The opening music and ending music to the movie is a rare 45 released by Art Linkletter shortly after his daughter's death called "We Love You Call Collect". John Waters said during a lecture he thought the song was even tackier than the movie he made.
According to director John Waters, this film was made partly by accident, mostly to test out a new sound camera. It was his first film with synch-sound.
Filmed the day after Diane Linkletter took her own life.