Production
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Nacho Chihuahua was filmed in three days
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The film was written by Ginger Hodge, who worked in the Marketing and Acquisitions department of the production company
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John Hardison, who plays Joe, used taking the role as an excuse to fly home from LA
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John has acted in other movies
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BONUS FACT: He was in the movie “April’s Shower”, which also features the actor who played the yellow-eyed bully in “A Christmas Story”
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Filming was catered, and according to John, the food was “awesome”
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There was an actual dog "trainer" on set, who used hotdogs to guide the chihuahuas
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"South of the Border" is an actual theme park in South Carolina. It is incredibly racist.
Release
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Neither of the lead actors own(ed) copies of the movie
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Ginger couldn't make it through the entire film because of how disappointed she was with it
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Both lead actors turned down my offer of a free copy of the movie (but I mailed them anyway)
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Each of the actors has only seen the movie once
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The grocery store from the robbery scene has been torn down.
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The laundromat from the beginning of the film no longer exists.
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The cowboy in the film passed away in 2019.
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The box lists the film as 1 hour long, but the final 20 minutes of the tape are actually two complete episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, but with a different theme song.
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The guy who played young Joe is kind of a dick.
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The guy who played the robber was a major bigwig at Pizza Hut