At first, Tribune Entertainment was supposed to hire Nell Carter as a talk show hostess for her own show, when it didn't work, consequently, the job was given to Joan Rivers, and the show was retooled.
On her 500th episode, the producers were not allowed to air clips from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), where Joan Rivers had her first television exposure, because Johnny Carson, who was retiring, had disconnected her. She was also not invited to see Carson, on the last taping of the show, which was: The Last Tonight Show (1992), where clips of Rivers were not allowed to be seen, there.
David Hirsch's debut as a writer.
Selective videos can be found on YouTube.
After the firing of her late night talk show, this was the comeback vehicle for Joan Rivers.