The "founding grandfather" depicted in the giant oil painting in the bank president's office (that David Walsh comments on and, later, urinates on) is Del Close, a beloved Second City theater icon who died in 1999. Close is also thanked in the credits.
David refers to the bank he works at as North and Wells. Director and writer Mitch Rouse is an alumnus of famed improvisational theatre The Second City which is located at North Ave. and Wells St. in Chicago.
The number on the bus David rides after being fired is 5150, which is a police code meaning 'danger to self and/or others.'
Christina Applegate and Jenna Fischer would later star in "Hall Pass" in 2011.
Fiona Gubelmann's debut.