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  • Acting for Two: Alan Barrows and the couple who are making love in the hotel room next to Mitch are all played by Christopher Guest.
  • Directed by Cast Member: The film was directed by Christopher Guest, Alan Barrows's actor.
  • Dyeing for Your Art:
    • Although Eugene Levy started his career in musical theatre, he hadn't played guitar since the '60s, so needed to re-learned the instrument.
    • Catherine O’Hara and Parker Posey respectively learned to play the autoharp and mandolin in preparation for their roles.
  • Fake American: Canadians Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara play the American Mitch Cohen and Mickey Crabbe, respectively.
  • Permanent Placeholder: "Potato's In The Paddywagon" was originally a placeholder title for the song - it didn't have lyrics yet, but that nonsensical phrase happened to fit the chorus melody. It was decided this was a ridiculous enough title to actually use for a folk song parody, so Michael McKean and Annette O'Toole worked backwards from the title to write the rest of the lyrics.
  • Trans Character, Cis Actor: Mark Shubb (played by cis actor Harry Shearer) transitioning into living as a woman.
  • What Could Have Been:
    • The original ending had Mitch back at the mental institution, but Christopher Guest ultimately decided that scenario was too sad.
    • Christopher Guest's original vision for the New Main Street Singers was to have them all sing in unison, as part of the joke, which would have sounded rather bland; but was so impressed with some song arrangements written by John Michael Higgins, who played band leader Terry Bohner, he decided to let Higgins arrange all their music.

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