 The plot of this movie is a marriage of a Second City skit by Greg  Glienna (The Manures) and one of his best friends life story. His  friend, who was born as Sean M. Dorgan and later adopted and renamed  Paul A. Tuminaro, found his birth mother in the mid 1990s. The  "original" Richard Clayton can be seen in several scenes as a close  friend of Richard both at his party and also standing up at his  wedding. The character Paul plays in the movie is named Sean M.  Dorgan.