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Toylines being tied to TV shows is the norm now; however, it wasn’t always that way. In the early 1980s, the Reagan administration’s pro-business policies led to the deregulation of laws around TV aimed at children.
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When Star Wars: A New Hope premiered in theaters, there were audience members who knew EXACTLY what was going to happen because they had read the novelization six months earlier.
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It’s suspected that John Wayne might have died of cancer that was a result of his filming the 1956 movie, The Conqueror.
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Ray-Ban’s iconic Wayfarers were almost discontinued in the 1970s due to poor sales. They were only saved because in the early ’80s, Ray-Ban signed a $50,000 a year deal with a product placement company to get them featured in movies and TV shows.
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And lastly, Mister Rogers helped save the VCR by submitting a statement on behalf of Sony to the Supreme Court.