Trivia

Steve Martin learned the lasso tricks while working in a magic shop at Disneyland as a teenager.

The bats hunted by Ned are actually fried bacon, served on skewers.

Tony Plana turned down Oliver Stone's Pelotón (1986) to appear in this. He had also appeared in Stone's Salvador (1986) and knew that shooting Pelotón (1986) in the Philippines would be an even more difficult shoot, compared to the 5 star hotel that was being provided for the Tucson location for this film. Stone did not talk to him for years.

This is the only film co-written by composer Randy Newman.

The voice of Randy Newman got digitally altered to sing as the singing bush.