Xander declared his intent to be an actor to his parents a week before his 2nd birthday. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was on TV when he made the announcement. He pointed to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert and said he wanted to be on TV like them.
The show's theme song is called "Space Moses". It is named after the band that formed especially to play Xander's Bar Mitzvah. The composer and performer, Tim Girardot, was the leader of that band.