Dixon  Bainbridge in the pilot episode and stage shows.'),
('23915',' This episode contains footage from the un'),
('23916','broadcast pilot. Because  of this, Vinces hair changes colour a few times. (See goofs)'),
('23917',' In the legend, Hercules was far from being the noble hero that the  cartoon portrays him as: he is described as being a womanizer, a  glutton with a rapacious appetite for food, and the murderer of his  wife and children.'),
('23918',' This series was created by Bakshi, Ralph (qv) at a pitch session  where Terrytoons offered their show concepts to the CBS executives  only to have them all rejected. While the producers were in shock  and preparing for unemployment, the network executives asked the  group if there were any other concepts they could hear about.  Bakshi, a junior animator who was allowed to sit in on the session  provided he sat down and stay quiet, immediately piped up and  improvised the concept for the Mighty Heroes series in front of the  suits. The idea was accepted and Bakshi was given responsibility for  directing it.'),
('23919',' The series aired as a Saturday morning cartoon, with a Mighty Heroes  story told in two parts, and a classic Mighty Mouse cartoon shown in  between.'),
('23920',' In the episode "Trick or Treat", Skull has the numbers "24601"  tattooed on his chest. This is reference to Jean Valjeans prison  number in Les Miserables (also used by Seymour Skinner and Sideshow  Bob in _"Simpsons, The" (1989)_ (qv), Hank Jennings in  _"Twin Peaks" (1990)_ (qv).'),
('23921',' An alternate ending to the episode "Doomsday" was filmed in case the  show was not renewed. The alternate ending depicted the Rangers  sealing Rita and her minions in the Space Dumpster. This ending  mirrored the last episode of _"Kyôryû sentai Juurenjâ" (1992)_ (qv),  upon which Power Rangers was based.'),
('23922',' This series is an Americanized version of a Japanese Super Sentai  series called _"Kyôryû sentai Juurenjâ" (1992)_ (qv) (Dinosaur Team  Beast Ranger); this is most evident in the combat scenes, which are  obviously stock footage from an older series. Each subsequent Power  Rangers series is an Americanized version of a subsequent Super  Sentai series.'),
('23923',' Despite numerous promotional tie'),
('23924','ins with McDonalds, the only  real'),
('23925','life fast'),
('23926','food restaurant mentioned in the series was Arbys.'),
('23927',' Ashley Hammond (Tracy Lynn Cruz (qv)), who was later became the  Yellow Ranger in _"Power Rangers Turbo" (1997)_ (qv) and  _"Power Rangers In Space" (1998)_ (qv), can briefly be seen in  Season 3s Christmas episode, "Im Dreaming Of A White Ranger."'),
('23928',' Because of the surprising popularity of the series, Saban  Entertainment, the company that produced Power Rangers, was faced  with the possibility of exhausting all of its Zyuranger footage with  no more to fall back upon in order to continue producing the show.  Saban contacted Toei (the company which produced/produces the Sentai  series in Japan), as well as Rainbow Productions (the company that  designed and produced the monster suits), requesting another  half'),
('23929','seasons worth of Zyuranger footage specifically for Power  Rangers. The two Japanese companies agreed and created about 25  brand'),
('23930','new monsters and filming both the human'),
('23931',' and zord'),
('23932','sized battle  footage for each. The companies also incorporated elements from MMPR  into the footage, such as the relationship between the Green and  Pink Ranger and the Blue Ranger as the brains of the group.'),
('23933',' Part way through filming Season 2 Austin St. John (qv) (Jason)  Thuy Trang (qv) (Trini) and Walter Jones (I) (qv) (Zack) left  the show, it is rumoured, over pay issues. Hence from "The Ninja  Encounter", Saban used recycled footage for their unmorphed scenes  (with any new dialogue required for them, coming from other actors),  until "The Power Transfer" when their Rangers positions were  replaced by Steve Cardenas (qv), Karan Ashley (qv) and Johnny  Yong Bosch (I) respectively. Although, Austin later returned to  Power Rangers in a temporary spell as the Gold Ranger in  _"Power Rangers Zeo" (1996)_ (qv).'),
('23934',' Although Tommy Oliver (Jason David Frank (qv)) was made the leader  of the team once he became the White Ranger in season two, Jason Lee  Scott (Austin St. John (qv)) was actually supposed to remain the  leader even after Tommys return. Some of this original idea is  shown in the season 2 episode "Opposites Attract" when Jason orders  the team to return to the Command Center during a disturbance, and  he signals and leads the team, including Tommy as the White Ranger,  in the morphed Power Rangers sequence. However, those plans were  scrapped due to the rumored pay dispute involving Austin St. John  that would lead to Jason being written off the series and the line  that Zordon (Robert L. Manahan) says in the second part of the  "White Light" storyline was changed and re'),
('23935','recorded to make Tommy  the leader instantly upon his return.'),
('23936',' According to a 2004 contest held by ABC Family, Jason Lee Scott and  Trini Kwan were voted as the best Red and Yellow Rangers of all  time.'),
('23937',' The birthdays of the original five Power Rangers were revealed in  both an Interactive CD'),
('23938','Rom and on the back of their action figure  boxes. Kimberly the Pink Rangers birthday is on February 14th,  Billy the Blue Rangers birthday is on April 1st, Zack the Black  Rangers birthday is on May 3rd, Trini the Yellow Rangers birthday  is on August 9th and Jason the Red Rangers birthday is on October  20th.'),
('23939',' Jason (Austin St. John (qv)) and Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson (qv))  are the only Power Rangers to have their full names revealed.  Jasons full name, Jason Lee Scott, is revealed in season twos  "Missing Green" episode, while Kimberlys full name, Kimberly Ann  Hart, is revealed in season threes "The Potion Notion".'),
('23940',' Kimberly Ann Hart (Amy Jo Johnson (qv)) was the first to coin the  phrase "Morphinomenal."'),
('23941',' Billy and Kimberly are the two longest serving male and female  rangers in the history of the Power Rangers franchise.'),
('23942',' The character Billy Cranston (David Yost (qv)), the Blue Ranger,  is the only Power Rangers character to appear in every episode of  the series. Yost appeared as Billy for every episode but two (season  threes two'),
('23943','part "Alien Rangers of Aquitar"), when his character is  temporarily turned from a teenager into a child.'),
('23944',' Billy Cranston, the Blue Power Ranger (David Yost (qv)), is, to  date, the only Power Ranger to hold the same position for the  longest time (3 years, 1993'),
('23945','1996) without ever switching colors.  Kimberly Ann Hart (Amy Jo Johnson (qv)) is currently the  longest'),
('23946','serving female Power Ranger and Pink Ranger of all time. She  appeared in 136 episodes of the TV series until her departure from  the series.'),
('23947',' Katherine "Kat" Hillard (Catherine Sutherland (qv)) takes over the  role of the Pink Ranger in season three and she is the only Ranger  to appear as the same color for two more Power Ranger teams after  this series (the Pink Zeo Ranger in "Power Rangers Zeo" and the Pink  Turbo Ranger for "Power Rangers Turbo").'),
('23948',' Katherine Hillard (Catherine Sutherland (qv)) has the record for  the shortest time serving as a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. She  becomes the Pink Ranger after receiving the Pink Power Coin from  Kimberly at the end of "A Different Shade of Pink, Part 3". She  appears as a Power Ranger for only eight episodes before the show  changes to "Power Rangers Zeo".'),
('23949',' Part way through filming Season 2 Austin St. John (qv) (Jason)  Thuy Trang (qv) (Trini) and Walter Jones (I) (qv) (Zack) left  the show, it is rumored, over pay issues. From "Green No More Part  2" Saban was forced to use mostly recycled dialog, eventually having  to rely on completely recycled dialog, or dialog from different  actors, and then from "The Ninja Encounter" they were forced to use  recycled footage as well, until "The Power Transfer" when their  Rangers positions were replaced by Steve Cardenas (qv),  Karan Ashley (qv) and Johnny Yong Bosch (I) (qv) respectively.  Although, Austin later returned to Power Rangers in a temporary  spell as the Gold Ranger in _"Power Rangers Zeo" (1996)_ (qv)'),
('23950',' When Austin St. John (qv) (Jason), Walter Jones (I) (qv) (Zack)  and Thuy Trang (qv) (Trini) were no longer filming episodes of the  series, additional dialog for their characters voices were done by  uncredited actors. For the new episodes, Trinis voice was done by  an unknown actress named Judy, Jasons was done by associate  producer Paul Rosenthal and Zacks was done by Joel Rogers, Bob  Manahans second engineer.'),
('23951',' The shows violence led to it being pulled off the air by some  broadcasters, in particular YTV Canada, and reopened the debate on  violence in programming geared towards children.'),
('23952',' The voices of both Fang and Vampirus were both spoofs of  Peter Lorre (I) (qv). Lizzinators voice was a spoof of  Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv). Dischordias voice was a spoof of  Ethel Merman (qv).'),
('23953',' Ninjors voice was a spoof of Dudley Do'),
('23954','Rights.'),
('23955',' Early on in the first season, when Bulk and Skull were punks, they  were joined by a punked'),
('23956','out blonde girl and an African'),
('23957','American guy  in shades. They were quickly phased out and were gone before the  Green Ranger arrived.'),
('23958',' Mondo the Magician, a metal'),
('23959','faced humanoid the Rangers defeated  rather quickly in Season 2s "Storybook Rangers: Part 2," was  actually the main villain from  _"Gosei sentai Dairanger" (1993)_ (qv).'),
('23960',' The original names for Goldar, Squatt, and Baboo were Dredwing,  Grock, and Mongo.'),
('23961',' Lord Zedd is Jewish. During his wedding to Rita in Season 2s "The  Wedding: Part 3," he wore a yarmulke, he did the traditional  breaking of a glass to commemorate the destruction of the Temple,  and the song "Hava Nagila" was played.'),
('23962',' The character of Scorpina (Ami Kawai (qv)) disappeared at the  beginning of the second season. She returned in the middle of the  season, in "Goldars Vice'),
('23963','Versa" (played by a new actress), then  left the show permenantly. Scorpina was supposed to return to the  show as a main character in that episode, but Saban was unable to  keep the actress for more than one episode.'),
('23964',' The only onscreen credit ever given to  _"Ninja sentai Kakurenjâ" (1994)_ (qv) was at the end of the Power  Playback Funniest Moments special (Season 3s credits never credited  Kakuranger as the footage source).'),
('23965',' Zordon was the one that came up with the phrase, "Its Morphin  Time!"'),
('23966',' In the original Japanese footage, the Yellow Ranger was male. This  is why the Pink Ranger has a skirt, but Yellow doesnt.'),
('23967',' In the original pilot episode, Zordons name was Zoltar. Zoltar is  the name of the main villain in Battle of the Planets and G'),
('23968','Force:  Guardians of Space. It was also the name of a fortune'),
('23969','telling  machine in the Tom Hanks movie, Big.'),
('23970',' Jason David Frank (qv) (Tommy) was never meant to stay on the  series for as long as he did, He was only supposed to be a regular  until "The Green Candle Part 2" minus a cameo in "Doomsday Part 2".  but during his temporary time on the show his popularity was higher  than any other Ranger. Saban received large amounts of letters daily  after "The Green Candle" requesting Tommy to be brought back into  the series, Eventually the company gave in and brought Frank back in  the episode "Return of an Old Friend." and ended up staying on the  show lasting till _"Power Rangers Turbo" (1997)_ (qv) and recently  in returning for _"Power Rangers DinoThunder" (2004)_ (qv). He has  appeared in a total of 217 episodes in the entire Power Rangers  series.'),
('23971',' Although the Ninja Megazord appears before the Shogun Megazord in  Power Rangers, the exact opposite occurred in  _"Ninja sentai Kakurenjâ" (1994)_ (qv), one of the Japanese sentai  series from which Power Rangers was adapted. Additionally, the  Ninja Ultrazord and Shogun Ultrazord combinations, which used  Titanus, never appeared in any Japanese productions, as Titanus only  appeared in _"Kyôryû sentai Juurenjâ" (1992)_ (qv). Instead, the  combinations used stills of the either the Ninja Mega Falconzord or  the Shogun Mega Falconzord toys standing inside a Titanus toy.'),
('23972',' The pre television pilot version of the first episode, Day of the  Dumpster, was shown on the Fox Kids programming block in 1999.  There are several differences between it and the tv series: '),
('23973','Trini  was played by a different actress, Audri Dubois, and was completely  different personality (and nationality) wise to the Trini Kwan in  the TV series played by Thuy Trang. '),
('23974','Zordon was named Zoltar and  the image of his head in a tube was also blurred and somewhat  pulsating. '),
('23975','There was no Juice bar (and hence no Ernie). Instead the  Earth based scene took place in a bowling alley. '),
('23976','The Command  Centers interior had different control panels and lighting. '),
('23977','The  plating on Alpha 5s upper torso was notably larger and didnt have  the familiar "lightning bolt" logo. '),
('23978','Flyguy, renamed King Sphinx  for his eventual appearance in the TV series, appeared in the  episode to battle the rangers with Goldar. '),
('23979','The Dinozords were  known as Dinodroids. '),
('23980','There was a Bulk character, but no Skull  character. Instead there were three other bullies/punks alongside  Bulk.'),
('23981',' Despite being in his debut episode "A Pressing Engagement", the  monster King Sphinx was never able to appear in U.S. footage because  the monster costume did not hold up well after being used in  production. However, the head of his suit would later appear as a  background prop at Zoom Comics in another live'),
('23982','action Fox Kids  series by Saban Entertainment, Big Bad Beetleborgs.'),
('23983',' While the work schedule for the show ran Monday through Friday from  6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, filming actually ran seven days a week for the  actors who played the Power Rangers. The six Ranger actors had to  come in on the weekends for dialog recording for their characters  Power Rangers battle scenes and the recording sessions often ran  late into the night.'),
('23984',' This marks the final appearances for the White, Pink, Blue, and  Yellow Ninja Ranger powers on the series.'),
('23985',' The "battle" between the Shogunzords and Sinister Simian is actually  done with American footage, not Japanese.'),
('23986',' Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson (qv)) leaves the series in the finale.  She will return in "Im Dreaming of a White Ranger" and it shows her  still as a Power Ranger, meaning it took place before "A Different  Shade of Pink".'),
('23987',' When Zack the Black Ranger is wounded, Tommy the Green Ranger lets  him use his Dragon Shield chest armor to recover. This is the first  and only time another Ranger, other than Jason the Red Ranger, has  used the Green Rangers Shield.'),
('23988',' This marks the final appearance of the original Megazord, except for  flashbacks and clip shows.'),
('23989',' This is the final time the original Putty Patrollers are used in  battle. They will be replaced next season by Lord Zedds stronger  Z'),
('23990','Putties.'),
('23991',' This marks the first time a Zord battle takes place underwater when  Megazord nd Dragonzord fight Oysterizer.'),
('23992',' This is the final appearance of Zacks girlfriend, Angela. She will  never be seen on the series again.'),
('23993',' This marks the final appearances of both the Red and Black Ninja  Ranger powers on the series.'),
('23994',' This is the first and only time that a single Shogunzord (Blue) is  used against a giant monster.'),
('23995',' Jason (Austin St. John (qv)) does not appear in this episode at  all. His dialog when he is seen as the Red Ranger is done by  associate producer Paul Rosenthal, though Rosenthals voice'),
('23996','over  work is uncredited.'),
('23997',' The second time that the Rangers run into the Fan'),
('23998','man, you an see  the motorcycles in the background from the Japanese show on which  Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is based that never actually appear in  the American show.'),
('23999',' This marks Kimberlys last appearance as the Pink Ninja Ranger on  the series.'),
('24000',' This marks the first appearance of Donene Kistler (qv) in the  Alpha 5 robot suit. She is the third person to play the role of  Alpha 5.'),
('24001',' During the original shooting of this story, the original name for  the monster Incisorator was "Fangenstein". He is also called  Fangenstein in the versions of this story that had aired overseas.'),
('24002',' This marks the first time a main villain of "Power Rangers" actually  battles a Power Ranger directly, as Lord Zedd fights with the White  Ranger.'),
('24003',' After his staff is destroyed, this marks the only time that Lord  Zedd uses Ritas wand to make a monster grow.'),
('24004',' When the White Ranger destroys Lord Zedds staff, it becomes a  snake. In part one of "The Mutiny" in season two, Lord Zedd had  turned the same snake into his staff.'),
('24005',' The White Shogunzord is actually re'),
('24006','colored and is known as the Pink  Shogunzord in Power Rangers toy line.'),
('24007',' The second scene of the episode involving the five teens, with  Billy, Bulk and Skull in Jasons Karate class, was actually shot for  the "Dark Warrior" episode. This explains why the teens are wearing  their Communicators in this episode, when they dont actually get  until the second episode "High Five". The originally shot scene for  this episode had the teens being what the network had considered to  be "too mean and violent to Bulk and Skull". That scene has NEVER  been seen publicly, but they are reportedly wearing the same clothes  in it as they are in the first and third scenes of this episode.'),
('24008',' Kimberly does not appear morphed as the Pink Ranger in this story.'),
('24009',' Coach Gunthar Schmidt is mentioned, and a newspaper picture of him  is shown, for the first time on the series. Hell become more  important in the following three'),
('24010','part storyline, "A Different Shade  of Pink".'),
('24011',' We see young Kat (Julia Jordan (I) (qv)) for the first time on  "Power Rangers" in a brief flashback. She will be seen again in  "Rangers in Reverse".'),
('24012',' This story marks the debut of the Power Rangers six Shark Cycles.  It is the first of only two episodes to feature them.'),
('24013',' The original story was to be very similar to its Zyuranger  counterpart. Kimberly was supposed to take a bite out of an apple  poisoned by Rita and fall into a deep sleep, a la Snow White. The  reason for the change in story is unknown, but some footage from  this original plot made it into the final cut. In the Command  Center, Zack can be seen kneeling on the floor beside Kimberly, who  is not be seen. As Alpha walks from the Viewing Globe, you can see  Kimberly lying asleep on the ground at the bottom of the screen. And  finally when Trini says "Alpha take care of Kimberly," she points  down to the ground where Kimberly is lying.'),
('24014',' This features the first appearance of Angela, Zacks only on'),
('24015','screen  love interest.'),
('24016',' Zacks cousin Curtis is introduced on the show. Curtis would become  friendly with Richie.'),
('24017',' This episode marks the final appearance of Ninjor, the Ninja Zords  and Titanus, the Carrierzord.'),
('24018',' This episode marks the first and only appearance of the Shogun  Ultrazord, which, like the Ninja Ultrazord, is made by using  American footage of the Power Rangers Zord action figures.'),
('24019',' This is the last time any original footage of Kimberly  (Amy Jo Johnson (qv)) appears on "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers".  Amy Jo Johnson will not reprise her role until the film "Turbo: A  Power Rangers Movie".'),
('24020',' Though the three part story "A Different Shade of Pink" takes place  after this episode, it actually aired before this story. This  explains why Kimberly is still a Power Ranger and Katherine isnt.'),
('24021',' Amy Jo Johnson (qv), Jason David Frank (qv),  Walter Jones (I) (qv), David Yost (qv) and Thuy Trang (qv)  provide the dialog for the Pink, Green, Black, Blue and Yellow  Mutant Rangers, respectively.'),
('24022',' This is the second time this season that the Power Rangers have  faced their evil doubles since "A Bad Reflection on You", but it is  the first time that Tommy has faced his evil double.'),
('24023',' Rita Repulsas Sword of Darkness from the "Green With Evil" saga is  brought back and is now the Green Mutant Rangers weapon.'),
('24024',' The Rangers are given new, more powerful weapons to fight the Mutant  Rangers with, but their look is completely identical to the original  weapons.'),
('24025',' This is the final time that we see Rita Repulsa throw down her Magic  Wand to Earth to make her monster grow.'),
('24026',' This is the first episode where uncredited voice actors supply  dialog for the morphed scenes of the Red, Black and Yellow Rangers,  as well as some dubbed'),
('24027','in lines during the unmorphed fight.'),
('24028',' This is the first time that recycled footage isnt used when the  rangers call upon their Thunderzords.'),
('24029',' This is the first time that zords are actually shown being blown  up/destroyed. When the dinozords were destroyed, the zords sank into  lava, but all that was shown was the "zords" sinking below the edge  of the precipice on which the rangers were standing.'),
('24030',' This is the first time that the Power Rangers morph without calling  on their respective animal spirits from which they get their powers.'),
('24031',' This is the final episode to show footage of Austin St. John (qv)  (Jason), Walter Jones (I) (qv) (Zack) and Thuy Trang (qv)  (Trini) before they left the series. The dialog for their characters  while they are in their Power Rangers uniforms will be done by  uncredited voice actors and footage of them in normal clothes and/or  without their Ranger helmets on will be used from previous episodes  for the next seven episodes, including the two'),
('24032','part "The Power  Transfer" storyline.'),
('24033',' In this episode, Jason Lee Scott, the Red Ranger  (Austin St. John (qv)), is seen giving an order for the others to  go to the Command Center and leading the Rangers in the morphing  sequence. This is because Jason was originally was going to remain  the leader of the team even though Tommy became the White Ranger,  but the plans and references for this were cut out when St. John was  no longer filming episodes on the show.'),
('24034',' This marks the final appearance of Aisha Campbell, the second Yellow  Ranger (Karan Ashley (qv)), as a teenager on "Power Rangers" and  Campbell leaves the series. Her character will remain a child until  Aisha leaves the series.'),
('24035',' The 1770s scenes in this episode were filmed at a historical theme  park called "Old Sydney Town". Actors who portray British soldiers  at the park can be seen here reprising their roles.'),
('24036',' The opening credits of the series get an overhaul once again. With  the departure of Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson (qv)) from the series,  Catherine Sutherland (qv) is added among the cast as Katherine,  the new Pink Ranger.'),
('24037',' Katherine retains a "telepathic link" to Rita after being freed from  her evil hold and it comes in handy in this story. This is the  side'),
('24038','effect that Zordon mentions to Kat at the end of "A Different  Shade of Pink, part 3". However, the telepathic link fades away  after this story and is never mentioned again on the series.'),
('24039',' The Shogun Megazords weapon is now officially referred to as the  "Fire Saber".'),
('24040',' The "X'),
('24041','ray magnification" feature of the Viewing Globe is introduced  for the first time.'),
('24042',' The snow monster is the Primator from "The Wanna'),
('24043','be Ranger" without  the hat.'),
('24044',' Grumble is a blue Mr. Ticklesneezer in a Santa Claus costume from  "For Whom the Bell Trolls"'),
('24045',' The pyrotechnics used in Billys brain'),
('24046','switching machine  accidentally caused both Amy Jo Johnson (qv) and David Yost (qv)  to catch on fire while filming. Because of this incident, Amy Jo  would later be wary of being too close to such kinds of special  effects equipment.'),
('24047',' The "smell'),
('24048','o'),
('24049','meter" Bulk uses to try and sniff out the Power Rangers  with Skull, features the snout from the monster Pudgy Pig ("Food  Fight" and "A Pig Surprise"). Pudgy Pig could have made more  appearances on the show like other monsters, but by the time this  episode was made, the monster suit had fallen apart rather quickly  after being used in production.'),
('24050',' Trinis love interest Richie is introduced on the show as a new  student in Angel Grove High.'),
('24051',' In this episode, power is transferred from Jason  (Austin St. John (qv)), Zack (Walter Jones (I) (qv)) and Trini  (Thuy Trang (qv)) to Rocky (Steve Cardenas (qv)), Adam  (Johnny Yong Bosch (qv)) and Aisha (Karan Ashley (qv)). When the  new Rangers get their Power Morphers and Power Coins, the departing  three founding Rangers still keep their original Morphers. The  original Morphers will remain active, as shown in the "Power  Rangers: Wild Force" episode "Forever Red", when Jason uses his  original Power Morpher to turn into the Red Mighty Morphin Power  Ranger.'),
('24052',' This is the final time that the Power Rangers use the RADBUG car  that Billy invented.'),
('24053',' This is the first of only two times that the Dragonzord fights  alongside the Thunder Megazord to fight a giant'),
('24054','sized monster.'),
('24055',' The power ranger fighting sequences are predominantly footage from  the Japanese Zyuranger series; which is not more apparent than when  the Blue Ranger hands the Primator the blue mirror that clearly  shows a Triceratops on the back of it even though its supposed to  be the Pink Rangers mirror.'),
('24056',' This is the first time that the Invenusable Fly Trap is shown as a  male monster. In the characters three previous episodes on the  show, including the characters debut episode Welcome to Venus  Island, the Invenusable Fly Trap spoke with a female voice.'),
('24057',' For once, none of the Power Rangers are seen out of their uniforms  in this episode.'),
('24058',' This episode marks the last time that the monsters Peckster, Dramole  and Grumble Bee appear on the series. However, Grumble Bees suit  will be given buck teeth, metal underwear and a stinger to become  the character Waspicable in Power Rangers in Space.'),
('24059',' This episode marks the last appearance of the monster Salaguana on  the series. His suit will be disassembled and parts of his suit will  be used for the hero Tritor in the "King for a Day" 2'),
('24060','parter for  Power Rangers Zeo.'),
('24061',' The dialog by Zordon that Tommy (Jason David Frank (qv)) was now  the leader of the Power Rangers was actually added in later.  Originally, Jason was supposed to remain the leader, but since  Austin St. John was fired from the series, the crew added new  dialog that Tommy had replaced Jason as the leader with this  episode.'),
('24062',' Austin St. John (qv) (Jason), Walter Jones (I) (qv) (Zack) and  Thuy Trang (qv) do not appear in this episode at all and their  voices are done by uncredited stand'),
('24063','ins. This is because the actors  were no longer with the show when the episode was being filmed.'),
('24064',' This is the last time that the monster Primator appears on the  series. He will later be repainted and given more fur to become the  Snow Monster in the Storybook Rangers episodes.'),
('24065',' Appeared in Americas Dairy Farmers promotional print ads for "The  power of cheese." (2001)'),
('24066',' A viewer notified media watchdog Reverend Donald Wildmon that, in  one episode of this series, it looks like Mighty Mouse reaches into  a pocket and snorts cocaine from his hand to regain his strength.  Wildmon was disbelieving at first, but after investigating the  episode and learning of producer Bakshi, Ralph (qv)s background  (e.g., directing the adult cartoon Fritz The Cat), alerted the media  that this may have been intentional. Given the numerous other  instances of risque humor and adult jokes in this series, a drug  reference wouldnt be out of the question. Bakshi denies it to this  day, maintaining that Mighty Mouse was merely smelling some crushed  flowers and that the white jet leading from his hand to his nose was  merely a cartoon "smell line" moving super'),
('24067','fast from the mighty  inhale. The episode was immediately pulled from the rotation so that  no one would see it.'),
('24068',' The show started 1961 in Cleveland, when Westinghouse owned Channel  3 and called it KYW. When Westinghouse won a court case against NBC  in 1965, they opted to own Philadelphias Channel 3, taking "KYW"  call letters and The Mike Douglas Show with them. New studios for  the show were on Walnut Street, but moved to KYW headquarters at 5th  and Market Streets near Independence Hall. Moved in 1978 to Los  Angeles.'),
('24069',' Was the first talk show appearance for Jay Leno. He was 21 years  old.'),
('24070',' Barbara Lunas TV debut.'),
('24071',' The jazz classic "Harlem Nocturne" was used as the shows theme  song.'),
('24072',' In its 1984 season, the number of episodes get shorter due to the  fact that Stacy Keach had to leave the show to serve six months in  England for cocaine possession.'),
('24073',' Even after the pilot was rewritten and reshot, it was canceled after  only two episodes aired.'),
('24074',' This episode was rewritten and re'),
('24075','shot.'),
('24076',' One of a handful of regularly scheduled television programs  broadcast in the doomed CBS field sequential color system in 1951.  Programs broadcast under the CBS color system were not viewable on  standard black and white sets, and only 100 CBS color sets were sold  before the network put its color system on permanent hiatus. The  program itself continued on CBS in black and white, last broadcast  on February 27, 1953.'),
('24077',' The primary title differs from each episode. Episode 1 is entitled  "Mikkelsens & Monbergs U.S.01", episode 2 "Mikkelsens & Monbergs  U.S.02", episode 3 "Mikkelsens & Monbergs U.S.03", and so forth.'),
('24078',' The show is made by the creators of Sky One hit  _"Dream Team" (1997)_ (qv), and occasionally features some of its  stars.'),
('24079',' Last episodes of second season were broadcast on Finnish station  MTV3 before British channel Sky One showed them.'),
('24080',' Chris Carter (I) (qv) named the main character Frank Black after  the former lead singer of Indie/Rock band The Pixies.'),
('24081',' The shows level of violence sparked a short'),
('24082','lived call for  curtailment of violence on television. Although the series was  cancelled long before the actual Millennium occurred, the story of  Frank Black was (more or less) resolved in a 1999 episode of  _"X'),
('24083','Files, The" (1993)_ (qv) entitled "Millennium."'),
('24084',' The title sequence in the first season includes the words "Wait",  "Worry" and "Who Cares?". This changed in the second season to "This  is Who We Are" and "The Time is Near". Season three combined the  two, with "Wait", "Worry" and "The Time is Near".'),
('24085',' The FOX network considered casting William Hurt (I) (qv) in the  role of Frank Black but Chris Carter (I) (qv) was adamant that the  part should go to Lance Henriksen (qv).'),
('24086',' Mark Snows dark theme music was partly inspired by a traditional  Irish track that Chris Carter sent him and the opening to Kylie  Minogues "Confide in Me".'),
('24087',' Such was Chris Carter (I) (qv)s standing with the FOX network at  the time, that he was given an entire month to shoot the pilot with  little or no network interference '),
('24088',' almost unheard of indulgences  for a brand new show.'),
('24089',' The poem that the Frenchman recites to the stripper in the pilot  episode is by William Butler Yeats.'),
('24090',' Frank Blacks yellow house is different in the rest of the series  from the pilot as the original neighborhood didnt want a film crew  camped out there on a semi'),
('24091','permanent basis. The replacement house  was the same house as used in the second ever episode of "The  X'),
('24092','Files".'),
('24093',' In the opening title sequence, and in many promotional materials,  the word "Millennium" was spelled with two upper'),
('24094','case Ms  (MillenniuM) The Roman numeral MM means 2000, the year which marks  the turn of the Millennium.'),
('24095',' Reportedly, the character of Lt. Bob Bletcher was written out of the  series (in the episodes "Lamentation" and "Powers, Principalities,  Thrones and Dominions") because of an on'),
('24096','set feud between  Bill Smitrovich (qv) and Lance Henriksen (qv).'),
('24097',' Whenever Frank Black (Lance Henriksen (qv)) enters a crime scene,  his jacket or coat is always buttoned up to the very top and stays  that way until he leaves.'),
('24098',' Frank and Lara both get passphrases to use for the voice  identification of the Millennium Group network. Both are references  to classic science fiction movies: Franks phrase "Soylent Green is  people" is taken from Stanley R. Greens (qv)  _Soylent Green (1973)_ (qv), while Laras passphrase "Open the pod  bay doors please, Hal" refers to Stanley Kubrick (qv)  _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv).'),
('24099',' Jim Horn (James Morrison) teams up with Frank to solve this case.  Jim Horns son in this episode is named TC. This is the name of  James Morrisons character on the show Space Above and Beyond,  another x'),
('24100','files associated show, being produced by the Morgan/Wong  duo.'),
('24101',' Before he fell ill, Johnny Cash (I) (qv) was considered for the  role of Franks father, Henry Black, in the episode "Midnight of the  Century". The role eventually went to someone who has had a  significant influence on series creator Chris Carters work '),
('24102',' Darren  McGavin. In essence, Carl Kolchak is Frank Blacks father.'),
('24103',' The name John Beresford Tipton, the never seen "Millionaire", was  created by the producer, Don Fedderson. He used his Fathers first  name John, his hometown, Berseford, SD and his wife Tido Wilson  hometown, Tipton, IA.'),
('24104',' First televised 8 June 1948. This hour'),
('24105','long NBC comedy'),
('24106','variety  series was enormously popular and responsible for exponentially  increasing the sales of TV sets across the US. It wound down (some  would say it just ran out of gas) in June 1956 and  Milton Berle (qv) took a couple of years off before returning with  a slightly revamped 30'),
('24107','minute version on NBC in October 1958, which  failed to click with an audience now enamored by westerns, detective  shows and anthology dramas. This second version left the air in May  1959. Berle spent the next seven years doing the TV guest star bit  along with taking on noticeable roles in major Hollywood productions  (_Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)_ (qv),  _Whos Minding the Mint? (1967)_ (qv)) when ABC offered him another  crack at hour'),
('24108','long prime time in September 1966, but gave him a slot  up against Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, and it was bumped off  in the ratings by the forces of U.N.C.L.E. The last show was  broadcast on January 6, 1967.'),
('24109',' The shows sponsorship shifted from Texaco to Buick in 1953 and it  became known as "The Buick'),
('24110','Berle Show", continuing to be broadcast  on Tuesday nights at 8:00 pm. In 1954 it became known simply as "The  Milton Berle Show".'),
('24111',' Episode records are incomplete. Berle did not begin as the permanent  emcee; hosts rotated during the summer of 1948  (Morey Amsterdam (qv), Harry Richman (qv), Georgie Price (qv),  Henny Youngman (qv), Jack Carter (I) (qv) and  Peter Donald (I) (qv) all were rotating hosts) but Berle won out  as an audience favorite and was retained as the permanent host/star  by September, 1948.'),
('24112',' The first episode of this program featured  Richard Harris (I) (qv)s singing debut, even before the release  of the film version of _Camelot (1967)_ (qv). Harris was a guest on  the program, and he sang "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La  Mancha".'),
('24113',' This show was remade in India as "Zaban Sambhal ke" (Talk with  care). In this, the students from various parts of India learn Hindi  under Pankaj Kapur (qv)'),
('24114',' Mike Binder (qv)s character "Mickey Barnes" goes to see a movie  with his friends and wife in one episode. The movie they go to see  is _Minority Report (2002)_ (qv). Mike Binder played the character  "Leo F Crow" in Minority Report.'),
('24115',' Welsh'),
('24116','language versions of the earlier seasons episodes were filmed  in parallel with the English'),
('24117','language episodes, for transmission in  Wales with a series title Yr Heliwr.'),
('24118',' A Welsh'),
('24119','language version, entitled Y Fagddu, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24120',' A Welsh'),
('24121','language version, entitled Grym Gwaed, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24122',' A Welsh'),
('24123','language version, entitled Pengwern, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24124',' A Welsh'),
('24125','language version, entitled Peiriant Lladd, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24126',' A Welsh'),
('24127','language version, entitled Hogie Ni, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24128',' A Welsh'),
('24129','language version, entitled Y Graith, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24130',' A Welsh'),
('24131','language version, entitled Y Pris, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24132',' A Welsh'),
('24133','language version, entitled Treftadaeth, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24134',' A Welsh'),
('24135','language version, with the same title, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24136',' A Welsh'),
('24137','language version, entitled Cysgod Ddoe, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24138',' A Welsh'),
('24139','language version, entitled Diwedd y Gân, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24140',' A Welsh'),
('24141','language version, entitled Bro Dirgelion, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24142',' A Welsh'),
('24143','language version, entitled Ergyd Farwol, was also made for  transmission in Wales.'),
('24144',' Famous for its use of "Mockney", which sounded like Cockney slang  but was made up by either Cole, George (I) (qv) or the  scriptwriters. Some expressions became so well known they have since  passed into the language, including "A nice little earner" (a  profitable task), "er indoors" (the wife), "give him a little slap"  (beat him up).'),
('24145',' The series was originally conceived as a vehicle for  Dennis Waterman (qv), after _"Sweeney, The" (1975)_ (qv) '),
('24146',' in  which Waterman co'),
('24147','starred '),
('24148',' had finished the previous year.  Initially, George Cole (I) (qv)s character, Arthur Daley, was  more of a secondary character, finding situations for Terry  (Waterman) to get involved in each episode. But the great chemistry  between the two characters quickly made itself apparent, and as a  result Arthur was brought to the fore of storylines much more.'),
('24149',' Dennis Waterman (qv) originally wanted Denholm Elliott (qv) to  play the part of Arthur Daley.'),
('24150',' Ray Brooks (II) (qv) refused a number of guest star roles.'),
('24151',' In Seasons 1 and 2, Terry McCann drove a white Mark II Ford Capri,  registration SLE 71R; this car also features in the opening titles.  However in some episodes he drove a white Mark I Capri (an earlier  model which pre'),
('24152','dates the Mark II) which had the same registration  number. In a publicity photograph for  _"Professionals, The" (1977)_ (qv), taken from the book "The  Complete Professionals" by Dave Rogers, George Cowley is seen  standing beside a Rolls Royce... which also has the registration SLE  71R! According to DVLA records, the registration number officially  relates to the Mark II Capri.'),
('24153',' Not shown on TV '),
('24154',' released only on video to schools to spread the  anti'),
('24155','drugs message to schoolchildren.'),
('24156',' This is the Portuguese remake of the popular British sitcom "My  Family"'),
('24157',' SPOILER:Claude Legault received a Gémeaux award the night before  shooting the poignant scene of episode 2.7 in which a drunk student  dies.'),
('24158',' While on _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv), Norm Macdonald (qv)  played various characters who were named Stan Hooper.'),
('24159',' The name of the show is a reference to "A Few Minutes With Steve  Hartman" in 60 minutes II'),
('24160',' First animated series to air on Japanese Public TV, NHK.'),
('24161',' Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [gorging on food] Dyce eats  large amounts of food as he expresses to Lana that hes betrayed his  own country for her and the safety of humanity.'),
('24162',' Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [flying] features the  hydroplane: The Falco.'),
('24163',' Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [flying] The hydroplane: Falco  appears in this episode.'),
('24164',' Lepkas first appearance.'),
('24165',' Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [flying] The hydroplane: Falco  is parked at the seaport.'),
('24166',' Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [flying] This episode features  a an aircraft called a hydroplane.'),
('24167',' The first appearance of Jimsy.'),
('24168',' Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [flying] The hydroplane: Falco  is shown in a small flashback.'),
('24169',' First appearance of the Robonoids (The labor operating robots).'),
('24170',' Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [flying] This episode features  a space shuttle and the Falco aka hydroplane.'),
('24171',' First appearance of Captain Dyce and the Barracuda crew(including:  Gutch, Bosco, and Dongoroth.)'),
('24172',' Abu'),
('24173','Rami, the Arabic manager of this restaurant, is in fact a Jewish  actor called Jacques Cohen.'),
('24174',' On the first episode of the third season, the panel played a game,  joking about the show "Historic Minute". The shows host,  Avi Kushnir (qv) was a guest on the same episode.'),
('24175',' When Rami Heuberger (qv) joined the panel (#4.1), the cast played  a game that combines a Psychological therapy room. Hueberger acted  in _"BeTipul" (2005)_ (qv).'),
('24176',' Six episodes were produced but the show was canceled before it  aired.'),
('24177',' The group drive around in a "Fundae Sundae" ice cream truck because  they needed it to haul "The Ice Man" in the pilot episode. The  character was dropped, but they kept the truck.'),
('24178',' Atari, Gali (qv) and Atari, Yona (qv) are real'),
('24179','life sisters. In  the series, Yona plays Galis mother.'),
('24180',' This show is based on a true story.'),
('24181',' Michaels email is michaelm572@hotmail.com.'),
('24182',' (ep. #1.3), the pictures in Kates yearbook are publicity pictures  from previous projects of Alicia Silverstone (qv)  (_Clueless (1995)_ (qv)) and Charisma Carpenter (qv)  (_"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv)).'),
('24183',' This episode concludes a three'),
('24184','part story and directly follows the  events of the episode "The Big Green Bug."'),
('24185',' The first episode of a three'),
('24186','episode story. The events of this  episode are continued directly in "The Big Green Bug."'),
('24187',' This episode directly continues the events of the episode "Secret  Frog" and is followed by "Be Good to Bugs... and Frogs."'),
('24188',' The first NBC TV series to originate from Philadelphia.'),
('24189',' The first TV series to tackle the day'),
('24190','to'),
('24191','day struggles of a disabled  character. Star Susan Peters (I) (qv) was a promising actress in  the mid'),
('24192','1940s who had a contract at MGM and an Oscar nomination  under her belt when she was shot in a hunting accident in 1945 and  permanently paralyzed from the waist down. She spent the rest of her  life in a wheelchair.'),
('24193',' The show was replaced on NBCs schedule by the game show,  _"Big Payoff, The" (1951)_ (qv).'),
('24194',' The shows last episode was 28 Dec 1951.'),
('24195',' The title of this show was the cause of much controversy. A huge  number of complaints were received by OfCom before the programme had  even been broadcast.'),
('24196',' The series was originally titled "The Downtowners". It was changed  to avoid confusion with _"Downtown" (1999)_ (qv) which premiered  around the same time.'),
('24197',' Each episode has a clean title and a dirty title. The clean title  was for promotion purposes. The dirty title was for the producers  own enjoyment.'),
('24198',' The show was put on hiatus by the WB Network after just two episodes  due to poor ratings. It returned to the WB in the summer of 2000 but  was cancelled after just four additional episodes. In 2002, The  Cartoon Network bought the rights to the show and premiered the  seven remaining unaired episodes.'),
('24199',' Five additional scripts were written and recorded but were never  animated due to the shows abrupt cancellation: "Meditations on a  Career in Advertising (Supertool", "To Grandmothers House We Go  (Freaky Weekend in the Crappy Crudwagon)", "Pretty in Pink (Crap  Gets in Your Eyes)", "Death of a Yale Man (Premature  Matriculation)", and "Bye Bye Nerdie (I Was a Teenage Porn Star)".'),
('24200',' Stogie the dog was originally named "Stoli" after a friend of the  creators dog. The WB was worried about trademark issues with  Stolichnaya vodka so the name was changed.'),
('24201',' Vicki Lewis (qv)s distinct, gaspy voice for Posey was kind of an  accident. The day of her audition, she had been to the dentist and  her voice was still affected. Apparently the producers liked her  voice in that state they wanted her to keep it for Posey.'),
('24202',' The theme song is an instrumental version of the track, "Italian  Leather Sofa" by Cake. Another version (with lyrics) can be found on  the album "Fashion Nugget" also by the same band.'),
('24203',' A poster for the Go'),
('24204','Gos is shown on Gwens wall when Andy calls her.  Gwen is voiced by Jane Wiedlin (qv), rhythm'),
('24205','guitarist for the  Go'),
('24206','Gos.'),
('24207',' According to Robert H. Justman (qv) in his book "Star Trek: The  Real Story", this shows famous theme was not the first one written.  Lalo Schifrin (qv) had written a main theme, but creator and  executive producer Bruce Geller (I) (qv) decided that it was  inappropriate. Instead, Geller used some chase music Schifrin had  written for the end of the first episode. That throwaway musical cue  became one of the most famous and recognizable television show  themes in history.'),
('24208',' When the reel'),
('24209','to'),
('24210','reel tape recorder is playing the missions  instructions, it is actually in a "rewind" mode rather than a "play"  mode. This was done because the tape moved too slowly to be believed  when it was "playing".'),
('24211',' Greg Morris (I) (qv) and Peter Lupus (qv) were the only original  cast members to remain on the show throughout the entire run.'),
('24212',' Cancelled in 1973, it was the last survivor of the 1960s spy series  craze that had produced shows like  _"Man from U.N.C.L.E., The" (1964)_ (qv),  _"Danger Man" (1964)_ (qv), _"Get Smart" (1965)_ (qv),  _"Wild Wild West, The" (1965)_ (qv), etc.'),
('24213',' This series gave Peter Lupus (qv), who played Willy, the chance to  work under his own name. Most of his previous acting career was in  Europe where he played the lead role in sword and  sandal/mythological muscleman movies under the name "Rock Stevens".  This also gave him a chance to act in a role that didnt rely mainly  on his physique.'),
('24214',' Although the IMF usually received its instructions from a  self'),
('24215','destructing reel'),
('24216','to'),
('24217','reel tape, this didnt become the norm  until several seasons into the series. In early episodes, Briggs and  Phelps got their instructions from other sources such as records and  filmstrip projectors. The "tape scenes" for each episode (as they  were known) were usually filmed in one block at the start of each  season. Peter Graves (I) (qv) said he never knew which episode  would use which tape scene until it was broadcast.'),
('24218',' The main reason for Briggs, and later Phelps, looking through the  photos to select the various members of the team for each mission  was that many of the early episodes would feature guest stars as  members of the team. However, once it became apparent that the same  members were chosen every time, the practice was eventually  abandoned.'),
('24219',' There never was any explanation given for why Dan Briggs was no  longer the head of the IMF and how Jim Phelps became the head of the  team.'),
('24220',' During the first season, Martin Landaus face was not shown during  the main title sequence. In fact, during that season he was credited  as making a "special appearance". It wasnt until season two that he  was acknowledged as being a full cast member.'),
('24221',' The faceless figure shown striking a match in the opening credits is  Bruce Geller himself. It wasnt until the 1988 revival of the  series that an established character (Jim Phelps) was shown lighting  it.'),
('24222',' When this show was bought by ARD for the German market in 1967, only  selected episodes from the first three seasons were dubbed  (additionally the episodes were cut down to standard running time of  45 minutes). A few years later they did the same with the later  seasons (with new dubbing actors). When the show was broadcast on  Kabel 1/Pro 7, all other episodes (except one) were dubbed as well  (again with new dubbing actors). The last remaining episode was  dubbed for the DVD release in 2006.'),
('24223',' In the pilot episode "Pilot", Wally Cox was a member of the IMF team  named Terry Targo.'),
('24224',' Steven Hill left the cast after one season because, as an Orthodox  Jew, he was unwilling to abide by the shows production schedule  that would have required him to work on the Jewish Sabbath.'),
('24225',' In the first episode "Memory", Briggs did not receive his  instructions via a tape or filmstrip projector, but on a card handed  to him by a photographer.'),
('24226',' The episode "Action" was the only one in which the head of the IMF  team did not receive instructions. Cinnamon Carter  (Barbara Bain (qv)) received the instructions instead. Its also  the only episode in the first season in which Dan Briggs  (Steven Hill (I) (qv)) did not appear.'),
('24227',' "Mission: Impossible" (not including the 1988 remake) had the most  episodes of any English'),
('24228','language spy series, with 171 episodes. Its  nearest rival is "The Avengers" with 161 shows.'),
('24229',' In the first season, Dan Briggs can be seen driving either a black  or light blue 1967 Lincoln Continental convertible.'),
('24230',' Nearly every non'),
('24231','lead actor or actress that worked on "Star Trek"  also appears in "Mission:Impossible". This is probably due to both  shows filming at the Desilu Studios. Lead "Star Trek" performers,  also guest appearing, include George Tekai, William Shatner, and  eventual series regular Leonard Nimoy.'),
('24232',' Because of the disguises he wore, Rollin Hand was known as "The Man  of a Million Faces".'),
('24233',' This episode is the only first season episode in which Steven Hill  does not appear as IMF leader Dan Briggs. In real life, Hill had  been temporarily suspended from the series. As a result, Barbara  Bain, as Cinnamon Carter, receives the taped briefing at the  beginning of this episode '),
('24234',' the only occasion in the entire series  when someone other than team leader Dan Briggs or the later Jim  Phelps received the briefing.'),
('24235',' Cinnamon Carter receives the I.M.F. instructions in this episode.  The taped message is addressed to her,indicating: A) The I.M.F. knew  Dan Briggs was unavailable, and B) Cinnamon Carter is quite possibly  the 2nd most senior operative in the I.M.F. team.'),
('24236',' A photograph of an agent Phelps doesnt select for the mission is  that of William Paley (I) (qv), then the head of CBS.'),
('24237',' After Anastas Poltroni is forced to avoid the spilled milk churns  in the end chase scene, the road he is forced onto is the same  stretch of sandy road which was used in the car chase sequence at  the end of the Odds of Evil episode.'),
('24238',' There were no female IMF as part of this mission.'),
('24239',' This was the last first'),
('24240','run episode to ever air for the 1966 series.  There was nothing different about this episode that made note of  this.'),
('24241',' At the start of the episode, Briggs receives his instructions not  via a recording, but printed on the back of a business card. Of the  episodes which show some sort of instructions being given to the IM  Force leader, this is the only one that doesnt involve a recording.'),
('24242',' Mission leader Dan Briggs (played by Steven Hill), only appears in  the opening and planning scenes of the episode. He is absent for the  rest of the show.'),
('24243',' Monte Markham (qv)s TV debut.'),
('24244',' Look for Peter Graves (qv), the future Mr Phelps, as the  uncredited co'),
('24245','pilot of the escape plane.'),
('24246',' First episode to use colour head shots of Barney Collier and Willie  Armitage in the I.M.F. dossier.'),
('24247',' In the "dossier" scene, the picture of one the agents not selected  for mission is that of Allan Balter (qv), a leading writer of the  show (but not this story).'),
('24248',' The car Willy and Barney are driving when they steal Cinnamons  diamonds is a Morris Minor 1000 Tourer Convertible .'),
('24249',' This episode uses the same opening sequence of Phelps driving in  close'),
('24250','up, then getting his assignment in a photo booth as the  episode "Operation Heart".'),
('24251',' This episode uses exactly the same lumber yard, Mission briefing  scene as was also used in the Wheels episode . Its just slightly  extended from Wheels as we see Briggs driving into the lumber  yard .'),
('24252',' The marquee that Briggs drives under in the opening shot says:  Geller and Solow "Spend the Money". A reference to the executive  producers of the show.'),
('24253',' First use of a new agent photo of Rollin Hand, in the I.M.F.  dossier.'),
('24254',' This episode re'),
('24255','uses a previous intro. The only difference is that  during Dan Briggs briefings, a different message is heard and  different photos are displayed. (Done through a series of cut away  shots to Briggs hands, or facial reactions.) These re'),
('24256','uses, were  done to accommodate Steven Hill (I) (qv)s refusal to work on  certain religious holidays.'),
('24257',' In the "dossier" scene, one of the photos of an agent not chosen for  the mission is that of producer Joseph Gantman (qv).'),
('24258',' In a rare instance, the episode does not start with Phelps receiving  an assignment via a recording. Instead, he stumbles into an  assignment while on vacation.'),
('24259',' Dan OHerlihy who plays Jack Cole is the real life brother of  Michael OHerlihy, the director of the Mission Impossible episodes  Legacy, Emerald and Town .'),
('24260',' This was the first episode Peter Graves (I) (qv) filmed as Phelps.'),
('24261',' In the opening shot, when Briggs steps off the elevator, the display  above the doors is the same one used in the previous episode, "The  Carriers".'),
('24262',' Grant Collier, son of the original series Barney Collier, was  played by Phil Morris (I) (qv), the real'),
('24263','life son of  Greg Morris (I) (qv), who played Barney in the original series.'),
('24264',' Due to the writers strike of 1988'),
('24265','89, the revived series was  originally going to consist entirely of updated versions of stories  from the original series. When the strike ended, the show began  producing new scripts. However, the first four episodes of the  revival are remakes of original series episodes.'),
('24266',' The death of Casey Randall during the first season was the first  (and, on TV at least, only) time an IMF agent was actually caught,  killed and disavowed.'),
('24267',' The series was originally planned to be a limited series. A new cast  was hired to play the characters from the original  _"Mission: Impossible" (1966)_ (qv), and the episodes were all going  to remake original series scripts. This changed when  Peter Graves (I) (qv) returned to the role of Jim Phelps; the  other characters were then renamed, and the show became a  continuation of the original.'),
('24268',' Miss Tickle appeared on an episode of "The Brady Kids" during that  shows second season. Supposedly she was an old friend of the  Bradys talking pet mynah bird Marlon.'),
('24269',' Daniel Stripèd Tiger was the first resident of the Neighborhood of  Make Believe. He was created in 1954 for  _"Childrens Corner, The" (1955)_ (qv). Daniel Stripèd Tiger and  King Friday XIII were the first'),
('24270','ever puppets created and used by  Fred Rogers (I) (qv) while he appeared on that show. The show also  featured Rogers other puppet creations, X the Owl, Henrietta  Pussycat, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde. They were also on  _"MisteRogers" (1962)_ (qv), which was the precursor to this show.'),
('24271',' King Friday and Lady Elaine Fairchilde were not related. According  to Fred Rogers, her title was simply to designate her as a Lady.'),
('24272',' Fred Rogers (I) (qv)s primary puppets first used on the show were  King Friday XIII, Daniel Stripèd Tiger, X the Owl, Henrietta  Pussycat, Cornflake S. Pecially, Edgar Cooke, Grandpère, and the  Froggs. Lady Elaine Fairchilde first appeared in episode #5.  Grandpère first appeared in episode #6. Donkey Hodie first appeared  in Episode #16. Sara Saturday debuted in episode #32. Dr. Bill and  Elsie Jean Platypus debuted in episode #1016. Ana Platypus was born  in episode #1104. Prince Tuesday was born in episode #1117. H.J.  Elephant III debuted in episode #1402, the same episode in which  Maggie Stewart first appeared. Harriet Elizabeth Cow first appeared  during the week of episodes #1296'),
('24273','1300, the week of the Potato  Opera. Prince Tuesday and Ana Platypus grew to young children during  the week of episodes #1461'),
('24274','1465.'),
('24275',' From 1968 to 1986, a total of 13 Neighborhood operas were made. They  were performed as follows: episode 45, in which Lady Aberlin as a  mother who hires a babysitter (John Reardon (II) (qv)) to look  after her child (Donkey Hodie). Episode 84, in which Lady Elaine  plays a campsite owner who objects to some guests (John Reardon and  Betty Aberlin (qv)). Episode 1055, from 1969, in which people sail  the ocean searching for a lost teddy bear. Episode 1125, "The  Hawaiian Opera," from 1970, in which Reardon and Lady Aberlin play  telephone operators. Episode 1169, "A Monkeys Uncle: The Organ  Grinder Opera," from 1971, with John Reardon as an organ grinder,  Lady Aberlin as a zoo keeper, and Chef Brockett as a chimpanzee.  Episode 1245, "The Snow People Opera," from 1972, with an evil witch  (Lady Elaine Fairchilde) who helps Lady Aberlin turn  François Clemmons (qv) and Yoshi Ito (qv) into snow people. The  snow can only be melted with a very special teacher (John Reardon)  and a warm pussycat'),
('24276','Henrietta Pussycat and bring them together. A  later program, episode 1515, from February 1983, had a story line  similar to this one: Lady Elaine Fairchilde, as herself, causes a  snow storm in the Neighborhood of Make'),
('24277','Believe and they use a very  special teacher, Harriet Elizabeth Cow, and a warm pussycat,  Henrietta Pussycat, again. Episode 1300, "Potato Bugs and Cows,"  from Friday, 13 April 1973, featuring Lady Aberlin as Priscilla the  Cow, Chef Brockett as a groovy potato bug, and Reardon as a farmer.  Episode 1370, "All in the Laundry," from 1974, in which Reardon is a  poor worker in Lady Elaines Latrobe Laundromat (X the Owl and Yoshi  Ito played customers). This was the only opera to include Mr.  McFeely (David Newell (IV) (qv), giving him the song "A Speedy  Delivery" to sing. Episode 1425, "Key to Otherland," from 1975,  featuring John Reardon as a swan and Lady Elaine as a wicked witch  who runs a taffy factory. Episode 1475, "Windstorm in Bubbleland,"  from 23 May 1980, featuring John Reardon as a news reporter, Lady  Aberlin as a sweater maker, and Lady Elaine Fairchilde as a  hummingbird that can stop an impending storm. Episode 1505, "Spoon  Mountain," from 1982, the only opera not to feature Rogerss  puppets, starred Chuck Aber (qv) as a prince and Bob Trow (qv)  as the wicked Knife and Fork who kidnap a baton'),
('24278','twirling kitty.  Episode 1535, "A Grandad for Daniel," from May 1984, featuring Lady  Aberlin as a trolley driver and John Reardon as a long'),
('24279','lost  grandfather. Episode #1565, "A Star For Kitty," from 9 May 1986 (the  last opera), starred Lady Aberlin as a cat who wanted a star and  Daniel Stripèd Tiger as a star who didnt want to leave the sky.'),
('24280',' Mr. McFeely (David Newell (IV) (qv)) had two different Speedy  Delivery songs. The first began, "Thats what youll get," and was  first used in the opera "All in the Laundry" in Show #1370, which  aired 19 April 1974. The second song, introduced on Show #1631 from  25 Feburary 1991, had two versions. The first version started, "Is  there anything you want?/Is there anything you need?" After three  years the opening lines were changed to "If theres anything you  want/If theres anything you need...." This is the version most  viewers are familiar with, as Mr. McFeely sang it with almost every  appearance from 1997 to 2001.'),
('24281',' Marilyn Barnett (qv) first appeared on the show in episode #1259,  which aired as the next to last episode of 1972. She continued to  provide exercises for Rogers, mostly in the 1990s (Her last  appearance was in Show #1749, which aired 26 August 1999).  Maggie Stewart (I) (qv) was also on the old shows, playing Mayor  Maggie, beginning with Show #1402. Her roles in the 1975 were rather  short, concluding with the opera "Key to Otherland" in episode  #1425, when she played Lorraine Beaver. Stewart did not perform  sign'),
('24282','language (her forte) until 23 November 1987, the first show in  Alike and Different week. Mayor Maggie appeared at least once in  every week of shows released February 1991 to August 2001. In Show  #1517 from Day Care and Night Care week, which aired in April 1983,  Stewart sang "Then Your Heart is Full of Love," which had been heard  on the show since 1968.'),
('24283',' Fred Rogers (I) (qv) never appeared in the Neighborhood of  Make'),
('24284','Believe as himself, although in the first few seasons of the  show he used to interact with the characters. In episode 1 he called  Edgar Cooke (Whom Fred Rogers also voiced) on the telephone can (We  didnt hear Edgars voice on the other line though) and hed look  through a telescope to the Neighborhood of Make Believe. At the end  of the NoMB segment in episode 1, King Friday says, "I wonder what  Mr. Rogers would say about this," and sends a note to him on the  trolley. Betty Aberlin (qv) played her Neighborhood of  Make'),
('24285','Believe character, Lady Aberlin, in the real neighborhood in  1013 from 1969 when she gives Mr. Rogers an invitation to the  wedding of King Friday and Queen Sara. Joe Negri (qv) plays his  Neighborhood of Make'),
('24286',' Believe character, Handyman Negri, in the real  neighborhood during the week of episodes 1001'),
('24287','1005 in 1969. Both  performers had always played themselves in the real neighborhood  from then on.'),
('24288',' Cast and character debuts: Fred Rogers (I) (qv), Joe Negri (qv),  Betty Aberlin (qv), and David Newell (IV) (qv) (Mr. McFeely)  were all in the primary cast prior to the shows debut. Chef  Brockett first appeared in episode #8; John Reardon (II) (qv)  first appeared in episode #45; François Clemmons (qv) debuted in  episode #119; and Bob Trow (qv) debuted in episode #129 as Robert  Troll, and as himself in episode #1066. Bob Dog was introduced in  1970. Yoshi Ito (qv) debuted in episode #1154, Elsie Neal (qv)  debuted in episode #1222, Maggie Stewart (I) (qv) debuted in  episode #1402, Chuck Aber (qv) debuted in episode #1480.'),
('24289',' Bob Trow (qv) first appeared in episode #129 in the first season  playing Robert Troll, an elf with a mild speech impediment who lived  behind the castle. Bob Trow did not appear as himself until episode  #1066 in Season 3.'),
('24290',' King Friday and Queen Sara Saturday were married in Episode #1015,  airing February 28, 1969. Mr. Anybody (Don Francks (qv)) was the  minister.'),
('24291',' Season 9 only consisted of 5 episodes and it was set up to prepare  the viewers for a large mass of reruns, dating back as far as  episode #1001 from 1969. Throughout the week of Season 9, Episodes  #1456'),
('24292','1460, which aired from February 16'),
('24293','20, 1976, Mr. Rogers played  back tapes of past episodes and the Neighborhood of Make'),
('24294','Believe  that dealt with the topic of then and now. After February 20, 1976,  there were no more new episodes of  _"MisteRogers Neighborhood" (1968)_ (qv) until August 20, 1979.'),
('24295',' King Friday XIII is the first king of the Neighborhood of  Make'),
('24296','Believe.'),
('24297',' Episode #1184 from Season 4, 1971, was the first time musician  Eric Kloss (qv) appeared on the show. He was second only to  Johnny Costa (qv) for the most appearances by any musician. Kloss  never appeared in the Neighborhood of Make'),
('24298','Believe, with the  exception of his first appearance.'),
('24299',' Because there are no hands on Daniel Stripèd Tigers clock because  in the Neighborhood of Make'),
('24300','Believe, we can pretend that it is any  time we want.'),
('24301',' Episodes #1215 and #1508 are the only two occasions in the shows  entire run in which Audrey Roth (qv)s real name is spoken by  Fred Rogers (I) (qv). She is otherwise referred to as "Audrey" or  "Audrey Cleans Everything" and, in the Neighborhood of Make'),
('24302','Believe,  "Miss Audrey Paulifficate."'),
('24303',' Harriet Elizabeth Cow first appeared in the Neighborhood of  Make'),
('24304','Believe in Episode #1274, from 1973. She was named after a cow  named Harriet that Mrs. McFeely had in the real neighborhood. That  episode, and #1276 from the following week, were adapted into a  Mister Rogers Neighborhood book called "No One Can Ever Take Your  Place," which was published in 1988.'),
('24305',' "Spoon Mountain" is the only Neighborhood opera in which  John Reardon (II) (qv) does not sing. It is also the only  Neighborhood opera that does not feature any of the Neighborhood of  Make'),
('24306','Believe puppets.'),
('24307',' In the week of Go Stop Go, the numbers on King Friday and Handyman  Negris fire fighter helmets are 143. 143 was Fred Rogers (I) (qv)  numerical way of saying "I Love You" by counting the letters in each  word. "I (1) Love (4) You (3)". This concept was first demonstrated  on the show in the week of "Transformations," #1696'),
('24308','1700, from 1996,  in which Daniel Stripèd Tiger demonstrates this to his friends.  Though this is the first time 143 had been explained fully, it had  been used subtly in past episodes.'),
('24309',' Episode #1475, "The Windstorm in Bubbleland Opera," is the only  episode in the shows history that does not feature the the logo of  Mister Rogerss Neighborhood in the opening. Instead, about 8  seconds into the beginning, the episode title, "Mister Rogers Makes  an Opera," appears. It is also the only episode in which  Fred Rogers (I) (qv) arrives at the television house already in  his sweater and does NOT go inside.'),
('24310',' Prince Tuesday got his name because he was born in Episode #1117,  which aired on Tuesday, 4 May 1970.'),
('24311',' Bill Barker (II) (qv) (the puppeteer behind Dr. Bill and Elsie  Jean Platypus) was an old friend of Fred Rogers (I) (qv) and first  appeared on the show as himself in episode #99, from 1968. He would  return a year later to perform as Dr. Bill and Elsie Jean.'),
('24312',' Daniel Stripèd Tiger is named after WQEDs General manager, Dorothy  Daniel, who gave Fred Rogers a tiger puppet the evening before  _"Childrens Corner, The" (1955)_ (qv) first went on the air. The  puppet immediately became part of the show.'),
('24313',' The name of Audrey Roth (qv)s character, Miss Paulifficate, is  derived from the children of a friend of Fred Rogers (I) (qv) in  Canada: Paul, Iffy (a nickname for Elizabeth) and Cate.'),
('24314',' All episodes made from 1979 to 2001 currently air on PBS, except for  the week titled "Conflict," shows #1521'),
('24315','1525. Due to its content on  bombs and war, and the recent events in the news pertaining to war  and violence, it has not aired on TV since the week of April 1'),
('24316','5,  1996.'),
('24317',' During one year of the show, the Neighborhood trolley travels about  5,000 miles!'),
('24318',' The little models of the Neighborhood of Make Believe buildings  often used to begin the Make Believe segments were built by  Robert Trow (qv), who made and gave them to Mr. Rogers during the  first week of episodes that began the 3rd season in 1970. Each day  Mr. Rogers got a new model. He received the clock and the castle in  #1066, the tree in No. 1067, the Museum'),
('24319','Go'),
('24320','Round in No. 1068, the  Platypus Mound in No. 1069 and Cornys factory in No. 1070. However  the Eiffel Tower (which was very rarely used) was not received until  No. 1080.'),
('24321',' Castle telephone operator Miss Paulifficate, Audrey Roths character  in the Neighborhood of Make'),
('24322','Believe, did not appear onscreen until  episode #1139 (aired February 25, 1971). This was also the show in  which Audrey Roth (qv) appeared in the real neighborhood, billing  herself as "Audrey Cleans Everything."'),
('24323',' The character of Lady Elaine Fairchilde is named after  Fred Rogers (I) (qv)s adopted sister Elaine Rogers.'),
('24324',' Mr. McFeelys name was originally Mr. McCurdy.  Fred Rogers (I) (qv) had named him after the man who was the  shows benefactor at the time. But The Sears'),
('24325','Roebuck Foundation  called and did not like the idea. Thus, Rogers changed the name of  the delivery man to Mr. McFeely, naming him after his own  grandfather.'),
('24326',' The Frogg Family were residents of the Neighborhood of Make Believe  until the start of the 1969 season, #1001, in which Mrs. Frogg is  offered a position at the zoo in Westwood. Mrs. Frogg also ran the  Museum Go Round before Lady Elaine Fairchilde. Dr. Bill and Elsie  Jean Platypus moved to the neighborhood several weeks after the  Frogg family left.'),
('24327',' Lady Elaine Fairchile became curator of the Museum'),
('24328','Go'),
('24329','Round,  succeeding Mrs. Frogg in Episode #1003, which aired 12 February  1969.'),
('24330',' King Friday XIIIs two wooden birds on a stick are named Troglodytes  aedon and Mimus polyglottos (the scientific names, in genus and  species, of the ghouse wren and mockingbird). Mimus appeared first  in Episode #20 from 1968 and again in Show #63. Troglodytes aedon  was introduced in Show #1285 from 1973. After Show #1307, also in  1973, Mimus Polyglotts was not seen again until Episode #1591 in May  1988.'),
('24331',' The fish in Mr. Rogerss tank often include angel fish, swordtails,  tetras, and mollies. The fish tank became a permanent part of the  television house set in Season 1, Episode #87, which first aired  June 18, 1968.'),
('24332',' Mr. Rogers had about 25 sweaters that he wore over the years of the  program.'),
('24333',' Mr. McFeely is named after Fred Rogers middle name, McFeely. Fred  McFeely was the name of Rogers grandfather.'),
('24334',' Dr. Bill Platypuss full name is William Duckbill Bagpipe Platypus  IV. He and Elsie Jean Platypus first appeared in Episode #1016,  which aired 3 March, 1969.'),
('24335',' The name of the laundromat in the laundry opera from 1974, Episode  #1370, was called the Latrobe Laundromat. Latrobe is the name of the  town in Pennsylvania where Fred Rogers was born.'),
('24336',' All original songs are composed by Fred Rogers (I) (qv), who was a  trained composer. Josie Carey (qv), who had worked with Rogers on  _"Childrens Corner, The" (1955)_ (qv), provided lyrics for a few  songs, among them "Then Your Heart is Full of Love" and "Im Glad  Im The Way I Am."'),
('24337',' In episode #1654, the poem to which Fred Rogers (I) (qv) and  Eric Kloss (qv) listen, "Be the Best of Whatever You Are," written  by Douglas Malloch, was also a song composed by Rogers in the early  years of the series. The song was never sung in the modern era of  shows (1979'),
('24338','2001).'),
('24339',' Putting on the sweaters was Fred Rogers (I)s way of saying hello  to his mother.'),
('24340',' Michael Keaton (qv) was the original operator of Picture, Picture.'),
('24341',' Carroll Spinney (qv), who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on  _"Sesame Street" (1969)_ (qv), agreed to appear in an episode of  _"MisteRogers Neighborhood" (1968)_ (qv) in the 1980s. When Spinney  received the script for the show, which required him to remove his  costume and discuss the inner'),
('24342','workings of the Big Bird puppet,  however, he refused '),
('24343',' he didnt believe in ruining the illusion of  Big Bird for the children. Instead, Spinney as Big Bird appeared in  a segment of the Neighborhood of Make'),
('24344','Believe.'),
('24345',' Fred Rogers (I) (qv) was the brother'),
('24346','in'),
('24347','law of  Johnny Costa (qv), who was the musical director of "MisteRogers  Neighborhood" (1968)_ (qv) and was the pianist who led the band that  played all the background music. Following the death of Costa in  1996, Rogers had considered ending the show. Later on, however, he  decided to press on and run for 5 more years.'),
('24348',' The tall red building seen at the beginning and end of the programs  represents the office building of NET (National Education  Television), which was renamed PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) in  1970.'),
('24349',' The three buildings directly to the bottom right of the tall red  building in the Neighborhood model each represent a shop owned by  one of Fred Rogers (I) (qv)s neighbors. The tall yellow one was  Brocketts Bakery. The small green one was Joe Negri (qv)s Music  Shop and the tall blue one was Betty Aberlin (qv)s little  theater. After 1993, the small green building was replaced by a  taller brick building. Originally, that building represented a shop  in Colonial Williamsburg, which Mr. Rogers would visit in episode  #1675, which was broadcast in February 1994. After that the model  building was modified, further shows would use this red brick  building to represent either Negris Music Shop or (on two  occasions) a toy and book store run by Tony Chiroldes Carbia (qv).'),
('24350',' The object on the left side of the castle with pipes leading out of  it seen in early 1980s episodes, though unfamiliar with younger  viewers, is the castle fountain, first assembled in #1139 from 1971  and used frequently in the mid'),
('24351','1970s episodes. The fountain was  dismantled and removed in 1981.'),
('24352',' Chuck Aber (qv) did not appear on the show in person until  "Divorce Part 5," episode #1480. During the 1970s, Mr. Aber  performed behind'),
('24353','the'),
('24354','scenes puppetry as the voice of H.J. Elephant  III.'),
('24355',' The show went to color in 1969, starting with episode #1001, which,  despite being the 131st episode, was the first episode to adapt the  four'),
('24356','digit numbering system that was used in each additional episode  from 1969 up to 2001.'),
('24357',' From its premiere in February 1968 up to 1975, when the show went on  hiatus, a total of 590 episodes were produced. When the show  returned in 1979 and ran to 2001, a total of 305 episodes were  produced, bringing the grand total to 895 original episodes produced  in the shows 33'),
('24358','year run. PBS decided that the 305 newer episodes  were enough to cover the year, so the 590 classic episodes from  1968'),
('24359','1975 were taken out of circulation for the time being and had  their last airing on PBS in 1995.'),
('24360',' In episode #1689, "Everybodys Special Part 4,"  Fred Rogers (I) (qv) said he had never made a puppet out of a  spoon before. Actually, he did. Back in episode #1070, from 1969, he  made a Cornflake S. Pecially puppet out of a wooden spoon.'),
('24361',' From 1968'),
('24362','1970, the shows main title was spelled "MisteRogers  Neighborhood," but out of concern for childrens spelling skills,  the title was changed to "Mister Rogers Neighborhood" starting with  Episode #1131, which aired 15 February 1971. However, during the  ensuing years, dozens of newspapers would spell it the old way.'),
('24363',' In Episode #1101, Mr. Rogers buries one of his dead fish. Though it  was not aired on TV after 31 July 1989, it did get released on  videocassette.'),
('24364',' Both of Fred Rogers sons and one of his grandsons appeared on the  show with him. Jim Rogers (IX) (qv) appeared in episode #1202,  from February 29, 1972. Jim and his son Alex both appeared in  "Fathers & Music," episode #1623, from August 1, 1990.'),
('24365',' Ana Platypuss full name is Ornithorhynchus anatinus, which is the  scientific name for the duckbill platypus. Rogers composed a song  called "Ornithorhynchus anatinus" for Ana. It spanned from episode  #1105 on 27 March 1970 (the day after Anas birth) to episode #1264  on 22 Feb. 1973.'),
('24366',' The walls inside Mr. Rogerss television house were originally  painted a bright yellow, revealed when the show went to color in  1969. In episode #1326, the premiere episode of Season 7, Mr. Rogers  put on overalls and painted the walls blue, which is the color that  that remained in all subsequent shows up until the shows end in  2001.'),
('24367',' The week of "Mad Feelings," shows #1691'),
('24368','1695, from 16'),
('24369','20 October  1995 is the first time since 1974 that Mr. McFeely appeared in all  five programs of a single week.'),
('24370',' Lady Aberlins birthday is December 30.'),
('24371',' According to the census in #1651: King Friday XIIIs favorite color  is purple and he can whistle. X the Owls favorite color is blue and  he cant whistle. Lady Elaine Fairchildes favorite color is red and  she can whistle.'),
('24372',' Episode #1765, "Celebrate the Arts," the series finale, was the  only time that Fred Rogers (I) (qv) and Mr. McFeely shake hands  on'),
('24373','screen.'),
('24374',' In "Go Stop Go," episode #1744, from 1999, there is a fire at the  Platypus Mound. At one point, Lady Aberlin recalls another fire they  once had in the neighborhood at Cornys factory. The fire at Cornys  occurred in Season 1, Episode #63, which first aired in mid 1968.'),
('24375',' The Mrs. Russelite sequence was originally shot entirely on film, on  location in a house in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It  turned out to be inadequate, and was re'),
('24376','shot in the studio on  videotape. However, one shot of the film remains in the show, Fred  walking down the street and up to the door.'),
('24377',' This episode marks the first appearance of Lady Elaine Fairchilde.'),
('24378',' The first episode in color.'),
('24379',' This episode introduces the new episode numbering system. This is  the 131st episode, yet it is numbered as #1001. This new system  would be in effect for the rest of the series.'),
('24380',' King Friday XIII and Sara Saturday are married in this episode.'),
('24381',' This is the first episode to feature Bob Trow as himself.'),
('24382',' Mr. Rogers receives the models of the clock and the castle and  those, along with the other Make Believe models, would be used quite  frequently in future episodes.'),
('24383',' Mr. Rogers receives the model of the tree, and that, along with the  other Make Believe models, would be used quite frequently in future  episodes.'),
('24384',' Mr. Rogers receives the model of the Museum Go Round, and that,  along with the other Make Believe models, would be used quite  frequently in future episodes.'),
('24385',' This episode marks the birth of Ana Platypus.'),
('24386',' Mr. Rogers receives the model of the Platypus Mound, and that, along  with the other Make Believe models, would be used quite frequently  in future episodes.'),
('24387',' Mr. Rogers receives the model of Cornys factory, along with the  other Make Believe models, would be used quite frequently in future  episodes.'),
('24388',' This episode marks the birth of Prince Tuesday, named after the day  he was born.'),
('24389',' After this episode, production on MisteRogers Neighborhood ceased.  No new episodes were produced until 1979.'),
('24390',' Lady Elaine Fairchilde does not appear this week.'),
('24391',' This is the very last Neighborhood opera, as well as the last  appearance of John Reardon on the series.'),
('24392',' The flashback of Andrew Wyeths visit is archive footage from Show  #1217 from 1972.'),
('24393',' This episode and its other four parts have not aired on television  since April 1'),
('24394','5, 1996, due to the content of bombs and war and the  recent events in the news pertaining to war and violence.'),
('24395',' This is Purple Pandas last appearance on the show.'),
('24396',' #1744 from 1999, there is a fire at the Platypus Mound. At one  point, Lady Aberlin recalls another fire they once had in the  neighborhood at Cornys factory. The fire at Cornys occured in  Season 1: Episode #63, first aired in mid 1968.'),
('24397',' This episode is dedicated to the memory of John Reardon.'),
('24398',' The flashback seen at the beginning of this episode where Mr. Rogers  incorrectly buttons his sweater is from Show #1293 from 1972.'),
('24399',' This episode marks the marriage of Betty Okanak Templeton and James  Michael Jones.'),
('24400',' This episode was dedicated to the memory of Johnny Costa, the shows  composer and Fred Rogers brother in'),
('24401','law.'),
('24402',' The character Mr. Ed originated in a series of magazine stories. Not  only did the horse talk, he got drunk.'),
('24403',' The real name of the horse that played Mr. Ed was Bamboo Harvester.'),
('24404',' The horse that played Mr. Ed is said to have died in 1979 at the age  of 30, 33 or 34 (depending on the source). Other, equally reputable,  sources give the horses date of death as 1968, 1973 and 1974.'),
('24405',' Bamboo Harvester (as Mister Ed) had a stable mate horse named  Pumpkin, who filled in as his stunt double on more rigorous shots.  Pumpkin also appeared on the television series  _"Green Acres" (1965)_ (qv).'),
('24406',' Mr. Ed only talked to Wilbur because (in his judgment) he was the  only person worth talking to.'),
('24407',' This was one of the few TV series to start in syndication, then, be  picked up by a major network.'),
('24408',' The original sponsor was the Studebaker Corporation, who supplied  the cars and trucks for the show.'),
('24409',' Larry Keating (I) (qv) (Roger Addison) died during the third  season, and was replaced by Leon Ames (qv) (Col. Gordon Kirkwood).'),
('24410',' Eds stunt double Pumpkin was a quarter horse but looked very much  like Ed, except for a gold spot in the middle of his white blaze.  This spot was covered with white makeup when he worked as Eds  replacement.'),
('24411',' Long after the show had ceased production but was still being seen  in syndicated reruns, a religious group in Ohio claimed that the  shows famous theme song was "satanic".'),
('24412',' This episode served as the pilot for a possible spin'),
('24413','off series, but  the idea didnt sell.'),
('24414',' Wilbur Pope lived at 1046 Hollybrook Lane, Encino, California in  this original pilot.'),
('24415',' This cartoon short film is included as a bonus on the Classic Media  / Sony Wonder DVD of  _Mister Magoos Christmas Carol (1962) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('24416',' Set in the same "universe" as _"West Wing, The" (1999)_ (qv).  References will be made to Jed Bartlets administration but the  president himself will not appear on the show.'),
('24417',' This show was supposedly set in the same universe as the  _"West Wing, The" (1999)_ (qv), but there was at least one verbal  reference to 9/11 in "Mister Sterling", and 9/11 was not  incorporated into the "West Wing" universe (unless you count the  stand'),
('24418','alone episode "Isaac and Ishmael").'),
('24419',' In episode 8, "The Treize Assassination", when Heero is disarming  the bombs, the panel he is accessing says "Intel Outside".'),
('24420',' Many of the characters are named after numerals, particularly French  numbers. Lady "Une" = One "Duo" Maxwell = Two (Deux) "Trowa" Barton  = Three (Trois) "Quatre" Raberba Winner = Four General "Septem" =  Seven (Sept) "Treize" Khushrenada = Thirteen "Quinze" Barton =  Fifteen "Milliardo" Peacecraft = Billion (Milliard) "Zechs" Merquise  = six (German)'),
('24421',' An alternate ending was animated in which Relena reads Heeros  letter before calling out to him and tearing it up; screencaps of it  can be found floating around the Net.'),
('24422',' Several references to the Universal Century were hidden in Gundam  Wing as "Easter eggs". In one scene, Wings monitor reads "Charging  M'),
('24423','Particles" (a reference to the mega'),
('24424','particles that make up the  beam rifle blasts in the Universal Century). Later, when Quatre  looks over Sandrocks blueprints, the Gundam is said to possess a  Movable Flame (sic), Gundarium Theta, and ALICE Mk'),
('24425','II (a reference  to the photonovel Gundam Sentinel).'),
('24426',' The name OZ stands for "Organization of Zodiac"; this is further  evidence by the naming scheme of their weapons: Leo, Aries, Cancer,  Pisces, Taurus, Virgo and Libra. The ground'),
('24427','use Tragos stands in for  Capricorn ("tragos" is Greek for goat). Subsequent manga stories  introduce the Gundam Geminass (Gemini), Hydra and Scorpio, and the  G'),
('24428','Generation series of video games introduced the Gundam Aquarius.'),
('24429',' In the original draft, episodes 27 and 28 would have been  flashbacks, revealing important moments from the Gundam pilots and  Relenas pasts. Unfortunately, scheudling conflicts arose which lead  to head writer Katsuyuki Sumisawa quitting the series. The episodes  were turned into recap episodes, and the backstories were archived  in the manga Episode Zero.'),
('24430',' Scott McNeil thought of the time his wife accidentally ran over his  motorcycle to get himself in the proper frame of mind for Duos  infamous scream in episode 20.'),
('24431',' When Sally Po is viewing the data on Heero, the information being  displayed is actually instructions for installing TWAIN devices into  Adobe Photoshop.'),
('24432',' The outfit Zechs wears in this series is a modernized version of the  one Char wore in the original Mobile Suit Gundam.'),
('24433',' Series creator Buddy Ruskin (qv), a former Los Angeles police  officer, used his experiences with a special L.A.P.D. youth squad as  the basis for this show.'),
('24434',' The car that Pete Cochran has is a 1950 Mercury woody station wagon,  which is wrecked in a later episode.'),
('24435',' The Woody was wrecked in Ep. 35 "The Death of Wild Bill Hannacheck"  at the end the Squad stands and watches their "old buddy" burn. Linc  has a classic line "good bye olde paint". During the Reunion movie  in 1979, Pete is rich so he buys a Woody when the three of them  unite for the task of finding the bad guy.'),
('24436',' This episode marks Brian Gaskills final appearance as David  Michaels.'),
('24437',' One of the first two color series on network television, this  morning show was broadcast live Monday through Friday, in the CBS  field sequential color television system, to a small network of CBS  affiliates on the East Coast. Because broadcasts in the CBS field  sequential color system were not visible on standard black and white  sets, the viewership for this show was limited to those watching on  prototype color models. It was last broadcast on 17 August 1951.'),
('24438',' A spin off from the website www.moderntoss.com.'),
('24439',' At the end of the series, 3 episodes were especially produced for  France.'),
('24440',' There are four different versions of the theme song.'),
('24441',' Due to Maria Hirse (qv)s pregnancy Mai'),
('24442','Britt Vingsøe Watt (qv)  replaces her as Host from November 3, 2003. During these episodes  the title is changed to "Mokka med Mai'),
('24443','Britt" (2003).'),
('24444',' In 2005, any part of the $500,000 prize money that was lost by the  contestants went into a separate prize kitty. If neither of the  other final contestants knew the Moles identity, the Mole would win  this money.'),
('24445',' Premiered on September 28th 2001 and was taken off the schedule  after 3 episodes due to the mood of the country post 9'),
('24446','11 and poor  ratings. It then returned in June 2002 with the first 4 episodes  shown in 2 hour blocks on successive days to get the audience caught  up. The reunion show at the end is held a year after the show  finished filming.'),
('24447',' The show was broadcast, with different titles, on 24 March and 5  April 1949 on WJZ'),
('24448','TV, New York. It was replaced on 18 April by  roller derby.'),
('24449',' The title refers to "Monaco di Baviera" as Munich is called in  Italian.'),
('24450',' Two actresses have had to quit "Monarch of the Glen" due to  pregnancy. Lorraine Pilkington (qv) (Katrina Finlay) starred in  series 1'),
('24451','2 but missed out on 3. Simone Lahbib (qv) (Isobel  Anderson) starred in series 6 but missed out on 7.'),
('24452',' Seven'),
('24453','series Golly Mackenzies (played by Alexander Morton (qv))  real first name is never known.'),
('24454',' There is only one character who has appeared in every single  "Monarch of the Glen" episode '),
('24455',' Golly Mackenzie (played by  Alexander Morton (qv)).'),
('24456',' Lexie MacDonalds (Dawn Steele (qv)) full name before she married  Archie MacDonald (Alastair Mackenzie (I) (qv)) was Alexandra  McTavish.'),
('24457',' Six known Lairds of Glenbogle are: Bertie MacDonald, Hamish  MacDonald, Hector MacDonald (Richard Briers (qv)), Archie  MacDonald (Alastair Mackenzie (I) (qv)), Lexie MacDonald  (Dawn Steele (qv)) and Paul Bowman (Lloyd Owen (qv)).'),
('24458',' Kirstin Smith (qv) rejected a part in "Monarch of the Glen"  (presumably Amy MacDonald) because filming clashed with her  university exams.'),
('24459',' Lorraine Pilkington (qv) (who plays Katrina Finlay) married series  director Simon Massey (II) (qv).'),
('24460',' Archies older sister, Elizabeth "Lizzie" MacDonald, appears in only  three episodes and each time she is played by a different actress:  Abigail Cruttenden, 1.5; Hilary McClean, 2.7; and Saskia Wickham,  5.6.'),
('24461',' Pams dogs name is Chloe, she appears on most episodes.'),
('24462',' The show was originally to be made for ABC (the American one) with  Michael Richards (I) (qv) starring. When he pulled out, so did  ABC. However, when the show was successful on the USA network, ABC  agreed to carry second'),
('24463','run episodes (much in the same way that USA  carries second'),
('24464','run episodes of  _"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)_ (qv)). This only lasted  for a year.'),
('24465',' In France, the first episode (in 2 parts) was re'),
('24466','edited into a  single 44 minute episode, so half the minutes were cut and are still  unpublished in France.'),
('24467',' All episode titles begin with "Mr. Monk..."'),
('24468',' The characters of Captain Leland Stottlemeyer and Lieutenant Randall  Disher (named Randall Deacon in the pilot) serve much the same  function in Monk as did Inspector Lestrade in the Sherlock Holmes  stories. This relationship may have inspired these characters  names: taking the first two letters of each name in order '),
('24469',' LE from  "Leland", ST from "Stottlemeyer", RA from "Randall" and DE from  "Deacon" '),
('24470',' spells out "Lestrade".'),
('24471',' The shows writers occasionally satirize Monks near'),
('24472','perfect memory.  For example, in "Mr. Monk Goes Back to School" he cant remember if  a crime scene on a roof is his 4th or 5th worst nightmare, since he  "didnt bring the list".'),
('24473',' The sponsoring network used the term "Monkish" to publicize the  series. The word describes Adrians odd behavior but also is a  play'),
('24474','on'),
('24475','words that relates to his monk'),
('24476','like isolation.'),
('24477',' This was the first show that the USA network filmed in the US. All  previous shows were filmed in Canada.'),
('24478',' The characters and basic structure of the series were inspired by  the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The character name "Adrian Monk" was  intended to be unusual like that of Sherlock Holmes. Other  characters correspond to Holmes characters: Sharona Fleming (a  nurse) and Dr. Watson; Capt. Stottlemeyer and Inspector Lestrade;  and Monks brother Ambrose and Mycroft Holmes (Sherlocks brother).'),
('24479',' Producers originally considered offering the role of Sharona Fleming  to Queen Latifah (qv).'),
('24480',' Mr. Monks favorite number is 10.'),
('24481',' The character of Beth Landow was named after Elizabeth Landau,  creator Andy Breckmans wife.'),
('24482',' The episode "Mr. Monk goes to Vegas" was shot on the set of  _"Las Vegas" (2003)_ (qv). They had to shoot on the weekend because  thats the only time the set was available.'),
('24483',' The letter Mr. Monk wrote to Inspector #8 reads: "Dear Inspector #8,  I wish to express my deepest and warmest thanks for your stunning  performance as clothing inspector. Its a pleasure to deal with  someone who possesses such artistic integrity. Your job aptitude is  something to be admired and inspired by. Every item which passes  your inspection is impeccably produced and presented. The buttons  are perfectly straight. The stitching is even and orderly. There are  no hanging or pulled strings, marks or wrinkles. The finished  product is perfectly folded... Thank you again. My appreciation  knows no bounds. Sincerely, Adrian Monk'),
('24484',' John Wurster, Kevin Nealons character, is named after Jon Wurster,  Tom Scharplings (writer of this episode) comedy partner on his WFMU  radio show.'),
('24485',' Monks irrational fears in order of severity from most to least are  as follows: dentists, germs, needles, milk, death, snakes,  mushrooms, heights, crowds, elevators. In the first episode with  Traylor Howard (qv), Monk also states that he has a phobia of  birth.'),
('24486',' This episode was Bitty Schrams last appearance as Sharona Fleming.  Upon completion, Schram left the show and her character was written  out of the series.'),
('24487',' Rita Bronwyn is named after Bronwyn C, a DJ at WFMU. Andy Breckman  (creator of Monk) and Tom Scharpling (writer/producer) both host  shows on WFMU.'),
('24488',' A number of actors were considered for the title role when  development of the show moved to the USA Network, including  Dave Foley (I) (qv), John Ritter (qv), and Henry Winkler (qv).  The three finalists for the role were Stanley Tucci (qv),  Alfred Molina (I) (qv), and Tony Shalhoub (qv). When Tucci and  Molina were unavailable, Shaloub became the obvious choice.  Stanley Tucci (qv) appears on this episode as an actor portraying  Monk in a made for TV movie.'),
('24489',' The movie that is being made about Monk is based on one of his  previous cases involving an astronaut. That case was shown in the  (aptly named) episode "Mr. Monk and the Astronaut" (#4.15).'),
('24490',' There were a series of interesting cameos: Sharona spots  Timothy Daly (I) (qv) on their flight, and says he was on the TV  show _"Wings" (1990)_ (qv). Monk asks if the show was any good, and  she responds, "Well, *he* was." Tony Shalhoub (qv) played "Antonio  Scarpacci" on "Wings" for nearly the entire run of the show. Leigh,  the stewardess who is being driven to distraction by Monks antics  on the plane, is portrayed by Brooke Adams (I) (qv),  Tony Shalhoub (qv)s wife in real life. Series creator  Andy Breckman (qv) can be seen taking a seat in first class near  the beginning of the episode.'),
('24491',' The extension cord salesman suggests Monk goes "to Seaworld." This  is something Andy Breckman says on his WFMU radio show when he is  bored or uninterested by his co'),
('24492','host or any of his callers.'),
('24493',' At the end, the captain says that they have been put on retainer and  guaranteed 16 homicides a year for 2 years. This is how long the  series had been extended for at the time (16 episodes for 2 years).'),
('24494',' A number of topics can be seen on the stacks of index cards Monk  prepares for his telephone conversation with Michelle from the power  plant, including: investigation, where from?, thinking about you,  history, English lit, biology, organic produce, reality television,  travel: US, travel: Europe, 2004 compact sedans, 2004 film  festivals, and, of course, Trudy.'),
('24495',' Monks irrational fears in order of severity from most to least are  as follows: germs, needles, milk, death, snakes, mushrooms, heights,  crowds, elevators.'),
('24496',' In this pilot episode, the character played by  Jason Gray'),
('24497','Stanford (qv) is listed as "Lt. Deacon". Throughout the  rest of the shows run, his name is Lt. Randy Disher.'),
('24498',' Disher (Jason Gray'),
('24499','Stanford (qv)) has a girlfriend named Crystal  Smith, played by Jill Wagner (qv) She is described as the  "...worlds leading wallet photo model." Crystal Smith (I) (qv) is  the name of Playboys Playmate for September 1971.'),
('24500',' Abigail Carlyle is played by Brooke Adams, who is Tony Shalhoubs  wife in real life. She also played a small role in the season 1  episode, Mr. Monk and the Airplane.'),
('24501',' On its original airing, this episode was presented first in black &  white and then in color. USA Network then held an on'),
('24502','line poll for  viewers to indicate which version they preferred. The episode opened  with Tony Shalhoub providing an intro from the set about how it  would be airing in black & white. It closed with Ted Levine and  Jason Gray'),
('24503','Stanford introducing the color version, with Ted  insisting it was better in color and Jason preferring to agree with  Tony.'),
('24504',' This is the first episode of "Monk" in which no one dies.'),
('24505',' The regular theme tune is rapped on this episode.'),
('24506',' The song Disher is singing while undercover is the song he wrote in  an episode where he "quits" the force, creates a rock band, and the  Captain comes to convince him to join the force again.'),
('24507',' "Terry T" is named after WFMU DJ Terrie T. Terrie T is also writer  Tom Scharpling (qv)s wife. "Kenny Freedman" is named after WFMU  Station Manager Ken Freedman, who co'),
('24508','hosts Seven Second Delay with  Andy Breckman (qv) (the creator of _"Monk" (2002)_ (qv)) on WFMU.'),
('24509',' This episode was originally written for Ringo Starr. However, since  the crime involved the victim being shot in an alley, the producers  thought it too reminiscent of John Lennons assassination. They also  considered singers Brian Wilson and James Taylor before deciding to  go with Willie Nelson.'),
('24510',' The "scissor murder" in self defense at the beginning cites very  accurately the murder in Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s  _Dial M for Murder (1954)_ (qv).'),
('24511',' Obsessed fan Marci Maven, played by Sarah Silverman (qv),  complains throughout the episode about her favorite TV shows new  theme song. This is a reference to the minor controversy that brewed  among Monk fans over the introduction of the new theme song "Its A  Jungle Out There" written and performed by Randy Newman (I) (qv)  in the second season of Monk. Many fans have clamored for the return  of the original theme song by Jeff Beal (qv), even going so far as  to organize letter writing campaigns and petitions to USA Network  demanding its return. At the end of the episode Marci Maven asks  Adrian Monk to promise that if he ever gets his own show, he wont  ever change the theme song. When Monk agrees to the promise, the  original theme song by Jeff Beal begins to play as the scene fades  to credits.'),
('24512',' Aired from 12 September 1966 to 9 September 1968 on NBC for 58  episodes. It ruled its NBC primetime slot (Mondays 7:30) for the  entire duration of its run. CBS carried repeats of the series on its  Saturday Morning schedule between 13 September 1969 and 2 September  1972; after which, it was seen for a season on the ABC Saturday  Morning schedule from 9 September 1972 to 1 September 1973.'),
('24513',' "The Monkees" had 2 chief sponsors: Kelloggs Cereals and Yardley  Cosmetics of London, and as such, they rotated each week. The  Monkees made humorous half'),
('24514','minute sponsor tags for Kelloggs Rice  Krispies and Yardley Black Label Aftershave. In 1969, when the show  was picked up by CBS, The Monkees (sans by'),
('24515','now departed  Tork, Peter (qv)) were hired to shoot commercials for the series  new sponsor: Kool'),
('24516','Aid.'),
('24517',' Twelve of the 58 episodes featured a candid end'),
('24518','of show interview of  The Monkees as filler. One such epilogue interview discussed rioting  on the Sunset Strip early in 1967, an act that  Michael Nesmith (qv) cryptically discussed in the lyrics of the  song "Daily Nightly".'),
('24519',' The Monkees self'),
('24520','titled first album, "The Monkees" (Colgems  #COM/COS'),
('24521','101), was released to coincide with the 10/10/1966 NBC  airing of Monkees episode'),
('24522',' Among those who auditioned to be members of The Monkees were  Paul Williams (I) (qv) (who later wrote "Someday Man" for the  group) and Stephen Stills (qv), who was almost cast but pulled out  when he learned Columbia Pictures would demand the publishing rights  to his songs. It was Stills who suggested his then'),
('24523','roommate,  Peter Tork (qv), audition for the group, and Tork was cast.'),
('24524',' To cast The Monkees, the producers placed an ad in Variety; 437  hopefuls answered the ad and were interviewed by the producers. The  only one cast as a result of the ad, it turned out, was Nesmith;  Jones was already under contract to Screen Gems, which wanted to  place him in a series, while Dolenz learned of the audition from his  agent and Tork had been referred by friend Stephen Stills (qv).  The four actors selected had to take a six'),
('24525','week course in  improvisational acting, taught on the set by director  James Frawley (qv).'),
('24526',' Peter Tork (qv) actually did play guitar on "Papa Genes Blues,"  one of the songs on their first album. This was done at the  insistence of Michael Nesmith (qv), who produced this song as well  as "Sweet Young Thing" for the debut LP. Other than Peters guitar  deployment here, it is widely known that none of the four Monkees  played any instruments on their first two albums, supplying only  vocals; in the case of Nesmiths tracks he himself was producer.  This all changed on their third LP, "Headquarters," in which they  sang and played on every track, with some backup help from Mikes  longtime bassist pal John London (I) (qv), producer  Chip Douglas (qv) and bassist Jerry Yester (qv). Their fourth  album, "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones Ltd." had a little of  both studio musicians and Monkees playing the instruments (this was  due to the crushing time constraints of a hectic concert tour as  well as filming the TV shows second season; primary outside  involvement revolved around the use of drummer "Fast Eddie" Ho), and  by the fifth album, "The Birds, the Bees, & the Monkees," they had  gone full circle, employing studio musicians and supplying only the  vocals, again due to time constraints. They would continue this  practice until they stopped recording altogether in 1970, but picked  it back up for their 1996 comeback LP, "Justus."'),
('24527',' The second season was rushed into production immediately after the  first one stopped filming, probably because Davy Jones was up for  induction by the U.S. Army and the producers were afraid Uncle Sam  would get him. When Jones was let off the hook due to being sole  support of family, the Monkees '),
('24528',' with plenty of episodes in the can  '),
('24529',' spent the summer touring and shooting videos for the completed  episodes. When they resumed filming in the fall, producers Bob  Rafelson and Bert Schneider were kicked upstairs to  executive'),
('24530','producer status and Ward Sylvester was promoted from  associate producer to producer.'),
('24531',' Davy Jones nickname on the set was "Frito".'),
('24532',' Davy Jones personal nickname for Mike Nesmith was "Skinny the  Schneid". If two of the "Prefab Four" had been billed by their real  names instead of their stage names, the complement of the group  would have looked like this: Davy, Peter, George, and Robert!  Mickys real name is George Michael Dolenz; Mikes real name is  Robert Michael Nesmith.'),
('24533',' The opening title sequence seen in syndication is from the second  season (its used for the first'),
('24534','season episodes as well). The  producers redid the sequence to include clips from "The Monkees on  Tour" (the first'),
('24535','season finale) and even some second'),
('24536','season episodes  such as "The Devil and Peter Tork" before they even aired. The  syndicated episodes are also missing short chat sessions among the  Monkees at the end of each episode.  In the final three episodes of the second (and last) season, three  of the Monkees invited special musical guests onto the show.  Davy Jones (I) (qv) talked to Charlie Smalls (qv) about soul,  Michael Nesmith (qv) interviewed Frank Zappa (qv) and vice  versa, and Micky Dolenz (qv) introduced a song by  Tim Buckley (I) (qv). Peter Tork (qv) had planned to do a  similar item with Janis Joplin (qv) but this never came to be.'),
('24537',' At the age of eleven, Davy Jones appeared in the British soap opera  "Coronation Street".'),
('24538',' After the first season ended, Davy Jones disappeared from the public  eye for several weeks, while a series of morbid rumors about his  health made the rounds. The truth was that Jones had received a  draft notice, and subsequently fasted for three weeks in order to  fail the physical. It worked!'),
('24539',' Michael Nesmith produced nearly a dozen studio recording and editing  sessions during 1966 producing music for the television series and  for potential inclusion onto concurrent long'),
('24540','play records. Among his  "stock" session guitarists was future country superstar Glen  Campbell, and Mike strives to include Peter Tork, Davy Jones, and  Micky Dolenz in these sessions. The musical signature of Nesmiths  1966 sessions was the use of a Danelectro or "dano" bass by bassist  Robert West as well as possibly Peter Tork and one of the other  guitarists in Nesmiths "stock" company; the "dano" bass was an  electric bass with lighter strings than a normal bass that when  played with a pick produced a distinctive percussive plucking sound,  sometimes called a "tic'),
('24541','tac twang." The "dano" bass thus produces a  slightly higher sound registering on recording, particularly useful  for the monaural soundtracks of television of the time.'),
('24542',' After their five'),
('24543','week improvisational acting course with director  James Frawley, the boys rehearsed and recorded as a band during the  spring and early summer of 1966 with instruments rented for them by  Screen Gems; among the songs they "tracked" was Mike Nesmiths "The  Girl I Knew Somewhere," and Nesmith has said "about a hundred"  tracks from these sessions were made. This musical gestation was  quashed when Don Kirshner was retained as music supervisor.'),
('24544',' Of the four Monkees, only Peter Tork (qv) and Micky Dolenz (qv)  participated in all 58 episodes. Davy Jones (I) (qv) was written  out of an episode so he could attend his sisters wedding in  England; Michael Nesmith (qv) was written out of two episodes, to  be present when his son Jonathan was born, and for a family trip.'),
('24545',' During the first season and part of the second season, a laugh track  was used. However, during the second season, the laugh track was  discarded.'),
('24546',' The four Monkees were each paid $450 per episode, raised to $750 for  the second season. They received standard royalty rates for their  recordings (and publishing, when they wrote the songs), but received  virtually nothing for their merchandising. Dolenz and Jones sued  Columbia Pictures in the late 1970s, but had to settle for a payment  of only $10,000.'),
('24547',' It was long believed that the song "Sugar Sugar" was originally  offered to The Monkees but they refused to do it, leading to a huge  argument that ultimately resulted in the firing of  Don Kirshner (qv) as the shows musical supervisor. "Sugar Sugar"  became a huge hit in 1969 for Kirshners later creation, The  Archies. However, at the time of The Monkees TV series Kirshner  recorded a Sandy Linzer'),
('24548','Denny Randell song, "Sugar Man", that he  offered to the group that they balked at doing; confusion about  "Sugar Sugar" came about because of the similarity in the titles of  the two Kirshner'),
('24549','related songs. The incident that led to Kirshners  dismissal from the project was his release, against an agreement  with the group, of the single "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You",  which was written by Neil Diamond (qv), in February 1967 with the  song "She Hangs Out" on the flip'),
('24550','side. "She Hangs Out" was recorded  in New York in January 1967 and Davy Jones laid down vocals  reportedly without the knowledge of Mike, Micky, and Peter, who at  the time were preparing for the groups vacation in Europe before  commencing recording on the album "Headquarters". The single was  released in Canada and some American DJs began playing "She Hangs  Out", and when it got heard in the US Kirshner was fired.'),
('24551',' Danny Hutton, later of Three Dog Night, also tried out for The  Monkees but was rejected.'),
('24552',' Songwriter Harry Nilsson (qv) also tried out for the Monkees but  was rejected. Nilsson would later write the song "Cuddly Toy", which  was covered by the group.'),
('24553',' It was long rumored that mass murderer Charles Manson (qv)  auditioned for The Monkees, but that rumor is unfounded, as he was  in jail at the time the auditions were held.'),
('24554',' The Monkees officially broke up in 1970, two years after the show  was cancelled by NBC. Tork had actually left at the end of 1968,  using an opt'),
('24555','out clause in their original contract; Nesmith left  late in 1969, and had to pay a default of nearly half a million  dollars. After the failure of the "Changes" album (featuring only  Dolenz and Jones, standing back'),
('24556','to'),
('24557','back on the cover) Jones  announced he was resuming his solo career, and a joke went around  that Dolenz would continue on as "The Monkee".'),
('24558',' Originally the producers had tried to recruit  The Dave Clark Five (qv), then thought about hiring The  Lovin Spoonful (qv), but decided instead to go with four unknowns.'),
('24559',' The initial version of the pilot set a new record at the time:  Lowest'),
('24560','rated. A re'),
('24561','edited version that featured Davy and Mikes  original screen tests at the beginning scored one of the highest  test ratings ever.'),
('24562',' The address of the beach house where the boys "lived" on the show  was 1134 North Beechwood Drive. The real'),
('24563','life location of that  address was in the middle of the Columbia Pictures studio lot, and  it was used by their Sixties fan club for correspondence.'),
('24564',' Monkees filming and recording sessions were usually closed to fans  and outsiders, with only session personnel and occasional VIPs as  guests. One person who fit both definitions was Mickys sister  Coco Dolenz (qv), whod always sung with him, and co'),
('24565','wrote some of  their later records.'),
('24566',' Davy Jones (I) (qv) did not participate in this episode as he was  back home in England for his sisters wedding. He does however appear  during The Monkees (qv) performance of Mary, Mary and in the  interview at the end.'),
('24567',' Series developer Paul Mazursky (qv) was considered for the part of  Captain Crocodile.'),
('24568',' Mike can be seen dancing with his mother, Bette Nesmith Graham,  during the final romp.'),
('24569',' The directory in the hall at KNBC'),
('24570','TV Channel 4 features the names of  directors Richard Nunis (qv), James Frawley (qv), prop man  Jack H. Williams (qv) and special effects man Chuck Gaspar (qv).'),
('24571',' The members of the pop group The Four Martians are played by the  Monkees stand'),
('24572','ins John London (I) (qv), David Pearl (II) (qv),  Richard Klein (II) (qv) and David Price (III) (qv).'),
('24573',' Featured here was the shows longest epilogue tag interview between  Bob Rafelson (qv) and the group; most interview tags lasted one  minute '),
('24574',' hence the frequent interjection, "Were a minute short" '),
('24575','  but here the tag lasts nearly three minutes and primarily discusses  recent rioting on the Sunset Strip, which was witnessed by Micky.'),
('24576',' When Davy imagines himself to be handcuffed to Vanessa, the tail end  of the original demo version of "I Wanna Be Free" sung by  Tommy Boyce (qv) and Bobby Hart (qv) can be heard.'),
('24577',' Rudy the Manager (Bing Russell (qv)) and his daughter Jill  (Jill Van Ness (qv)) were supposed to be recurring characters on  the show, before disastrous ratings of this pilot led to most of  their scenes being cut.'),
('24578',' Davy and Mikes screen'),
('24579','tests seen at the end of this episode were  held on the standing set of _"Farmers Daughter, The" (1963)_ (qv).'),
('24580',' This episode was adapted as a 1967 View'),
('24581','Master reel and retitled as  Last Wheelbarrow To Pokeyville.'),
('24582',' The song that figures prominently in the plot, "Gonna Buy Me A Dog,"  is "credited" to Mike but is in actuality a  Tommy Boyce (qv)/Bobby Hart (qv) novelty tune. The reason the  song is "credited" to Mike is because during mid'),
('24583','summer 1966  recording sessions for the show, Mike produced a bluesy instrumental  version of the song for possible use on the series and the groups  first album. Mikes version was not used and languished in storage  until 2006.'),
('24584',' The title Mijacogeo refers to Micky Dolenz (qv)s childhood dog,  who was called after all the members of his family at that time:  Micky, Janelle (his mother), Coco (his sister) and George (his  father).'),
('24585',' Susan Howards TV debut.'),
('24586',' One scene involving a MGB Coupe Roadster (owned by production  assistant Marilyn Schlossberg (qv)) was flipped during editing to  make it appear to be a left hand driver.'),
('24587',' Michael Nesmith is on camera for the first five seconds of the  episode '),
('24588',' and thats it. He introduces episode "host" Pat Paulsen,  who does all of his scenes at a desk in another studio and has  nothing to do with the so'),
('24589','called storyline.'),
('24590',' This was the highest'),
('24591','rated episode of _"Monkees, The" (1966)_ (qv),  watched by 12,080,000 viewers, pulling in a 22.0 rating/33.3 share.'),
('24592',' Sammy Davis Jr. (qv), guest starring in  _"I Dream of Jeannie" (1965)_ (qv) at the time, visited the set of  _"Monkees, The" (1966)_ (qv) and filmed a cameo which remains unseen  to this day.'),
('24593',' "One Man Shy" debuted what would be the groups biggest'),
('24594','selling  single, "Im a Believer," written by Neil Diamond (qv) with the  backing track recorded in New York City by Don Kirshner (qv). Mike  was intended to sing lead, but at the vocal session in October 1966  he argued with producer Jeff Barry (I) (qv) and stated, "Ive  produced records and that aint no hit." Barry eventually asked Mike  to leave and Micky replaced him at lead vocal. The song hit #1 and  became the biggest single of 1967 but the battle with Jeff Barry  reflected the growing animosity between the group and their musical  directors at Columbia.'),
('24595',' Davy Jones (I) (qv) arranged for Deana Martin (I) (qv) to play  his love interest after escorting her to her brother Dinos 16th  birthday party.'),
('24596',' This was made as a pilot for a "new" Monkees series, where the boys  comic antics would fill Act One and then a musical guest would be  interviewed in Act Two. Davy chats with Charlie Smalls, later the  songwriter for "The Wiz," using this format. The Jones'),
('24597','Smalls jam  session was filmed more than a month after the rest of the episode,  and is in fact the last segment made for the series.'),
('24598',' Filmed in late April 1967, the episode was the fifth episode of the  second season produced, but was held back from broadcast. Two  reasons were cited '),
('24599',' the first revolved around the song "Salesman"  used in the episodes first act to depict The Monkees being  subjugated by The Devil. "Salesman" contained a drug reference in  the third verse that NBC supposedly objected to. But according to  Peter Tork (qv), the real reason the episode was held back was  because of the gag where Mike, Davy, and Micky say "hell" and the  word is bleeped out; Peter has said that this gag was a direct  attack on NBCs Standards & Practices division.'),
('24600',' Peter Tork (qv) could not, in fact, play the harp. His performance  was faked, with Tork imitating Harpo Marx (qv)s performing style.  (In the DVD commentary for the series, Tork estimated that with "a  couple hours" to practice, he probably could have played some simple  tunes on camera.)'),
('24601',' Producer'),
('24602','director Bob Rafelson (qv) filmed the concert on his own,  without permission from NBC or Columbia studios, wanting to end the  series first season on a different note from other television  shows.'),
('24603',' The Courtier and Michael are seen wearing exactly the same blue  robes (not in the same shot). In the _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv)  episode "The Squire Of Gothos", William Campbell (I) (qv), can  also be seen wearing the same blue robe as Trelane.'),
('24604',' The western show Davy is forced to watch,  _"Iron Horse, The" (1966)_ (qv) actually aired directly opposite  _"Monkees, The" (1966)_ (qv) on ABC.'),
('24605',' There was a third season which aired in Japan (where the show was  produced), and was dubbed into English but did not air in the USA.  It did air in Canada, the UK and Australia/NZ. All 3 seasons were  dubbed in Fench, German, and Portuguese and aired in France,  Germany, and Brazil respectively.'),
('24606',' The show didnt actually own a Volkswagen Beetle when they were  ready to plan the vehicles conversion to a Swamp Buggy. So, they  rented one and used it to plan the conversion, then managed to buy a  Beetle by the time the conversion was performed.'),
('24607',' Host/star Jesse James (qv) became an ordained minister through the  Universal Life Church during the Chevy Suburban/wedding chapel  conversion, specifically so that he could be the one to perform the  marriage ceremony which signaled the completion of that episodes  challenge.'),
('24608',' For the episode where a Mini Cooper was converted into a snowmobile,  a brand new 2003 Mini was supplied free of charge by BMW, and  Polaris Industries supplied all the parts necessary at no cost.'),
('24609',' Dr. Reichweins files on patients (seen when he looks for Richards)  include files on "supposed" patients named Werner Herzog (qv),  Wim Wenders (qv) (as "Wilhelm E. Wenders"),  Nastassja Kinski (qv), Wolfgang Becker (I) (qv) (as "Wolfgang  Becker") and Bruno Ganz (qv)'),
('24610',' Final project of Barry Nelson (I) (qv).'),
('24611',' Sebastián Estevanez (qv) and Mariano Martínez (III) (qv) were  considered to star.'),
('24612',' Ana Serradilla (qv) was considered to star.'),
('24613',' Other possible names for the series were "Gwen Dibleys Flying  Circus", "Owl'),
('24614','Stretching Time" (which was used as the name for one  episode), "Bun, Whackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot", "A Toad  Elevating Moment", "Sex and Violence", "A Horse, a Bucket and a  Spoon". One early working title for the series was simply, "Its..."'),
('24615',' The head of comedy at the BBC said that the title had to include the  word "Circus", because the people at the BBC had referred to the six  cast members wandering around the BBC offices as a circus, so they  added "Flying" to make it sound less like a real circus and more  like something out of the first world war. And in front of that,  added "Monty Python" because it sounded like a really bad theatrical  agent, and also that the large, constricting snake was appropriate  imagery.'),
('24616',' The phrase "And now for something completely different" is taken  from a real phrase often used by the BBC during their TV and radio  broadcasts.'),
('24617',' Ringo Starr (qv) was a huge fan of the Pythons. He appeared in one  sketch, as himself appearing on a chat show hosted by the "Its" man  (Michael Palin (qv)).'),
('24618',' The theme music is the concluding portion of  John Philip Sousa (I) (qv)s "Liberty Bell March". Reportedly, one  of the chief reasons the song was used is that it was in the public  domain and no royalties would have to be paid (the opening part of  the march makes an appearance in the James Bond film  _Octopussy (1983)_ (qv)).'),
('24619',' Following a television interview in which Graham Chapman (qv)  mentioned (not for the first time) that he was a homosexual, the  Pythons received a letter from an enraged woman who said she heard  an "anonymous" member of Monty Python had confessed to being gay.  She enclosed several pages of prayers for his salvation and said  that if he repeated them every single day he might acquire some form  of purgatory. Eric Idle (qv) replied to her saying that they had  found out who it was and had stoned him. Shortly thereafter,  John Cleese (qv) left the show for the last season. The woman  never wrote back.'),
('24620',' The BBC made the Pythons edit out the word "masturbation" from the  "All'),
('24621','England Summarize Proust Competition", in which one of the  contestants (Graham Chapman (qv)) claimed his hobbies included  "golf, strangling small animals and masturbation". While the vocal  track was edited to remove the last word, the huge laugh from the  audience remained in the final recording. During one of the  negotiation meetings on the topic, Eric Idle (qv) reportedly asked  the head of the BBC, "Everyone masturbates. Dont you masturbate,  sir?" He was not given a response.'),
('24622',' Ranked #5 in TV Guides list of the "25 Top Cult Shows Ever!" (30  May 2004 issue).'),
('24623',' The Pythons wrote all of their sketches in teams. Cambridge  graduates John Cleese (qv) and Graham Chapman (qv) wrote  together, as did Oxford men Terry Jones (I) (qv) and  Michael Palin (qv). Eric Idle (qv), another Cambridge alumnus,  wrote alone. "Links" between sketches were the only pieces written  by the entire group collectively. Animator Terry Gilliam (qv)  worked independently of the five core members, but joined them for  writers meetings to help them piece it all together and act as a  sort of test audience.'),
('24624',' At least two sketches can trace their origins back to  _How to Irritate People (1968) (TV)_ (qv), a TV special that  John Cleese (qv) starred in and wrote with Graham Chapman (qv)  prior to "Flying Circus". First, the "Silly Job Interview" in which  Cleese rings a bell and has people scoring Chapmans reaction came  directly from the special. Also the infamous/famous "Parrot Sketch"  was adapted largely from a sketch Chapman wrote for the earlier show  about a car salesman who flatly refused to admit that there was  anything wrong with the car that was literally falling apart on  stage.'),
('24625',' One of the first things the Pythons decided was to get rid of the  obligatory, though often disappointing punch line of most comedy  sketches. The "Restaurant Sketch" (or "Dirty Fork Sketch") pokes fun  at this.'),
('24626',' The "Dead Parrot Sketch" was based, in part, on a drama school  exercise/game in which two actors improvised dialogue, the object of  which was for one participant to try to get the other to repeat a  line without himself repeating. The first person to repeat is the  "loser" of the game. Tom Stoppard (qv), in his  _Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)_ (qv) featured a more  elaborate version of this exercise which is cited in the quotes  section for that movie.'),
('24627',' In the final sketch in "Royal Episode 13", when the studio audience  charges the set, they are led by a plant in the audience:  Ian MacNaughton (qv), the shows producer, who makes various  appearances throughout the show.'),
('24628',' The Pythons did almost all of their own stunts, including  Graham Chapman (qv) (a qualified mountaineer) reading a sketch  while hanging upside'),
('24629','down on a rope, and Michael Palin (qv)  plummeting 15 feet into a canal in "The Fish'),
('24630','Slapping Dance" after  John Cleese (qv) smacks him in the head with a trout.'),
('24631',' The main logo for the show (as seen in the end credits) is written  in the same font as (the similarly'),
('24632','named) Pussy Galores Flying  Circus from the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964.)'),
('24633',' The first U.S. broadcast of Monty Pythons Flying Circus was in July  of 1974 on the PBS station KERA in Dallas, Texas.'),
('24634',' There was originally going to be a sketch entitled "Party Political  Broadcast" (choreographed). However, it was cut from this episode,  and also the trailers ("Dads Doctors" and "Dads Pooves") at the  end were accidentally cut from the U.S. DVD release. The two  trailers are present in European VHS and DVD releases.'),
('24635',' The original title of this episode was the much shorter "Bunn,  Wackett, Buzzard, Stubble and Boot."'),
('24636',' The word "albatross" is spoken thirteen times in this episode.'),
('24637',' The lock where the "Fish'),
('24638','Slapping Dance" was filmed had a much  higher water level prior to filming. When it came time to actually  film the sketch, the water level had lowered about five feet,  meaning that Michael Palin really had to take a dive.'),
('24639',' In a sketch where an Anglican minister and a college professor  decide the existence of God via wrestling, the characters were  played by real pro wrestlers.'),
('24640',' "The mouse problem" sketch was originally written for and not used  in The Magic Christian (1969).'),
('24641',' When the TV'),
('24642','series was first shown in the 1970s in Finland, "The  127th Annual Upper Class Twit of the Year competition" sketch was  interpreted to mock people with cerebral palsy and thus YLE  discontinued to broadcast the series after this episode.'),
('24643',' The only lines that Jimmy Buzzard (John Cleese (qv)) says are  "Good evening, Brian," "Well, Brian.....Im opening a boutique," "I  hit the ball the first time and there it was in the back of the  net," and "Ive fallen off my chair, Brian."'),
('24644',' The funniest joke in the world is what Idle, Eric (qv) refers to  as "German gibberish". But for those who can handle it, it is, "Venn  ist das nurnstuck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beigerhund das oder die  Flipperwaldt gersput!"'),
('24645',' After the show was canceled, the BBC destroyed all its recordings.  There were no known recordings of this program at all until 1993  when poor'),
('24646','quality NTSC copies of the episodes were found at an  American TV affiliate. All examples in existence of the program are  taken from these tapes.'),
('24647',' The science adviser for the program was James Burke (II) (qv), a  BBC science journalist who had covered the NASA program. He took  great pains to ensure the plots and scenes were scientifically  plausible.'),
('24648',' Some of the dialog used in rocket launches on the program was taken  directly from NASA Apollo mission transcripts.'),
('24649',' Much of the shows popularity derived from the unconsummated sexual  tension between the main characters. When the writers finally  relented and allowed the characters to get together, the shows  ratings plummeted.'),
('24650',' In the episode when Maddie and David sleep together for the first  time, the bed scene was filmed with the mattress propped vertically  against a wall and the actors standing and leaning against it  (notice Shepherds hair falling the wrong direction). The reported  reason is that Willis had a broken shoulder and Shepherd was  pregnant. Also, parts of that scene were filmed with a body double  for Willis because of his injury.'),
('24651',' During episode 4.3, "Take a Left at the Altar", there is a chase  between a car and a biplane, and part of the theme from  _North by Northwest (1959)_ (qv) can be heard.  Eva Marie Saint (qv), who co'),
('24652','starred in the film, guest'),
('24653','stars in  the episode as Maddies mother.'),
('24654',' Episodes of the show were delayed so many times, one promotional  spot for the series featured an actor playing a network employee  waiting for the next episode to be delivered.'),
('24655',' Glenn Gordon Caron (qv) was hired away from the series  _"Remington Steele" (1982)_ (qv), another series about a pair of  bickering detectives, to create and produce this show.'),
('24656',' Bruce Willis (qv) was the very last of about 3,000 actors to  audition for the role of David Addison.'),
('24657',' Harley Venton (qv) auditioned for the role of David Addison Jr.'),
('24658',' Maurice LaMarche (qv) auditioned for the role of David Addison and  came close to getting the part. He got three callbacks, but was  eliminated before the screen'),
('24659','test phase.'),
('24660',' ABC and Cybill Shepherd (qv) originally wanted  Harley Venton (qv) for the role of David Addison Jr., but show  creator and writer, Glenn Gordon Caron (qv), rejected him for the  then'),
('24661','unknown Bruce Willis (qv) (both screen test were filmed '),
('24662','  two scenes each with actress Mary'),
('24663','Margaret Humes (qv) playing  Maddie Hayes '),
('24664',' on 7 September 1984.) Ventons screen test, along  with Williss, appears at the end of the pilot episode DVD release.'),
('24665',' Because of the trademark conversations/arguments on this show  (mostly, but not always, between David and Maddie), in which two or  more characters are talking at length simultaneously, the scripts  for this show were typically two to three times the length of a  script for a similar hour'),
('24666','long drama.'),
('24667',' One of the hallmarks of this show was the irreverent (and frequent)  way in which the so'),
('24668','called "fourth wall" was broken: at various  times the actors would look directly into the camera and speak to  the audience; dialogue referred to the "producers", "director" and  especially the "writers"; and in the episode "Devil With The Blue  Dress On", the characters actually left the set and went running  around the film studio lot.'),
('24669',' Bruce Willis (qv) made the film _Die Hard (1988)_ (qv) while  starring in "Moonlighting." By the time the series ended, "Die Hard"  was available on VHS. In one of the last "Moonlighting" episodes,  Willis and a love interest are seen walking past a video rental  store while an employee is tearing a "Die Hard" poster down from the  window.'),
('24670',' Sterling Holloway (qv)s last project.'),
('24671',' The episode is titled after the Billy Joel (qv) song featured in  the closing musical production number.'),
('24672',' The "Big Man on Mulberry Street" production number was directed by  veteran musical director Stanley Donen (qv).'),
('24673',' We can see the (fake) addresses of Blue Moon agency and Maddies  parents on a mailing label: FROM: Blue Moon Investigations 15555  Century Park East Century City, Ca. 91302 TO: Ms. Maddie Hayes 88  East Oak Ave. Lake Shore Chicago ILL.'),
('24674',' The episodes title is a play on the famous line "Heres looking at  you, kid" from _Casablanca (1942)_ (qv).'),
('24675',' The episode has a dream sequence where the Blue Moon detective  agency becomes the Hart Detective Agency, with an employee named  Max, played by Lionel Stander (qv). Both are in'),
('24676','joke references to  _"Hart to Hart" (1979)_ (qv).'),
('24677',' The episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" opens with an  introduction by Orson Welles (qv). Welles died five days before  the episode was broadcast, thus his cameo was likely the last time  Welles ever appeared before a camera. Welless name didnt appear in  either the opening or end credits so you could in some way say that  he was uncredited but "he received" a captioning in the beginning of  the episode though, that read "This program is dedicated to the  memory of Orson Welles 1915'),
('24678','1985".'),
('24679',' Shortly before his death, Orson Welles introduced the episode "The  Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice." Welles had actually approached  the producers of "Moonlighting" '),
('24680',' not the other way around '),
('24681',' about  appearing on the show after viewing episodes and being impressed  with its originality.'),
('24682',' David holds up a newspaper called "The National Pit" which says "Dr.  Caron discovers antidote for stress". Glenn Gordon Caron (qv) is  the creator and head writer of Moonlighting.'),
('24683',' Bruce Willis (I) (qv) is seen standing in front of a film poster  for _Die Hard (1988)_ (qv).'),
('24684',' Some of the characters have names that are related to claymation.  Examples: Doughy, Shapey, Reverend Putty, and Coach Stopframe.'),
('24685',' This episode was originally intended to be the season finale but was  aired as the shows premiere episode instead.'),
('24686',' The "Catch, God" game of throwing the ball in the air that Christina  plays in this episode is the same one that Orel plays in "Love."'),
('24687',' Between 1949 and 1950, this series aired over the DuMont Television  Network on Thursday evenings at 9:00 pm EST. The last broadcast was  on October 12, 1950.'),
('24688',' The CBS version ended March 7, 1949.'),
('24689',' First speaking role for Art Carney (qv).'),
('24690',' Morey Amsterdam (qv)s TV debut.'),
('24691',' This was the first science fiction series on Dutch television.'),
('24692',' Mindys middle name is Beth.'),
('24693',' Many of the gags seen on the show were on'),
('24694','the'),
('24695','spot improvisations by  Robin Williams (I) (qv), and later by Williams and  Jonathan Winters (I) (qv). If you pay attention to  Pam Dawber (qv), you can often see her having difficulty not  laughing at the ad libs.'),
('24696',' When Conrad Janis (qv) and Elizabeth Kerr (I) (qv) temporarily  left the show, their absences were explained by having Fred  fulfilling his dream of becoming a conductor and going on the road  and Cora joining him there.'),
('24697',' Orkans evolved from chickens.'),
('24698',' Mork and Mindys downstairs neighbor, Mr. Bickley, wrote greeting  cards for a living.'),
('24699',' As of 2004 Mork and Mindys house is the most popular landmark in  Boulder, Colorado.'),
('24700',' The house used for the exterior shots of Mindys home is at 1619  Pine St near downtown Boulder. Mindys fathers music store was  actually a bookstore on Boulders Pearl Street Mall.'),
('24701',' Producer Garry Marshall (qv) said he came up with the basic  concept of the show during a phone call with an ABC executive. He  said he set the show in the college town of Boulder because he had a  friend with a child attending Colorado University.'),
('24702',' Jonathan Winters (I) (qv) first appearance on the show was as  Dave McConnell (one of Mindys relatives) in "Mork and the Family  Reunion". Winters went on to join the cast full'),
('24703','time as Mearth in  the following season.'),
('24704',' Morks furry alien pet, Bebo, was credited as himself.'),
('24705',' During casting, when asked to take a seat, Robin Willams sat in the  chair upside down. Producer Gary Marshal selected him because "He  was the only alien to audition."'),
('24706',' Named by TV Guide as one of the greatest episodes in television  history.'),
('24707',' When the _"Morning Girls" (2002)_ (qv) trio of  Pops Fernandez (qv), Zsa Zsa Padilla (qv),  Carmina Villaroel (qv) could no longer host the show, ABS'),
('24708','CBN  reformatted the show and rehired Kris Aquino (qv) to team up with  Korina Sanchez (qv).'),
('24709',' Carmina Villaroel (qv) replaced Kris Aquino (qv).'),
('24710',' The character of Quan Chi appeared in this show before he ever  appeared in any video game.'),
('24711',' Strangely, when most of the Lin Kuei ninjas appeared on the show,  they did not wear a mask.'),
('24712',' The series was intended as a "sequel" of sorts to the Mortal Kombat  movie (identifiable by the fact that many characters flash back to  events that happened during it.) However, the second Mortal Kombat  movie disregards this animated series altogether and serves as a  direct sequel.'),
('24713',' This series was focused at a younger audience, which is unusual  given that most Mortal Kombat games receive M for Mature 17+  ratings.'),
('24714',' The series only lasted for one season.'),
('24715',' Abolfazl Poorarab is married to Anahita Nemati in real life, she  being his 4th wife. But in contradiction to popular belief, they  didnt get together during "Mosafer" but knew each other from  another movie.'),
('24716',' Just as Charlton Heston (qv)s son Fraser played the infant Moses  in _Ten Commandments, The (1956)_ (qv), Burt Lancaster (qv)s son  Bill (as William) plays Moses as a young man.'),
('24717',' Originally to be titled "Zig Zag" a mystery that Aaron Spelling  Productions was preparing as a series for ABC. It was Inger Stevens  who was to have the lead role along with George Maharis and Ralph  Bellamy. Unfortunately due to her death this did not happen and the  role went to Yvette Mimeux and was renamed.'),
('24718',' This show is entirely comprised of footage from the popular and long  running Japanese game show _"Fûun! Takeshi Jô" (1986)_ (qv), except  the original dialog has been dubbed over in English and altered in  humorous ways.'),
('24719',' While episodes run about 30'),
('24720','minutes long, the original  _"Fûun! Takeshi Jô" (1986)_ (qv) episodes ran a full hour.'),
('24721',' Nearly every episode introduces one of the contestants as having the  last name Babaganosh (pronounced: babagenoosh). The name comes from  an Indian dish called "baba ghanouj", which is made mostly from  pureed eggplants.'),
('24722',' At the end of nearly every episode, a short, humorous audio clip  (usually from earlier in the show) is heard immediately following  the yell of "Dont get eliminated!"'),
('24723',' The name Captain Tenneal is a play on words. Hes named after pop  group _"Captain and Tennille, The" (1976)_ (qv), a husband and wife  duo that had a few chart hits in the 1970s.'),
('24724',' _"Fûun! Takeshi Jô" (1986)_ (qv) involves not teams, but all 100  contestants trying to get past the challenges, thus the numbers  sometimes listed in Japanese on the bottom of the screen. The golden  tank "Kenny" and "Vic" are sometimes seen in during final segments  is part of "Takeshis Castle"s extremely difficult endgame, in  which contestants who survive all the challenges try to defeat  Takeshi and his minions in a motorized tank battle.'),
('24725',' Often at least one contestant per show has something to do with the  state of Michigan, as thats where Mary Scheer (qv), who does all  female voices, is from.'),
('24726',' Hillary Rodham Clinton (qv) once told executive producer  Paul Abeyta (qv) how much she and Bill Clinton (I) (qv) love the  show.'),
('24727',' This is the only episode to date which shows the endgame, featuring  a motorized tank battle between Takeshis minions and the contest  survivors. (Here, it is said to be Vic and Kenny driving through the  streets of Los Angeles)'),
('24728',' This is the only episode of MXC that doesnt feature Guy LeDouche in  the beginning of the episode.'),
('24729',' Due to the heavy use of characters from Japanese anime, the DVD  release omits much of the footage, as Magnolia Home Entertainment  did not have the appropriate rights to release it. The DVD  identifies this entry as "Highlights".'),
('24730',' The term "Wack Pack" is a reference to fans of Howard Stern.'),
('24731',' The title referred to babies, as the shows sponsor was Gerbers  baby foods.'),
('24732',' These shorts were originally shown as interstitial segments on  "Captain Kangaroo," introduced by the Captain (Bob Keeshan) and  members of his cast. Four years later, Viacom (and, 19 years after  that, Paramount Television) syndicated the shorts to local stations,  running either as half'),
('24733','hour editions made up of five shorts, or as  interstitial segments of locally'),
('24734','produced childrens programs (some  PBS affiliates even ran "The Most Important Person" as short  subjects between weekday childrens shows).'),
('24735',' These shorts were made possible by a grant from the U.S. Department  of Education (then known as the U.S. Department of Health,  Education, and Welfare), Office of Child Development.'),
('24736',' By the time the series ended in 1997, there had been 142 episodes,  an unprecedented number in the history of Scandinavian sitcoms.'),
('24737',' In one episode, Jerry becomes manager of a band known as The Warts.  This was actually the band The Seeds (qv), which recorded the  classic single "Pushin Too Hard".'),
('24738',' The show was only moderately successful during its first season.  NBC agreed to renew it on the condition that costs be held to the  1967 level, effectively freezing the talents salaries. Producer  Desi Arnaz (qv) obtained agreements from everyone on the cast and  crew with the sole exception of Roger C. Carmel (qv) who held fast  to a contractual point providing him with a raise upon renewal.  Arnaz pleaded with him, pointing out that the livelihood of dozens  of people were essentially at stake but he wouldnt budge, despite  his then'),
('24739','decent $2,000 per week salary and the promise of residuals  and was released. Carmel was replaced and the show sank miserably in  the 1968 Neilsens and was canceled. As a result, Carmel was  effectively blackballed from the TV industry for several years.'),
('24740',' Miguel Ángel Silvestre (qv) was replaced by  Álex González (II) (qv) after leaving the show at the end of the  first season to work on _Distancia, La (2006)_ (qv).'),
('24741',' Uses a "virtual set".'),
('24742',' The show originally included accomplices testimonials.'),
('24743',' TV debut of Pat Harrington Jr. (qv)'),
('24744',' Civil Defense authorities acted as technical advisers.'),
('24745',' The show was originally planned to air on Thursdays at 8pm until FOX  moved its hit show _" O.C., The" (2003)_ (qv) to the exact same  night and time'),
('24746','slot. It was moved to Wednesday instead.'),
('24747',' The WB mistakenly issued an official press release that said Carmen  Electra was going to guess star on the show as Mona, but actually  appeared as Mona on The WBs _"Summerland" (2004)_ (qv).'),
('24748',' Originally shown on _"Great Performances" (1972)_ (qv).'),
('24749',' Excerpts from the episode entitled "Action Effects '),
('24750',' Ultimate  Action" are featured on the 2'),
('24751','Disc Criterion Collection DVD for  _Rock, The (1996)_ (qv).'),
('24752',' In 2004, after 18 years on the program, Margaret Pomeranz (qv) and  David Stratton (qv) grew to dislike both the change in what the  network aired, and how they were treated, so they resigned from the  show. A month later, the show was retooled and back on the air with  new cast.'),
('24753',' President Gerald Fords favorite TV series.'),
('24754',' Jack Rosenthal (qv) used the same character name, Bamber, for the  head removal man in both this series (when he was played by  Warren Clarke (qv)) and in the film _Chain, The (1984)_ (qv) (when  he was played by Warren Mitchell (qv)). In both cases, the  character was a know'),
('24755','it'),
('24756','all who incessantly impressed (and bored!)  his colleagues with his prodigious knowledge '),
('24757',' hence the nickname  "Bamber", a reference to Bamber Gascoigne (qv), the question  master on _"University Challenge" (1962)_ (qv).'),
('24758',' The following episodes were made, but classed as "unaired": "Friend  or Foe"; "Circus Breaker"; "The Perfect Shot"; "Song of Akela"; "The  Hollow Bird"; "Fatherhood" and "Cold Lairs".'),
('24759',' Based on the Mowgli stories by Rudyard Kipling (qv) from "The  Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book".'),
('24760',' Russian episodes arent shot and aired in the same order as their  American analogues. Since the beginning of the sixth season, all  episodes are brand new.'),
('24761',' The production of _"Nanny, The" (1993)_ (qv) noticed that once when  Fran was engaged, ratings went downhill. In this series, after the  same episode, Vika wakes up understanding that that episode was only  a dream... and the same old pattern goes on.'),
('24762',' After the second season, Gulya Nizhinskaya and the rest of the crew  had a conflict (although it is impossible to know its exact nature,  because the story is told differently by the actress and the  production crew), she left and Vikas friend was recast. But to  avoid fans to take it badly, the newly recast friend was made a new  character. Thats why in the beginning Vera is Vikas best friend,  but when her another best friend Galya resurfaces, Vera is nowhere  to be found.'),
('24763',' Lyubov Polishchuk died soon after the last episode of the series was  shot.'),
('24764',' When filming the crew wanted to use a Citroen 2CV as a mobile rig to  hold a camera while filming some moving shots. This was needed  because most filming was done on Sark where the roads are not  metalled. However motor cars are not allowed on Sark so they had to  remove the engine from the car to be allowed to use it. They then  had to tow the Citroen behind a tractor (Tractors are allowed on  Sark).'),
('24765',' The title music "Ecce homo" ("Behold the man"), like many TV themes  by Howard Goodall (qv), was originally written as a serious piece  of church choral music. New lyrics (in Latin) were written for "Mr.  Bean": "Ecce homo qui est faba. Vale homo qui est faba" ("Behold the  man who is a bean. Farewell the man who is a bean").'),
('24766',' In the first episode during the church sketch, the unseen preacher  is the voice of Rowan Atkinson (qv). He is speaking nonsensical  gibberish in his natural voice.'),
('24767',' The original proposed name for the character was Mr. White. Names of  vegetables were next, including Mr. Cauliflower, ending with the  choice of Mr. Bean.'),
('24768',' Mr. Beans first name is never revealed.'),
('24769',' Mr. Beans yellow car is crushed by a tank in the "Back to School  Mr. Bean" episode, though its back again in the next episode.'),
('24770',' Mr. Beans flat completely changes between episodes. For example, in  "The Trouble with Mr. Bean", his bed is in the living room. In "Do  It Yourself Mr. Bean", he has a separate bedroom.'),
('24771',' Based on an original character created by Richard Curtis and Rowan  Atkinson.'),
('24772',' The classic car park sequence was filmed at the Heathrow Airport  Bowl car park. Mr Bean then walks out of the car park into the  swimming baths, which are actually six miles away.'),
('24773',' The blue vehicle that Mr. Bean encounters and causes to get into  accidents in some episodes is a light blue Reliant Regal Supervan  III.'),
('24774',' The identity of the driver of the blue car that Mr. Bean sometimes  encounters in certain episodes has never been revealed.'),
('24775',' The license plate on Mr. Beans green car is SLW 287 R.'),
('24776',' The shows have been shown on more than 50 airlines.'),
('24777',' The show has been sold in over 245 territories worldwide.'),
('24778',' In the UK, the highest rated episode was 1992s  _"Mr. Bean" (1990) {The Trouble with Mr. Bean (#1.5)}_ (qv), which  was viewed by 18.74 million people.'),
('24779',' This episode was actually made in 1995, but was released as a  video'),
('24780','exclusive episode. It did not receive a television showing in  the UK until 2006.'),
('24781',' This episode was cancelled for several months (it was filmed in  1993), because of the aftershock of the Jamie Bulger murder in  Liverpool.'),
('24782',' The episode was filmed at Clarence Pier, Southsea, near Portsmouth.  Almost all the rides have now been replaced but the roller'),
('24783','coaster  and amusement arcades seen in the background still exist today.'),
('24784',' The license plate on Mr. Beans orange Mini is RNT 996 H'),
('24785',' Mr. Beans orange Mini is crashed and destroyed by the end of this  episode.'),
('24786',' The green car that Mr. Bean drives in most of the episodes appears  for the first time.'),
('24787',' This episode first aired as part of  _Comic Relief VII (1995) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('24788',' Based on an original character created by Richard Curtis (I) (qv)  and Rowan Atkinson (qv).'),
('24789',' Mr. Beans signature is the same as the one used in the original  90s merchandising for the live'),
('24790','action series and movie.'),
('24791',' Mr. Beans flat number is 2.'),
('24792',' Mr. Bean, Irma Gobb, Mr. Beans teddy bear, and the mysterious  driver of the blue car are the only characters from the original  live action series to be seen in Mr. Bean: The Animated Series.'),
('24793',' The television series "Mr. Belvedere" was based on a film series  which starred Clifton Webb as the title character.'),
('24794',' James Gregory (I) (qv)s final project.'),
('24795',' Spin'),
('24796','off of _"Butternut Square" (1964)_ (qv).'),
('24797',' The character of Mr. Dressup was introduced on  _"MisteRogers" (1962)_ (qv), the Canadian'),
('24798','produced ancestor of  _"Mister Rogers Neighborhood" (1967)_ (qv).'),
('24799',' The "Trading Post" was originally "Alligator Als"'),
('24800',' Paul Kaye (qv) is the voice of Mr. Hiccup, but Mr. Hiccup never  speaks. Kaye only make the hiccups sound.'),
('24801',' First televised performance of Yul Brynner (qv).'),
('24802',' Originally a short on Nicktoons Network.'),
('24803',' It takes two weeks to make a puppet for the show.'),
('24804',' The Josh and Parker puppets have the most spare parts because they  appear in more scenes than anyone else.'),
('24805',' Scriptwriter Meyer Dolinsky (qv) was also the lyricist for this  episode.'),
('24806',' Wallace Shawn (qv) was originally set to voice Mr. Smith, but  changed his mind when he realized, were he to die, that his last  project would be that of a talking orangutan.'),
('24807',' Spalding Gray (qv) was considered for the role of Paul Stark.'),
('24808',' The series sparked controversy due to its comic treatment of the  visually impaired.'),
('24809',' This series and a remarkably similar one on NBC called  _"Captain Nice" (1967)_ (qv) both debuted the same evening, 9  January 1967. Both shows aired their last episode on 28 August 1968  . Neither was a big enough hit to justify being renewed for a second  season.'),
('24810',' After the show was canceled, Universal took three episodes of the  program and edited them into a feature titled "The Pill Caper"  (copyright 1967), which was then syndicated to television.'),
('24811',' This was the worlds first television series shot entirely on  digital video. Shot for the most part in Italy it was not broadcast  there but in 23 other countries (mostly Middle Eastern and North  African) via satellite.'),
('24812',' Lord Ted Willis (qv) originally conceived Mrs Thursday as a one  season retirement swan song for Kathleen Harrison, but the show  became one of the top rated of 1966 leading to two more seasons and  Kathleen Harrison (qv) herself being kept busy for the next  decade.'),
('24813',' Caroline Aherne refused to make another series because of the bad  criticism she got for the first one.'),
('24814',' Jennifer Aniston (qv) almost had to turn down the part of Rachel  on _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv) when it looked like this show might get  picked up for the 1994 Fall Season.'),
('24815',' According to the still pictures that are shown following each  episodes ending credits, the name "Ryvius" (pronounced  "rih'),
('24816','vye'),
('24817','us") can be taken as shorthand for a number of different  phrases; among these are "reveal us", "revile us", "revise us",  "revisit us", and so on.'),
('24818',' The interviews were made by University of Helsinki ethnology  students.'),
('24819',' Edith Gonzales (qv) was replaced by Ana Patricia Rojo (qv)  during the second half of the series, because Gonzales was pregnant.'),
('24820',' This show was first aired after the 1985 earthquake in Mexico. They  wanted to help people that had been affected by it.'),
('24821',' Mulawin premiered on August 2, 2004 and garnered 33% in local TV  ratings and it is still beaten at that time. Its ratings went below  30%, its highest is 48.6%, its lowest is 23% and its final episode  garnered 47.0%. Its overall ratings was an impressive 35.5%, GMAs  highest overall rating in that time. This was GMA Networks highest  rating for its show, until it was beaten by _"Darna" (2005)_ (qv)  and later by _"Encantadia" (2005)_ (qv).'),
('24822',' The first ever local television series with a tie'),
('24823','in Java game for  mobile gamers.'),
('24824',' The series contributes to raising awareness on environmental  concerns. Stories about deforestation, air pollution and rescued  endangered species of birds, and subsequently naming these birds  after the Mulawin characters, became a staple of local newscast.'),
('24825',' _"Bubble Gang" (1995)_ (qv), GMA Networks longest running gag show  parodied the series, and named it Marilawin, a combination spoof of  _"Marinara" (2004)_ (qv) and Mulawin.'),
('24826',' When each one of the two twin sisters appeared on a scene, Glória  Pires played Ruth and Raquel, but when the two twin sisters appeared  together on the same scene, the actress Graziela de Laurentis worked  as a double with the actress Glória Pires.'),
('24827',' First guest star of the show was actor Anthony Quinn (qv) who  traveled to Portugal to be interviewed and to meet old friend  Portuguese singer Amália Rodrigues (qv).'),
('24828',' Longest'),
('24829','running soap opera on Mexicxan televison.'),
('24830',' The version of Claude Debussys "The Girl With The Flaxen Hair"  performed by Isao Tomita in his album "Snowflakes are dancing", was  used in the show to create a mysterious and magical environment when  Cristina (Graciela Mauri) behaved like her passed'),
('24831','away mother.'),
('24832',' The first and thus far only version of "The Munsters" to feature  lyrics with the memorable theme song. The lyrics are as follows;  "Were the Munsters. Were the Munsters. We went to sleep twenty  years ago, and we woke up with a brand new show. Were the Munsters.  Were the Munsters... Today."'),
('24833',' Beverley Owen (qv) played Marilyn for the first 13 episodes and  Pat Priest (qv) replaced her for the remainder of the series.'),
('24834',' There was only one Drag'),
('24835','U'),
('24836','La (Grandpas coffin car,) built for the  show. It now hangs from the ceiling in Planet Hollywood in Atlantic  City. There have been several replicas built since.'),
('24837',' The uncredited voice of The Raven was supplied by Mel Blanc (qv).  On the rare occasions Blanc was unavailable, the Ravens voice was  supplied by Bob Hastings (I) (qv).'),
('24838',' The Munster Koach, and the Dragula car were both built by Hollywood  car customizer George Barris (I) (qv).'),
('24839',' Fred Gwynne (qv) also played Hermans twin brother Charlie and a  reject creation of Doctor Frankensteins named Johann.'),
('24840',' For the first 13 episodes, in which Beverley Owen (qv) played  Marilyn, Fred Gwynne (qv) appeared last in the opening credits.  When Owen was replaced by Pat Priest (qv) and the sequence had to  be re'),
('24841','shot, Gwynne appeared first in the credits. Since there were  no further cast changes for the second season, the credits remained  in that order for the remainder of the series.'),
('24842',' Lily Munsters original first name was Phoebe in the pilot.'),
('24843',' The pilot of the series was in color.'),
('24844',' Grandpas Drag'),
('24845','u'),
('24846','la racer was only used in one episode, despite  being shown in the end credits of every 2nd season episode.'),
('24847',' Beverley Owen (qv), who played Marilyn Munster in the first 13  episodes, is a natural brunette. She wore a wig, and her hairline  was often covered up by a headband. Pat Priest (qv), who played  Marilyn for the remainder of the series, is a natural blond, so that  is her natural hair.'),
('24848',' This show and its "rival" series _"Addams Family, The" (1964)_ (qv)  both debuted within a week of one another in September 1964. At the  end of that years TV season, this show ranked #18 in the Nielsens,  with a rating of 24.7, while The Addams Family came in at #23, with  a 23.9 rating. At the time, Nielsens indicated what percentage of  American TV households tuned in to any given program. By the end of  the following year, both series were cancelled.'),
('24849',' Eddies pet dragon that lived under the stairs was named Spot.'),
('24850',' Eddies stuffed wolf was named Woof'),
('24851','Woof.'),
('24852',' Grandpas pet bat was named Igor.'),
('24853',' Other members of the Munster family were Lilys brother (and  Grandpas son) a werewolf named Lester and Uncle Gilbert, the  Creature from the Black Lagoon.'),
('24854',' The Munsters lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights.'),
('24855',' Grandpa wasnt Grandpa Munster. He was Lilys father, and their  family name was "Dracula".'),
('24856',' Eddies full name was Edward Wolfgang Munster.'),
('24857',' This series title was supposedly derived from combining the words  "fun" and "monsters".'),
('24858',' Beverley Owen (qv)s final episode was "Family Portrait".'),
('24859',' Bill Mumy (qv) was the original choice for Eddie Munster, but his  parents didnt approve of the extensive makeup that would be used  for his character. He would eventually guest on the episode "Come  Back, Little Googie", playing an incorrigible brat, during the first  season.'),
('24860',' The character Herman Munster was ranked #19 in TV Guides list of  the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).'),
('24861',' Contrary to popular belief, The Munsters were not the first couple  on TV to share a bed. It was real'),
('24862','life couple  Mary Kay Stearns (qv) and John Stearns (I) (qv) on their show  _"Mary Kay and Johnny" (1947)_ (qv) in the late 1940s.'),
('24863',' The name of the funeral parlor that Herman worked for was Gateman,  Goodbury and Graves.'),
('24864',' The occasional role of Mr. Gateman was played by  John Carradine (qv).'),
('24865',' The show was shot in black and white because the studio did not want  to pay an extra $1,000 per episode for color.'),
('24866',' The house that would later become Munster House first made an  appearance in an episode of _"Leave It to Beaver" (1957)_ (qv).  Producers Joe Connelly (I) (qv) and Bob Mosher (qv) created both  series.'),
('24867',' After the pilot was filmed, CBS execs insisted on re'),
('24868','casting the  role of Lily Munster. Initially, both Fred Gwynne (qv) and  Al Lewis (III) (qv) balked at the notion of the part going to  Yvonne De Carlo (qv). However, later both Gwynne and Lewis agreed  De Carlo was a great comedic actress.'),
('24869',' The first season opening credits sequence was a parody of  _"Donna Reed Show, The" (1958)_ (qv), which always began with Donna  passing out lunches to her departing family members.'),
('24870',' Butch Patrick (qv) (Eddie Munster) recorded a pop record to the  tune of "The Munsters" theme in the early 80s called "What Ever  Happened to Eddie?" as Eddie and the Monsters.'),
('24871',' Although Bud Westmore (qv) is credited as make up artist on each  installment of The Munsters, he merely supervised Universals makeup  department at the time. The actual, uncredited work was done by  Karl Silvera (II) (qv) (Hermans make'),
('24872','up and appliances)  Perc Westmore (qv) (Grandpa), Abe Haberman (qv) (Lily) and  Mike Westmore (I) (qv) (Marylin and Eddie).'),
('24873',' Pat Priest (qv)s first appearance as Marilyn. She only appears in  the coda and does not have any lines.'),
('24874',' The Martian seen at the end of the episode is the Helosian from  _"Outer Limits, The" (1963)_ (qv)s episode O.B.I.T.'),
('24875',' Fred Gwynne (qv) appears without his makeup. In that episode,  Herman was struck by lightning and was turned into a "normal" human  being.'),
('24876',' Universal coaxed special effects designer Ken Strickfaden (qv)  from retirement to recreate the lighting effects from the original  Frankenstein pictures.'),
('24877',' In the original version of this episode, Eddie does not have a  widows peak. All scenes with Eddie (Butch Patrick (qv)) were  re'),
('24878','shot after the producers decided to add a widows peak to Eddies  hair, except for the scene where Eddie is chased home by love struck  young girls.'),
('24879',' This is the original version of "My Fair Munster" (ep. #1.2). Eddie  does not have a widows peak in this version. All scenes with Eddie  (Butch Patrick (qv)) were reshot after the producers decided to  add a widows peak to Eddies hair.'),
('24880',' The 1938 Cadillac V'),
('24881','12 Limousine around which this episode revolves  came from producer Bob Mosher (qv)s personal collection.'),
('24882',' Skeeter, was never a made as a real puppet, she was made for and  only seen in the animated version. All other Muppets Babies had a  puppet counterpart in the Muppets Show.'),
('24883',' This show was reportedly born out of the wild popularity of the  Muppet Babies fantasy scene in  _Muppets Take Manhattan, The (1984)_ (qv).'),
('24884',' The show started out with a run time of 30'),
('24885','minutes, then was boosted  to 60'),
('24886','minutes. It ended up going to 90'),
('24887','minutes when "The Garbage  Pail Kids" cartoon ended up not making it to the airwaves, and CBS  had nothing else to fill the void.'),
('24888',' Faces were never shown for adult characters.'),
('24889',' In the second season, the show was expanded to 60 minutes and the  title was changed to "Muppets, Babies & Monsters". An additional  segment titled "Little Muppet Monsters" was added. The segment  featured new puppet characters and animated segments. These segments  were so unpopular that they were cancelled after two episodes. The  remaining half'),
('24890','hour was filled with reruns from the first season.  The shows closing theme song was changed to an instrumental version  of the "Monsters" theme song and it remained until the end of the  shows run.'),
('24891',' Initially, the producers had such difficulty casting guest stars  that they had to call upon all their personal friends in the  entertainment industry for help. This changed dramatically after  Nureyev, Rudolf (qv) agreed to appear. The publicity of a renowned  ballet dancer appearing on such a bizarre show created such positive  publicity that the show became popular and soon celebrities were  lining up to appear on the show.'),
('24892',' The show featured Zero Mostel (qv)s last television appearance.  His episode was taped just three months before his death and aired  three months after.'),
('24893',' Chris Langham (qv), one of the shows writers, became a guest star  as a last'),
('24894','minute replacement. The star he was replacing was  Richard Pryor (qv).'),
('24895',' The episode with Deborah Harry (I) (qv) was originally supposed to  feature Cher (I) (qv) as the guest star.'),
('24896',' Señor Wences (qv) was originally booked as a guest star in the  fourth season '),
('24897',' hes even mentioned as a guest star in Scooters  "List of Guest Stars" song (tune of "Modern Major General") in the  Phyllis George (I) (qv) episode, in the middle of the fourth  season '),
('24898',' yet Señor Wences didnt appear on the show until the  following year.'),
('24899',' Ruth Buzzi (qv) recently revealed that she was originally supposed  to be the first guest on the show, but scheduling conflicts pushed  her back to episode #4. The guest star on the first episode was  Juliet Prowse (qv).'),
('24900',' Of all the musical numbers they cooked up for the show, the one the  producers were most proud of was created from  Harry Belafonte (qv)s request for a meaningful piece, which had  the singer singing "Turn the World Around" with puppets made to  resemble traditional African tribal masks.'),
('24901',' One of the most persistent stories over the years is about  Spike Milligan (qv)s T'),
('24902','shirt with Arabic lettering. Supposedly it  was discovered that the Arabic lettering translated to "hashish"  only after the show was aired. This was untrue. Milligans T'),
('24903','shirt  actually says "Kuwait", a reference to his own television series  _"Q5" (1969)_ (qv), which had been renamed in various versions over  the years to "Q8" in one of its incarnations. Kuwait = Q8.'),
('24904',' The two old men in the balcony are Statler and Waldorf, named after  two New York City hotels. Statler is the taller, thinner one.  Waldorf has a round head and is shorter. Waldorfs wife is named  Astoria, after the famous Waldorf '),
('24905',' Astoria Hotel.'),
('24906',' The Swedish Chef has been said to be inspired by the first and only  television appearance of Lars Baeckmann. His appearance was a total  failure, as he mumbled a strange mixture of English and Swedish  while hectically preparing some sort of food. It was thought that  the shows producers found it very funny and created the Swedish  Chef in Baeckmanns likeness (including the thick mustache).  However, show writer Jerry Juhl (qv) has refuted this statement  and believes Baeckmann invented the rumor himself. Baeckmann, who  presently earns his money with a traveling cooking show in Sweden,  was paid $80 for the rights to the character. He is considered to be  a good cook with a great sense of humor.'),
('24907',' The "Turn the World Around" number was so beloved by the Muppet  performers that Harry Belafonte (qv) sang the song at  Jim Henson (I) (qv)s funeral.'),
('24908',' Many guest stars would be asked about their favorite Muppet and be  given scenes with them. Miss Piggy was reportedly the most  requested. Animal was a close second.'),
('24909',' Miss Piggys full name is Miss Piggy Lee.'),
('24910',' Many of the characters were redesigned early in the shows run. Miss  Piggys long hair and nose were replaced with shorter, curly hair  and a shorter nose. Gonzos nose was resized, and Fozzie had his  wagging ears and drooping mouth removed because Frank Oz (qv) felt  they were unnecessary to bring the character to life.'),
('24911',' The character of Miss Piggy was originally alternately played by  Richard Hunt (I) (qv) and Frank Oz (qv). As the character grew  in popularity, a hesitant Oz took on sole performer status. He once  remarked that Piggy was such an intense and over'),
('24912','the'),
('24913','top woman, she  could only be played by a man.'),
('24914',' Although the episode with Rita Moreno (I) (qv) was the fifth  episode produced, it was the first to air in most markets.'),
('24915',' The first two episodes (featuring Juliet Prowse (qv) and  Connie Stevens (qv), respectively) were produced months before  regular production began on the first season proper. They served as  pilots to sell the series to TV stations.'),
('24916',' Guest stars were allowed to appear on the show only once and never  appeared a second time.'),
('24917',' Jim Henson (I) (qv) wanted the show to end during the peak of its  popularity and creativity '),
('24918',' and it did. The final year featured the  highest Nielsen ratings of its existence.'),
('24919',' The episodes were taped in London.'),
('24920',' English television didnt have commercial interruptions during the  programs, so many British telecasts feature scenes and musical  numbers (mostly British music hall in nature) not seen in the US  until Nickelodeon aired the show for a brief time in the spring and  summer of 1994. Nickelodeon '),
('24921',' a kids channel '),
('24922',' would edit out  another sketch (mostly sketches that Nickelodeon thought shouldnt  be seen by their audience) in favor of the usually less offensive UK  sketches.'),
('24923',' The one'),
('24924','eyed cat who hangs out backstage is named "Gaffer, the  backstage cat."'),
('24925',' Besides the theme song, very few songs were actually written for the  show. They were taken from old comedy albums, vaudeville standards  and British music hall routines.'),
('24926',' The "Mahna'),
