* FridgeBrilliance: If you look closely, you'll notice that Douglas tends to be situated on the left side of the screen while Kramer is often seen on the right side. For example, the scene when they meet on Air Force One, from the perspective of the audience, Douglas sits in the left seat and Kramer in the right. Douglas is a Democrat, which is the mainstream left wing of American politics, while Kramer is a Republican, the right wing.
* HarsherInHindsight: The jokes about President Douglas' promiscuity are a lot harder to watch now that President Bill Clinton, who Douglas is modeled after, is more or less acknowledged to have committed sexual misconduct before, during, and after his presidency.
* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Yes, yes, the Army ''could'' use a few of those gals. The Army probably did use a few of those gals when they were questioning or closeted. But now, they are free to serve openly!
* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/BradleyWhitford doing a "run and talk" with President Haney two years before the WalkAndTalk [[Series/TheWestWing became its own trademark trope.]]
* QuestionableCasting: While she was close friends with Creator/JamesGarner in RealLife, casting Creator/LaurenBacall as the wife of Creator/JackLemmon can be a serious headscratcher, given her screen persona has always been noticeably tougher than Lemmon's, making it harder to believe them as a married couple, much less a President and his First Lady.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Creator/ConchataFerrell as the truck driver who turns out to be holding illegal immigrants.
** Creator/MichaelPena as Ernesto, the immigrant Kramer gifts his watch to.
** Creator/BradleyWhitford as Carl Witnaur, post-''Film/BillyMadison'' but pre-''[[Series/TheWestWing West Wing]]''.
* ValuesResonance: While Ralph Fleming is initially seen playing up the CampGay as Dorothy in the gay pride parade, him turning out to be [[spoiler: the literal ChekhovsGunman who saves Kramer and Douglas at the climax]] stands out considerably well, given the fact that other movies in 1996 would have still had him as solely a joke (if they mentioned his sexuality at all).