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Sacha Baron Cohen's fearlessness in making serious people look silly has earned him a global audience, an appropriate amount of outrage, plenty of headlines, and an Oscar nomination.

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The sci-fi series' theme song is familiar to pretty much anyone who lived in the free world (and probably elsewhere, too) in the late 20th century. Do you know the words?

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In 1971, the legendary director was 24 years old and looking to break out with his first movie gig. He eventually found it in an issue of 'Playboy.'

Sean Hutchinson