2 Comments TIL of Gene Greytak who made a film and television career impersonating Pope John Paul II. He made 17 different appearances spanning from 1988 – 2004 playing the same or similar character. by whatilearned December 27, 2022, 3:02 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL Mickey Mantle insisted that promoters of his baseball card show appearances include lesser-known Yankees of his era such as Moose Skowron or Hank Bauer with him so they could also earn money for their autographs. by whatilearned November 28, 2022, 5:37 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that Sir Patrick Stewart considered his appearances on The Simpsons and Sesame Street “perhaps the two most distinguished bits of work that I’ve done in the US.” by whatilearned October 7, 2022, 12:43 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that in his first few appearances, Beetle Bailey was a college student rather than a private, but the strip wasn’t successful, so its author had Beetle enlist in the Army shortly after, where he has remained ever since. by whatilearned September 4, 2022, 10:57 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL that Jeff Bergman’s first two major appearances as Bugs Bunny were both multi-crossover PSA specials that aired the same weekend in April 1990. The first was the infamous “Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue”, with the slightly lesser-known “The Earth Day Special” the day after. by whatilearned August 22, 2022, 8:17 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
8 Comments TIL that the BBC’s most exported show abroad is the 1990s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances by whatilearned March 2, 2022, 7:57 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL – The artist with the record for most musical appearances on SNL is David Grohl with 14 by whatilearned January 25, 2022, 4:44 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL Ian Millar AKA “Captain Canada” appeared in the most Olympics (10) 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. He has the most Olympic appearances on record over a 40 year period. He officially retired in 2019. by whatilearned January 11, 2022, 1:28 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
9 Comments TIL that Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in 140 films, 55 television appearances, 4 theatre productions, 6 video-games, and voiced 2 audio books. His films alone have grossed a total $27 billion, making him the highest-grossing live-action actor of all time. by whatilearned October 17, 2021, 11:13 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL James Moriarty only appears in two Sherlock Holmes stories, and one of those appearances is a brief flashback by whatilearned August 29, 2021, 3:33 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL the first appearances of Bugs Bunny as well as Tom & Jerry were both nominated for Academy Awards in 1940, only to lose to a much lesser known cartoon (The Milky Way) about three kittens exploring a dreamland where space is made entirely of dairy products. by whatilearned August 5, 2021, 11:39 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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