The main characters do their shopping at Fountain Gate Shopping Center however in the first series all shopping scenes were filmed at Southland Shopping Center. In the second series the real Fountain Gate Shopping Center was used. Scenes were shot at both locations for the third series

Character's spawned from a regular sketch from Turner, Riley and Szubanski's short lived comedy sketch show from the 90's, "Big Girl's Blouse" (1994).

Co-writer and star, Gina Riley sings the opening song title "The Joker Is Me".

The "Wine Time" epilogues that close most of the episodes are, for the most part, improvised by writers/creators/stars Jane Turner and Gina Riley.