Sassy the Sasquatch, the main focus of "Sassy & the Private Eye," first appeared as a side character in the short film "Vampire-Killing Prostitute." Both short films were made for the University of Central Arkansas film program and premiered at the 2015 Little Rock Film Festival.
Jordan Mears: the writer-director of Vampire-Killing Prostitute (2015) where Sassy the Sasquatch originated, in an early scene as a bar patron who watches Sassy play piano before he passes out.