 The Graeff/Love confusion was the first of many "Teenagers from Outer Space" rumors that made their way onto the Internet.For example, sites like IMDB reported as late as 2006 that Dawn Bender had died from alcohol poisoning, despite the fact that (as of 2018) she is alive and well.In the early 1960s, "Teenagers" was sold to television, where it played frequently for the next thirty years, noted for its infamous raygun that turned living things into instant skeletons, an original effect that showed up again in Tim Burton's film "Mars Attacks!