Steven Spielberg was the executive producer of The Animaniacs.
100 Mind-Blowing Producer Facts
While most people think of Neil Patrick Harris as an actor, he is also a writer, producer, comedian, singer, and even amateur magician!
False eyelashes were invented in 1916 when a producer wanted to enhance an actress’s eyes in a movie. The lashes were made of human hair.
At his audition for The Office, John Krasinski told someone he was nervous about the producers ruining the show because of how great the British version was – little did he know, the person he was talking to was the show’s executive producer.
Vietnam is the world’s second-biggest coffee producer. Brazil creates the most, with Colombia coming in third.
China is the world’s largest silk producer. Over 150,000 metric tons of silk are produced annually. This accounts for 78% of the world’s silk production.
The Great Reality TV Swindle is exactly what it sounds like. In 2002, 30 people were conned to join a fake reality TV show in the U.K. Nik Russian, a bookstore clerk at the time, posed as a TV producer who offered a 1-year show. Russia persuaded the participants to leave their homes and quit their jobs and partners. However, there was no program deal or prize money. As a result, most of the 30 contestants went bankrupt. Since then, Nik Russian has not been convicted (since he did not take money from anyone) and nobody has been able to track his whereabouts.
Saffron is more expensive than gold. Iran is the world’s main producer of saffron, supplying 95% of the saffron market. Each flower produces about three red stamens which must be hand-picked. For every 150 flowers, only 1 gram of saffron is produced. The lengthy process plus its rarity makes this precious spice cost $3,000 per kg.
A Banknote Can Be Folded 4,000 Times: Our currency is pretty durable. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the sole producer of U.S. paper currency, says it would take 4,000 double folds, forward and backward, for a dollar bill to tear. It might be because paper money isn’t made of paper. It’s a blend of 75% cotton and 25% linen with tiny blue and red synthetic fibres of various lengths evenly distributed throughout the bill.