History Trivia / TheLastManOnEarth

* CaliforniaDoubling: Completely averted; the film was shot in Italy due to cheaper production costs, with UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} standing in for UsefulNotes/LosAngeles.

* TheDanza: Mel Rodriguez plays Todd Rodriguez (last name mentioned by Phil in "The Big Day").

* AbsenteeActor: Season 2 does this twice:
** First with its premiere, which only follows Phil and Carol after they have left Tucson. The rest of the cast is not seen until briefly at the end of the following episode.
** The mid-season premiere, "Pitch Black", features ''none'' of the show's main cast. It instead follows [[spoiler:Mike after he splashes down in the middle of the ocean.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: Averted, surprisingly. According to Creator/KristenSchaal the only demand the higher-ups at FOX made was that there be no visible bodies shown. Other than that, the team had full creative freedom.

* TheForeignSubtitle: Became ''The Last Man on Earth: The Beginning of the Legend'' in Germany.

* ProductionPosse: Former ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast members Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Will Ferrell, Creator/KristenWiig, Chris Elliott, Fred Armisen, and Martin Short have appeared on the show.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Averted, surprisingly. According to Creator/KristenSchaal the only demand the higher-ups at FOX made was that there be no visible bodies shown. Other than that, the team has full creative freedom.

* CastingGag: Darrell, [[spoiler: The member of Pat's crew who is shot and killed by Melissa]], is played by Creator/JonHamm, who starred on ''Series/MadMen'' with January Jones, who plays Melissa.

** One of Pat's men (Darryl) is played by Creator/JonHamm. He's the one who gets shot and killed by Melissa, played by January Jones. So basically, [[Series/MadMan Betty Draper just killed Don]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Creator/KristenSchaal the only demand the higher-ups at FOX made was that there be no visible bodies shown. Other than that, the team has full creative freedom.

* ProductionPosse: Former ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast members Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Chris Elliott, and [[spoiler: Fred Armisen]] have appeared on the show.

* CastIncest: Gail has a relationship with Gordon during the time the group moves to Malibu. Mary Steenburgen (Gail) played the mother of Will Ferrell (Gordon) in ''Film/{{Stepbrothers}}''.
** Furthermore, she plays his step-mother (the wife of his biological father) in ''Film/{{Elf}}''.

* ProductionPosse: Former ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast members Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, and Chris Elliott have appeared on the show.

** "Wisconsin" ends on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEWcJYHzdE8 Stranger]]"

* ProductionPosse: Former ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast members Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Will Ferrell, and Kristen Wiig have appeared on the show.

* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Creator/KristenSchaal the only demand the higher-ups at FOX made was that there be no visible bodies shown. Other than that, the team has full creative freedom.

** "If You're Happy And You Know It" uses "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0IXkIVvo4 Shangri-La]] as a form of SoundtrackDissonance for its dark, downbeat ending.