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Arrivederci, Binford - S3-E5

Trivia: It's mentioned that John Binford died of a heart attack. Noble Willingham, who played Binford, also died of a heart attack.

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Trivia: The infamous scene where Patrick Bateman kills Paul Allen while discussing Huey Lewis and the News was recreated by Huey Lewis himself in the role of Bateman, with "Weird Al" Yankovic being his victim as revenge for parodying his song "I Want a New Drug."

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Model Family - S1-E15

Trivia: When Eric is dumped into the tub of butter, Will Friedle actually tried to continually force himself further into the liquid, because the lobster suit he was wearing was buoyant. (00:19:44)

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Trivia: Patton Oswalt was originally supposed to play Dr. Demento, but he broke his foot the day before filming began.

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Wrong Side of the Tracks - S2-E19

Trivia: Will Friedle has said that for the dream sequence with Nancy Kerrigan, they dyed his hair to match the ice-skating double's hair, instead of the other way around, likely because it is easier to darken someone's hair than it is to lighten it. Friedle wondered why they didn't just have him and the double wear beanies to cover their hair instead of sending him to a salon in Lake Placid to get his hair dyed.

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Trivia: After landing the role of Eric, Will Friedle and his dad walked around Universal CityWalk Hollywood, where they ran into Jason Marsden, who was also up for the role of Eric. Marsden turned to his two friends and said "This is the prick who stole my job," which Friedle's dad finds to be hilarious.

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The B-Team of Life - S1-E14

Trivia: Despite being placed in the middle of the season, this was one of the first episodes filmed. Will Friedle and Rider Strong stated on the Pod Meets World podcast that they think it was originally supposed to be the pilot that was rejected by the studio, because footage from the episode is in the opening credits sequence.

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Trivia: When Jack Russell first begins walking down the hallway with the mural on the walls, the first image he sees is a comic book accurate drawing of Gorr the God Butcher, the main antagonist from Thor: Love and Thunder. (00:02:29)

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Ribbit and Rip It - S1-E8

Trivia: The music that plays as Daredevil tells Jen who he is is the theme music to the Daredevil Netflix series. (00:16:50)

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The Happiest Show On Earth - S3-E21

Trivia: Will Friedle had a huge crush on Staci Keanan from Step By Step and begged the producers to get her on the show. They ended up putting her in this episode, but much to Will's chagrin, he didn't get to be part of the episode's Disney World plot, and thus didn't work with her.

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Trivia: Connecticut native Will Friedle once wore a jersey for the Hartford Whalers - a defunct NHL team - with his name on it at a Disney event. The next day, he found an Anaheim Mighty Ducks jersey in his dressing room, who were owned by Disney at the time, implying that the studio wanted him to start wearing that to events instead.

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Trivia: Kevin Smith has said that Jason Mewes hit on Carrie Fisher, using many Star Wars-related innuendos. Fisher asked him to stop, not because she was offended by it, but because many people hit on her in the same manner (including Ben Affleck), but none would ever actually go all the way with it.

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Trivia: Even though her mom recorded every episode when they aired, Staci Keanan never watched any episodes of this show until 2022, 25 years after it ended. She finally started watching them ahead of launching a podcast called "Keanan and Lakin Give You Déjà Vu" in February 2024 with fellow cast member Christine Lakin.

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Trivia: The role of Vizzini was originally intended for Danny DeVito, with Wallace Shawn being brought in as a stand-in. Shawn was perplexed to be playing a Sicilian, considering that he is a Jewish man from New York.

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Trivia: The storming of the castle was the first scene filmed. According to Cary Elwes, after Westley wakes up, Andre the Giant proceeded to let out a loud and drawn-out fart, much to the shock and disgust of the entire cast and crew. Elwes said he learned from Hulk Hogan that Andre the Giant had a habit of "breaking the ice by breaking the wind."

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Trivia: Rider Strong towered over the other child actors when the show began. He was 5'8", but never grew another inch for the rest of the show.

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Trivia: The network only allowed 7 days for the filming of each episode, rather than the standard 10 days that most hour-long series receive. When they proved they were able to successfully complete episodes in that short amount of time, rather than granting them 10 days per episode moving forward, the studio made them stick with the 7-day schedule since they were able to make it work.

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Trivia: Brian Dennehy falsely claimed to have served and been wounded in the Vietnam War. He later apologized for the lie.

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Trivia: Vincent D'Onofrio based the voice of Edgar on a combination of John Huston from Chinatown and George C. Scott from Dr. Strangelove.

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Graduation - S5-E24

Trivia: For the scene where Eric sings "To Sir, with Love" to Mr. Feeny, the producers actually sent him to a professional singing coach for two weeks to prepare. Will Friedle wondered why they bothered when the scene was played off as a joke.

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