History Trivia / GLOW2017

* PromotedFanboy: Creator/BrittBaron for Music/KateNash, she noted she was a fan of Nash's music and is now her co-star.

** Creator/AlisonBrie, who is known for playing a sympathetic TheCutie or/and MsFanservice, gets to play a down-on-her-luck ({{faux|ActionGirl}}) ActionGirl who becomes less sympathetic once she [[YourCheatingHeart knowingly sleeps]] with her BestFriend's husband. Sam also tells her that he can't decide whether she's attractive, though that turns out to just be his own peculiarity.

* CastTheExpert: Wrestling/KiaStevens, Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Wrestling/BrodusClay, Wrestling/CarlitoColon, and Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr are all actual professional wrestlers, with Chavo Guerrero Jr. coming from a WrestlingFamily (see above). You can also spot wrestlers [[Characters/WWEUniverse Alex Riley]] Wrestling/JoeyRyan, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, and Wrestling/FrankieKazarian at the wrestling show in episode five.

* CastingGag:
** Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr being cast, as one of his uncles, Mando, actually served as a trainer for the actual Wrestling/{{GLOW}} promotion (ironically, Chavo was also a behind-the-scenes wrestling trainer for the show before he was cast in front of the camera).
** Mark (Creator/RichSommer) and Ruth (Creator/AlisonBrie) co-starred together on ''Series/MadMen'' as Harry Crane and Trudy Campbell. [[spoiler:Unlike on Glow they never had any sort of romantic relationship during the run of the show, in fact they were rarely even in scenes together.]]
** Tammé (Wrestling/KiaStevens) mentions that she used to work on ''Series/FamilyFeud''. Stevens' mother worked on the show.

* AbortedArc: Season 3 introduces and drops multiple plot threads cold. These include [[spoiler:Debbie's eating disorder and her desire to quit working to be a parent to her child (although you can argue that the inner turmoil that caused this is resolved with her inclusion in purchasing a TV network), Tamme's injury transitioning her to a manager is never seen, and while it's obviously intended to be followed up on in a future season 4 and beyond, Sam and Ruth's plotline in Season 3 ends with a fight over Ruth being rejected for a part in Justine's movie, without even attempting a reconciliation.]]

* WrittenInInfirmity: Wrestlinh/KiaStevens' real-life back problems are written into the show in Season 3.

* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/AllisonBrie directs the Season 3 episode "Hollywood Homecoming." Accordingly, Ruth only appears in a single scene, asleep.

** Mark (Rich Sommer) and Ruth (Alison Brie) co-starred together on Mad Men as Harry Crane and Trudy Campbell. [[spoiler:Unlike on Glow they never had any sort of romantic relationship during the run of the show, in fact they were rarely even in scenes together.]]
** Tammé (Kia Stevens) mentions that she used to work on ''Series/FamilyFeud''. Stevens' mother worked on the show.

** Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Jackie Tohn all get to sing at various points. [[IronyAsSheIsCast Ironically]], Kate Nash's musical performances in the show are mostly limited to incompetent raps and a solo on the [[StylisticSuck hilariously terrible anti-kidnapping song]].

* DawsonCasting: Britt Baron is in her mid-twenties playing the teenage Justine.
* DirectedByCastMember: Allison Brie directs the Season 3 episode "Hollywood Homecoming." Accordingly, Ruth only appears in a single scene, asleep.

** The Jewish actress Alison Brie plays Ruth, who knows nothing about Judaism and spends an episode trying to figure out how to play a Communist Russian by ineptly crashing a Russian-American bris. She never seems to realize that the people she's interrogating are the people who ''fled'' the Communists, but does eventually try to switch her character from a Communist to a kvetchy Orthodox Jewish babushka.
** Professional musician Kate Nash plays Rhonda, who composes and performs a completely inept rap song to promote the show.
** Glenn assumes that Sam is Jewish, but Sam is annoyed and snaps that he's not. He's played by the very Jewish Marc Maron.

** Creator/AlisonBrie, who is known for playing a sympathetic TheCutie or/and MsFanservice, gets to play a down-on-her-luck ({{faux|ActionGirl}}) ActionGirl who becomes less sympathetic once she knowingly sleeps with her best friend's husband. Sam also tells her that he can't decide whether she's attractive, though that turns out to just be his own peculiarity.

* PromotedFanboy: Britt Baron for Kate Nash, she noted she was a fan of Nash's music and is now her co-star.

* WrittenInInfirmity: Kia Stevens' real life back problems are written into the show in Season 3.

* AbortedArc: Season 3 introduces and drops multiple plot threads cold. These include [[spoiler:Debbie's eating disorder and her desire to quit working to be a parent to her child (although you can argue that the inner turmoil that caused this is resolved with her inclusion in purchasing a TV network), Tamme's injury transitioning her to a manager is never seen, and while it's obviously intended to be followed up on in a future season 4 & beyond, Sam & Ruth's plotline in Season 3 ends with a fight over Ruth being rejected for a part in Justine's movie, without even attempting a reconciliation.]]

* TheCastShowoff: Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, and Jackie Tohn all get to sing at various points. [[IronyAsSheIsCast Ironically]], Kate Nash's musical performances in the show are mostly limited to incompetent raps and a solo on the [[StylisticSuck hilariously terrible anti-kidnapping song]].

** Creator/AlisonBrie, who is known for playing a sympathetic TheCutie or/and MsFanservice, gets to play a down-on-her-luck ({{faux|ActionGirl}}) ActionGirl who becomes less sympathetic once she consciously sleeps with her best friend's husband. Sam also tells her that he can't decide whether she's attractive, though that turns out to just be his own peculiarity.

* StarMakingRole: For most of the cast, bar Creator/AlisonBrie and Chris Lowell. Although Marc Maron, Kate Nash, and Wrestling/KiaStevens were well-known in other capacities (stand-up comedy, music, and wrestling respectively), this was their big break as actors.

* StarMakingRole: For most of the cast, bar Creator/AlisonBrie and Chris Lowell. Although Marc Maron, Music/KateNash, and Wrestling/KiaStevens were well-known in other capacities (stand-up comedy, music, and wrestling respectively), this was their big break as actors.

** Creator/AlisonBrie, who is known for playing a sympathetic TheCutie or/and MsFanservice, gets to play a down-on-her-luck ({{faux|ActionGirl}}) ActionGirl who becomes less sympathetic once [[spoiler:she consciously sleeps with her best friend's husband]]. Sam also tells her that he can't decide whether she's attractive, though that turns out to just be his own peculiarity.

* AbortedArc: Season 3 introduces and drops multiple plot threads cold. These include [[spoiler:Debbie's eating disorder, and her desire to quit working to be a parent to her child, Carmen's loneliness goes away without comment as a result of a time skip, Tamme's injury required transition to becoming a manager is never seen, and while it's obviously intended to be followed up on in a future season 4 & beyond, Sam & Ruth's plotline in Season 3 ends with a fight over Ruth being rejected for a part in Justine's movie, without even attempting a reconciliation.]]