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- ↑ "Night Music", closing credits, episode 201 (1989)
- ↑ "Sunday Night" episodes 104 (1988), 113 (1989), 114 (1989), 121 (1989)
- ↑ Broadway Video, Distribution, Night Music, Internet Archive Wayback Machine, July 6, 2004