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* ExecutiveMeddling: Plus the continued struggles between Cannell, who wanted a light comedy with real world problems as opposed to the network, who wanted Villain of the Week "Superhero" type plots.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: Plus the continued struggles between Cannell, who Cannell wanted a light comedy with real world problems as opposed to the network, who wanted Villain of the Week "Superhero" type plots.



* [[WrittenByCastMember Written and]] DirectedByCastMember: Robert Culp on "Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell", and "Vanity, Says the Preacher" (the latter was one of four episodes not shown in the network run, although it and the others did get shown in syndication- unlike the pilot for some reason).

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* [[WrittenByCastMember Written and]] DirectedByCastMember: Robert Culp on with "Lilacs, Mr. Maxwell", and "Vanity, Says the Preacher" (the latter was one of four episodes not shown in the network run, although it and the others did get shown in syndication- unlike the pilot for some reason).
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* RealLifeRelative: In "Who's Woo in America," Creator/WilliamKatt's real life mother, Barbara Hale, plays Ralph Hinkley's mothe r Paula.

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* RealLifeRelative: In "Who's Woo in America," Creator/WilliamKatt's real life mother, Barbara Hale, plays Ralph Hinkley's mothe r mother Paula.
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** Christine Belford who played a ghost trying to take over Maxwell's body to stay in the land of the living in "The Beast In The Black" turns up again in "Thirty Seconds Over Little Tokyo" as a lawyer friend of Pam's who shares Bill's love of sports.
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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupo later thought up ''Series/Hunter1984'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987'' and ''Series/SomethingIsOutThere'' (returning to blond people with superpowers!).

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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupo later thought up ''Series/Hunter1984'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987'' and ''Series/SomethingIsOutThere'' (returning to blond people with superpowers!).
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* YouLookFamiliar: The actor who played Pam's Hardware store owner Dad in "Here's Looking at you Kid" shows up as a sports announcer in "It's All Downhill From Here" and "The Price Is Right".
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* CastShowoff: Faye Grant gets to sing in "Classical Gas" and "The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea".

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* CastShowoff: TheCastShowoff: Faye Grant gets to sing in "Classical Gas" and "The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea".
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* CastShowoff: Faye Grant gets to sing in "Classical Gas" and "The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea".
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Ralph's last name was briefly changed from Hinkley to Hanley in the wake of the 1981 assassination attempt against UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, due to Hinkley [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation also being the last name of his assassin]], John Hinkley, Jr. His last name was changed back to Hinkley after a few months.

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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Ralph's last name was briefly changed from Hinkley to Hanley in the wake of the 1981 assassination attempt against UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, due to Hinkley [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation also being the last name of his assassin]], John Hinkley, Jr. His Ralph's last name was changed back to Hinkley after a few months.

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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: Ralph's last name was briefly changed from Hinkley to Hanley in the wake of the 1981 assassination attempt against UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan, due to Hinkley [[RenamedToAvoidAssociation also being the last name of his assassin]], John Hinkley, Jr. His last name was changed back to Hinkley after a few months.



* ExecutiveMeddling: The temporary change in Hinkley's name.
** Plus the continued struggles between Cannell, who wanted a light comedy with real world problems as opposed to the network, who wanted Villain of the Week "Superhero" type plots.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: The temporary change in Hinkley's name.
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Plus the continued struggles between Cannell, who wanted a light comedy with real world problems as opposed to the network, who wanted Villain of the Week "Superhero" type plots.



* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: Hinkley was briefly renamed Hanley following the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley. It was reverted back after a few months.

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* RenamedToAvoidAssociation: Hinkley was briefly renamed Hanley [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents following the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan Reagan]] by John Hinckley.Hinckley, Jr. It was reverted back after a few months.
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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupo later thought up ''Series/Hunter1984'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987''

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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupo later thought up ''Series/Hunter1984'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987''''Series/Werewolf1987'' and ''Series/SomethingIsOutThere'' (returning to blond people with superpowers!).
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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupo later thought up ''Series/{{Hunter}}'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987''

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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupo later thought up ''Series/{{Hunter}}'' ''Series/Hunter1984'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987''
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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupoand later he thought up ''Series/{{Hunter}}'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987''

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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupoand (Lupo later he thought up ''Series/{{Hunter}}'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987''

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* HeAlsoDid: season two recruits Frank Lupo and Patrick (Burke) Hasburgh co-created with Cannell ''Series/TheATeam'' (Lupoand later he thought up ''Series/{{Hunter}}'' by himself), ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'' (both Hasburgh),when Lupo left Stephen J. Cannell Productions there was ''Series/Werewolf1987''



* RealLifeRelative: In "Who's Woo in America," Creator/WilliamKatt's real life mother, Barbara Hale, plays Ralph Hinkley's mother Paula.

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* RealLifeRelative: In "Who's Woo in America," Creator/WilliamKatt's real life mother, Barbara Hale, plays Ralph Hinkley's mother mothe r Paula.
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I don't believe this is a trope anymore.


* NamesTheSame: Watching the credits one may notice one of the members of the sound department for the show is named Fast Eddie. "Fast" Eddie Mahler was a Hollywood sound mixer during the the 1980's, and worked camera crew on ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''. No relation to [[Tropers/FastEddie the founder / former head admin]] of Website/ThisVeryWiki.
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Wiki/ namespace cleaning.


* NamesTheSame: Watching the credits one may notice one of the members of the sound department for the show is named Fast Eddie. "Fast" Eddie Mahler was a Hollywood sound mixer during the the 1980's, and worked camera crew on ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''. No relation to [[Tropers/FastEddie the founder / former head admin]] of Wiki/ThisVeryWiki.

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* NamesTheSame: Watching the credits one may notice one of the members of the sound department for the show is named Fast Eddie. "Fast" Eddie Mahler was a Hollywood sound mixer during the the 1980's, and worked camera crew on ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''. No relation to [[Tropers/FastEddie the founder / former head admin]] of Wiki/ThisVeryWiki.Website/ThisVeryWiki.
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** In the episode "The Best Desk Scenario", actor Eugene Peterson plays a character named Clarence Carter. No, he doesn't sing "Patches", "Strokin'" or "Slip Away" in this episode.

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