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Was used in ''Home Alone'' movie
It was a cassette player
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Talkboy: The Coolest ’90s Toy Inspired by a Movie Prop - RETROPOND

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No one was as cool as Home Alone’s Kevin McAllister in the ’90s. But, you could at least try by getting yourself a Talkboy.

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Played quarterback for Green Bay packers
297 consecutive regular season starts
He did not miss a single game from 1992-2010

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Facts

Also Known As

Brett Lorenzo Favre

Born

October 10, 1969 (age 52) * Mississippi

Awards And Honors

Super Bowl * Most Valuable Player * Pro Football Hall of Fame (2016) * 1 Super Bowl championship * 3 NFL Most Valuable Player awards * 3 All-Pro selections * 11 Pro Bowl selections * Pro Football Hall of Fame (inducted 2016) * 1995 Associated Press NFL Offensive Player of the Year * 1996 Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) * 1995 Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)

Education

University of Southern Mississippi

Height/Weight

6 ft 2 inches, 222 lb (1.88 m, 100 kg)

Married To

Deanna Favre (1996-present)

Jersey Number

4 (Minnesota Vikings, 2009-2010) * 4 (New York Jets, 2008) * 4 (Green Bay Packers, 1992-2007) * 4 (Atlanta Falcons, 1991)

Draft

Drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round (33rd overall) of the 1991 NFL draft.

Completion Percentage

62.0

Yards Gained By Passing

71838

Top Questions

How many Super Bowls did Brett Favre win?

Brett Favre won one Super Bowl championship.

What position did Brett Favre play?

Brett Favre played quarterback.

How tall was Brett Favre?

Brett Favre was 6 ft 2 inches, 222 lb (1.88 m, 100 kg).

How many times did Brett Favre win the MVP?

Brett Favre won three NFL Most Valuable Player awards.

When was Brett Favre born?

Brett Favre was born on October 10, 1969, in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States.

When was Brett Favre inducted to the Hall of Fame?

Brett Favre was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.

What college did Brett Favre attend?

Brett Favre attended the University of Southern Mississippi.

How many times was Brett Favre selected to the Pro Bowl?

Brett Favre was selected to the Pro Bowl 11 times.

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Also Known As Brett Lorenzo Favre Born October 10, 1969 (age 52) * Mississippi Awards And Honors Super Bowl * Most Valuable Player * Pro Football Hall of Fame (2016) * 1 Super Bowl championship * 3 NFL Most Valuable Player awards * 3 All-Pro selections * 11 Pro Bowl

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Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Starred Will Smith | The house that they show is not really in Bel Air | The carlton’s dance was inspired by courteney Cox and Eddie Murphy.

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1. Will Smith only agreed to star in the show because he was in serious debt to the IRS.

Smith gained widespread fame as the rapper The Fresh Prince, and with that fame came a significant jump in income. Unfortunately, Smith didn't manage his money wisely or pay enough in income taxes, and he owed the government a whopping $2.8 million. The IRS seized most of his belongings, including his income. The Fresh Prince almost declared bankruptcy-until producer Quincy Jones picked him to star in a new series, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was born.

2. And he had to pay up.

The IRS forced Smith to pay them 70 percent of his salary over the first three seasons.

3. He was almost a total novice.

Smith only had one other TV production under his belt-as a t-shirt salesman on an ABC after school special-when he accepted a role on The Fresh Prince, and is embarrassed by his earliest performances on the show. He had never been formally trained as an actor, and-in some cases-his lack of experience was painfully obvious. "I was trying so hard," he said. "I would memorize the entire script, then I'd be lipping everybody's lines while they were talking. When I watch those episodes, it's disgusting. My performances were horrible."

4. Tyra Banks Made Her Acting Debut on the Show

She played Smith's on-screen girlfriend, Jackie, in a season four episode.

5. The House in the Intro isn't in Bel Air.

Instead, the pictured house is located in the nearby (and similarly affluent) Brentwood.

6. Carlton's Dance was Inspired by Courteney Cox and Eddie Murphy.

"There was a video of Bruce Springsteen and Courteney Cox called 'Dancing in the Dark,' and Bruce Springsteen pulls her up onto the stage and she basically does that dance," actor Alfonso Ribeiro said. "And it was also from Eddie Murphy's Delirious comedy video where he does 'the white man dance.' And what I did was ultimately take those two dances and combined them and made it my own, and made it my character's."

7. Geoffrey Had A Last Name.

The ever-snarky butler of the Banks household's last name was ... Butler. (His middle name was Barbara.)

8. Nicky's Middle Names Were Inspired by Boyz II Men.

Audiences were first introduced to Nicky in season three, after he is born to Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv. His full name is Nicholas Andrew Michael Shawn Nathan Wanya Banks. What are the Boyz II Men member names? Michael, Shawn, Nathan, and Wanya. The four-member R&B group performed at Nicky's christening in a season four episode.

9. Who's the Cabbie?

Many sites (including IMDb) state that that's Quincy Jones driving the taxi cab with dice in the mirror. But according to both Rashida Jones (Quincy's daughter) and Jada Pinkett Smith, the cabbie in the credits is "absolutely not" the Q. Besides, thanks to an auto accident at age 14 in which he was a passenger, Jones has never learned to drive.

10. Smith met his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, during auditions for the show.

She originally auditioned for the role of Will's on-screen girlfriend. She didn't get the part, but that didn't stop the couple from getting married in 1997.

See Also...

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12 Simpsons Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed

11. Smith contributed stories for some episodes.

Will Smith was more than just the sitcom's star. He also helped with stories and produced some of the episodes, including "Ain't No Business Like Show Business" in season three. In this episode, Will's friend Keith Campbell, a comedian from Philadelphia, visits and makes stand-up look so easy that Will decides to pursue a career in comedy.

12. Two Different Actresses Played Aunt Vivian.

Janet Hubert played the character during the first three seasons; Daphne Maxwell Reid played Aunt Vivian during the last three seasons. Janet Hubert has said that the producers offered her a 10-episode contract that prevented her from doing any other acting work. When she refused, the producers refused to negotiate and recast the role.

13. There were many famous guest stars.

Jay Leno, Queen Latifah, and Hugh Hefner all made guest appearances on the show.

14. The cast kept a "diary."

Earlier this year, Karyn Parsons, who played Hilary Banks, told ABC News about a notebook kept in the drawer of the set's kitchen island, which she took with her after the show went off the air. "Every now and then a camera person or the actors, somebody would just write silly poetry or 'James is getting on my nerves,'" she said. "We would make little notes, so I took that. I need to pull that out, especially now that James has passed, because I know he's written in there. I know he was written about."

15. The Show was Canceled and Brought Back

After NBC canceled Fresh Prince in its fourth season, the finale had Smith's character heading back to Philadelphia. After fan outcry, however, NBC decided to bring the show back; its fifth season opens with an NBC executive pulling Smith into a van to drive him back to California, saying "It's called the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, not The Fresh Prince of Philadelphia." Ultimately, the show had six seasons.

16. The Theme Song Caused a School Lockdown.

In 2013, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song caused a school to be put on lockdown. A receptionist from Ambridge Area High School in Pennsylvania called a student to remind him of an upcoming appointment. He didn't answer, and the receptionist was directed to the student's voicemail. The student imitated the show's theme song for his answering message, and the receptionist thought he said "shooting people outside of the school" instead of "shooting some b-ball outside of the school." The local police brought the student into custody, although he was later released.

17. You probably can't get the soundtrack.

Want to get a CD soundtrack of The Fresh Prince? You might have to take a plane to the Netherlands to get it; it was originally only released in Holland, where an extended remixed version of the title song hit #3 on the singles chart in 1992. The songs are now available online via Spotify and elsewhere for downloading.

18. The Show has been parodied.

There are multiple parodies of the show. Mad TV produced the animated Fresh Prawn of Bel-Air. A pet adoption group produced The Fresh Pup of Bel-Air.

See Also...

25 Things You Might Not Know About Boy Meets World
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28 Facts About The Wonder Years
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25 Future Stars Who Appeared on Seinfeld
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5 Baffling Foreign Language Versions of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme

19. Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay love The Fresh Prince.

In August 2012, the sitcom overtook the Harry Potter series as the entertainment of choice in the prison.

20. The show endorsed a pair of basketball sneakers.

They were called The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Jordan 5. (Well, they were actually called the Air Jordan 5 Bel Air, but that's not as good a name.)

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1. Will Smith only agreed to star in the show because he was in serious debt to the IRS. Smith gained widespread fame as the rapper The Fresh Prince, and with that fame came a significant jump in income. Unfortunately, Smith didn't manage his money wisely or pay enough in income taxes, and he owed the government a whopping $2.8 million.

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Robin williams

He was in Mrs. Doubtfire
He was in Hook
He was the voice of the Genie in Aladdin

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Robin Williams had a larger-than-life personality. On screen and on stage, he embodied what he referred to as " hyper-comedy." Offscreen, he was involved in humanitarian causes and raised three children-Zak, Zelda, and Cody. Since his untimely death on August 11, 2014, HBO has released the documentary Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, directed by Marina Zenovich, which chronicles his rise on the stand-up comedy scenes during the 1970s, to his more dramatic roles in the 1980s and '90s in award-winning films like Dead Poets Society; Good Morning, Vietnam; Awakenings; The Fisher King; and Good Will Hunting. In 2018, a mural with his face on it went up in Chicago, Williams's hometown; that same year, journalist Dave Iztkoff published the book Robin.

July 21, 2021 would've been Williams' 70th birthday. To celebrate, here are some things you might not have known about the iconic funnyman.

1. Robin Williams got his start in comedy at a church.

After leaving Juilliard, Robin Williams found himself back in his hometown of San Francisco, but he couldn't find work as an actor. Then he saw something for a comedy workshop in a church and decided to give it a shot. "So I went to this workshop in the basement of a Lutheran church, and it was stand-up comedy, so you don't get to improvise with others, but I started off doing, ostensibly, it was just like improvising but solo," he told NPR. "And then I started to realize, 'Oh.' [I started] building an act from there."

2. Robin Williams formed a friendship with Koko the gorilla.

In 2001, Williams visited Koko the gorilla, who passed away in June, at The Gorilla Foundation in Northern California. Her caregivers had shown her one of his movies, and she seemed to recognize him. Koko repeatedly signed for Williams to tickle her. "We shared something extraordinary: laughter," Williams said of the encounter. On the day Williams died, The Foundation shared the news with Koko and reported that she fell into sadness.

3. Robin Williams spent some time working as a mime in Central Park.

In 1974, photographer Daniel Sorine captured photos of two mimes in New York's Central Park. As it turned out, one of the mimes was Williams, who was attending Juilliard at the time. "What attracted me to Robin Williams and his fellow mime, Todd Oppenheimer, was an unusual amount of intensity, personality, and physical fluidity," Sorine said. In 1991, Williams revisited the craft by playing Mime Jerry in Bobcat Goldthwait's film Shakes the Clown. In the movie, Williams hilariously leads a how-to class in mime.

4. Robin Williams tried to get Lydia from Mrs. Doubtfire back in school.

As a teen, Lisa Jakub played Robin Williams's daughter Lydia Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire. "When I was 14 years old, I went on location to film Mrs. Doubtfire for five months, and my high school was not happy," Jakub wrote on her blog. "My job meant an increased workload for teachers, and they were not equipped to handle a 'non-traditional' student. So, during filming, they kicked me out."

Sensing Jakub's distress over the situation, Williams typed a letter and sent it to her school. "A student of her caliber and talent should be encouraged to go out in the world and learn through her work," he wrote. "She should also be encouraged to return to the classroom when she's done to share those experiences and motivate her classmates to soar to their own higher achievements ... she is an asset to any classroom."

Apparently, the school framed the letter but didn't allow Jakub to return. "But here's what matters from that story-Robin stood up for me," Jakub wrote. "I was only 14, but I had already seen that I was in an industry that was full of back-stabbing. And it was entirely clear that Robin had my back."

5. Robin Williams wasn't producers' first choice to play Mork on Mork & Mindy.

Anson Williams, Marion Ross, and Don Most told The Hallmark Channel that a different actor was originally hired to play Mork for the February 1978 Happy Days episode "My Favorite Orkan," which introduced the alien character to the world. " Mork & Mindy was like the worst script in the history of Happy Days. It was unreadable, it was so bad," Anson Williams said. "So they hire some guy for Mork-bad actor, bad part." The actor quit, and producer Garry Marshall came to the set and asked: "Does anyone know a funny Martian?" They hired Williams to play Mork, and from September 1978 to May 1982, Williams co-headlined the spinoff for four seasons.

6. Robin Williams "risked" a role in an Off-Broadway play.

In 1988, Williams made his professional stage debut as Estragon in the Mike Nichols-directed Waiting for Godot, which also starred Steve Martin and F. Murray Abraham. The play was held off-Broadway at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center. The New York Times asked Williams if he felt the show was a career risk, and he responded with: "Risk! Of never working on the stage again! Oh, no! You're ruined! It's like you're ruined socially in Tustin," a town in Orange County, California. "If there's risk, you can't think about it," he said, "or you'll never be able to do the play."

Williams had to restrain himself and not improvise during his performance. "You can do physical things," he said, "but you don't ad lib [Samuel] Beckett, just like you don't riff Beethoven." In 1996, Nichols and Williams once again worked together, this time in the movie The Birdcage.

7. Robin Williams ushered in the era of celebrity voice acting.

The 1992 success of , in which Williams voiced Genie, led to more celebrities voicing animated characters. According to a 2011 article in The Atlantic, "Less than 20 years ago, voice acting was almost exclusively the realm of voice actors-people specifically trained to provide voices for animated characters. As it turns out, the rise of the celebrity voice actor can be traced to a single film: Disney's 1992 breakout animated hit ." Since then, big names have attached themselves to animated films, from The Lion King to to . Williams continued to do voice acting in animated films, including Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Happy Feet, and Happy Feet 2.

8. Robin Williams forgot to thank his mother during his 1998 Oscar speech.

In March 1998, Williams won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting. In 2011, Williams appeared on The Graham Norton Show, and Norton asked him what it was like to win the award. "For a week it was like, 'Hey congratulations! Good Will Hunting, way to go,'" Williams said. "Two weeks later: 'Hey, Mork.'"

Then Williams mentioned how his speech accidentally left out one of the most important people in his life. "I forgot to thank my mother and she was in the audience," he said. "Even the therapist went, 'Get out!' That was rough for the next few years. [Mom voice] 'You came through here [points to his pants]! How's the award?'"

9. Robin Williams comforted Steven Spielberg during the filming of Schindler's List.

At this year's 25th anniversary screening of Schindler's List, held at the Tribeca Film Festival, director Steven Spielberg shared that Williams-who played Peter Pan in Spielberg's -would call him and make him laugh. "Robin knew what I was going through, and once a week, Robin would call me on schedule and he would do 15 minutes of stand-up on the phone," Spielberg said. "I would laugh hysterically, because I had to release so much."

10. Robin Williams helped Ethan Hawke get an agent.

During a June 2018 appearance on The Graham Norton Show, Ethan Hawke recalled how, while working on Dead Poets Society, Williams was hard on him. "I really wanted to be a serious actor," Hawke said. "I really wanted to be in character, and I really didn't want to laugh. The more I didn't laugh, the more insane [Williams] got. He would make fun of me. 'Oh this one doesn't want to laugh.' And the more smoke would come out of my ears. He didn't understand I was trying to do a good job." Hawke had assumed Williams hated him during filming.

After filming ended, Hawke went back to school, but he received a surprising phone call. It was from Williams's agent, who-at Williams's suggestion-wanted to sign Hawke. Hawke said he still has the same agent today.

11. Robin Williams was almost cast in Midnight Run.

In February 1988, Williams told Rolling Stone how he sometimes still had to audition for roles. "I read for a movie with [Robert] De Niro, [ Midnight Run], to be directed by Marty Brest," Williams said. "I met with them three or four times, and it got real close, it was almost there, and then they went with somebody else. The character was supposed to be an accountant for the Mafia. Charles Grodin got the part. I was craving it. I thought, 'I can be as funny,' but they wanted someone obviously more in type. And in the end, he was better for it. But it was rough for me. I had to remind myself, 'Okay, come on, you've got other things.'"

In July 1988, Universal released Midnight Run. Just two years later, Williams finally worked with De Niro, on Awakenings.

12. Billy Crystal and Robin Williams used to talk on the phone for hours.

Starting in 1986, Williams, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg co-hosted HBO's Comic Relief to raise money for the homeless. Soon after Williams's death, Crystal went on The View and spoke with Goldberg about his friendship with Williams. "We were like two jazz musicians," Crystal said. "Late at night I get these calls and we'd go for hours. And we never spoke as ourselves. When it was announced I was coming to Broadway, I had 50 phone messages, in one day, from somebody named Gary, who wanted to be my backstage dresser."

"Gary" turned out to be Williams.
A version of this story ran in 2018; it has been updated for 2021.

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12 Surprising Facts About Robin Williams

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Honda Accord  was  the best selling car on the market  | There were 417,179 cars sold in 1990. | They were $12,000  to $16,000

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Used 1990 Honda Accord LX Specs & Features | Edmunds

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Detailed specs and features for the Used 1990 Honda Accord LX including dimensions, horsepower, engine, capacity, fuel economy, transmission, engine type, cylinders, drivetrain and more.