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Jerry Van Dyke was the first choice to play George Utley, but his audition for the role was unsuccessful.
Larry always wears a quarter in his ear. William Sanderson also used this prop in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980).
SPOILER: It is revealed in the final episode that the entire series was a dream of Robert Hartley's (Bob Newhart's character from his previous series "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972).)
SPOILER: Despite the dream revelation in the final episode, books by Dick Louden and the characters of Larry, Darryl, and Darryl all appear in various episodes of "Coach" (1989), also created by Barry Kemp (I).
Exterior scenes of the Stratford Inn were those of the Waybury Inn in Vermont.
Early episodes of the show were videotaped, later episodes were filmed.
The opening credits are outtakes of On Golden Pond (1981). If you look closely you can see Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in the car.
Julia Duffy was pregnant during several episodes of the show and had to hide her condition by wearing baggy clothes and standing behind furniture.
Larry, Daryl and Daryl were supposed to be one time characters but the studio audience's reaction to their introduction was so spontaneous the producers used them again.
Vermont residents complained that the opening scenes are of New Hampshire, and not Vermont.
Mary Frann (who played Joanna) visited several of the Vermont Inns to do research and brought back the Pfaltzgraff dishes that are seen as props in the Loudon's Inn.
The role of Larry was written for Tracey Walter. Walter auditioned but William Sanderson was cast instead.
Darryl and Darryl were originally named Larry. They altered their given names to avoid confusion both at home and at obedience school.
Darryl (unclear whether it's one or both) doesn't talk because when he was seven years old, he sat on a porcupine and "he ain't talked since."
Dick is seen watching "his favorite television program". While the TV screen isn't visible, the theme music is that of "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972)
When this episode originally aired 25 years ago the theme music that was heard when Joanna turns up the TV was that of the "Mr. Ed" TV show, not the 1970s Bob Newhart show; in syndication/re-runs it has been switched to the Bob Newhart show to make it more of an "in" joke and possibly also because that TV theme music is more recognizable to a modern, younger audience.
This was the first episode of the series to be shot on film.
Darryl (not clear whether it's one or both) doesn't talk because when he was seven years old, he sat on a porcupine and "he ain't talked since."
Curious George, mentioned in the episode's title, is a character created by Margret Rey and H.A. Rey in their books
The episode's title is a reference to the title of William Shakespeare (I)'s play "Much Ado About Nothing"
There are a bunch of Beaver lodge guys watching "Gilligan's Island" (1964). Dick herds them out of the room, and one of them says, "But I want to see how it ends!" The man was Russell Johnson (I), who played the Professor the series.
The episode's title is a reference to the line "Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson" from the song "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel.
Contains numerous references to Bob Newhart's profession as a psychologist on the Bob Newhart Show, including Dick's contention that he doesn't believe in psychology, a cameo by Bob Newhart Show regular Jack Riley as a patient of the psychologist Dick and Joanna visit, and the psychologist's admission that it has taken her years to undo the damage done to him by a therapist he used to see in Chicago, an allusion to Newhart himself.
The final episode ran for 5 minutes longer than the typical episode. Many CBS affiliates did not get the message and cut to a commercial after 30 minutes. Viewers demanded the episode to be rerun and it was on the following week.
To protect the secret of the ending, a fake script was leaked to the press. In it, after Bob gets by the golf ball, he dies, goes to Heaven and meets God played by George Burns.
The final scene was kept a secret from most of the cast and crew until moments before filming it. Only Newhart, director Dick Martin (I), the writers and producers knew. A curtain was put in front of the recreated "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972) set so the audience would not know the secret right up until the moment of filming. When the curtain was pulled back, the audience immediately recognized the set and reacted wildly. After filming, the audience was asked to keep the secret.
After the 7th season, Bob Newhart decided the 8th season would be the final season for the show. When he told his wife Ginny Newhart of his decision, she suggested that for the final episode, his character should wake up in bed next to Suzanne Pleshette, and that the series should be a dream.

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