Trivia
The Opening Scene where a member of the press sends a message to Josh by writing on a piece of fruit is identical to Richard North Patterson's novel, No Safe Place. It is also – perhaps unknowingly – similar to the 1984 election, when those on Air Force One celebrated the last day of the campaign by rolling oranges down the aisle.
The bill presented in this episode seeks to require proof of residency in order to obtain a CA driver's license. In real life, this has been the law in CA since January 1994, because of SB 976. State Senator Gil Cedillo, among others, has been trying to pass the opposite of the bill described in the episode – a bill seeking to remove the requirement of proof of residency.
Although this episode is the first to feature California Governor George Tillman on screen, he was initially referenced in the fourth season, when Sam and Leo were mentioning that a speech he made had been outstanding (even containing jokes that worked) and they wanted to find out who Tillman's new writers were--the answer turned out to be one man: Will Bailey.
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Famous quotes containing the word trivia:
“Pop artists deal with the lowly trivia of possessions and equipment that the present generation is lugging along with it on its safari into the future.”
—J.G. (James Graham)
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—Daniel J. Boorstin (b. 1914)