These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

1960's Mission: Impossible

Before Tom Cruise took on the lead role of Ethan Hunt, the 1960s spy movie starred Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. It ran from 1966 to 1973, and each episode began with the lead characters receiving their mission from a voice recording device that would self-destruct after concluding its message. It was pretty high-action for a program during the flower power era.

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The More You Know

  • Barbie in Toy Story is voiced by Jodi Benson, best known for her role as Ariel in The Little Mermaid.
  • "Dracula" was filmed in English during the day, and in Spanish at night.
  • "E.T." and "Poltergeist" started from the same script.
  • The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.
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