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Private Parts (1997) More at IMDbPro »

• Jeff Goldblum was originally considered to play Howard.
  
  
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus was originally cast as Alison, but backed out to spend time with her family.
  
  
• The movie showing in the theater where Howard goes to view the premiere with the porn star is called "Die Watching". Actress Melanie Good, who plays the porn star, starred in a movie of that name in 1993 (Die Watching (1993)).
  
  
• The "so called seven dirty words" the radio executives tell Howard he can't use are based on a list invented by comedian George Carlin.
  
  
• The character of Kenny 'Pig Vomit' Rushton is based on Kevin Metheny, the WNBC radio program director at the time. In real life, Howard called him 'Pig Virus', not 'Pig Vomit'. Pig Vomit was the name of the group that did Howard's opening theme song for his radio show at the time.
  
  
• The live performance of AC/DC was filmed at Bryant Park in New York City in July 1996.
  
  
• John Stamos introduces Howard's Fartman character in the opening scene but in real life it was Luke Perry. Perry later admitted to Stern that he feared the movie would not be good and turned down the chance to play himself.
  
  
• For the scenes that featured Howard Sternin high school, filming was done at Union High School in Union, NJ. Artie Lange, who would join "The Howard Stern Show" years later, graduated from the very same school.
  
  
• Howard Stern's wife Alison Stern appears as an NBC phone operator.
  
  
• The film's use of interviews with the characters in between scenes is similar to the film Lenny (1974) which, according to the book, Howard Stern saw on his first date with future wife Alison Stern.
  
  
• Film debut of Leslie Bibb.
  
  
• Final on-screen appearance of Tiny Tim. He died months before this movie was released.
  
  

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