Trivia / Meet the Parents (1992)

• Absurdly Short Production Time: It took Greg Glienna one month to write the original 80-page script.
• California Doubling: Initially averted when we first see Greg and Pam driving together because they're from Chicago, and filming took place in and around Chicago. Played straight thereafter because Fay mentions that she desires to move out of Indiana, where she still lives with her parents.
• No Budget: In an interview, Glienna alluded to making the film on a $35,000 budget, wishing he could have had an extra $100,000 to add more convincing cinematography, lighting, etc.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Several people contacted Greg Glienna and producer James Vincent after Meet the Parents's release, wishing the director and producer could have incorporated experiences like theirs into the film.
  • Bingo the dog wasn't supposed to drown in a lake while chasing after a stick thrown by Greg at first. He was scripted to retrieve the stick without fail several times, only to jump out the Burns family car window later to chase after a popsicle stick thrown by Greg (which likely would have resulted in the dog being killed by oncoming traffic). This would have been the second way in which Fay, the popsicle eater, indirectly gets Greg into trouble, the first being her planting marijuana cigarettes in his luggage.