Anecdotes

Bernie Mac's last film before his death. This film is dedicated to his memory.

Jada Pinkett Smith's daughter, Willow Smith, plays the young Gloria. Ben Stiller's son, Quinn Dempsey Stiller, plays the young Alex.

Chris Rock and Ben Stiller spent one day in the studio recording their scenes.

Series trademark: Twilight Zone. (at around 11 mins) Most if not all entries in this series contain an homage to Rod Serling's original La quatrième dimension (1959). In this one, Mort mimics the airplane wing walker from Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1963).

(at around 22 mins) Alex's family birthmark is shaped like the continent of Africa, including the island of Madagascar.

Jeffrey Katzenberg: (at around 15 secs) the assistant CEO of DreamWorks does the voice of the boy knocked off the crescent moon by penguins when the DreamWorks logo comes up.