Most of Harlan Ellison's lines in the film as the White Rabbit are direct quotes either from his science fiction works or from Harlan himself. He refers to the leading lady as "Pretty Alice" which is a reference to his Nebula Award winning story "Repent Harlequin, Said the Tick-Tock Man." He also eats jelly beans which appear in that story. He quotes himself when he says "I will use big words from time to time." Harlan also is using his own vintage typewriter in the film.
Many of the actors in the film are famous audiobook narrators and science fictions writers. Hugo Award winner Orson Scott Card appears in Studio Two; the opening sequence is a take-off on his novel Ender's Game (conversations between General Graff and his underlings.) The voice overs in the film are read by Scott Brick (Publisher Weekley audiobook narrator of the Year) and Stefan Rudnicki (Grammy Award winning audiobook producer) who voices the title role of Ender in the audio series. The leading lady in the film is played by Card's daughter, Emily. Card wrote the story he reads in the film in Studio Two, The Emperor of the Air, specifically for this project.