Fun Facts: Sullivan's Travels was written and directed by Preston Sturges, who wanted to make a statement about the way a number of comedies at the time had become really preachy, sacrificing huour for earnestness. The title is, of course, a play on Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels.
: The Coen brothers' 2000 movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? takes its name and several plot points from Sullivan's Travels. In an interview, they suggested that their film is the one Sullivan would have made after his journey of self-discovery.
: The movie's dedication reads: "To the memory of those who made us laugh: the motley mountebanks, the clowns, the buffoons, in all times and in all nations, whose efforts have lightened our burden a little, this picture is affectionately dedicated."