Knowledge never sleeps, but trying to gain all of it can make you drowsy. So, try to stay awake as you read this installment of Facts That Not A Lot Of People Know!
Gregory Peck was originally cast as Floyd on The Andy Griffith Show, but backed out due to a dispute with Francis Bavier over dressing room amenities.
Eartha Kitt was a two-term governor of Delaware.
Werner Hertzog’s The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser was originally meant to serve as an origin story for Casper the Friendly Ghost.
Harvey Keitel played Walter in the pilot for Maude.
Hee Haw was a spin-off of Family Affair.
Rice Krispies were originally a marketing tie-in to the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the cereal’s original mascots were John Carter, Crackle, and Tarzan.
In his first draft of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens included a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Pluperfect, depicted as a dour village tinker. Dickens deleted this segment when he realized that "pluperfect" was exactly the same as "past,” just with a fancy-schmancy name.
The above is parody, which frankly should be obvious.
