Loudon Wainwright III played guitar and sang on three episodes of the third season of “M*A*S*H” (1972) as “Capt. Spalding”. - IMDb trivia
When the series was first going into production, the network wanted a laugh track (a sitcom staple), while the show’s producers didn’t. They compromised with a “chuckle track”, played only occasionally. (DVD releases of the series mostly allow viewers a no-laugh-track option.) However, even the “chuckle track” — it was agreed upon by all involved in the discussion — would not ever be used during the scenes in the surgical tent.When the series was shown in the UK, it didn’t have a laugh track. Once, the BBC left it switched on by mistake and received a number of complaints that the intrusive canned laughter spoilt the show’s atmosphere.
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MASH (1970)
When the movie was released, the military wanted not to run the movie in their theaters because of its anti-war message. The case went to the Supreme Court which ruled the military could not withdraw the film for this reason. Instead, the military chose to run Patton in the following week feeling that film was more complimentary to the military. -IMDb
The Naked Prey (1966)
Cornel Wilde was careful to try to avoid harm to animals appearing in the film where possible. In the scene where the python and the monitor lizard battle, it became clear that the python was winning and the monitor was in danger. Wilde personally intervened to save the monitor lizard and the lizard bit him on the leg, refusing to let go. Crewmembers killed the monitor and Wilde had to be evacuated to hospital for treatment. -IMDb
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
This would be Laurie Bird’s (as the girl/hitchhiker) film debut. She would only star in two more films including Cockfighter and Annie Hall before taking her own life in New York in 1979. -IMDb
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Cinematographer Luis Cuadrado was going blind at the time this film was made. He eventually went completely blind and committed suicide in 1980.There is a total of exactly 1000 shots in the film. Exactly 500 are inside, and exactly 500 are outside.-IMDb
Mildred Pierce (2011)
Part of the show’s running storyline is a falling-out between Kevin and Winnie, who becomes a background character for several months, until she and Kevin reconcile. The main reason for this part of the storyline was that actress Danica McKellar had had a growth spurt, and she and star Fred Savage, already shorter than McKellar, didn’t look right standing together. The characters reconciled after Savage began to catch up in height. - IMDb
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Piranha 2 IMDb Trivia
According to “Dreaming Aloud,” a biography of James Cameron by Christopher Heard, Cameron did do the shooting for this movie, but was not allowed to see his footage and was not involved in editing. He broke into the editing room and cut his own version, but was caught and Assonitis re-cut it again.
