History Trivia / TheFortyYearOldVirgin

* BreakthroughHit: The film turned Judd Apatow from a working comedy writer to one of the most respected and prolific writer/director/producers in all of mainstream comedy.

* StarMakingRole: For Creator/SteveCarell, as well as putting Apatow on the mainstream map.

** Rudd and Rogen's reaction weren't scripted as well. The two were supposed to appear sympathetic to Andy, but they couldn't keep a straight face.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is very explicitly a product of the early-to-middle part of the 2000s. The electronics store where the main characters work (the two products we see them pitch are a combination VCR/DVD player and a bulky, pre-LCD big-screen TV), Trish’s business selling other people’s items on Ebay, the extended PT Cruiser driving sequence, the low-rider-jeans-and-sequins-heavy fashion, the pervasive trans- and homophobic jokes… all point blatantly to the turn of the millennium. On the other hand, Andy’s fanboy-ish passion for classic nerd properties like Creator/MarvelComics and ''Franchise/StarWars'', his interest in computers and the fact that he rides a bike instead of a car--while intended to show how pathetic and undesirable he is--would hardly be marks against him in TheNewTens.

"When I clean my room/I can't find anything/Where are you going in such a hurry/To the soccer game."

* StarMakingRole: For Creator/SteveCarell.

* RealLifeRelative: Creator/SteveCarell's wife Nancy Walls plays the teen clinic sex counsellor. Creator/LeslieMann, who plays Nicky, is married to Creator/Judd Apatow.

* DyeingForYourArt: The chest-waxing scene? Yeah, one hundred percent real. ''Ouch.'' For the obvious reason, this was a one-take scene. In fact, at one point they almost ripped off Steve Carell's ''nipple'', because the actress playing the waxer didn't know she was supposed to apply Vaseline to the nipple and was about to rip off the strip when Judd Apatow realized what was happening and yelled cut. You can also see his blood starting to bubble out, as noted in the commentary.

* RealLifeRelative: Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls plays the teen clinic sex counselor. Creator/LeslieMann, who plays Nicky, is married to Judd Apatow.
* StarMakingRole: For Steve Carell.
* ThrowItIn: All of Andy's exclamations during the waxing scene were improvised by Steve Carell out of the real pain he was going through. Apatow kept separate lists for profane and non-profane ones, so they could mix and match as they pleased.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Creator/SethRogen and Creator/PaulRudd are Andy's co-workers.
** [[Series/{{Glee}} Sue Sylvester]] is Andy's boss
** Creator/ElizabethBanks is a hot bookstore employee.
** Kevin Hart is a belligerent customer.
** Mindy Kaling is David's ex.

* DyeingForYourArt: The chest-waxing scene? Yeah, one hundred percent real. ''Ouch.'' For the obvious reason, this was a one-take scene. In fact, at one point they almost ripped off Steve Carell's ''nipple'', because they forgot the stuff that you're supposed to put on nipples to prevent them from being ripped off. You can also see his blood starting to bubble out, as noted in the commentary.

* DawsonCasting; 19 year old KatDennings as 16 year old Marla.

* DyeingForYourArt: The chest-waxing scene? Yeah, one hundred percent real. ''Ouch.'' For the obvious reason, this was a one-take scene. In fact, at one point they almost ripped off Steve Carrell's ''nipple'', because they forgot the stuff that you're supposed to put on nipples to prevent them from being ripped off. You can also see his blood starting to bubble out, as noted in the commentary.

** SethRogen, and Paul Rudd are Andy's co-workers.

** Elizabeth Banks is a hot bookstore employee.

* RealLifeRelative: Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls plays the teen clinic sex counselor. Leslie Mann, who plays Nicky, is married to Judd Apatow.
* StarMakingRole: For Steve Carrell.
* ThrowItIn: All of Andy's exclamations during the waxing scene were improvised by Steve Carrel out of the real pain he was going through. Apatow kept separate lists for profane and non-profane ones, so they could mix and match as they pleased.

** [[{{Glee}} Sue Sylvester]] is Andy's boss

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Jonah Hill as an eBay customer.
** KatDennings as Trish's teenage daughter.

* ThrowItIn: All of Any's exclamations during the waxing scene were improvised by Steve Carrel out of the real pain he was going through. Apatow kept separate lists for profane and non-profane ones, so they could mix and match as they pleased.

* DyeingForYourArt: The chest-waxing scene? Yeah, one hundred percent real. ''Ouch.'' For the obvious reason, this was a one-take scene. In fact, at one point they almost ripped off Steve Carrell's ''nipple'', because they forgot the stuff that you're supposed to put on nipples to prevent them from being ripped off.

* RealLifeRelative: Steve Carell's wife Nancy Walls plays the teen clinic sex counselor.

** [[TwoBrokeGirls Kat Dennings]] as Trish's middle daughter.

* StarMakingRole: For Steve Carrell.

** [[{Glee}} Sue Sylvester]] is Andy's boss

** JonahHill as an eBay customer.
** [[2BrokeGirls Kat Dennings]] as Trish's middle daughter.