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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: It took several years for the show to make it to DVD in the USA due to music licensing issues. During that time, fans either had to make do with a "Best Of..." compilation of a handful of episodes or find a way to import the Region 2 [=DVDs=] from the UK.
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* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/RobertDowneyJr once said he can't watch his performance as Larry because of how tumultuous his addictions were at the time. He was in such a dark place, he quote: "Didn't give a fuck about acting anymore."
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** Creator/RobertDowneyJr's substance abuse problems at the time resulted in his getting fired from the
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* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/RobertDowneyJr once said he can't watch his performance as Larry because of how tumultuous his addictions were at the time. He was in such a dark place he quote: "Didn't give a fuck about acting anymore."
* TheDanza: Creator/TraceyUllman as Dr. Tracey West. And Vonda Shepard, the show's music director, as Vonda the piano player in the karaoke bar where the cast regularly hang out.
* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/RobertDowneyJr once said he can't watch his performance as Larry because of how tumultuous his addictions were at the time. He was in such a dark place he quote: "Didn't give a fuck about acting anymore."
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* BannedInChina: Any episode that has LGBT content/themes were not allowed to air in Singapore due to the PAP-led government's conservative views on them at the time they aired.
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* {{Cancellation}}: Fox canceled the show after five seasons. In addition to being the lowest-rated season and the grounds for the show's cancelation, the fifth season was also the only season of the show that failed to win any Emmy or Golden Globe awards.
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** Creator/StephenColbert auditioned for the role of Richard Fish.
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** David E. Kelley originally envisioned Creator/BridgetFonda in the role of Ally [=McBeal=].
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* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Creator/RobertDowneyJr's substance abuse problems at the time resulted in his getting fired from the show.
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* {{Retroactive Recognition}}: [[TheSixthSense Haley Joel Osment]] as the {{Littlest Cancer Patient}} who sues God, before his star-making turn in ''The Sixth Sense''.
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* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Gal!]] - Ally's never-before-mentioned daughter turns up in the final season, played by [[Creator/HaydenPanettiere Claire the cheerleader]]. See also CousinOliver.
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* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey, It's That Gal!]] - Ally's never-before-mentioned daughter turns up in the final season, played by [[HaydenPanettiere [[Creator/HaydenPanettiere Claire the cheerleader]]. See also CousinOliver.
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* {{Retroactive Recognition}}: [[TheSixthSense Haley Joel Osment]] as the {{Littlest Cancer Patient}} who sues God, before his star-making turn in ''The Sixth Sense''.
