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Beverly Hills 90210 – Supporting Characters
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TV Fun Fact: Al Michaels traded for a rabbit
Although Al Michaels is known as a sports icon, he probably never expected to be traded, especially for a fictional rabbit. On February 9, 2006, the sportscasting legend was allowed to leave ABC and his 20-year run on Monday Night Football to join NBC’s new Sunday Night Football broadcast. In exchange, NBC Universal sold various sports coverage rights to the ESPN division of ABC’s parent company Disney. But it also sold Disney the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a long-forgotten cartoon character developed by Walt Disney himself. Walt had tragically lost the rights to Oswald in 1928, spurring him to create a similar looking replacement character, which turned out to be Mickey Mouse.
When asked to comment about the “trade”, Al Michaels took it in stride. “Oswald is definitely worth more than a fourth-round draft choice. I’m going to be a trivia answer someday.”
Beverly Hills 90210 – Ray Pruitt
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TV Fun Fact: Melrose Place and the O.J. case
In the mid 1990’s, the primetime soap opera Melrose Place, a spinoff of Beverly Hills 90210, was among the most popular shows on television. How popular? Well, it’s been reported that the jury impaneled for the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial specifically requested video tapes of Melrose Place, their favorite program, to watch during their long sequestration.
Supposedly, deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department delivered for the jurors. But there’s no telling how their TV viewing habits may have affected the final verdict.
Beverly Hills 90210 – Clare Arnold
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TV Fun Fact: Ed O’Neill’s brief football career
TV dad Ed O’Neill, famous for such sitcoms as Married… with Children and Modern Family, nearly began his career on the gridiron instead of the television screen. In 1969, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed the 23-year-old O’Neill, a defensive lineman, as an undrafted free agent at the onset of the team’s dynasty run. However, having to compete for a roster spot with such future NFL legends as “Mean Joe” Greene and L. C. Greenwood, O’Neill didn’t make it past training camp.
After being cut by the Steelers, Ed O’Neill enrolled in the Youngstown State theater program and began a long and successful acting career.
Beverly Hills 90210 – Andrea Zuckerman
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Beverly Hills 90210 – Valerie Malone, the Later Seasons
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Beverly Hills 90210 – Valerie Malone, the Early Seasons
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SCREEN TIME WITH SAM 