Hall had been a host on The Late Show, another talk show on Fox, after the dismissal of Joan Rivers. He was given a 13-week run, during which he became unexpectedly popular. During the monologue of his final appearance as host, Hall stated that the reason he had agreed to only do 13 weeks was because that was as long as he was able to stay, as he had plans "to do other things." He subsequently began working on the Eddie Murphy vehicle Coming to America. He ultimately signed with Paramount Television before Fox finally decided, too late, that they wanted to keep him. (This was the second hosting job Paramount hired Hall for, as he had just finished a three-year run as a co-host of Solid Gold in July 1988.)
One of the show's recurrent gags is affixing a humorous label to a specific section of the audience at stage left of the band, called the "dogpound." The labeling is a staple of Hall's opening monologue and almost always begins with the phrase "People who...." In one variation of the gag, Hall designates this section as "People who are currently in a Witness Protection Plan," at which point the camera pans over to that section to reveal a digitally pixillated view of the audience that made it impossible to identify them.
One of the show's recurrent gags is affixing a humorous label to a specific section of the audience at stage left of the band, called the "dogpound." The labeling is a staple of Hall's opening monologue and almost always begins with the phrase "People who...." In one variation of the gag, Hall designates this section as "People who are currently in a Witness Protection Plan," at which point the camera pans over to that section to reveal a digitally pixillated view of the audience that made it impossible to identify them.
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