At the film's premiere, Rodney Dangerfield and his wife of almost seven years, Joan Dangerfield, held a ceremony where they renewed their wedding vows. Fabio was the best man, and Adam Sandler served as the ring bearer.
Rodney Dangerfield came up with the idea for this movie based on that fact that his wife, Joan Dangerfield, is a Mormon. Although the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints banned polygamy in 1890, Dangerfield thought a movie about polygamy would be funny.