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The film

  • Alan Smithee: Alan Smithee became a producer (in this case "replacing" Michael Ritchie)—although director Mickey Rose kept his own name on the credits.

The TV series

  • The Cast Showoff: Several cast members were talented singers, dancers, or musicians, and the show made use of this in a number of episodes :
    • Mik Perlus (Victor) and Victoria Sanchez (Grace) showed off their dance moves to Latin music in "Cody Moves In." In fact, Victor and Grace were still dancing with each other, even after everybody else had settled down.
    • In "The Junior Prom," the show made use of Mik's talents again, this time with Jennifer Finnigan (Kim), in a beautiful swing dancing routine.
    • Jamie Elman (Cody) sang a love song while playing the piano in "Valentine's Day."
    • Katie Emme (Mags) also got to show off her vocal talents, in "Mags' Birthday" and "Mags' Secret Admirer."
    • Michelle Sweeney (Mrs. Morton) sang the final number in "The Christmas Concert." She was accompanied by Mark Taylor (Romeo) and Mik Perlus (Victor) on guitar, and Jamie Elman (Cody) on keyboard.
  • Dawson Casting: The third-season episode "The Junior Prom" would indicate that the characters were in the 9th to 11th grades over the course of the three-year series, which would make them about 14-15 years old (at the beginning of the series) to 17 (at its conclusion). The actors, however, were nowhere near that young, nor did they look it. The youngest cast member, Jessica Goldapple (Flash), was 18 at the start of the series and nearly 21 at the end. The eldest, Ross Hull (Chris), was 22 at the beginning and 24 at the conclusion.
  • Follow the Leader: The show was accused of imitating Saved by the Bell by critics; the Theme Song used in later seasons is a fairly transparent ripoff of the theme from Friends.
  • Screwed by the Network: 20th Television's US syndication run was nothing short of brutal once Season 3 rolled around. After airing the first two seasons in full on a weekly basis (mostly airing on weekend afternoons), Season 3 suffered a fall hiatus and did not begin airing until January 2000. Once it did start, ratings tanked due to most fans assuming the show had already ended, and Fox wound up pulling the plug after seven weeks, leaving six episodes unaired. This is especially harsh when you remember that there were multiple other options besides syndication for Fox to have aired the show (such as placing it on Fox Family Channel or sub-contracting Saban Entertainment to use it for UPN's afternoon teen block), but those ideas evidently never crossed anyone's minds.


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