IndependenceMean8774
IndependenceMean8774 t1_j61c61f wrote
Reply to TIL John Byner was originally cast as Mork from Ork on Happy Days, but found the premise ridiculous and quit days before filming, leading Robin Williams to be called in last minute by LoneRangersBand
Why bother accepting the role in the first place if you think it's ridiculous, only to back out a short time before filming? That seems more ridiculous to me than the show's premise. Reject the role outright or at least try it for a few shows before you give up.
IndependenceMean8774 t1_j5cocm5 wrote
Reply to TIL The writer for "Die Hard with a Vengeance" was investigated by the FBI after they revealed that his story's plan of robbing the Federal Reserve through a breached subway wall would have worked by fortifier22
"It's Christmas. You could steal city hall!"
IndependenceMean8774 t1_iu7dfdf wrote
Reply to comment by DAMN_Fool_ in TIL Al Capone was only 33 when he was locked away for tax evasion and developed neurosyphilis, leading to his death at 48. Eliot Ness was 27 when he formed the Untouchables--he died in a state of financial ruin in his 50s, likely hastened by his heavy drinking in his later life by capsaicinintheeyes
Yeah, 'cause it worked so well the last time they did it. 🙄
IndependenceMean8774 t1_j9lxtrf wrote
Reply to TIL The US military once accidentally killed over 6,000 sheep with nerve gas when a weapons test went wrong by Cranyx
IIRC, this was the event that inspired Stephen King's novel The Stand. You know, the book where 99% percent of the world's population dies from a superflu virus the government accidentally releases.