These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

Saturday Night Live

So many classic SNL skits have gotten spin-off films. Michael Meyers brought Wayne's World to the big screen, but we can't forget that John Belushi did it first with The Blues Brothers. Though there have been several films, those are by far the most memorable.

The More You Know

In the first draft of the Back to the Future screenplay, the time machine wasn't a Delorean, it was a refrigerator.
George Clooney had a keg of Guinness installed in his dressing room whilst filming Ocean's Eleven.
The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
"Dracula" was filmed in English during the day, and in Spanish at night.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.