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* [[Cut Song]]: Several of the original script's more memorable songs were cut from the [[Alternate Show Interpretation|1980 performance]] which was recorded and released on video, most notably "Charmin's Lament", "West End Avenue" and "Solid Silver Platform Shoes".
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]/[[Retroactive Recognition]]: The original cast included Cheryl Barnes, Robert LuPone, Anita Morris and David Ogden Stiers (a few years away from his role as Charles Emerson Winchester on ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]'').
** And in the opening night band, Paul Shaffer, later
** Cheryl Barnes may be recognizable to some as Hud's wife/girlfriend from ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]'', who sings "Easy to be Hard".
* [[Shout-Out]]: "Up To His Old Tricks" repeatedly references some of the great names of stage magic -- specifically [[w:Joseph Dunninger|The Amazing Dunninger]] and [[Harry Houdini]].
** When Charmin appears, a joke about the old "Don't squeeze the Charmin" advertising campaign is made.
** "The Goldfarb Variations" is a reference to [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s harpsichord piece [[w:Goldberg Variations|"The Goldberg Variations"]]. And like so many Bach pieces, it's a fugue.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: For [[Doug Henning]].
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: This is one of the reasons the 1980 filmed performance underwent so many changes -- songs like "Solid Silver Platform Shoes" were thought to be terribly dated less than a decade after the show premiered on Broadway.
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