Video Killed the Gene-io Star/Trivia

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Trivia

• Table read date: Unknown.
• The title is a reference to the 1979 The Buggles hit, "Video Killed the Radio Star."
• In Doug's studio, there's a poster for the 45th Cereal Jingle Awards and Roller Dance 1984. The first poster references his occupation as a jingle writer and the latter referencing his roller dance career in "Roller? I Hardly Know Her!."
• Doug's "Open Pit Barbecue Sauce" vocal warm-up is possibly a reference to the show 30 Rock, in which a character (Jenna Maroney) uses the same line to test a room's acoustics.
• Courtney's friends from "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene," Rupa and Julie, both appear in the music video; This is the first time following that episode where their friendship with Courtney is seen.
• The version of "Locker Love" playing over the end credits was sung by the show's music coordinator Emily Goldstein and composer Brent Knopf who did arrangements in the two-part "The Bleakening" episodes.
• In terms of viewership, this episode was the least watched in Season 12 (0.949 million viewers) and the entire series until it was surpassed by "The Spider House Rules" later in the same season.

Goofs

• In this episode, the doorway next to the sofa in the Wheeler's house leads to Doug's studio when in "The Gene & Courtney Show" it led to the kitchen as Doug's audio workstation is visible in the position it was located in the living room in "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene."