History Trivia / NightShift

* GenreAdultery:

* BreakawayPopHit: "That's What Friends Are For" was originally written by Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach for the film's closing credits, where it was performed by Music/RodStewart. A couple years later Music/DionneWarwick saw the movie on TV and decided to cover the song herself after hearing it, with Music/StevieWonder, Music/GladysKnight, and Music/EltonJohn joining in. Although this is still considered an early 80s comedy classic, very few people know its connection to the song; in fact, more than a few people have probably just thought that it was Rod Stewart covering a Dionne Warwick song.

* BreakawayPopHit: "That's What Friends Are For" was originally written by Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach for the film's closing credits, where it was performed by Music/RodStewart. A couple years later Music/DionneWarwick was watched the movie on TV and decided to cover the song herself after hearing it, with Music/StevieWonder, Music/GladysKnight, and Music/EltonJohn joining in. Although this is still considered an early 80s comedy classic, very few people know its connection to the song; in fact, more than a few people have probably just thought that it was Rod Stewart covering a Dionne Warwick song.

* BreakawayPopHit: "That's What Friends Are For" was originally written by Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach for the film's closing credits, where it was performed by Music/RodStewart. A couple years later Music/DionneWarwick was watched the movie on TV and decided to cover the song herself after hearing it. Although this is still considered an early 80s comedy classic, very few people know its connection to the song; in fact, more than a few people have probably just thought that it was Rod Stewart covering a Dionne Warwick song.

* ScienceMarchesOn : While they haven't managed to get close to Venus yet, the talk about leprosy in "I Am The Doorway" seems antiquated through a modern lens. With a number of drugs, leprosy has been cured in areas where the patients can afford the cure (about $200), and the stigma has all but disappeared in modern times.

* BreakawayPopHit: "That's What Friends Are For" was originally recorded by Music/RodStewart for the film, where it played over the closing credits. A couple years later Music/DionneWarwick was watching it on TV and decided to cover the song herself. Although this is still considered an early 80s comedy classic, very few people know its connection to the song; in fact, more than a few people have probably just thought that it was Rod Stewart covering a Dionne Warwick song.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/HenryWinkler was offered the choice of either lead, and took the role of the wimpy morgue director, in part, to go against type, and play a character opposite of the macho [[Series/HappyDays Fonzie]] character. "I thought I'd play Richie Cunningham for once," he said on Twitter.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: "Graveyard Shift" and "The Mangler" are inspired by Creator/StephenKing's own experiences working in a textile mill and an industrial laundry. It's unusual for King's MostWritersAreWriters habit, as very few working writers appear in the stories.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/HenryWinkler took this role of the wimpy morgue director, in part, to go against type, and play a character opposite of the macho [[Series/HappyDays Fonzie]] character. "I thought I'd play Richie Cunningham for once," he said on Twitter.

* BreakthroughHit: For Creator/RonHoward.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/JohnBelushi was offered the role of Bill, but turned it down. He later died during production of the film. Creator/MickeyRourke and Creator/KurtRussell auditioned for the part.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: "Graveyard Shift" and "The Mangler" are inspired by Creator/StephenKing's own experiences working in a textile mill and an industrial laundry. It's unusual for King's MostWritersAreWriters habit, as very few working writers appear in the stories.

much'' later was included in ''Literature/JustAfterSunset'') was deleted from ''Shift'' as well, but this is possibly apocryphal.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As recounted by King in the "Notes" section of ''Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes'', "Gray Matter" almost didn't make it into the book. King says "Suffer the Little Children" (eventually published in ''N&D'') was also up for inclusion in ''Shift'', having been written during the same period as most of ''Shift'''s other stories. But his editor said the book was getting "too unwieldy" (read: too expensive to print or sell), and one story had to be left out. King voted for "Matter," his editor for "Children," and King ended up going along with his editor's judgment. Legend has it that "The Cat from Hell" (which King also wrote during this same period of his career, and which ''

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As recounted by King in the "Notes" section of ''Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes'', "Gray Matter" almost didn't make it into the book. King says "Suffer the Little Children" (eventually published in ''N&D'') was also up for inclusion in ''Shift'', having been written during the same period as most of ''Shift'''s other stories. But his editor said the book was getting "too unwieldy" (read: too expensive to print or sell), and one story had to be left out. King voted for "Matter," his editor for "Children," and King ended up going along with his editor's judgment. Legend has it that "The Cat from Hell" (which King also wrote during this same period of his career, and which ''much'' later was included in ''Literature/JustAfterSunset'') was deleted from ''Shift'' as well, but this is possibly apocryphal.

* TruthInTelevision: Horrifyingly, the giant rats in "Graveyard Shift" were inspired by a story one of his work buddies told him about going into the sewer and finding ''rats as big as dogs.''
* WriteWhatYouKnow: "Graveyard Shift" and "The Mangler" are inspired by Stephen King's own experiences working in a textile mill and an industrial laundry. It's unusual for King's MostWritersAreWriters habit, as very few working writers appear in the stories.

* Write What You Know: "Graveyard Shift" and "The Mangler" are inspired by Stephen King's own experiences working in a textile mill and an industrial laundry.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As recounted by King in the "Notes" section of ''Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes'', "Gray Matter" almost didn't make it into the book. King says "Suffer the Little Children" (eventually published in ''N&D'') was also up for inclusion in ''Shift'', having been written during the same period as most of ''Shift'''s other stories. But his editor said the book was getting "too unwieldy" (read: too expensive to print or sell), and one story had to be left out. King voted for "Matter," his editor for "Children," and King ended up going along with his editor's judgment. Legend has it that "The Cat from Hell" (which King also wrote during this same period of his career, and which ''much'' later was included in ''Literature/JustAfterSunset'') was deleted from ''Shift'' as well, but this is possibly apocryphal.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As recounted by King in the "Notes" section of ''Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes'', "Gray Matter" almost didn't make it into the book. King says "Suffer the Little Children" (eventually published in ''Nightmares'') was also up for inclusion in ''Shift'', having been written during the same period as most of ''Shift'''s other stories. But his editor said the book was getting "too unwieldy" (read: too expensive to print or sell), and one story had to be left out. King voted for "Matter," his editor for "Children," and King ended up going along with his editor's judgment. Legend has it that "The Cat from Hell" (which King also wrote during this same period of his career, and which ''much'' later was included in ''Literature/JustAfterSunset'') was deleted from ''Shift'' as well, but this is possibly apocryphal.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As recounted by King in the "Notes" section of ''Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes'', "Gray Matter" almost didn't make it into the book. King says "Suffer the Little Children" (eventually published in ''Nightmares'') was also up for inclusion in ''Shift'', having been written during the same period as most of ''Shift'''s other stories. But his editor said the book was getting "too unwieldy" (read: too expensive to print or sell), and one story had to be left out. King voted for "Matter," his editor for "Children," and King ended up going along with his editor's judgment. Legend has it that "The Cat from Hell" (which King also wrote during this same period of his career) was deleted from ''Shift'', but this is possibly apocryphal.