To create a one-reel, affordable home cinema live-action film without having to shoot any footage but rather by editing material from an existing, completed product.
Denis Leary's line "Lady, your husband ain't dead. He's hiding!" is a direct quote of a line from the classic Abbott and Costello routine "Susquehanna Hat Company".
Abbott and Costello's scenes during the first 1/3 of the film are a variation of The Three Stooges short. The Three Stooges subsequently remade the short several times themselves.