Other than in Bernie's hotel room scene, all of the drinking & booze on camera is real liquor. In Bernie's hotel room scene, it's rooibos tea.
A wall calendar in the last scene was a set decoration previously used in 1973's "The Sting".
One of the diner's names is Bandar Sesat, which is Malaysian for 'Town Pervert'.
John Tebbutt's character name: Andy N. Condor is a reference to his Video Vulture newspaper column.
Linc Stouffer is a play on a sausage maker's job as a link stuffer.