Promotional stills of a bruised and bloodied Dolly Parton have frequently been used as illustrations for tabloid stories alleging plastic surgery disasters.
The role of Ben was explicitly written for Ray Benson, but NBC wanted a more established actor in the role. Dolly Parton steadfastly refused to give the part to someone else.
The movie was issued on VHS in Europe, but it was never made available in the United States and it's never had an official DVD release anywhere in the world.
Then-current members of the band Asleep at the Wheel appeared as the film's fictional band, The Texas Wheel, and longtime frontman Ray Benson played a supporting role as a character named Ben Rayson.
The man who tells Ben to "hurry up" in the opening scene is James M. White, the real-life founder and proprietor of Austin's renowned Broken Spoke bar.