The film's original title was supposed to be "Cherry Pink," after the song of the same name, but when the producers wanted to buy the right to incorporate the song into the movie, they found that the price was too high. Thus the name and the song were dropped.
The radio voice that announces the approaching storm is Jason Alexander's.
The film takes place in 1955.
Lenny Levine was born in 1941.
Jason Alexander: during the block party scene, right after Hedy introduces her boyfriend Dr. Flynn to Lenny, Johnny, and Lenny's parents. After the camera pans the guitar player and accordion player in the band, Jason Alexander can be seen wearing a brown hat and dancing with his wife, Daena E. Title.