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** Phil the barfly was played by Phil Perlman, Rhea Perlman's father. In addition, Rhea's sister, Heide Perlman, was a frequent writer.
** Vera Petersen is Bernadette Birkett, [[Casting Gag|George Wendt's wife.]]
* [[Recycled Script]]: Not only is the storyline of the Season 11 episode "Norm's Big Audit" virtually identical to that of the ''[[Wings]]'' episode "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Police Woman Scorned," but the same actress who played the hard-nosed, lovesick policewoman in ''Wings'' was hired to play the hard-nosed, lovesick IRS auditor in this series.
** The "main male character's older brother who is better at everything" was used for ''Cheers'' as well. Many sitcoms used virtually the same script, including ''[[Three's Company]]''.
** Diane borrows money from Sam in one episode, and proceeds to spend it on apparently frivolous items before paying Sam back. This is a very common sitcom plot, used again in ''[[Frasier]]'' and many other shows.
* [[Throw It In]]: According to John Ratzenberger, he badly botched his audition for the role of Norm, and, figuring he had nothing to lose, asked if the cast included a bar [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All|know-it-all]]. He proceeded to improvise for a few minutes as such a character, and the writers subsequently created the part of Cliff for him.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Joel Hodgson]] [http://www.whmpodcast.com/2012/01/joel-hodgson-whm-interview.html revealed in a recent interview] that he auditioned for the role of Woody Boyd.
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