No. 68.

Rather appropriately, Pumba's, the warthog from The Lion King, name is Swahili for 'silly'.

(Source: QIkipedia Twitter feed.)

No. 67.

Simpsons creator, Matt Groening, named most of the titular characters after members of his own family, but did not wish Homer's father to share his own grandfather's name, Abraham. Consequently, he left the writers to choose what the character should be called. Unwittingly, they picked Abe.

(Source: Wikipedia.)

No. 66.

Lily from How I Met Your Mother was based on the wife of co-creator Craig Thomas. She allowed him to base a character on her on the condition that the role be played by Alyson Hannigan.

(Source: Wikipedia. Verified by http://www.whedon.info/Alyson-Hannigan-How-I-Met-Your,14745.html.)

No. 65.

The Muppet Show classic song 'Mahna Mahna' was first heard on the soundtrack to Italian soft-core movie Sweden: Heaven and Hell.

(Source: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2011/11/_
mahna_mahna_how_a_ditty_from_a_soft_core_italian_movie_became_the_muppets_catchiest_tune_.html)

No. 64.

Comedian Jimmy Carr previously worked at the advertising department at Shell.

(Source: Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask.)

No. 63.

Cuba Gooding Jnr has forbidden his father from visiting him during jobs. This was deemed a necessary precaution when, on the set of Jerry Maguire, his dad asked Tom Cruise if he was gay.

(Source: The Graham Norton Show.)

No. 62.

Author Douglas Adams died whilst using a treadmill.

(Source: University lecturer told me. Verified from several websites.)