When the cop and therapist come to Freddy's door, the surgery shown on the TV is real-life footage of Tom Green having a lymph node removed due to testicular cancer.
This film won five Razzies, including worst picture, worst actor and worst director. Tom Green showed up to the ceremony to pick up his awards. At the time, he was only the second recipient to ever accept a Razzie in person, the first being director Paul Verhoeven to pick up his 7 Razzie awards for Showgirls (1995).
When Tom Green showed up at the Razzies to personally accept his awards, he brought his own red carpet. He played an endless harmonica solo at the end of the show, and had to be literally dragged off stage.
Jerry Stiller and Gene Wilder were offered the role of Jim Brody. Both turned it down because they thought the script was offensive.
Filming was interrupted by an irate hot dog seller who refused to move his cart out of the way. He eventually moved for $2000 (a check that was later canceled).