Seinfeld asserted in an interview with Jimmy Fallon that he did not seek permission from Kellogg for using their product names and characters but he would enjoy being sued.
Max Greenfield's character "Rick Ludwin" shares the name with real life Rick Ludwin, a long time NBC executive who backed Jerry Seinfeld during the creation of the sitcom "Seinfeld" and Ludwin was the one who kept on fighting for "Seinfeld" when other NBC executives didn't believe the show would fly with a greater audience.
Bob Cabana (Jerry Seinfeld) is given apparently bad milk to sniff by milkman Mike Diamond (Christian Slater), asks "What's the expiration...?" and as he passes out Diamond says, "July Third." This is based on a joke Seinfeld did in his standup act, in which the cow that gives the milk tells the dairy its expiration date, and Seinfeld had the cow saying exactly that date, "July Third."
Directorial debut of Jerry Seinfeld.
Bob Cabana (Jerry Seinfeld's character) is the name of a well known NASA shuttle astronaut. He made four flights on three different shuttles, and was later an associate administrator of NASA.