History Trivia / That70sShow

** When Mila Kunis was considered for casting, they wanted to know if she was old enough. She said, "[[ExactWords I'll be eighteen on my birthday.]]" She [[YouDidntAsk just didn't say]] ''[[YouDidntAsk which]]'' [[YouDidntAsk birthday]].

* ProductionPosse: Producer/writer Linda Wallem brought in Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, who she'd worked with on ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', to play Jackie in Kelo's vision of her without makeup. Creator/TomKenny also showed up in a much later episode as the Funland mascot (though Wallem had left the show by that point).

* FakeMixedRace: [[spoiler: Hyde, who has a black dad and a white mom, even though the actor who plays him isn't half-black]]

** Laurie was portrayed by Lisa Robin Kelly until Season 6, where she was replaced by Christina Moore (who, like Josh Meyers, was a ''MADtv'', but only lasted a season).

* ActorSharedBackground: The show is set in Wisconsin, which is the home state of Creator/KurtwoodSmith (Red).

* Actor-Shared Background: The show is set in Wisconsin, which is the home state of Creator/KurtwoodSmith (Red).

* CastingGag: A RunningGag on the show was casting actors from popular shows from TheSeventies either as [[TheCameo one-off roles]] or minor, recurring characters. A few examples:
** Season One had Eve Plumb (Series/TheBradyBunch) as Jackie's (first) mom; Danny Bonaduce (Series/ThePartridgeFamily) as Eric's fast-food boss; Marion Ross (Series/HappyDays) as Red's cantankerous mother
** Season Two featured Midge's bridesmaids (all former Bond girls, as was Tanya Roberts); Season Three had Robert Hays, a TV staple and the star of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' (and relating to Fox, the voice of Franchise/IronMan in the 90s Marvel cartoons, including some that aired on Creator/FoxKids); in Season Four, Jackie had a dream wherein she visited "The Wizard," played by Pamela Sue Martin. Martin is known as Nancy Drew on ''Series/TheNancyDrewMysteries'' and Jackie is a big fan of ''Literature/NancyDrew''.

* ActorAllusion:
** Creator/BillyDeeWilliams, known for playing Lando Calrissian in the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' Trilogy, guest starred in an episode as a preacher offering marriage advice to Donna and Eric. His character is just as obsessed with ''Star Wars'' as Eric.
** Wrestling/DwayneJohnson was [[CastingGag cast as]] his father, Rocky Johnson, in a wrestling-themed episode. His last line, to Red, was that one day he hopes his son will become "the most electrifying man in sports entertainment." Red answers, "[[ItWillNeverCatchOn Yeah, good luck with that]]."

** Billy Dee Williams, known for playing Lando Calrissian in the original ''Franchise/StarWars'' Trilogy, guest starred in an episode as a preacher offering marriage advice to Donna and Eric. His character is just as obsessed with ''Star Wars'' as Eric.

** Billy Dee Williams, known for playing Lando Calrissian in the original Star Wars Trilogy, guest starred in an episode as a preacher offering marriage advice to Donna and Eric. His character is just as obsessed with Star Wars as Eric.

* PostScriptSeason: Season 8.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** Donna dyed her hair blonde, because Laura Prepon did so for a film role.
** Laurie was written out of the show after Lisa Robin Kelly left the show midway through the third season.
** [[Creator/CheechAndChong Tommy Chong]] (Leo) was absent for two and a half seasons because of a prison sentence.
** Eric leaves at the end of season seven because Topher Grace was going to be shooting ''Film/SpiderMan3'' at the same time season eight would have been in production (which is why season eight had him 'replaced' with Josh Meyers as Randy).

* StarMakingRole: Creator/AshtonKutcher, Topher Grace, and Creator/MilaKunis. The other actors were also unknowns prior to the start of the show, but did not really have much success afterwards (although Creator/LauraPrepon would ''eventually'' have a CareerResurrection with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' ,along with Wilmer Valderrama having success in ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (as Tony's replacement and between the two shows, he was in the Disney Junior show ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'') and Danny Masterson reuniting with Kutcher in the Creator/{{Netflix}} sitcom ''Series/TheRanch'', which is seen as the show's SpiritualSuccessor).

* StarMakingRole: Creator/AshtonKutcher, Topher Grace, and Creator/MilaKunis. The other actors were also unknowns prior to the start of the show, but did not really have much success afterwards (although Creator/LauraPrepon would ''eventually'' have a CareerResurrection with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' ,along with Wilmer Valderrama having success
in ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (as Tony's replacement and between the two shows, he was in the Disney Junior show ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'') and Danny Masterson reuniting with Kutcher in the Creator/{{Netflix}} sitcom ''Series/TheRanch'', which is seen as the show's SpiritualSuccessor).

* StarMakingRole: Creator/AshtonKutcher, Topher Grace, and Creator/MilaKunis. The other actors were also unknowns prior to the start of the show, but did not really have much success afterwards (although Creator/LauraPrepon would ''eventually'' have a CareerResurrection with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack.'' along with Wilmer Valderrama having success with ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' (as Tony's replacement and between the two shows, he was in the Disney Junior show ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'') and Danny Masterson with ''Series/TheRanch'', reuniting with fellow co-star Kutcher).

* StarMakingRole: Creator/AshtonKutcher, Topher Grace, and Creator/MilaKunis. The other actors were also unknowns prior to the start of the show, but did not really have much success afterwards (although Creator/LauraPrepon would ''eventually'' have a CareerResurrection with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack.'' along with Wilmer Valderrama having success with ''Series/NCIS'' (as Tony's replacement and between the two shows, he was in the Creator/DisneyJunior show ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'') and Danny Masterson with ''Series/TheRanch'', reuniting with fellow co-star Kutcher).

* StarMakingRole: Creator/AshtonKutcher, Topher Grace, and Creator/MilaKunis. The other actors were also unknowns prior to the start of the show, but did not really have much success afterwards (although Creator/LauraPrepon would ''eventually'' have a CareerResurrection with ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack.''

** Season Two featured Midge's bridesmaids (all former Bond girls, as was Tanya Roberts); Season Three had Robert Hays, a TV staple and the star of ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' ; in Season Four, Jackie had a dream wherein she visited "The Wizard," played by Pamela Sue Martin. Martin is known as Nancy Drew on ''Series/TheNancyDrewMysteries'' and Jackie is a big fan of ''Literature/NancyDrew''.

** Apparently, the show was going to be titled ''[[Music/TheWho Teenage Wasteland]]'', but focus groups kept calling it [[TheOneWith "that 70's show"]], which led to Carsey-Werner [[AscendedFanon adopting that as the title]].

* CastingGag : A RunningGag on the show was casting actors from popular shows from TheSeventies either as [[TheCameo one-off roles]] or minor, recurring characters. A few examples:

** DwayneJohnson was [[CastingGag cast as]] his father, Rocky Johnson, in a wrestling-themed episode. His last line, to Red, was that one day he hopes his son will become "the most electrifying man in sports entertainment." Red answers, "[[ItWillNeverCatchOn Yeah, good luck with that]]."

* ThrowItIn: In "The Best Christmas Ever," Kelso hops over the couch but slips and crashes his legs against the table. This was a real accident on Ashton Kutcher's part, but it was left in because it felt in-character for Kelso.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Apparently, the show was going to be titled ''[[Music/TheWho Teenage Wasteland]]'', but focus groups kept calling it [[TheOneWith "that 70's show"]], which led to Carsey-Werner [[AscendedFanon adopting that as the title]].