Alicia (Tig Notaro) is holding a coffee in every scene she's in.
Songs by The Cars play between scenes throughout the movie. Debbie's personalized ringtone for Peter is "Magic" by The Cars.
Rachel Bloom, Vella Lovell, Rene Gube, Michael Hitchcock and Britney Young have all starred in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015), which was created by Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna, with Gube and Hitchcock as some of the producers and writers.