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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Today we look at the unhappy history of celebrity stalkers. Robert Bardo became obsessed with young actor Rebecca Schaeffer. He hired a private investigator to find out where she lived and shot her to death, leading the LAPD to set up a Threat …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Some TV and movie stars sing on hit records. Others have criminal records. For example, in 1970, Suzanne Somers was arrested for passing bad checks. Larry King was accused of larceny after siphoning off cash intended to fund the New Orleans DA's …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Charlie Chaplin was a great artist, but he was also consumed by a form of pedophilia called phebophilia, which is an overwhelming attraction for teenage girls. He married and divorced two underage girls. One of them, Lita Grey, he married because …Read more.
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Trivia Bits Wednesday, June 17The Real Hamburglar: In November 2005, Ronald MacDonald was arrested after allegedly robbing a Wendy's in Manchester, N.H. The manager found MacDonald looting the safe with an accomplice named Hector Boyardee. No, that's a joke. The alleged accomplice was Steve Lemay. And you may have noticed that this MacDonald spells his name with one more A than the fast-food clown does. Way to ruin a good TriviaBit there, Ron ... Slow Down, Michael: William Daniels had a small part as a car thief on the pilot of "Knight Rider," on which he provided the voice of the car. He later became president of the Screen Actors Guild. Previously, he had won Emmys for his role on "St. Elsewhere." In the 2008 reboot, Val Kilmer took over the car's voice.
Which of these TV shows was not named for the show-within-a-show on it? A) "Fernwood 2Nite" B) "Home Improvement" C) "The Larry Sanders Show" D) "Sports Night" Previous answer: Archie Bunker belonged to the Kings of Queens, a title shared by Kevin James' sitcom. TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.
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