The teddy bear that resembles Barry was created by sticking Michael Zorek's head-shot onto it and decorating it with bits of fur.
Monique Gabrielle said her role as Babs ended up typecasting her because it gave her a reputation of being a ditzy kind of girl who gets naked. It was the only role she was offered afterward.
The film also functions as a historical document of early 1980s social and cultural life of Venice Beach, as many leisure activities in the region are filmed as background to the film's comedic story-line.
According to the 'DVD Drive-in' website, on the set ''Deborah Richter's boyfriend at the time . . . would often hang around the set [allegedly] intimidating everyone during her nude scenes''.
The character who runs the adult shop, played by Virgil Frye, has no name given, and is only ever referred to, including in the credits, as "The Porno Man".