"The New Patty Duke Show" planned to have Patty Duke and the cast from the 1999 television reunion movie, reprise their roles in a weekly series. The rating for movie were not as high as everyone had hoped, so the idea for this series was eventually discarded.
Mayor Galliano is a parody of Rudy Giuliani, the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 2001.
The film takes place in November 1998.