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Trivia: In many episodes you can see a pennant near the jukebox that reads Stacey vertically. That's in homage to Henry Winkler's wife, Stacey Weitzman.

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Trivia: Actor Vic Morrow used a non-firing wooden replica of a Tompson submachine gun due to its lighter weight, thus being easier to carry. He used a heavier blank-firing model when it was required to be fired.

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Trivia: Due to the rigorous stunts he performed, actor Robert Conrad would often rip out the seat of his already too tight pants.

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Trivia: The portrait of Geronimo hanging in the bar was a tribute to Nicholas Colasanto after he died. The portrait originally hung in his dressing room.

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Crime After Crime - S1-E10

Trivia: As part of the "Nick spot it" game, various things in this episode are upside down. When Max is ready to tell the family that he isn't the vandal, the grill is upside-down. Also, when Barb asks if the family if they wanted egg kabob their family picture is upside-down. When Max is grounded in his room, his Dark Mayhem poster is upside-down. When the Thunder Monitor says that the angry mob is approaching it's upside-down also when the angry mob is inside the house the penguin butler statue can be seen upside down This happens a few more times throughout the episode. When Max and Phoebe are sleeping at the park under the Hiddenville park sign, it is upside down too. When the family was picking up eggs, Max and Phoebe were upside down. When Max snuck out the first time, Coloso was also upside down.

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Trivia: When this series was shown on Canadian television, it was called "Beasties."

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Trivia: All of the women who starred in the show, with the exception of Betty White, died one year apart from each other. Estelle Getty in 2008, Bea Arthur in 2009, and Rue McClanahan in 2010. Betty White was the oldest of them all and died in 2021, at age 99.

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Trivia: Edward James Olmos (Commander Adama) plays a man involved in a search for dangerous androids who are nearly impossible to distinguish from humans. He played a man in a very similar situation in Blade Runner as Gaff. Amusing coincidence.

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Trivia: The actor who plays the original Kryten, in 'Kryten', also turns up later as the voice of Talkie Toaster.

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Season 2 generally

Trivia: "Torchwood" is an anagram for Doctor Who. Russell T Davies came up with it during the filming of Series 1 to label the tapes in order to prevent theft and potential leakage, and decided to use the name in the show proper.

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Trivia: The show was filmed in an actual prison (now unused) in Joliet. The death row cell used for Lincoln Burrows is the actual death row cell that held serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

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Trivia: In the opening credits there is a shot of a girl standing alone on the corner of a street. This was taken from the Buffy episode "Anne", when Buffy was staying in Los Angeles.

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Trivia: This show was only planned to be a 5-episode miniseries.

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