Acting debut of future television hostess Caroline Rhea. She can be seen in an uncredited role as 'Beach Girl #4 playing beach volleyball in a red bikini.
This is the only one of the "sequels" to the original Meatballs that is, in fact, a sequel as Patrick Dempsey's character, "Rudy" is the same one previously played by Chris Makepeace.
Jim Carrey originally was suppose to star and backed out 3 weeks prior to production.
In the pre-production stages for "Meatballs III", then still called "My Special Angel", the film's producers wanted to appeal to females moviegoers. To accomplish this, producer John Dunning suggested that 'the angel' helps the 'boy' out of several awkward situations, most notably his inability to communicate with women: "He would have to be doing things or be in situations where his ineptness and inexperience result in him going absolutely against the female grain." Notably, the men charged with screenplay development were unsure of what specific blunders 'the boy' could make that would be funny to women. Thus, Dunning suggests that "research in female sexuality and fantasy books will provide some leads [into what women find attractive]." In addition, Dunning suggests that 'the angel' could have previously written a sex advice column, such as Xaviera Hollander's column in Penthouse: "Call Me Madame". Dunning writes the Penthouse "column might be another source of research." Here, rather than consulting actual women for their own opinions and/or experiences in the script production stage, Dunning suggests that a column in men's magazine Penthouse may be a good place to gain insight into women, disregarding that the column is published in a magazine designed exclusively by and for men and may not be the most unbiased source.
Shot for seven weeks in Hudson, Québec, Canada from July 16 to around mid-September 1984.