* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Courtesy of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM8btQuV5UQ Carly Simon]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzpX2z8DND4 Thompson Twins]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5NYdp1UAS8 Christopher Cross]].
* HarsherInHindsight:
** Near the end of the movie, Max has to go into surgery to save his life. [[spoiler: While Max survives]], this was Creator/JackieGleason's last film role; he died shortly after.
*** Both Max and Gleason had serious issues with smoking. Gleason had a 4 pack a day habit which led to triple-bypass surgery.
** Creator/TomHanks has revealed that he has adult diabetes himself.
* HilariousInHindsight: The television adaptation followed ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' and revolved around a son trying to reconnect with his father. It flopped, but a {{spinoff}} of ''Cheers'' [[Series/{{Frasier}} had the same basic plot]] [[LongRunner and was far more successful]].
* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/DanCastellaneta plays one of the people in David's advertising team.


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