Adam Sandler's real-life dog, named Meatball, is the son of the dog that played Mr. Beefy in this movie. Meatball was Adam Sandler's best man at his wedding. Sadly Meatball passed away at the age of 4 from a heart attack four years after this film was released.
(at around 9 mins) Adrian's line, "better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven," is taken from John Milton's epic literary work "Paradise Lost" (1667).
Dana Carvey (Referee) broke his ankle while filming the Harlem Globetrotters basketball game scene, and ended up on crutches.
This is the fourth Adam Sandler film to have a love interest with the initials "V. V.," with Patricia Arquette as Valerie Veran. The first was Billy Madison (1995) (Veronica Vaughn); the second was Un tipo imprevedibile (1996) (Virginia Venet); and the third was Waterboy (1998) (Vicki Valencourt).The fifth movie is Hubi Halloween (Violet Valentine)