14. Mr. Woodchuck, Joey’s chipmunk puppet, made a return in the revival, but it wasn’t actually the original prop. “I kept the original Mr. Woodchuck. And then my dog Ranger ate his face,” Coulier revealed during a Reddit AMA. And the new version came from none other than Jimmy Fallon, who had it recreated for a reunion sketch in 2014.
15. After original actor Jason Marsden decline to make an appearance in season two, Queer as Folk star Hal Sparks took over the role of Nelson, DJ’s ex-boyfriend. While Marsden didn’t reveal why he decided not to return, he wrote on twitter that the producers tried “their darnedest” to get him to do so. He did have one request: #KeepNelsonShort.
16. 30 years after last appearing in a project together, Cameron Bure’s older brother Kirk Cameron, known for his hit sitcom Growing Pains, made a guest appearance in the fifth and final season (he appeared in one episode of the original series’ run as DJ’s cousin). Calling her brother’s cameo a “really fun surprise,” Cameron Bure told Closer Weekly, “It’s a little bit of, like, a ’90s episode, so Lisa Loeb is in it as well as my brother Kirk…that week I was directing as well…it was a dream come true to direct my brother.”