Put two jet-lagged actors and a producer in a car and get them stuck in traffic. During production movies are often given a working title that is later changed. This film was called "Caesar & Harrison" after the names of the two characters. Since the names are never actually mentioned a different one was needed. Robert Picardo came up with "Ben, frankly." and roped Connor Trinneer into pitching it to producer Antonia over Glühwein... Who can say no to that.
Connor Trinneer had performed in the short play his friend Seth Kramer had written over 20 years ago as part of a published series.
Then about 10 years ago, at a convention, Connor was asked to do something for the fans. As fate would have it, he actually still had the play on hand, and asked Bob, who was also there, if he would like to read it with him. Bob said sure. So they just read the script on stage to the crowd's delight.
A fan recorded it and uploaded it to YouTube, unbeknownst to all. There it quietly sat, until one day years later, it crossed paths with Antonia. She loved the story, and contacted Connor to turn it into a short film and Holger Koenig to produce it. The rest is, as they say, history.