Production and Release
Filmed at Wycliffe College and elsewhere around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the film was produced for an estimated $13 million. American domestic gross was just over $10 million. No ads for the film were shown on NBC until a week after the film's release.
In his first appearance on The Howard Stern Show on September 18, 2008, Chevy Chase discussed the film's production and release with Artie Lange. According to Chase, he was impressed by the original script's raunchy, R-rated, "over the top" tone (particularly a filmed but ultimately cut gag involving Macdonald and Lange delivering donuts that had been photographed around their genitals) and, Lange related, went so far as to beg Macdonald not to allow any changes—to "keep it funny." Lange said the studio insisted on a PG-13 rating and moved the film's release from February to June, where it fared poorly against blockbusters like Godzilla.
MGM released the film on DVD, in August 1999, and for digital rental/purchase.
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