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TIL of Ken Forsse, an Disney Imagineer whose company Alchemy II was put in charge of the animatronics on the Disney Channel show the Welcome to Pooh Corner. Nearly broke, the company switched to toys using the animatronic technology used in Disney rides. The result? Teddy Ruxpin.

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jNoJX TIL after reading the script for “Being John Malkovich”, John Malkovich said he was "half intrigued and half horrified”, he was interested in directing the movie if they changed the titular character to another actor, writer Charlie Kaufman refused.
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