History Trivia / Blossom

* InMemoriam: The Season 4 episode "Meat" ended with a dedication to Bill Bixby. While he was directing it on the same day the "Let's Talk About Sex" episode waws airing on November 15, 1993, he collapsed, and died six days later from prostate cancer. Selig Frank finished directing "Meat" for him.

* DuelingWorks: During its first season, it was this with the short-lived ''Series/{{Molloy}}'', another Mayim Bialik vehicle, in which she played a young teen who had to move in with her father, stepmother, and stepsiblings--one of them played by then-unknown Creator/JenniferAniston--after the death of her mother. ''Blossom'' was more popular with the viewers and ''Molloy'' was canceled after only a few episodes.[[note]]in an interesting footnote regarding Aniston, ''Blossom'' ended up replacing a short-lived sitcom version of ''Film/FerrisBeullersDayOff'' titled simply ''Ferris Bueller'' which also had Aniston as a regular[[/note]]

* DuelingWorks: During its first season, it was this with the short-lived ''Series/{{Molloy}}'', another Mayim Bialik vehicle, in which she played a young teen who had to move in with her father, stepmother, and stepsiblings--one of them played by then-unknown Creator/JenniferAniston--after the death of her mother. ''Blossom'' was more popular with the viewers and ''Molloy'' was canceled after only a few episodes.

* CreatorBacklash: Michael Stoyanov regrets leaving the series in the fifth season. Despite the work he got as a writer for Conan O'Brien, he wished he had waited until ''Blossom'' finished its run.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
** The series disappeared from syndication around 1998 and, save for a set of [=DVDs=] from the first 2 seasons released a while back, has been little seen since.
** Creator/TheHub started rerunning the show in July 2014, and the original cast even did a reunion interview for the occasion! Sadly, The Hub became Creator/DiscoveryFamily three months later, and the reruns immediately ceased.
** As of April 2016, the show has returned to Creator/DiscoveryFamily.
** Though as of March 2021, the show is on Hulu.
** As of December 2021 it is on Creator/{{Tubi}}.
* OldShame: Mayim Bialik often refers to the show as "One big embarrassment". On the other hand, she's not above making goofy references to it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6POJUNBX3c 15 years later.]]

* ActorInspiredElement: Mayim Bialik claims to have pushed for Ted Wass to be cast as her father, as she had enjoyed auditioning alongside him. She was also responsible for bringing Michael Stoyanov on board as Tony; feeling they looked enough alike to play siblings.

** Mayim, Ted Wass, Joey Lawrence and Jenna von Oy were all given several opportunities to show off their singing talents.

* DirectedByCastMember: Ted Wass directed 18 episodes, getting that assignment more frequently as the show went on (particularly as Bill Bixby's health worsened).

* FakeBrit: Kennedy.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Per a 2011 [[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/12/melissa-joan-hart-explains-it-all/ Entertainment Weekly article]]; Creator/MelissaJoanHart had been considered for the role of Six [=LeMure=] before turning it down in favor of the lead role on "Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll".

** As of December 2021 it is on Tubi.

* DuelingWorks: During its first season, it was this with the short-lived ''Molloy'', another Mayim Bialik vehicle, in which she played a young teen who had to move in with her father, stepmother, and stepsiblings after the death of her mother. ''Blossom'' was more popular with the viewers and ''Molloy'' was canceled after only a few episodes.

* DawsonCasting: Mayim Bialik is one year older than Joey Larwence, who plays her older brother, and she is also two years older than Jenna von Oy, while their characters are supposed to be the same age.