* GrowingTheBeard: The second season, which mostly did without the DisguisedInDrag element, is generally better-regarded than the first; Creator/TomHanks has also said he was happier in the second season because they were able to get the pilot's director, Joel Zwick, to be the full-time director.
* HilariousInHindsight: The executives forced the writers to include the drag plotline because they thought that TV audiences would never want to watch a sitcom about the advertising industry. Turns out they were kind of right...because [[Series/MadMen they would've preferred to see a prestige drama about the advertising industry]]
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** The whole reason why anyone remembers this series is for it being where Creator/TomHanks launched his career.
** A then-unknown Creator/BobSaget appears in one episode as an unnamed stand-up comedian.
* StuckInTheirShadow: Creator/PeterScolari was often derided (in spite of his later, Emmy-nominated turn on ''Series/{{Newhart}}'') to a point of KickTheDog entirely on the basis of Tom Hanks' career[[note]]It should be noted that Hanks has nothing but fond memories of working on the show and remains good friends with all of his cast members[[/note]].
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