Aired during Hanukkah, during which kids shows and musicals are ran in Israel because of its 8 days school vacation though most shows usually continue for roughly 2 months. This has been common in Israel since the 1960s.
Shay and Shani critic the quality of the Hanukkah shows and the cast, Rotem Abuhab, who plays Shani, was on the Festigal cast in 2005.
There was a singing group in Israel called the brothers and the sisters.
Shay tells Shani, that her father can be played in the movie by the actor from Kazablan (1973). Yehoram Gaon, who plays her father Silvan, was the star of the movie and the stage musical during the 1960s. When Shani says: "Right! Amos Tamam", she refers to the actor who's playing the character of Kazablan during the 2010s at the stage musical.