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unusual facts about The Producers



Chaunteé Schuler

She has done many on-stage performances, in productions such as The Lion King, Everyday Rapture, Applause, The Producers, Party Come Here, Dreamgirls, Smoky Joe's Café, Once on This Island, Crumbs from the Table of Joy, and Xanadu.

Chloe Dallimore

Chloe Dallimore is an Australian actor best known for her performance as Ulla in Mel Brooks' musical The Producers starring Bert Newton.

Creative accounting

According to critic David Ehrenstein, the term "Creative Accounting" was first used in 1968 in the film The Producers by Mel Brooks.

James Dreyfus

In November 2004, Dreyfus played Carmen Ghia in the London premiere of Mel Brooks' musical The Producers, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Jennifer Paige Chambers

Jennifer Paige Chambers is a musical theatre performer, who has appeared in "The Producers" on Broadway with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, in Los Angeles with Martin Short and Jason Alexander, and in the National Tour with Louis Stadlen and Don Stephenson.

She began her professional career at the age of 17, while still in high school, with an offer by Susan Stroman (The Producers, Oklahoma, Contact, The Music Man, Steel Pier, Young Frankenstein, and others) to appear in "Crazy For You."

John Jacob Astor VI

Astor's name is shown on one of the page buttons on an apartment building in Mel Brooks' 2005 movie musical The Producers.

Warren Carlyle

He started as a dancer, after taking dance lessons, but then was chosen by Susan Stroman to be associate choreographer for the West End Royal National Theatre production of Oklahoma! (1998), and she later chose him to assist her on the Broadway musical The Producers.


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Aaron Duran

For several years, he was also one of the producers of Ground Zero Radio with Clyde Lewis.

Andy Byatt

This film was largely put together with highlights from the NHU's internationally acclaimed series, The Blue Planet, of which Byatt was one of the producers, along with Alastair Fothergill and Martha Holmes.

Angie's Kettle Corn

The producers, Angie and Dan Bastian of Mankato, Minnesota, originally distributed their product in 2002 outside the Metrodome during Minnesota Vikings home games.

Billy Blanks

Blanks was hired as a bodyguard for lead actress Catherine Bach during the filming of 1988's Driving Force, due to the political unrest present in Manila at the time; he impressed the producers so much, they wrote him into the script.

Chief Parker

Following the 1959 death of actor George Reeves and the cancellation of the Adventures of Superman television series, DC Comics (then known as National Periodical Publications) and the producers of the TV show decided to launch a new series about the hero's teenage exploits in Smallville.

Dave Della Terza

He is most notable as the founder of Vote for the Worst, a web site that promotes voting for contestants on American Idol who he, among others, believe the producers would hate to see win.

Day of Compassion

Neil Tadken, creator, was so moved by the HIV/AIDS-awareness storyline involving the character Billy Douglas (Ryan Phillippe) on One Life To Live, that Tadken contacted the producers of all ten daytime dramas, suggesting that on June 21, their shows mention AIDS and HIV in some way.

Dead and Gone

Rob Knox (not to be confused with the murdered actor), one of the producers, expressed his feelings into creating the song.

Deadliest Sea

It was produced by the producers of the popular Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch.

Elred Kumar

Elred Kumar was first announced as "a businessman passionate about the film industry" in an article by the Economic Times in 2009, and it was announced that he would collaborate with his business partner R. Jayaraman as a part of RS Infotainment to be the producers of Gautham Menon's Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa alongside VTV Ganesh and Escape Artists Motion Pictures' Madan.

Emperatriz Jurado

The producers gave the role to another actresses, Anette Michell and another TV Azteca newcomer Edith González, the latter was chosen to shoot a pilot.

Gordon Pinsent

During the 2008, 2010 and 2011 summer periods of CBC Radio One, Pinsent presented a radio documentary series called The Late Show featuring extended obituaries of notable Canadians whom the producers believed deserved attention.

H8R

Had the series not been canceled, the producers had hoped to book Sarah Palin, Joan Rivers, Mel Gibson and Lady Gaga for future episodes.

Jason Michael Brescia

During the production of the film, the producers asked Brescia to write in roles for Andy Milonakis, Kevin Nash, Jason Mewes, G. W. Bailey, and Mindy Sterling, to help ensure that the film be sold.

Judy Shepard

On Monday, February 15, 2010; Heritage of Pride, the producers of the annual LGBT Pride March down 5th Avenue in New York City announced that Judy Shepard has been selected as a Grand Marshal for the March along with Lt. Dan Choi previously announced.

Kane 103.7 FM

In 2012 some of the Producers and DJs from Kane FM participated in the London to Brighton Bike Ride, and through advertising on their own shows accumulated over £2000 in sponsorship for the British Heart Foundation.

Kyle Reese

Michael Biehn almost did not get the role of Reese because, at his audition, he spoke in a Southern accent after having just auditioned for a role in a stage production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof earlier that day and couldn't shake the accent, and the producers did not want Reese to seem regionalized.

Lebbeus Woods

Woods sued the producers of the film 12 Monkeys, claiming that they copied his work "Neomechanical Tower (Upper) Chamber".

Malai Malai

The success of Malai Malai, prompted the producers of his long-delayed film Thunichal to use his newfound publicity to launch their own film.

Mary Fickett

Negotiations with the producers of the program broke down and the role of Ruth Martin was recast with Lee Meriwether taking on the character in 1996.

Matthew Humphreys

Matthew has said that he usually can get a "feel for" what the producers and directors want for a character when he goes in for an audition, but he was given very little information as to the personality of his Bar Karma character Doug Jones when he went in for the audition.

Mekhai Andersen

When Cook announced she was pregnant, the producers of Criminal Minds chose to have Cook's character also be pregnant, rather than try to hide the pregnancy.

Michael Cohl

When Spamalot won the 2005 Drama Desk and Tony Award for Best Musical, Cohl was among the producers who received the awards.

Out of the Blue Enterprises

The company serves as the producers (with DHX Media's Decode Entertainment unit) of the CGI-animated children's television show Super Why! that airs on most PBS stations and on Kids' CBC in Canada and Blue's Room which formerly aired on Nick Jr..

Paran Jai Jaliya Re

The producers of the movie were sued soon after the release of the film, following the revelation that the plot was lifted from 2007 film Namastey London.

Pullo Center

The Great Jaguar Rescue, The Penn State Blue Band, The Curtis Symphony Orchestra, Rent, Livingston Taylor, Arthur Tricks the Tooth Fairy, The Producers, Lewis Black, Cirque Dreams, Thomas and Friends Live!

Red Forman

This reversal could be due to Eric leaving Donna at the altar and subsequently spending a year doing nothing, or the producers use of a "Reset Button" to get the status quo back.

Rikos Records

Rikos Records was founded in 1999 by the producers Janne Granberg (DJ CMOS) and Heikki Halme (DJ KKP).

Robert Brownjohn

In 1963, the producers of the James Bond films approached Brownjohn after disagreements with film title designer Maurice Binder.

Susan Lanier

Lanier, who served as the original choice by the producers to portray the newly created character Chrissy Snow, replaced Susanne Zenor in the cast when the characters, that were directly based from the original British sitcom Man About The House were done away with, but Lanier herself was then replaced by Suzanne Somers.

Suzana Perović

The success of Maštam o tebi recommended Perović to the producers of the sequel to the ground-breaking Serbian comedy "Tesna koža" which helped launch the career of another Yugoslav folk icon of the 80s, Lepa Brena.

Take One False Step

The New York Times film critic, Bosley Crowther, panned the film and also gave the producers some advice.

Terry Mike Jeffrey

He was musical director and had a starring role in Elvis - An American Musical, a New York-produced multi-media show organized by the producers of Grease and Beatlemania.

The Fallen Drakes

According to The Fallen Drakes' Facebook & Twitter, the band are presently writing and recording their debut album with Ger McDonnell back in the producers chair alongside new addition; Philip Magee (The Script).

The Lancaster Miller Affair

The producers then tested a large number of actors but claimed none of them were suitable and cast foreigners Peter Firth and Joseph Bottoms.

The Supremes at the Copa

Berry Gordy and Motown's head engineer Lawrence Horn are credited as the producers, and the orchestra was arranged and conducted by Gil Askey.

The Whales of August

Other greats turned down the producers' overtures for other reasons, e.g., Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Katharine Hepburn, John Gielgud.

Thelma Connell

She was the original editor on the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice but was replaced after the producers were unhappy with the running time of the film.

These Are the Voyages...

Connor Trinneer, who played Trip Tucker, felt that the finale should have had a memorable farewell that he described as a "M*A*S*H moment", but that the producers did not want to focus on such an element.

Thriller – A Cruel Picture

In Daniel Ekeroth's book on Swedish exploitation movies, Swedish Sensationsfilms: A Clandestine History of Sex, Thrillers, and Kicker Cinema, it is revealed that the producers took out a huge life insurance policy on star Christina Lindberg, as real ammunition was used in the action sequences, and that she was asked to inject saline solution during the drug scenes.

Thunichal

However, after the success of lead actor, Arun Vijay's Malai Malai, the producers decided to use his new-found publicity to launch their own film.

Tonto

When the 1938 Republic movie serial The Lone Ranger was being filmed, it was thought that having two white horses would be confusing, so the producers made "White Feller" a Pinto horse, presumably on the theory that, being partly white, a pinto could still be named "White Feller." The radio series, noting that the pinto in the film had gone over well with audiences, decided that Tonto's mount would henceforth be a pinto.

Troy Walker

A decade later, this character would be the focus of a lawsuit filed by Walker with the producers of SpongeBob SquarePants.

U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative

The Initiative's goal is to develop as quickly as possible effective control measures that minimize the threat of Fusarium head blight (scab), including the reduction of mycotoxins, to the producers, processors, and consumers of wheat and barley.

Victor M. Power

In 2004, he received national attention when he criticized the producers of Shania: A Life in Eight Albums, a television biopic of country star Shania Twain, for producing the film in Sudbury rather than Twain's actual hometown, Timmins.

WDPC

At first, the FCC denied the call letters to the new station, stating that MTM Enterprises, the producers of the popular CBS series WKRP in Cincinnati, had a 'hold' on the callsign.

Where the Day Takes You

Supporting cast member Alyssa Milano initially auditioned for the role of Heather, but fear of casting a former child actress initiated the producers to find her a smaller role instead.

William C. Conner

In a 1981 decision later reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in a case brought by Harpo Marx's widow Susan Fleming, Conner ruled that the producers of A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine had improperly used the Marx Brothers characters in their Broadway theatre production and that the publicity rights of the comedians, even after their deaths, overrode the First Amendment claims of the show's creators.

Wolftown Committee

The group consists of rappers Late, 10Shott, Size8, Jai Boo, High Timez, Lee Dee, Wayney G and Conman, as well as the producers Tricksta and Pez.