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The Tarantula Scene In Home Alone Was In Fact Real
Kevin places Buzz’s tarantula on Marv’s face, and it turns out, the spider was actually real. Even actor Daniel Stern agreed to let that happen, but it was only for one take only. The only thing that wasn’t real during the scene was one thing. Remember when Marc scream’s like a girl?
In order to not frighten the spider, Stern had to mime the scream, then have the sound dubbed in later on.
Bill Murray Improvised A Lot Of His Lines In Scrooged And He Didn’t Get Along With The Director
In 1988, director Richard Donner talked with Philadelphia Daily News about Murray’s improvisation. “It’s like standing on 42nd Street and Broadway, and the lights are out, and you’re the traffic cop.” That’s enough to say that there was plenty of conflict between the director and Murray.
In fact, Murray described the experience to be a fair amount of misery. He described working on a “dusty, smelly, and smokey set” feeling alone most of the time.
A Charlie Brown Christmas Killed The Aluminum Tree Business Altogether
Aluminum Christmas trees were marketed beginning in 1958. They enjoyed a fairly consistent success in sales because they eliminated the pesky needles and tree sap. But, thanks to the yearly airings of A Charlie Brown Christmas, it swayed the public into thinking something else.
