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When a young filmmaker named George Lucas approached top toy companies with the rights to merchandise his upcoming science fiction film Star Wars, he was more or less laughed out of the room. The only company to take Lucas up on the offer, the small Cincinnati-based Kenner Toys, laughed all the way to the bank.…

It turns out one of television’s most beloved family sitcoms owes part of its existence to one of Hollywood’s biggest action movies.

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Before NBC’s medical drama “ER” eventually skyrocketed him to superstardom in 1994, George Clooney started out by making a string of guest appearances on popular ’80s TV shows, like “The Facts of Life” and “The Golden Girls.” But he also helped launch one of ABC’s best TV shows of all time.

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