Writer/director Tony Vitale first pitched the story as a sitcom in 1991. When nefarious executives tried to steal his idea, he quickly turned it into a play and, ultimately, the movie. Eventually it did transition to the small-screen as the short-lived series Macho Man (2001).
In one camera pan of Warren's apartment, we see a poster for the Broadway musical "Tommy." Anthony Barrile, who plays Warren, played the role of Cousin Kevin in that production.
Various characters refer to Manhattan as "the city."
A "guido" is a rude slang term for a working-class Italian-America man, usually from Brooklyn, Queens, or the Bronx.