History Trivia / That70sShow

* FakeMixedRace: [[spoiler: Hyde]]

** Donna is [[Series/LiveActionTV/OrangeIsTheNewBlack Alex Vause]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: Jackie is [[Series/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]].

** Laurie was portrayed by Lisa Robin Kelly until Season 6, where she was replaced by Christina Moore.

** Marion Ross, best known as the sweet lovable [[YamatoNadesico wife]] Marion Cunningham in HappyDays, returns as a sadistic bitch of a [[ObnoxiousInLaws grandmother.]] The actress claims to have loved PlayingAgainstType.

** In "Bye-Bye Basement" Leo's cousin is Richard Karn who played [[HomeImprovement Al Borland]].
** Officer Kennedy is James Avery (a.k.a [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]).
** Randy is Josh Meyers, a former cast member from ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' (known for being paired with Ike Barinholtz in sketches and his celebrity impressions of Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, Owen Wilson, Eminem, and Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow) and younger brother of [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update anchor]] SethMeyers (and even though they're born three years apart, they look as if they could be twins[[note]]the only thing that distinguishes Seth from Josh is Josh's long, reddish-brown hair[[/note]], so for any viewer who sees a final season ''That 70s Show'' episode and thinks Seth Meyers was on this show, it's not him).
** Pastor Dave is the legendary (in Canada) Kevin [=McDonald=]; one of the KidsinTheHall, and also [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Agent Pleakely.]]
** Donna is [[LiveActionTV/OrangeIsTheNewBlack Alex Vause]].
** [[Creator/KurtwoodSmith Red Forman]] played [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety another strict father]], and not at all in a comedic way.
** [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Newman]] appears in the ItsAWonderfulPlot episode as an angel.

** Music/GreyDeLisle (a.k.a. [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula]]) makes a rare live-action appearance as Ms. Kaminsky in "Prom Night".

** Red Forman played [[Film/DeadPoetsSociety another strict father]], and not at all in a comedic way.
** [[Series/Seinfeld Newman]] appears in the It'sAWonderfulPlot episode as an angel.

* StarMakingRole: Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, and Mila Kunis. The other actors were also unknowns prior to the start of the show, but did not really have much success afterwards.

** Partially. The teenagers were about sixteen/seventeen at the beginning (with Michael a year older and Jackie a year younger): MilaKunis (Jackie) was fourteen when the show started, LauraPrepon (Donna) was seventeen, and Wilmer Valderrama (Fez) was eighteen. The rest of the gang was played by actors aged twenty and over. Eventually, they all became examples, since they aged normally over the eight years, while their characters only aged two years.

** [[LiveActionTV/Seinfeld Newman]] appears in the It'sAWonderfulPlot episode as an angel.

* StarMakingRole: Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis.

** That recurring character later in the series played by JimGaffigan.

** Tanya Roberts, who played Midge Pinciotti, has the distinction of having been one of [[Series/CharliesAngels Charlie's Angels]] as well as [[Film/AViewToAKill a Bond Girl]].

** Tanya Roberts, who played Midge Pinciotti, has the distinction of having been [[Series/CharliesAngels one of Charlie's Angels]] as well as [[Film/AViewToAKill a Bond Girl]].

** Tanya Roberts, who played Midge Pinciotti, has the distinction of having been both [[Series/CharliesAngels one of Charlie's Angels]] and [[Film/AViewToAKill a Bond Girl]].

** Donna's mother Midge is played by Tanya Roberts, who has the distinction of having been both [[Series/CharliesAngels one of Charlie's Angels]] and [[Film/AViewToAKill a Bond Girl]].

** Donna's mother Midge is played by Tanya Roberts, who has the distinction of having been both [[Series/CharliesAnges one of Charlie's Angels]] and [[Film/AViewToAKill a Bond Girl]].

** Pastor Dave is the legendary (in Canada) Kevin McDonald, one of the KidsinTheHall, and also [[Disney/LiloAndStitch Agent Pleakely.]]

** Randy is Josh Meyers, a former cast member from ''MADtv'' (known for being paired with Ike Barinholtz in sketches and his celebrity impressions of Anna Nicole Smith's son, Daniel, Owen Wilson, Eminem, and Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow) and younger brother of [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update anchor]] SethMeyers (and even though they're born three years apart, they look as if they could be twins[[note]]the only thing that distinguishes Seth from Josh is Josh's long, reddish-brown hair[[/note]], so for any viewer who sees a final season ''That 70s Show'' episode and thinks Seth Meyers was on this show, it's not him).

** Katey Sagal (the voice of [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Leela]] and the actress best known as [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Peg Bundy]]) plays Hyde's mother as well, making it the second time Sagal has played a negligent mother on a FOX sitcom.

** Randy is Josh Meyers, a former cast member from ''MADtv'' and younger brother of [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Weekend Update anchor]] SethMeyers. In fact, there are times where Josh sounds like Seth, only more mellow.