Secrets From 'Happy Days' That Producers Kept Hidden For Years

1950s Fun

This show was truly a blast to the past. It was filled with 1950s fun like music-filled jukeboxes, recklessly riding motorcycles, and cool guys in leather jackets. It's central to the plot, but the show originally was set to be a little farther back in the past. Originally, producers thought it should be set in the 1920s or 1930s, but Garry Marshall, the show's creator, wanted it to be the era he was raised in...

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The More You Know

  • Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom Ellen was one of the first television series to feature a lesbian protagonist.
  • Looney Tunes was created in 1930, in direct competition with Mickey Mouse cartoons. A second series, Merrie Melodies, soon followed. Both shows feature characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig
  • Monica’s apartment from the hit TV show Friends is estimated to be worth $3.5 million.
  • Fred and Wilma Flinstone, of the cartoon The Flinstones, were the first married couple portrayed on television sharing a bed, in the early 1960s.
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