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2 unusual facts about The Seven-Per-Cent Solution


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Both 46443 and 46521 appeared in a film version of The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.

Nora Kaye

The couple collaborated on several screen projects, including Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Last of Sheila (1973), Funny Lady and The Sunshine Boys (both 1975), and The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976).


Ally Burnett

Ally Burnett is an American pop and rock singer/songwriter best known for song placements on MTV shows such as 'Jersey Shore' and her theme song for 'The Seven'.

Judgment of Solomon

The scene has been the subject of television episodes of Dinosaurs, Recess, The Simpsons (where a pie was substituted for the baby), Seinfeld (see The Seven), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Philip D'Antoni

Philip D'Antoni (Born February 19, 1929 in New York, NY), is a film producer, known for the groundbreaking, memorable car chases in his dramatic police thrillers Bullitt (1968), The French Connection (1971), and The Seven-Ups (1973).

The Monterays

Tommy Forrest remained active as well, fronting local act The Seven into the early 70s.

The seven-year itch

The phrase has become so popular that some couples use it as a indicator of the lifespan of their marriage, a famous example being a Bavarian politician Gabriele Pauli, who has been divorced twice.

The phrase was first used to describe an inclination to become unfaithful after seven years of marriage in the play The Seven Year Itch (play) by George Axelrod, and gained popularity following the 1955 film adaptation starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell.

In samples taken from the National Center for Health Statistics, there proves to be an average median duration of marriage across time.

The Ten-Per-Cent Solution

The music that is played during the parody of The King's Speech is "Symphony No. 7" by Ludwig van Beethoven, and a musical piece from the Swan Lake ballet is played during the Black Swan parody.

This musical combination was composed by Alf Clausen after The Simpsons music editor Chris Ledesma came with the suggestion.

When Rivers challenged Fox executives who wanted to fire her husband Edgar Rosenberg as the show's executive producer, the network fired them both.

At the Channel 6 studios, during a board meeting, Krusty is fired because "Today's children are uncomfortable with a clown whose every reference they have to look up on Wikipedia," and because Itchy and Scratchy are shown to be more popular with the children.


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