Steven Alan Green was originally suggested for the part of Archie Black by Chris Bonno, after turning the part down himself due to potentially offensive dialogue.
The trailer was played on the Opie and Anthony Show on Sirius/XM radio after filmmaker Dave Sirus was interviewed about his counter-protest interviews with the Westboro Baptist Church as "Brick Stone." Jim Norton, co-star of the radio show also appears prominently in the film but was previously unaware that Dave and Brick were the same person.
While many of the stories about Archie are reappropriated stories about actual comedians, at least 2 of the stories told by comedians are in reference to other comedians who they did not know would also be appearing in the movie.