* ActingForTwo: Crystal Dahl plays both Crystal and her boyfriend at Happy Time.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Although set in Seattle, the series is actually filmed in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. No effort is made to hide street signs, local business names (e.g., Avalon Dairies), etc., and in one episode both a Canadian flag and a B.C. flag are visible in the background.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Creator/BryanFuller [[http://web.archive.org/web/20080213011501/http://www.mediavillage.com/jmentr/2005/06/06/jmer-06-06-05/ in this interview]] talks about his thoroughly unpleasant time on the show, where he and Showtime (who largely supported him) frequently butted heads with MGM Television over story decisions, such as Clancy's ComingOutStory being cut out, and making homophobic comments to Fuller (Fuller is openly gay). He [[KnowWhenToFoldEm eventually left after five episodes not wanting to risk a]] CreatorBreakdown.
* GayPanic: According to Creator/BryanFuller, it was originally planned that George's father would be gay, and this development would spell the end of Clancy and Joy's marriage. After Fuller left the show, Creator/{{MGM}} execs decided that Clancy should be heterosexual, but philandering with his female students.
* TheOtherDarrin: From start to finish, the entire production used a total of three Argentinian horned frogs to play the "red frog". ("His" eyes very obviously change color from bright red to a more neutral color.)
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show's ExecutiveMeddling caused Creator/BryanFuller and the team to split after five episodes.
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