The tag line "As falls Wichita so falls Wichita Falls" is the title of a Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays album from 1981.
The weather got to be so bad during shooting, that Harold Raimis almost had to close to production for a day, which would've ended his perfect record of never losing a shooting day.
John Cusack's character's last name, Arglist, translates to "guile" or "deceitfulness" in German.
‘The Sweet Cage’ is a defunct restaurant 'Harold Ramis (I)' and his family used to eat at when he was a kid. Its flatware and cutlery were used for the upscale restaurant where Vic was eating.
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The name of Lindsay Porter's character 'Gladys' means 'Slippery Ice' in Dutch (glad ys). Therefore it directly refers to the Dutch expression "Zich op glad ys begeven" ("Being on slippery ice") which is applied when one finds oneself beyond known conditions and anything might happen.