29 Famous Songs and Shows That Were Thrown Together Quick, Cheap or Both
Makes you wonder why studios give artists any budget at all
Big-deal entertainment is famously expensive and time-consuming. Movie studios spend hundreds of millions on the next huge blockbuster. Musicians agonize for months over tunes and lyrics. It's why theater and concert tickets are so stupidly expensive.
The thing is, sometimes it's the shoestring-budget, stupidly fast-turnaround stuff that's the most entertaining. And sometimes it's even the stuff that sets the standard for years and decades to come. For example...