2013 - 30th anniversary reunion.
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Trivia:
David Letterman read for the part of Ted Striker
Kareem Abdul Jabbars role as Roger Murdock was originally written for Pete Rose.
The film producers received permission from The Bee Gees to speed up Stayin Alive in the bar scene by 10%.
For the argument between announcers concerning the white and red zones at the airport, the producers hired the same people who made the real announcements at Los Angeles International Airport. They were also married to each other in real life.
The three directors had a long battle with the Directors Guild of America, who initially refused to allow for a three director credit. Jim Abrahams legally changed his name to [Abrahams and Zuckers] in order to ensure credit was given to all three directors in the credits. The Guild ultimately allowed the three director credit.
Otto, the automatic pilot, ultimately disintegrated after spending several years in Jerry Zuckers garage.
The movie cost $3.5 million and only took 34 days to make.
The role of the Jive Lady was originally intended for Harriet Nelson, who had played the mother in the 1950s sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952). She turned down the role because she was concerned about the movie's adult language. She was replaced with Barbara Billingsley who played the mother in the 1950s sitcom Leave It to Beaver (1957). Nelson later admitted to Robert Hays that she regretted not taking the role.
Lloyd Bridges had a great deal of questions trying to understand his character, his motivation, and his dialogue, and Robert Stack pointed out that the visual gags were so frequent and nonsensical that no one in the audience was going to care. "Lloyd, we are the joke," said Stack to Lloyd.
