hey! that's my dad's hotel!!!!

in the scene where richard and gene are hiding under a car (i think) in the parking lot of a hotel called the Turnpike Motor Hotel is my father's hotel!

It's located in Ridgefield, NJ and is now called the Days Inn

funny story my father once told me is that one day during filming, Richard Pryor was taking a nap in my mother's room (which was used so my mother and father could sleep between desk clerk shifts). So, my mom walks in while Pryor is sleeping and doesn't know who this guy is cause it's relatively dark and her first instinct was "AHHH STRANGE MAN SLEEPING IN MY BED!"

she then starts slapping him awake not knowing that it's one of the greatest comedians that ever lived.

mistakes happen and richard took it in stride and my mom was embarrassed..

true story!