This is the only time in his career that Rick Moranis (Howard Gross) plays a character that gets killed off.
[00:08:23]When Frank Stedman (Danny DeVito) is looking at the article about him being investigated for illegally selling shares of stocks, the photo in the paper of him is actually a still photo of his Louie De Palma character from the television series ''Taxi'' (1978-1983).
Three of the characters in the film have the same last names as former American presidents. These were Bob Nixon (Ron Frazier), Mike Hoover (Wallace Shawn) and Al Kennedy (Bruce Wagner).
Lou Ferrigno (the title character in The Incredible Hulk (1978)) plays one of the male models showing off INC's line of military equipment and clothing during the fashion show.