Made on an extremely low budget considering the time-consuming process of working with puppets, the film went over budget and schedule.
Most of the audience members of "The Feebles Variety Hour" are actually cardboard cutouts. Only a few are puppets or people in costume.
This film was shot with standard 16mm color film stock, which has a TV-Monitor aspect ratio of 4:3 (or 1.33:1) . With all VHS and DVD editions using the 4:3 print, it was cropped into 16:9 (or 1.78:1) for its original theatrical release.
The film was originally conceived as part of a television series, and only belatedly became a feature after Japanese investors proposed expanding it. As such, the script was hastily re-written.
Served as inspiration for the Australian children's television series The Ferals (1994) according to one of the creators Wendy Gray. Peter Dasent, who composed the film, also provided the score for this series.