When Steve Martin appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) in 2005, he played "Name That Clip." Leno was supposed to differentiate clips from Martin's two new movies, Shopgirl (2005) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), with Martin taking $20 from Leno if he got one wrong. The last clip played was from this movie, which Leno immediately said was "a horrible movie." Martin said Leno was right, but he would still lose $20 for making it.
Filmed in 1987; released in 1989. 1987 was the same year that the People Mover opened in Detroit.
In 1989, Pat Morita guest-starred on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), with Jay Leno as guest host. They said the movie ran out of money on the last day of filming, with key scenes waiting to be shot and no budget for editing and post-production.
A rare, obscure pistol known as the "Gyrojet" featured prominently in the film. According to the dialogue, it was used because it was "very hard to trace."
On The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Jay Leno publicly admitted that he detested this movie, and was embarrassed that he'd agreed to be in it.