Acting debut of future television hostess Caroline Rhea. She can be seen in an uncredited role as 'Beach Girl #4 playing beach volleyball in a red bikini.
This is the only one of the "sequels" to the original Meatballs that is, in fact, a sequel as Patrick Dempsey's character, "Rudy" is the same one previously played by Chris Makepeace.
Jim Carrey originally was suppose to star and backed out 3 weeks prior to production.
Shot for seven weeks in Hudson, Québec, Canada from July 16 to around mid-September 1984.
After the wrap party, producer John Dunning left late, along with the cameraman and the cameraman's wife. They got into their car while he stopped behind it, ready to cross the street to get into his car. Bam! The next thing he remembers he was in an ambulance on his way to the hospital. The cameraman had backed up his car, not realizing Dunning was behind it. He suffered a concussion, a broken shoulder, two broken ribs, and a broken nose. An intern straightened his nose, but couldn't do anything for the rest. By then John's wife had arrived, so he was released to her care with some painkillers and the advice to wake him up every few hours because of the concussion.