This was the first film that Dana Carvey starred in after leaving Saturday Night Live in the Spring of 1993. Carvey had been on the show for seven years and left the show to pursue a film career and other opportunities.
The song that the saxophone player plays is "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)", a popular jazz piece that is incorporated into Alan Silvestri's score and given a full rendition during the End Credits by jazz singer Oleta Adams.
One of four films that composer Alan Silvestri wrote the music for in 1994. The others were "Forrest Gump", which he would earn his first Oscar nomination for, "Blown Away" and "Richie Rich".
A variation on Pogue's fictitious memory disorder affects the Drew Barrymore character, Lucy, in 50 First Dates (however, unlike Pogue, Lucy retains all her memories prior to her accident and simply erases any new ones that form subsequently whenever she falls asleep).
The second film in 1994 that Dana Carvey appeared in 1994. He was a co-star in "Trapped In Paradise" with Oscar Winner Nicolas Cage and his former Saturday Night Live cast-mate Jon Lovitz which was released around Christmastime.