The Producers/Trivia
- Actor Allusion: In the 2005 film, Will Ferrell's character breaks one leg, then later breaks the other. Mustafa, who Will played in Austin Powers 2, had the same misfortune.
- 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 thinnerMr. 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.