Things You Didn’t Know

FLIPPER, Flipper, 1964-68

The TV Show ‘Flipper’ Flipped Into Our Hearts 60 Years Ago!

Did you know Flipper was often called the “aquatic Lassie?”

HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN, from left: Victor French, Michael Landon, 1984-1989. ph: Mario Casilli / TV Guide /© NBC /courtesy Everett Collection

5 Divinely Fun Facts About ‘Highway to Heaven’ to Celebrate 40th Anniversary

The show featured a surprising homage to one of Michael Landon’s early roles.

Ron Harper, Roddy McDowall, and James Naughton, 1974 in PLANET OF THE APES tv show

There Was a ‘Planet of the Apes’ TV Show?! 5 Things You Never Knew

In this version, humans could talk (though it didn’t seem to help them much).

LASSIE, Lassie, 1951-1971

6 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Lassie’

A ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ star got her start looking after Timmy. and more fun facts in honor of the TV show’s 60th anniversary.

Madonna crawling on the floor at the 1984 VMAs

6 Things You Never Knew About the First MTV VMAs — 40 Years Later

One major band had to be blackmailed into performing.

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE --

Michael Landon Feuded With Karen Grassle & Other Behind the Scenes Stories From ‘Little House on the Prairie’

One cast member passed out in the prairie heat.

Richard Kiel, c. 1980s.

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Richard Kiel, Jaws From James Bond

He didn’t just play a steel-toothed henchman … he also played a famous evil alien.

STAR TREK, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, 1966-1969

6 Obscure Facts About the Original ‘Star Trek’ Series

In honor of Star Trek Day on September 8, 2024.

LAND OF THE LOST, (from left): Wesley Eure, Kathy Coleman, Spencer Milligan, 1974-77.

7 Things You Never Knew About ‘Land of the Lost’

Sci-fi great Harlan Ellison almost worked on the show … sort of.

the clowns from KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE, 1988. ph: James W. Brewer/©MGM/courtesy Everett Collection

6 Frighteningly Fun Facts About ‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space’

Soupy Sales almost died by pie in the film.

WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, Dean Parkin on poster art, 1958.

Enormous Facts About ‘War of the Colossal Beast’

The movie’s director was a “B-Movie” king!

The Longest Yard, Burt Reynolds, anniversary

6 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘The Longest Yard’

The actors played for real … and got injured for real.

Mary Poppins, 60th Anniversary, Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews

‘Mary Poppins’ 60th Anniversary! 5 Things You Didn’t Know (And Some Aren’t Very Nice)

A “spoonful of sugar” was inspired by a vaccine?

the Ramones and Riff Randell in 'Rock N Roll High School'

5 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll High School’

Plus the 1979 Roger Corman-produced cult classic almost featured disco instead of rock and roll!

ART TO HART, Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers

5 Things You Probably Don’t Know About ‘Hart to Hart’

You won’t believe the producers’ first choice to play the crime-solving couple and who was on Hollywood’s Blacklist!

BLACK FRIDAY, left: Boris Karloff; right: Bela Lugosi on half-sheet poster art, 1940.

Fun Facts About Lugosi & Karloff’s 1940 Fright Flick ‘Black Friday’

The movie’s director went on to work with Abbott and Costello, Clint Eastwood and multiple wisecracking animals.

8 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’

The 1974 film starred Paul Newman and Robert Redford as Sundance Kid but it could have been someone completely different.

IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA, 1955.

Take a Deeper Dive on ‘It Came From Beneath the Sea’

Learn more about a nuclear submarine that provokes the ire of one very angry giant radioactive octopus before Svengoolie airs it on MeTV this Saturday August 17.

LOS ANGELES, CA - CIRCA 1978: Olivia Newton-John attends the 50th Annual Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion circa 1978 in Los Angeles, California.

Olivia Newton-John Still Captures Many Hearts After Her Death; PLUS, Fun Xanadu Facts

Remembering Olivia Newton-John and her mega cult movie ‘Xanadu’ that both have August 8 as a significant date.

CHARLIE'S ANGELS, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, 1976-1981

10 Things You Might Not Have Known About ‘Charlie’s Angels’

Who was the only Angel NOT to work in an Aaron Spelling/Leonard Goldberg production prior to becoming a ‘Charlie’s Angel?’ Find out that and more!

Kim Carnes and Bette Davis collage

How Bette Davis Reacted to Kim Carnes’ “Bette Davis Eyes”

The star “almost flipped” when she heard the tribute.

American actors Ava Gardner, Sue Lyon, Deborah Kerr and Richard Burton on the set of The Night of the Iguana, directed by John Huston.

6 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Night of the Iguana’

Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, the untamed jungle, and tiny golden guns … what could go wrong?

THE SIXTH SENSE, Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, 1999.

‘The Sixth Sense’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know For The Film’s 25th Anniversary

It was inspired by a real-life wake, it used to be about a serial killer, and it had its own plot twist spoiled by a song.

American rock singer Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) serenades a basset hound in a top hat with the song, 'Hound Dog' on the set of 'The Steve Allen Show,' July 1956.

What’s the TRUE Story Behind Elvis’ Biggest Hits?

A French ballad, a female blues singer and a crime spree all inspired hits by the King.

American singer and songwriter Barry Manilow, December 1980. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

8 Things to Know About Barry Manilow (At Least 1 Will Make You Cry)

“I invited everybody I ever met in my life to that concert, and Grandpa was there.”

JAWS, Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, 1975

Why ‘Jaws’ Almost Didn’t Get Made (It Wasn’t Just the Worst Place in the World to Shoot)

While few of us can imagine a world without ‘Jaws,’ it’s actually something of a miracle that the film was ever completed.

GREEN ACRES, Eddie Albert, Arnold the Piggy, Eva Gabor, (1968) 1965-1971.

5 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Green Acres’ & No They Didn’t Eat Arnold

The poor pig was rumored to be eaten and other fun facts.

John Wayne, 1972.

6 Things You Never Knew About Western Icon John Wayne

One of his strangest films had some very bad consequences.

Sid Krofft and Bette Davis collage

‘Land of the Lost’ creator Sid Krofft Says That Bette Davis Once Dropped an F-Bomb & Hung Up on Him

Krofft also shares a fiery exchange he had with an actress from ‘Poltergeist’

Barbara Eden then and now I Dream of Jeannie

8 Things You Never Knew About ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ Star Barbara Eden

She met a very famous President and got his phone number!