This is the complete trivia article for David Johnson's web series Economy Watch, produced by David's production company Circumference Films.
- Absurdly Short Production Time: David was able to plan, write, shoot, edit and release "It's An Economic Snowfall" in under a month, compared to the shorter holiday special "A Very Hoarder Christmas", which took nearly twice as long. David was surprised with how quickly he was able to make the entire episode, despite a lot going on in his life during that time.
- Actor Leaves, Character Dies: Ben Dover was killed via electric chair off-screen after his actor retired from the show in Season 2.
- Amateur Cast: Every actor is unprofessional and aren't full-time actors. They're just David's friends and family.
- Approval of God: Economy Watch fan art has been made, with David sometimes making the fan art his profile picture on Twitter.
- Attention Deficit Creator Disorder: Whilst not having ADHD, David juggled with a ton of projects and scripts in the early days of Economy Watch, but instead decided to stick to the show and writing for the next 5 or so years and make his theatrical directorial debut later.
- Bonus Material: David has always been interested in bonus material and plans to release archived videos and clips later in the future.
- Christmas Rushed: As the trivia name says, this applies to "A Very Hoarder Christmas" and "It's An Economic Snowfall". Both of which were rushed to hit a December release date.
- Contest Winner Cameo: David made an Instagram story in December 2022, asking viewers if they wanted to have a brief cameo in the Season 2 finale, and hosting a competition for it. User "Ebbflick Productions" on Instagram won, and he had a cameo in the episode.
- Copiously Credited Creator: David does the directing, writing and editing of every episode, with occasional co-writers.
- Creator's Favorite Episode: "American Dollars" is David's favorite episode.
- Creator Breakdown: David began the show shortly after being diagnosed with chronic depression, and wrote the Season 2 finale shortly after a series of major breakdowns in 2022. The namesake acts pretty gleeful, but has shown emotional or fragile sides, such as in the Season 2 finale.
- Deleted Scene: David shot a scene with Nathan Booth, Stratton's actor, in January 2023, but the scene was cut due to audio problems.
- Descended Creator: David plays a fictionalized version of himself.
- Diagnosis of God: Much like his namesake, the fictionalized version of David has chronic depression.
- Directed by Cast Member: David does all the directing.
- From Entertainment to Education: Economy Watch can be considered educational, though its jokes can be fairly edgy or inappropriate.
- Half-Remembered Homage: "It's An Economic Snowfall" takes inspiration from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, but besides the use of evil angels, it's pretty different.
- Hey, It's That Place!: The Washington Monument (Washington, D.C., USA) and the Bernabeu Stadium (Madrid, Spain) are both seen in Season 2.
- Inspiration for the Work: The works created by Hank Green such as SciShow were a major influence on the style of Economy Watch.
- Invisible Advertising: Economy Watch had little advertising for its first few seasons.
- Killed by Request: The actor who played Ben Dover requested for his death.
- Line to God: David is active on Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Discord, Letterboxd and sometimes Facebook.
- No Budget: The show's charm comes from the obvious lack of budget.
- Out of Holiday Episode: Several, especially during Season 3.
- The New Years' special, "New Year Token", released on January 8, 2023, 7 days after the holiday.
- The Super Bowl special, "The Economics of American Football", released on February 19, 2023, 7 days after the holiday.
- The Halloween special, "Stock Stabber", released on November 2, 2023, 2 days after the holiday.
- The Thanksgiving special, "Black Friday", released on December 24, 2023, 31 days after the holiday.
- The Christmas special, "'Twas The Night Before Payday", released on December 27, 2023, 2 days after the holiday.
- Produced by Cast Member: David does the producing.
- Real-Life Relative: Cousins Nico and Will Davis portray cousins Dennis and Tom Smith in the show, respectively.
- Real-Time Timeskip: The release between episodes reflects on the timeline - If no new episodes are released for 3 months, then 3 months pass in-universe.
- Release Date Change: Season 2 was scheduled to end on December 23, 2022, but was delayed by 2 days. This is also an example of Schedule Slip.
- Separated-at-Birth Casting: David and Matthew (Nathan Booth) do look similar.
- Series Hiatus: The show goes through these from time to time, especially during the spring.
- Troubled Production: "A Very Hoarder Christmas" had a long and difficult production.
- Word of God: David has gone on record before to say specific things regarding his work.
- Written by Cast Member: David does the writing.
