[4] Early in their time as a team, Johnson and Dean decided to avoid Uncle Tom-style humor.

[4] In 1902, they performed in London's Palace Theatre for King Edward VII.

[6] Johnson and Dean ended their act in 1914 to pursue individual careers.

[8] In 1898, "Dora Dean The Sweetest Gal You Ever Seen" was the subject of a lawsuit in which a San Francisco judge ruled that the song could not be protected by copyright with the original lyrics "... the hottest thing you ever seen ..." because "the word 'hottest' as used in this case has an indelicate and vulgar meaning ..."[9] In 1946, radio game show host John Reed King stumped his studio audience with the question "Who is Dora Dean?

"[5] A refrigerator, bedroom suite, silverware set, and $100 went unclaimed as no one provided the correct answer.