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- The identification number of the Starship Enterprise is NCC-1701.
- The most common telephone exchange number on television is 555.
- Batman and Robin live in Gotham City.
- Bill Cosby created Fat Albert and Weird Harold.
- An anchor is tattooed on Popeye's arm.
- Mr. Spock was second in command of the Starship Enterprise.
- Mr. Munster's first name is Herman.
- The 1st time the "f-word" was spoken in a movie was by Marianne Faithfull in the 1968 film, "I'll Never Forget Whatshisname." In Brian De Palma's 1984 movie, "Scarface," the word is spoken 206 times - an average of once every 29 seconds.
- Screenwriter Joe Ezterhas was paid $3 million for his script, Basic Instinct, the highest amount ever paid to a screenwriter.
- John Hughes wrote the script for Wierd Science (1984) in two days. He wrote The Breakfast Club (1984) in three days, and National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) in four days.
- Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed character on film, having been played by 72 actors in 204 films. The historical character most represented in films is Napoleon Bonaparte, with 194 film portrayals. Abraham Lincoln is the U.S. President to be portrayed most on film, with 136 films featuring actors playing the role.
- The first James Bond movie was "Dr. No."
- MASH stood for "Mobile Army Surgical Hospital."
- Felix Leiter is James Bond's CIA contact.
- The movie Cleopatra cost $28 million to make in 1963.
- TV's top rated series from 1957 to 1961 was Gunsmoke.
- The name of Popeye's adopted son is Swee'pea.
- According to the folks at Disney - there are 6,469,952 spots painted on dogs in the original 101 Dalmatians.
- Composer Richard Wagner was known to dress in historical costumes while writing his operas. He wasn't the only composer with quirks: Christopher Gluck would only write while seated in the middle of a field. And Gioacchino Rossini reportedly could only find inspiration by getting profoundly drunk.
- The characters in "The Addams Family" did not have names in the "New Yorker" cartoons; Charles Addams created their names when the television series in the 1960s was developed.
- The most-published playwright is Shakespeare. The second is Neil Simon. It's sort of hard to believe (at least for this writer) that Simon follows Shakespeare in terms of published works, but he does. Simon has produced more than 16 plays, including some that you've probably heard of, such as "The Odd Couple" and "Brighton Beach Memoirs." Sixteen plays doesn't sound like a lot, but Simon has done a few other things as well. He's written 18 books and 12 screenplays.
- The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop".
- Steve Martin's first movie was 'The Jerk'.
- Smithee is a pseudonym that filmmakers use when they don't want their names to appear in the credits.
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