Chris McDonald came directly from shooting another show to the set and dawned a mask to play his part as whizz. most people who saw the short asked where was he was in the film. but alas., he did pull the ski mask just before they cut out of the scene.
James Gandolfini lent his car, a convertible SS s To the evening's production. he is driving it in two scenes in the short.
The opening bar scene was shot at a Hollywood, hot spot called, Atlantic, Carafotes wrote the basic premise while working as a bartender there. He would observe or be involved in scenarios then call his home phone machine and relay himself a message when he got home he would transcribe it.