History Trivia / TheTwentyFifthAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee

* AlternateEnding: While the officially licensed WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue ending has [[spoiler: Olive's father pick her up from the bee, and Olive growing up to be a loving parent and the host of a radio show]], the original ending that some productions opt to use instead has Olive [[spoiler: come home to an empty house and an uncertain future, but with a new conviction that she will be okay in spite of this]].

** Creator/JulieAndrews -- Film/MaryPoppins herself -- was given the word "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments And she got it wrong.]]

* The Original Broadway Cast Leaf, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, is also Mitchell from ''Series/ModernFamily'', so in any reunion performances, he becomes this.
* The original production was directed by James Lapine, who also directed ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'' and ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''.
* There's a secret about most productions (spoilered here to prevent people who haven't seen the show having the surprise ruined): [[spoiler: one of the audience spellers will be given the word "catterjeune," which is defined as "an old Nantucket whaling term." After the audience member spells it, the actor playing Vice-Principal Panch breaks character and expresses amazement, and the other actors do the same, whispering to each other and appearing stunned. It's all a fake: the word "catterjeune" ''doesn't exist.'' Any spelling (except from someone who clearly knows the joke and adds completely random letters) will be deemed correct, and the apparent "shock" is a case of the actors deliberately {{Corpsing}}.]]

* AlternateEnding: While the officially licensed WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue ending has [[spoiler: Olive's father pick her up from the bee, and Olive going on to host a radio show where interviews the Putnam Bee runner ups]], the original ending that some productions opt to use instead has Olive [[spoiler: come home to an empty house and an uncertain future, but with a new conviction that she will be okay in spite of this]].

* AlternateEnding: While the officially licensed WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue ending has Olive's father pick her up from the bee, and Olive going on to host a radio show where interviews the Putnam Bee runner ups, the original ending that some productions opt to use instead has Olive come home to an empty house and an uncertain future, but with a new conviction that she will be okay in spite of this.

* The Original Broadway Cast Leaf, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, is also Mitchell from ''Series/ModernFamily'', so any reunion performances become this.
** Listen to "Woe is Me" on the original cast album. Since Leaf's actor doubles as one of Logan's dads, feel free to imagine the scene as Mitchell and Lily in about 5-6 years.

* The Original Broadway Cast Leaf, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, is also Mitchell from ''Series/ModernFamily''.

** Julie Andrews--[[Film/MaryPoppins Mary Poppins]] herself--was given the word "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius." [[CrowningMomentOfFunny And she got it wrong.]]

* There's a secret about most productions (spoilered here to prevent people who haven't seen the show having the surprise ruined): [[spoiler: one of the audience spellers will be given the word "catterjeune," which is defined as "an old Nantucket whaling term." After the audience member spells it, the actor playing Vice-Principal Panch breaks character and expresses amazement, and the other actors do the same, whispering to each other and appearing stunned. It's all a fake: the word "catterjeune" ''doesn't exist.'' Any spelling (except from someone who clearly knows the joke and adds completely random letters) will be deemed correct, and the apparent "shock" is a case of the actors deliberately {{Corpsing}}.

** During the Tony Award broadcast, Revered Al Sharpton appeared as the guest speller; he was given the word "dengue" and got it wrong, which allowed the cast to sing "Prayer of the Comfort Counselor." Rona Lisa commented that Sharpton was going to run for class president "on a platform of racial equality and macaroni and cheese."

* OriginalCastPrecedent: A ton of it:

** The heavyset Dan Folger originated the role of William Barf&eactue;e. As such, the character tends to be played by a larger actor (though it's also possible to go in the other direction and make him stick-thin).

* The Original Broadway Cast Leaf was also Mitchell from ''Series/ModernFamily''.

* CutSong: "Why We Like Spelling" shows up on the main soundtrack but generally isn't present in performances.

* The Original Broadway Cast Leaf was also Mitchell from ModernFamily.