Screenwriter Dode Levenson named two of the characters Molly and Max after his maternal grandparents, Max and Mollie Katz.
John Burgess won the "Rising Star" award at the Naples International Film Festival for One Small Hitch.
The producers licensed 16 seconds of "Sixteen Candles" for when Molly Mahoney is watching TV as an homage to John Hughes.
The gong sound that signals Long Duck Dong's appearance onscreen in "Sixteen Candles" can be heard during the spa scene. A couple of minutes later, Molly is watching "Sixteen Candles" on TV.