As Javier (Jon Cryer) is talking on the phone while walking to Henry's hospital room, he says "It's a story about manure salesmen, no one will care at all!" Mark Polish, who plays Henry, wrote and starred in "The Smell Of Success" about manure salesmen.
Features the prop license plate 2GAT123 also seen in Mulholland Drive, L.A. Story, Beverly Hills Cop II, and many other movies/TV shows.
In the opening narration, the writer refers to past acquaintances by category. He refers to "soon to be out of the closet gay guys" as the picture focuses on a high school photo of a "Phil Morris". Phil Morris is the name of Steven Russell's (Jim Carrey's) male love interest and title character in I Love You Philip Morris (2009).
The movie's financiers, unhappy they didn't recoup their investment, re-edited the film without involvement from director Michael Polish, who subsequently had his name removed. The movie is now credited to the pseudonym "Ted Smith".
A poster of the rock band The Rolling Stones is seen on the wall of Henry's room.