History Trivia / TheCrazyOnes

* CreatorBacklash: Creator Creator/DavidEKelley spoke poorly of the show in a 2016 interview, criticizing the writing heavily, though he praised Williams's performances. Kelley claimed to have been disllusioned by working for network television as a result of the show's failure, though he did eventually sell another pilot to a network in 2020 with ''Series/BigSky''.

* FriendshipOnTheSet: Creator/RobinWilliams and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar formed and immediate and intense bond while working together. Gellar says that Williams became the paternal figure she'd been missing[[note]]her father was absent from her life[[/note]] and the two spoke about how they could be vulnerable and cry in each other's presence. After Williams' death, Gellar was devastated and kept sharing stories about how much he meant to her long after tributes to him stopped.

* OldShame: Creator Creator/DavidEKelley spoke poorly of the show in a 2016 interview, criticizing the writing heavily, though he praised Williams's performances. Kelley claimed to have been disllusioned by working for network television as a result of the show's failure, though he did eventually sell another pilot to a network in 2020 with ''Series/BigSky''.

* FriendshipOnSet: Creator/RobinWilliams and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar formed and immediate and intense bond while working together. Gellar says that Williams became the paternal figure she'd been missing[[note]]her father was absent from her life[[/note]] and the two spoke about how they could be vulnerable and cry in each other's presence. After Williams' death, Gellar was devastated and kept sharing stories about how much he meant to her long after tributes to him stopped.

* CreatorChosenCasting: The role of Simon Roberts was written with Creator/RobinWilliams in mind.

* ActorAllusion: The plot of the first episode involves pitching a new campaign to [=McDonalds=], and Simon says he wants to recapture the feeling from when he took his daughter to [=McDonalds=] when she was little. But Sarah Michelle Gellar was (in)famously ''sued'' by [=McDonalds=] when she was only 5 years old for disparaging their food in a Burger King commercial - she wasn't even allowed into their restaurants!
** In one of the outtakes Sydney jumps the hood of her car rather than simply run in front of it.
--->'''Simon''': Where did you learn to do that?
--->'''Sydney''': [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Sunnydale]].
** Sydney is a fan of ''Series/{{Bones}}'', starring a [[Series/{{Angel}} certain former co-star]] of Gellar's.
** Sydney calls coughing into your elbow a vampire cough...of course, she would know about [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer vampires]].
** One episode has Simon describing the impending deadline as the climax of a movie, and mentions "leading inner city kids to spelling bee glory, [[Film/PatchAdams in a clown nose!]]"
** Pam Dawber's guest appearance naturally results in a few ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' references, like her saying Simon is like an alien.
** In one episode Simon is reading a book to a group of small children and one of the kids expresses annoyance at Simon's character voices and begs him to "just read it normal!" Creator/RobinWilliams' kids used to tell him the same thing.
** One of Simon's pitches for Australian tourism involves dressing up like the drag queens of ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPriscillaQueenOfTheDesert'', but can also allude to Robin Williams' role in ''Film/TheBirdcage''.
*** Simon in CampGay mode doing choreography for the Victoria's Secret models also.
** One outtake from "The Intern" has Sarah yelling at Music/AshleyTisdale "you should just go back to whatever Creator/{{Disney}} [[Film/HighSchoolMusical hell]] you came from!" You gotta wonder how long she was sitting on that...
** One episode revolves around Lewis being depicted as the villain, with a ton of Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}} references. Not Creator/BradGarrett, but his co-star from ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Peter Boyle, [[Film/YoungFrankenstein who actually played Frankenstein's monster!]]
** Creator/FredMelamed, "The Voiceover Guy", is a veteran voice actor.

* MoneyDearBoy: Robin Williams was quite open about the fact that he had bills to pay and that appearing in a weekly series was a preferable alternative to doing a comedy tour or working on smaller films for union scale wages.
* RealitySubtext: Simon rarely gestures with his left hand, often keeping it in a pocket or holding the arm close against him. After Creator/RobinWilliams' death, it was revealed that he'd developed a tremor in his left arm related to the Lewy Body Dementia and he'd been attempting to mask it.

* [[AuthorExistenceFailure Actor Existence Failure]]: Barely averted. Robin Williams' death would have left a gaping hole the show could never recover from, suddenly making it a relief it didn't last past one season. The show's cancellation actually exacerbated his depression because it was a project he was very proud of and he loved working with everyone involved.

** Fred Melamed, "The Voiceover Guy", is a veteran voice actor.

* MoneyDearBoy: Robin Williams was quite open about the fact that he had bills to pay and that appearing in a weekly series was a preferable alternative to doing a comedy tour or working on smaller films for union scale wages.

** The show's outtakes show that James Wolk and Creator/HamishLinklater riff fairly often as well, doing an admirable job of keeping up with Robin Williams.

** The show's outtakes show that James Wolk and Hamish Linklater riff fairly often as well, doing an admirable job of keeping up with Robin Williams.

** One episode revolves around Lewis being depicted as the villain, with a ton of Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}} references. Not BradGarrett, but his co-star from ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Peter Boyle, [[Film/YoungFrankenstein who actually played Frankenstein's monster!]]