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Van's Agent - S4-E4

Trivia: As everyone is getting ready to welcome Sadie, Barbara-Jean randomly says, "Jerry Maguire is my favorite movie." Mellisa Peterman (Barbara-Jean) played Hooker 2 in Fargo which was up against Jerry Maguire for a Best Picture Oscar.

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The Long Chase - S3-E1

Trivia: The stiff-necked, humorless Sheriff Tankersley was a nose-thumbing parody of a real (and really unpopular) person. William Tankersley was a notoriously prissy network censor who was infamous at the time for trying (unsuccessfully) to stifle the naughty bits on All in the Family.

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Trivia: During the final 2 seasons of Saved by the Bell, most notably the season with Tori and the one following it, look for actor Casper Van Dien in the background of some episodes. He appeared in many scenes throughout the final 2 seasons as a random background extra, most notably in the locker hallway scenes. This was before he made it big in Hollywood.

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Trivia: The "lift voice" heard during the theme song in each episode is that of Stephanie Gathercole, who played Mr. Rumbold's secretary in the earliest episodes.

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AAMCO - S1-E7

Trivia: During the dinner party, the AAMCO mechanic (played by Michael G. Hagerty) asks Larry if he had anything to do with the show Friends. He also mentions that is was a "good show". Hagerty actually starred in several episodes of Friends as the building superintendent, Mr. Treeger.

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Trivia: If you wait until the end of the end credits, the vicar tells a joke (Most of the time.) One episode had the joke at the beginning.

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Trivia: While Bob Newhart is a father himself, he was adamant about Bob Hartley not having any children. When the writers told him they wanted to introduce a child in season six, he told them the script was good, and then asked them who was going to play Bob.

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Trivia: Alan tells Denny that he'll outlive them all, and will still be out there "doing Priceline commercials". William Shatner did commercials for Priceline for many years.

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Trivia: In the show, there's a running gag of Charlie being obsessed with the waitress and her constantly rejecting him. In real life Charlie (Charlie Day) and the waitress (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) are married. They married in 2006, although they were dating before the show started.

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Trivia: Kopelman, the guy Madigan keeps telling to leave the room, is actually Dan Kopelman executive producer for the show.

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Trivia: Although they play father and son in this series, Alex Macqueen is only eleven years older than Blake Harrison.

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Trivia: During the opening credits of the first seasons, there is a dog taking a dump on the sidewalk.

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Aquaticism - S7-E14

Trivia: In the opening intro the store next to Bob's is called "Pro-pain Accessories" and the exterminator is "Dale's Dead-Bug." Hank Hill, from the show "King of the Hill", sells propane and propane accessories and his neighbor, Dale Gribble, owns Dale's Dead-Bug. Jim Dauterive, one of the show's creator/writer was also a writer/producer for "King of the Hill."

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