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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/DarrenMcGavin, who usually plays heroic characters, played a silent, creepy vampire residing in "Nightshift".
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* TheCastShowOff: If you're wondering how tabloid writer Jane L's ("The Legendary Billy B") assistant Hodie could play a mean guitar lick while coercing the ostensible Billy B to actually play his instrument, that's because Hodie is played by Andy Summers, guitarist of Music/ThePolice.

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* TheCastShowOff: If you're wondering how tabloid writer Jane L's ("The Legendary Billy B") assistant assistant/photographer Hodie could play a mean guitar lick while coercing the ostensible Billy B to actually play his instrument, that's because Hodie is played by Andy Summers, guitarist of Music/ThePolice.
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* TheCastShowOff: If you're wondering how tabloid writer Jane L's ("The Legendary Billy B") assistant Hodie could play a mean guitar lick while coercing the ostensible Billy B to actually play his instrument, that's because Hodie is played by Andy Summers, guitarist of Music/ThePolice.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A proper home video release of the entire series has yet to be made. The "Complete Collection" DVD [[NonIndicativeName isn't]], as it only contains 30 out of the 85 episodes produced. Other DVD releases also featured selected episodes from the show, but these are out of print.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A proper home video release of the entire series has yet to be made. The "Complete Collection" DVD [[NonIndicativeName isn't]], as it only contains 30 out of the 85 episodes produced.produced, and only from the HBO run. Other DVD releases also featured selected episodes from the show, but these are out of print.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A proper home video release of the entire series has yet to be made. The "Complete Collection" DVD [[NonIndicativeName isn't]], only contains 30 out of the 85 episodes produced. Other DVD releases also featured selected episodes from the show, but these are out of print.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A proper home video release of the entire series has yet to be made. The "Complete Collection" DVD [[NonIndicativeName isn't]], as it only contains 30 out of the 85 episodes produced. Other DVD releases also featured selected episodes from the show, but these are out of print.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A proper home video release of the entire series has yet to be made. The "Complete Collection" DVD [[NonIndicativeName isn't]], only contains 30 out of the 85 episodes produced. Other DVD releases also featured selected episodes from the show, but these are out of print.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Lots of examples, many of which are in the [[Series/TheHitchhiker main page]].
** Helen Hunt as rich party girl/heroin addict Donette in "Why Are You Here".
** Creator/CarrieAnneMoss as main character Joan Severance's lookalike in "My Enemy".
** Music/ThePolice guitarist Andy Summers did more than just play a rock fan/tabloid journalist's assistant/photographer in "The Legendary Billy B". He also played the guitar parts of Music/JimiHendrix-inspired '60s rocker Billy Baltimore, and rocked a solo of his own while in character.
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** Creator/KirstieAlley also appears as multiple characters in separate episodes.

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** Creator/KirstieAlley also appears as multiple characters in separate episodes.episodes -- tabloid reporter Jane L in "The Legendary Billy B", and CloudCuckoolander Angelica in "Out of the Night".

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* CastingGag: Harry Hamlin as [[SublimeRhyme Jerry Macklin]]. ("The Curse")



* SublimeRhyme: Harry Hamlin as Jerry Macklin. ("The Curse")
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* PosthumousCredit: Dean-Paul Martin (Creator/DeanMartin's kid and formerly of the band Dino, Desi, and Billy) appeared as smooth-talking vitamin salesman Chris Taylor in "Secret Ingredient", which aired in May 1987, two months after his death in a plane crash.
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* SublimeRhyme: Harry Hamlin as Jerry Macklin. ("The Curse")

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* YouLookFamiliar: Shannon Tweed strutted her stuff in two episodes, playing two separate roles, as Barbara in "Videodate" from Season 2, and Dr. Rita De Roy in "Doctor's Orders" from Season 4.

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Shannon Tweed strutted her stuff in two episodes, playing two separate roles, as Barbara in "Videodate" from Season 2, and Dr. Rita De Roy in "Doctor's Orders" from Season 4.4.
** Creator/KirstieAlley also appears as multiple characters in separate episodes.
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** Music/ThePolice guitarist Andy Summers did more than just play a rock fan/tabloid journalist's assistant/photographer in "The Legendary Billy B". He also played the guitar parts of Music/JimiHendrix-inspired '60s rocker Billy Baltimore.

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** Music/ThePolice guitarist Andy Summers did more than just play a rock fan/tabloid journalist's assistant/photographer in "The Legendary Billy B". He also played the guitar parts of Music/JimiHendrix-inspired '60s rocker Billy Baltimore.Baltimore, and rocked a solo of his own while in character.
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** Music/ThePolice guitarist Andy Summers did more than just play a rock fan/tabloid journalist's assistant/photographer in "The Legendary Billy B". He also played the guitar parts of Music/JimiHendrix-inspired '60s rocker Billy Baltimore.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Lots of examples, many of which are in the [[Series/TheHitchhiker main page]].
** Helen Hunt as rich party girl/heroin addict Donette in "Why Are You Here".
** Creator/CarrieAnneMoss as main character Joan Severance's lookalike in "My Enemy".
* YouLookFamiliar: Shannon Tweed strutted her stuff in two episodes, playing two separate roles, as Barbara in "Videodate" from Season 2, and Dr. Rita De Roy in "Doctor's Orders" from Season 4.

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