 Other actors were personally recruited by Yankovic through a post on his MySpace page, from which he received several interested extras that said they would appear for free.The comic book store featured in the video is Golden Apple Comics, located in Los Angeles, California, while the Gap store is located on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica.The video was leaked onto YouTube on September 17, 2006, just one day before the planned official release date at 9 PM Pacific time at AOL.com.