Trivia

Final theatrical feature film of Vivienne Martin who played a bin lady with a budgie. She continued to work in television until about the mid 1990s.

Debut theatrical feature film directed by production and conceptual designer Ron Cobb. The picture was his first, final and only ever cinema movie as a director.

The meaning and relevance of the film's ''Garbo'' title is that it is an Australian slang word for a garbage collector. Clarke Fountain clarified what a ''garbo'' is in his review. He stated: ''Contrary to what outsider film-buffs and older people might think, for Australians a 'garbo' is not someone with a resemblance to or an affiliation with the film star Greta Garbo. 'Garbo' is short for 'garbageman'.''

After many years as Australia's top comedy due, followed by several successful tours around the world, 'Garbo' was the ultimate moment for Los Trios Ringbarkus, who first met at college. "We've always wanted to get the characters into a film" said Stephen Kearney, "and it was for that reason that we moved to live and work in Los Angeles."

One of two early 1990s feature film comedies about garbage collectors. The two pictures were the first released American movie Men at Work (1990) whilst the second released was the Australian movie Garbo (1992). The latter, which debuted about a couple of years after the first, referenced the former with a tagline on its home video sleeve. It stated: ''They're men at work... the disposable heroes!''.