According to Louis C.K. on the DVD commentary of Louie (2010), his part in this film was originally much larger, but his performance was so bad that most of his scenes were deleted.
During the softball game, Clyde is pitching and tells his defense to sit down. He is wearing a Satchel Paige replica jersey; Paige was also famous for having his defense sit down while he was pitching.
Martin Lawrence and Nicole Ari Parker were both in "Blue Streak" (1999).
Martin Lawrence's second Universal Pictures film; his first was "Life" (1999).