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A fact from Earl Hays Press appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 00:20, 15 August 2023 (UTC)Reply
... that "Morley" cigarette packets produced by the Earl Hays Press have appeared in episodes of The X-Files, Friends and Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Source: "In the ’90s, backroom intelligence met alien conspiracy every time the Cigarette Smoking Man lit up on The X-Files. His brand of choice? Morley’s. Morley’s might look like Marlboro, but they’re a prop made by one of the biggest names in Hollywood props – Earl Hays Press. The Cigarette Smoking Man isn’t the only character loyal to Morley’s, either; Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer smokes them, as does Chandler on Friends." from: Rush, A. Lynne (15 May 2018). "The most popular fake products in showbiz". Nerd Reactor. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
ALT1: ... that the prop currency produced by the Earl Hays Press for the 1965 film The Cincinnati Kid was so realistic that it entered circulation and the plates had to be destroyed by the US Secret Service? Source: "Once, a director wanted real-looking money for a lengthy poker game in the Steve McQueen movie The Cincinnati Kid.The Secret Service signed off on the plates we made," Hernandez says. "But then the money started turning up all over the world even though they had identical serial numbers and were "signed" by our artist, not the US Treasurer. The Secret Service insisted the remaining cash, plates, and all the copies were burned in the yard outside - while they supervised, Ralph's grandson Keith adds." from: "Earl Hays Press: Where Hollywood gets fake money and newspapers". BBC News. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
ALT2: ... that one generic prop newspaper layout produced by the Earl Hays Press has appeared in hundreds of films and television shows since the 1970s? Source: "FOR more than 40 years the same newspaper has been popping up in hundreds of different movies and TV shows ... It’s actually a prop made by The Earl Hays Press, a Californian company that makes fake products including food and booze labels and mock tabloid covers." from: "How the same paper ended up in hundreds of films". news.com.au. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
Good article. All three hooks are interesting. gobonobo + c 16:23, 11 August 2023 (UTC)