History Trivia / ThePeopleVOJSimpson

* AbsenteeActor:
** Creator/KennethChoi is credited for the entire season as Lance Ito, but since the first three episodes take place before O.J.'s trial, he obviously doesn't appear.
** Creator/ChristianClemenson is also credited for the entire run, but he doesn't appear after episode five.

* DawsonCasting: Dominick Dunne was roughly 70 years old during the trial, but is played by Robert Morse, who was 84 at the time of filming. A relatively minor case, but notable in that Morse was actually one year older than Dunne was when he passed away in 2009.

* HesBack: In a RealLife example, this was Travolta's first role as a TV series regular in an incredible ''40 years'' (since his departure from ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'').

-->'''Sterling K. Brown:''' Thank you to the Academy. A lot of you may not have known who I was, but you ''checked the box anyway'', and that makes me very, very happy.
* YourCostumeNeedsWork: A real-life variant. Some viewers failed to realize that the actor playing Larry King in the fourth episode was actually Larry King playing himself.

* AllStarCast:
** Creator/CubaGoodingJr as O.J.
** Creator/JohnTravolta as Robert Schapiro
** Creator/DavidSchwimmer as Robert Kardashian
** Creator/NathanLane as F. Lee Bailey
** Creator/BruceGreenwood as Gil Carcetti
** Creator/SelmaBlair as Kris Jenner
** Creator/JordanaBrewster as Denise Brown
* CastingGag: Christian Clemenson is probably most well known to audiences for playing a lawyer on Series/BostonLegal. However, his character on that show was a BunnyEarsLawyer with Aspberger's syndrome who was usually a comical character. Here he plays the coolheaded DeadpanSnarker Bill Hodgman.

* HesBack: In a RealLife example, this was Travolta's first role as a TV series regular in an incredible ''40 years'' (since his departure from Series/WelcomeBackKotter).

** Kenneth Choi is credited for the entire season as Lance Ito, but since the first three episodes take place before O.J.'s trial, he obviously doesn't appear.
** Christian Clemenson is also credited for the entire run, but he doesn't appear after episode five.

** Bruce Greenwood as Gil Carcetti

* DuelingWorks: With Creator/{{ESPN}}'s ''30 fo 30'' documentary, ''Film/OJMadeInAmerica'', which was given a limited theatrical release in January 2016, and then premiered on TV on June 11th.

* TheCSIEffect: [[ShownTheirWork Naturally averted]], as 1994 is still six years away from ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' (and two from ''Series/ForensicFiles''). In one poignant scene, O.J.'s lawyers are shown to be completely ignorant of how DNA works. However, [[CrazyPrepared they have the presence of mind]] to hire a DNA expert to teach them how to best question the value of DNA evidence, and when they learn they really can't, they decide to focus on the LAPD's alleged racism to accuse them of tampering with the evidence, thus making it appear unreliable. A key scene has criminalist Daniel Fung detail how Simpson's DNA was on the scene and thus, the odds of him not being the killer are about 15 million to one. However, as this was 1995 and forensic work wasn't as well known or trusted then, the jury ignores what should be damning evidence to discuss the glove not fitting.

* YourCostumeNeedsWork: A real-life variant. Some viewers failed to realize that the actor playing Larry King in the fourth episode was actually Larry King playing himself. {{Subverted|Trope}} in that they generally complimented the show for its effects and/or characterization, though.
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!!Misc. trivia
* In a case of {{Irony}}, Courtney B. Vance, who plays Johnny Cochran, has stated that he believes Simpson "did it" in real life.
* In a hilarious real life instance of YourCostumeNeedsWork, some viewers failed to realize that the actor playing Larry King in the fourth episode was actually Larry King playing himself. {{Subverted|Trope}} in that they generally complimented the show for its effects and/or characterization, though.

* TheCSIEffect: [[ShownTheirWork Naturally averted]], as 1994 is still six years away from ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' (and two from ''Series/ForensicFiles''). In one poignant scene, O.J.'s lawyers are shown to be completely ignorant of how DNA works. However, [[CrazyPrepared they have the presence of mind]] to hire a DNA expert to teach them how to best question the value of DNA evidence, and when they learn they really can't, they decide to focus on the LAPD's alleged racism to accuse them of tampering with the evidence, thus making it appear unreliable. A key scene has criminalist Daniel Fung detail how Simpson's DNA was on the scene and thus, the odds of him not the killer are about 15 million to one. However, as this was 1995 and forensic work wasn't as well known or trusted then, the jury ignores what should be damning evidence to discuss the glove not fitting.

* TheCSIEffect: [[ShownTheirWork Naturally averted]], as 1994 is still six years away from ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' (and two from ''Series/ForensicFiles''). In one poignant scene, O.J.'s lawyers are shown to be completely ignorant of how DNA works. However, [[CrazyPrepared they have the presence of mind]] to hire a DNA expert to teach them how to best question the value of DNA evidence, and when they learn they really can't, they decide to focus on the LAPD's alleged racism to accuse them of tampering with the evidence, thus making it appear unreliable.