- The film is based loosely on the experience of making Blake Edwards' films Darling Lili (1970) and Wild Rovers (1971).
- This was William Holden's last movie. Shortly after completing "S.O.B." he slipped and fell, cutting his head open and bleeding to death. He had been drinking heavily.
- The barker was played by Paddy Stone, the choreographer of the film.
- Robert Vaughn recently revealed on the "Ron & Fez" XM Satellite radio program that his character was based upon legendary film producer Robert Evans.
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- SPOILER: When Irving, Tim and Ben steal Felix's corpse, it's a take-off of a real-life incident in which film director Raoul Walsh "borrowed" John Barrymore's corpse after the funeral, and left it propped up in a chair for a drunken Errol Flynn to discover. This incident was referenced by Drew Barrymore, his granddaughter, in a 2006 episode of "Saturday Night Live" (1975).
- SPOILER: The film is famously noted for showing Julie Andrews (wife of this movie's director, Blake Edwards and a star of family-oriented movies), topless.
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