The Producers/Trivia


 * Hey It's That Guy: In the 2005 movie, Captain Jack Harkness sings "Springtime for Hitler."
 * Timon and Simba are the main characters with Ron Burgundy and The Bride as Liebkind and Ulla respectively.
 * In a deleted scene, Pumbaa joins in.
 * George is Carmen Ghia!
 * The original film features a much thinner Mr. Belvedere wearing a dress!
 * The original Bialystock and Bloom are Kehaar and Willy Wonka.
 * Estelle Winwood in the original.
 * What Could Have Been: Dustin Hoffman was initially cast as Franz Liebkind in the original film until Mike Nichols cast him as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate instead.
 * According to Mel Brooks, he only let Hoffman audition for The Graduate because Brooks' wife, Anne Bancroft, was playing Mrs. Robinson in that film. Also, since Benjamin was a blond jock in the book, Brooks thought he'd never get the role.