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Colin Perkins is an author and a comedian. In addition to mental_floss, he's written for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Splitsider, McSweeney's, and Cracked.

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The Missing Links: The Story of SNL Stills

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The Missing Links: The Death of Teaching

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The Missing Links: Behind the Scenes With Monsters & Maniacs

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The Missing Links: Auditions That Launched Careers

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The Missing Links: Inside the New Legoland Hotel

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The Missing Links: The Woman Who Ate Hitler's Food

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The Missing Links: Early Cell Phone Advertising

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The Missing Links: How to Become A Puppeteer

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The Missing Links: Welcome to Jurassic Park

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The Missing Links: SNL-Inspired Art

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)