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Retroactive Recognition: Principal Beasley is none other than Tenzin's brother Bumi.
- Nick Bakay, who plays a news reporter, would go on to voice Salem Saberhagen in Sabrina the Teenage Witch and its animated spinoff, as well as Norbert from The Angry Beavers.
Squick: Tommy covering his butt with ice cream while stripping, which prompts many women at the strip club to flee.
Values Dissonance: Tommy's disgust when an attractive woman turns out to be a man can now be seen as transphobic in today's standards.

He Really Can Act: James Marsden's performance in the show was widely praised as a career best. Thanks to him being typecast as a basic Straight Man love interest for so long, seeing him do a role that flips the idea on its head was seen as ingenious, with Marsden's commitment to the bit made many realize he has excellent comedic chops most of his roles don't usually showcase.
Hilarious in Hindsight: Ronald Gladden was summoned to actual jury duty not long after the show's debut.
Spiritual Successor: To The Joe Schmo Show, another reality series featuring one "real" person unknowingly placed in a cast of actors to record his reactions. The first season, much like Jury Duty, features an extremely nice guy who did the virtuous thing at every turn and won over the actors duping him.