:17:02
"Fortunately, Rick Moranis was, and he
really helped to tailor the character.
:17:05
He came up with the idea of Louis being
an accountant, and the character...
:17:08
really started to evolve
from that point on."...Joe Medjuck
:17:56
After the movie was released
and doing well...
:17:59
the producers
actually aired this commercial...
:18:02
with an 800 number
on real television.
:18:05
They got 1,000 calls per hour...
:18:06
24 hours a day...
:18:09
for six weeks.
:18:14
The sprawling apartment house
interiors extended...
:18:17
over two adjoining soundstages on
the Burbank Studios lot in Los Angeles.
:18:20
They needed all the extra space...
:18:22
for the physical effects crew
to do their construction.
:18:34
Tiny cuts were made on the eggshells
with a small electric saw.
:18:37
Each cut was filled with plaster,
then sanded smooth and painted.
:18:41
During the filming, air was
injected into the eggs from below...
:18:44
causing the eggs to split along the
cuts and spill out onto the countertop.
:18:48
The countertop was actually
a teflon-coated aluminum sheet...
:18:51
heated from below
with propane.
:18:58
Note the Stay-Puft marshmallow bag.