Posted 6 minutes agoMy Mind Is Absolutely Blown From These 47 Photos That Are Making Me Look At These Pop Culture Moments And Famous People DifferentlyTitanic, marketed as a summer blockbuster, feels like an alternate universe.by Brian GalindoBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink 1. In 1983, Carrie Fisher did a beach-themed Return of the Jedi photo shoot for Rolling Stone, complete with her wearing Princess Leia's gold metal bikini: Aaron Rapoport / Getty Images There were lots and lots of photos taken that day, but according to the photographer, Aaron Rapoport, the magazine only ran two: Aaron Rapoport / Getty Images 2. Before Kermit the Frog became famous as the leader of The Muppets, he was actually well-known for his drag act! He went by "Kermina" and performed a lipsync-comedy act to Rosemary Clooney's "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face." Here's a screenshot of him performing it on The Steve Allen Show in 1956: NBC / Via youtube.com And here is a screenshot of Kermit performing the lipsync-comedy act on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1967: The Ed Sullivan Show / CBS / Via youtube.com 3. Batman has actually appeared onscreen a lot longer than you might realize. He was first portrayed in 1943, by Lewis Wilson (with Douglas Croft as Robin) in a film serial: Columbia Pictures/ Courtesy Everett Collection 4. In the '80s, there was a Gilligan's Island and Alf crossover! Alan Hale Jr. (The Skipper), Bob Denver (Gilligan), Dawn Wells (Mary Ann), and Russell Johnson (The Professor) appeared in the episode "Somewhere Over the Rerun," where Alf has a dream that he is stuck on the island with them: NBC/ Courtesy Everett Collection 5. These are photos of Mae West in 1920, before she dyed her hair her signature platinum blonde color: Bettmann / Bettmann Archive 6. And this is a photo of Lucille Ball looking a bit unrecognizable without her trademark red hair - with her natural hair color - in 1938: CBS Photo Archive / CBS via Getty Images 7. Speaking of Lucille Ball, this is what the set of the Ricardos' Connecticut home on I Love Lucy looked like in color: / Courtesy Everett Collection, Courtesy Everett Collection 8. And here is a photo of actor Richard Keith (who played Little Ricky on I Love Lucy) with the real-life son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr. Cbs Photo Archive / Getty Images 9. This is what the set of the Petries' living room on The Dick Van Dyke Show looked like in color: CBS/ Courtesy Everett Collection 10. Oscar the Grouch was orange during the first season of Sesame Street, but that wasn't meant to be his original color. Originally, Jim Henson wanted Oscar's fur to be magenta. However, color TVs at the time couldn't really process magenta very well, so Jim settled on orange. Though, he then changed his mind and gave Oscar his signature green fur for Season 2 - with Oscar explaining the color change was a result of him being covered in mold and slime after a vacation to a swamp: David Attie / Getty Images 11. This is one of the last photos of James Dean alive. He was filling up his Porsche at a gas station in LA's Sherman Oaks neighborhood before driving up to participate in the Salinas Road Race - he would die a few hours after this photo was taken: Bettmann / Getty Images 12. Here's a photo of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks putting their handprints and signatures in cement outside the Chinese Theater in 1927. They were the first two celebrities to ever do it: Courtesy Everett Collection 13. This is a photo of Cyndi Lauper and Paul Reubens as Pee-Wee Herman playing mini golf in 1984 while she promoted her album: Chris Walter / Getty Images 14. In the original pilot for Friends, the show was called Friends Like Us, used a different font for the credits, and used R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People" as the theme song. Friends Like Us was actually what the show was called when the cast auditioned for it and signed on. However, they changed the name to Six of One (and eventually just Friends) to avoid confusion with Ellen DeGeneres' TV sitcom These Friends of Mine, which had premiered earlier that year: Michael Flanagan/ Warner Bros. Television / Via youtube.com ICYW, These Friends of Mine would change its name to Ellen to avoid being confused with Friends. 15. This is what Monica and Rachel's apartment on Friends looks like behind-the-scenes: NBC / NBCUniversal via Getty Images 16. And this is what Central Perk looks like behind-the-scenes: Nbc / Getty Images 17. Here's a photo of the characters from Dinosaurs vs. a photo of the puppeteers who play them: Abc Photo Archives / Getty Images 18. Gone With the Wind is a classic and considered one of the greatest films of all time. The film also did a lot of firsts, including being the first color movie to win the Best Picture Oscar and having the first Black actor to be nominated and win an Oscar - which was Hattie McDaniel for Best Supporting Actress. However, one first you might not know is that it was the first film to have its premiere televised (an
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January 4, 2026
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