Broken Lizard screened the film for Jimmy Buffett, who was so amused that he requested permission to sing some of the film's original songs on one of his live tours.
The joke about pronouncing Penelope as Peen-Na-Lope, came about when Jay Chandrasekhar and Kevin Heffernan went to a screening of Carlito's Way (1993), and when Penelope Ann Miller's name came up on the screen a man behind the two said, "Peen-Na-Lope? What kind of a name is Peen-Na-Lope?"
In the DVD Commentary, it is explained that the line "How many of you knew that he was uncircumcised and smelled of oranges?" was a line included in the script to see if anyone was really reading it before the film was green lit.
The translation of Steve Lemme's character name, Juan Castillo, is John Castle, which was Patrick Swayze's character name in Dirty Dancing (1987). Lemme and Kevin Heffernan are huge Swayze fans.
When the staff members are looking at Coconut Pete's old album, one of the song titles is "I'd Tell Ya. But Then I'd Have Tequila".
Sheri Kornhaber: The film's head of makeup department, can be seen in the club at the bar sitting next to Putman and Dirk.