Pat Morita helped create the storyline for the "Karate Kid-sized" parody along with the writer/director.
George Plympton had agreed to appear in a cameo role giving a review of the movie during the middle of it. He passed away a few weeks before his scenes were to be shot. His role was then offered to Roger Ebert, who turned it down due to a conflict of interest if he were to review the movie in the future.
Angie Everhart shot her scenes shortly after having surgery performed on a finger from accidentally almost severing it off while shooting a TV show in Mexico.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan shot his scene in a little over two hours at a kick boxing gym. The temperature inside the gym was kept at over 100 degrees at all times, making for a very sweaty shoot.