History Trivia / StElsewhere

* ActorAllusion: Many.

* RealLifeRelative: Creator/WilliamDaniels playing opposite his real-life wife (as his fictional wife!) Bonnie Bartlett.

* NamesTheSame: Searching on {{YouTube}} for St Elsewhere videos often leads you to recordings of a song by Gnarls Barkley, which has nothing to do with the show.

* RealLifeRelative: William Daniels playing opposite his wife Bonnie Bartlett.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''St. Elsewhere'' was Creator/{{NBC}} executive Brandon Tartikoff's favorite show, a fact which saved it from cancellation a couple of times.

* ExecutiveMeddling: A rare example with positive results. NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff was a huge fan of the show. His favorite character was Dr. Morrison, and he would frequently return scripts to the writers with "More Boomer!" written across them. This led to some of the most emotionally powerful moments on the show, as explained under ButtMonkey.

* HeyItsThatGuy (with a side of RetroactiveRecognition):
** Creator/DenzelWashington's first major role.
** It's also where Ed Begley Jr., [[Series/{{House}} David Morse]], and [[DealOrNoDeal Howie Mandel]] first got noticed.
** Katherine Auschlander is [[Recap/StarTrekS2E10JourneyToBabel Mr. Spock's]] [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock mom]].
** [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Larraine Newman]] was a mental patient in Season 1 StoryArc.
** Creator/WilliamDaniels, Terence Knox, [[Series/{{NCIS}} Mark Harmon]], David Birney, [[Series/BabylonFive Stephen Furst]], Alfre Woodard, Creator/BruceGreenwood, France Nuyen, and Norman Lloyd all had regular roles as doctors.
** [[Series/NightCourt Florence Halop]] had a recurring role as a grouchy old lady patient.
** [[Series/{{Thirtysomething}} Patricia Wettig]] and [[MadAboutYou Helen Hunt]] both played characters that Dr. Morrison was romantically involved with.
** Music/RayCharles guest starred as a blind homeless blues man.

* The iconic shot of the elevated train in the opening credits was the Washington Street portion of the MBTA Orange Line, which was torn down in 1987 and moved about a mile south. The first few episodes of the last season reference the demolition and lack of public transportation next to the hospital.

** Most notably, the iconic opening-credits shot of the elevated train became obsolete during the last season when the MBTA tore down the Orange Line and moved it.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only Season 1 has been released on DVD, and that was quite a while ago.

** Katherine Auschlander is [[Recap/StarTrekS2E10JourneyToBabel Mr. Spock's]] [[StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock mom]].

** William Daniels, Terence Knox, [[Series/{{NCIS}} Mark Harmon]], David Birney, [[Series/BabylonFive Stephen Furst]], Alfre Woodard, Bruce Greenwood, France Nuyen, and Norman Lloyd all had regular roles as doctors.

** DenzelWashington's first major role.

** [[SaturdayNightLive Larraine Newman]] was a mental patient in Season 1 StoryArc.
** William Daniels, Terence Knox, [[{{NCIS}} Mark Harmon]], David Birney, [[Series/BabylonFive Stephen Furst]], Alfre Woodard, Bruce Greenwood, France Nuyen, and Norman Lloyd all had regular roles as doctors.
** [[NightCourt Florence Halop]] had a recurring role as a grouchy old lady patient.
** [[{{Thirtysomething}} Patricia Wettig]] and [[MadAboutYou Helen Hunt]] both played characters that Dr. Morrison was romantically involved with.
** RayCharles guest starred as a blind homeless blues man.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''St. Elsewhere'' was {{NBC}} executive Brandon Tartikoff's favorite show, a fact which saved it from cancellation a couple of times.

** William Daniels, Terence Knox, [[{{NCIS}} Mark Harmon]], David Birney, [[BabylonFive Stephen Furst]], Alfre Woodard, Bruce Greenwood, France Nuyen, and Norman Lloyd all had regular roles as doctors.

* AdoredByTheNetwork: Well, by NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff. It was his favorite show, a fact which saved it from cancellation a couple of times.
* HeyItsThatGuy (with a side of RetroactiveRecognition)

** ...also where Ed Begley, Jr., [[Series/{{House}} David Morse]], and [[DealOrNoDeal Howie Mandel]] first got noticed
** [[SaturdayNightLive Larraine Newman]] was a mental patient in a first-season StoryArc.

** [[{{Thirtysomething}} Patricia Wettig]] and [[MadAboutYou Helen Hunt]] both played characters Dr. Morrison was romantically involved with.
** RayCharles guest stars as a blind homeless blues man.

** ...also where Ed Begley, Jr., [[{{House}} David Morse]], and [[DealOrNoDeal Howie Mandel]] first got noticed