When sending away for something from ACME as a cartoon mouse, the envelope Roy mails has a stamp featuring a likeness of Chuck Jones, who supervised the animation sequence in the film.
On the "name board" in the control room in Hell, an office message reminds people that Tuesday is Saddam Hussein Appreciation Day.
Peter Hyams had been so captivated by the script that he repeatedly badgered Morgan Creek executives until they agreed to let him direct the movie.
The animated sequence had been in production for six months when filming of the live-action portion began.
All the shows shown on HVTV the Knables either watched or were in:
Fall TV Lineup (shown during ending credits):
- Three Men and Rosemary's Baby
- Sadistic Hidden Videos
- You Can't Win
- Underworld Wrestling League
- Autopsies of the Rich and Famous
- Max Hell (commercial)
- Northern Overexposure
- Thirty Something To Life
- The Silencer of the Lambs (commercial. Silencer of the Pets sold separately)
- Meet The Mansons
- Unnamed cartoon
- Different Strokes
- My Three Sons of Bitches
- Saturday Nite Dead - Duane's World sketch
- Roy Knable: Private Dick
- The Exorcisist
- Yogi Beer (commercial)
- Home Shoplifting Channel
- Off With His Head
- Unnamed western themed show (both 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and Clint Eastwood's The Man With No Name are referenced)
- HV ONE News
- Star Trek - The Next Generation spoof
- Unnamed car commercial featuring Roy as a crash test dummy
- Hockey Game: Angels vs. Devils
- Driving Over Miss Daisy
- Three's Company spoof
- Unnamed medieval period show
- H:TV Start Me Up (Salt N Pepa music video)
Fall TV Lineup (shown during ending credits):
- Beverly Hills 90666
- I Love Lucifer
- The Golden Ghouls
- Murder She Likes
- Facts of Life Support
- Fresh Prince of Darkness
- Unmarried With Children
- David Dukes of Hazard