Students from Northern Arizona University appear as extras in the film.
The movie was a production of two theatre owners in Des Moines, Iowa, Robert Fridley and Dick Davis. After the success of National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), there were some theatrical showings of this under the title "Here Come the Delts" with a new ad campaign. Weekly Variety reviewed "The Hazing" in their January 18, 1978 issue. It opened in December 1977 in the Omaha-Kansas City-Des Moines area.
In addition to playing the ice man, Hal Smith dubbed in the voices for Mr. Askin and the gas station attendant.
It was after director Richard Donner had asked for a screening of this film and seen Jeff East's performance that East subsequently got the part of the young Clark Kent in Superman (1978).