Trivia: The man who is homeless in "our" world, and is running for the U.S. Senator in the parallel universe, is the episode's director, Andy Tennant, making a memorable cameo appearance.
Suggested correction: The homeless man (Crazy Kenny) was played by Frank C. Turner, not Andy Tennant.
Trivia: On the equation on Quinn's chalkboard, T squared ("T2") appears in several places, a nod to Tracey Torme, Co-director of the series.
Trivia: When the real Colin and Roxanne are leaving the hotel and saying they're going to buy the station, Colin adds "I think we'll buy that channel that shows nothing but science fiction programming." This is a reference to the Sci-Fi Channel. Fox cancelled the series after Season 3, but the Sci-Fi Channel picked up the series for Season 4 and 5.
Trivia: In this episode, it is said Joycelyn Elders is president. In real life, she was Surgeon General of the US from 1993-1994. She was a big proponent of sex education and practising safe sex. The main focus on this episode was population control, and using contraceptives is a good way to help that. In the episode, she was at the dedication of the re-opening of the "Thomas Malthus Center for Sexual Ethics and Education."
Trivia: John Rhys-Davies, who was the first main star to leave the series, was often critical of the show's writing and writers. He said many didn't even read science fiction which led to them borrowing from other works. Works like "Jurassic Park", "The Lost World", "Tremors", "Night of the Living Dead", "The Island of Dr. Moreau", and "Dracula." There was even an scene where Quinn had to cross an invisible bridge similar to Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade, which Rhys-Davies starred in.
Trivia: This episode alludes to President Bill Clinton's sex scandal. In the episode, the President is named Jefferson Williams. Bill Clinton's full name is William Jefferson Clinton.
Greatfellas - S2-E10
Trivia: This episode features singer Mel Tormé, playing an alternate version of himself. Mel Tormé is the father of show creator Tracy Tormé.
Data World - S4-E17
Trivia: At the beginning when walking through town, Quinn (played by Jerry O'Connell) says "where's Wes Craven" and Rembrandt says "what is this, Scream 3?" Jerry O'Connell was in "Scream 2", which was directed by Wes Craven. At the time the episode aired, "Scream 3" had not been produced yet.
Trivia: This episode is about a bunch of snakes turned deadly when two "tri-adders" (a fictional species described as python like) are capture and one breaks free. Kari Wuher, who played Maggie and relatively new to the show, was in the film "Anaconda." "Anaconda" premiered two weeks prior to this episode being aired.
Trivia: In this episode, Geoff Edwards, who is credited as playing himself, host the lottery. In real life, Edwards was the host of several game shows, including "Jackpot." He also hosted "The Big Spin", which was the California Lottery's first television show.
The Guardian - S3-E4
Trivia: Wade makes fun of Max for going to an opera he's seen before. Max responds that her generation thinks nothing of seeing Indiana Jones 13 times. John Rhys-Davies, who played Max, starred in the first and third Indiana Jones films.
This Slide Of Paradise - S3-E25
Trivia: In this episode, the group land on an island with hybrids who are half man and half animal, similar to "The Island of Dr. Moreau." This episode also features Michael York who starred in the 1977 film "The Island of Dr. Moreau." In the film, York plays Andrew Braddock who lands on the island after a boat wreck. In the episode, Quinn says they swam ashore after their boat capsized.
Trivia: The name of the vampires' band is "Stoker", also the title of the episode. This is a reference to Bram Stoker who wrote "Dracula." Several characters in the show are named after characters in "Dracula", such as Renfield, Harker, and Van Elsinger (a play on Van Helsing). When Quinn mentions the vampire Dracula to Van Elsinger, he says he's never heard of him.
Trivia: This episode was filmed prior to John Rhys-Davies leaving the show. But it ended up being aired after "The Exodus", where Rhys-Davies' character is killed off. So they added the short intro scene with Wade and Rembrandt reflecting on a past slide to the underground world, making this a flashback episode.
Trivia: After the assassination attempt, Wade remarks "of course it was a man, when did you ever hear of a female assassin?" While she was being snarky, as a point of trivia, at the time (1995) of the last 3 presidential assassination attempts, 2 were by women. In 1975, Sara Jane Moore shot at President Gerald Ford while he was in San Fransisco (which incidentally is where the show was set). "Squeaky" Fromme also attempted to assassinate President Ford in 1975, but her gun never fired.
Trivia: During the scan of Quinn's room, we see a surfboard leaning against the wall. Jerry O'Connell is a surfing enthusiast in real life.
Trivia: Cleavant Derricks actually did sing the national anthem at Candlestick Park. The footage was meant to be used as a daydream sequence he would have while in jail, but for budget and other reasons it was not included in the show. (Producers say that the heavily-embellished version he sang was a big hit with the crowd).
Trivia: During the intro for the Season 2 episodes, Quinn talks about some of the worlds that they have visited. When he does this, a clip of the episode is played. The first two match up, but the third, he describes as "a world where San Francisco is a maximum security prison" and footage of a different episode is played. It's the footage of the world where a virus has killed most males and the men in the group are kept in a breeding center for repopulation. It may be a little similar, if not for the episode in which San Francisco really is a maximum security prison, which is what one of the characters says verbatim after confusing reactions from the Sliders.
