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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Come on: you have Music/DionneWarwick and Music/BoDiddley guest star in a show about a traveling rock band and NEITHER of them sing? The latter especially feels like a missed opportunity, since that episode's plot is about a blues song that needs to be performed to satisfy a ghost and could have easily justified a performance from Diddley's character (instead of Mackenzie Phillips, who sings it instead).

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* RetroactiveRecognition: A behind-the-scenes example. Several members of the show's creative team went on to work for far more famous projects in the years to come.
** Creator/ShawnLevy, who directed the pilot, went on to direct a slew of comedies in the 2000s and '10s. These days, he's probably best known as a director and executive producer on ''Series/StrangerThings'', which, given this show's tone and target audience, is oddly appropriate.
** Josh Stolberg, who wrote four episodes in season two, became best known as a horror screenwriter, having written ''Film/SororityRow'', ''Film/Piranha3D'', and (together with Peter Goldfinger) every ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' movie from ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'' onward.



* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up in or after TheNew10s. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as is common with Hollywood depictions of the internet. This also goes for the show's very era-specific fashions and musical guest stars like [=SHeDAISY=] and The Moffats.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The computers, mobile phones, and websites featured on the show instantly date it to the TurnOfTheMillennium, especially the chatrooms and instant messaging. Wireless internet access was also quite novel in 1999 but is less impressive to anyone who grew up in or after TheNew10s.TheNewTens. However, it's worth noting that most of the websites featured on the show were exaggerated even for the time, as is common with Hollywood depictions of the internet. This also goes for the show's very era-specific fashions and musical guest stars like [=SHeDAISY=] and The Moffats.

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