[3] One of the stars, Willie Howard, withdrew during the try-out because of illness, was replaced by Jackie Gleason, and the show was held over in Philadelphia for another week.

[1][5] The opening night cast starred Nancy Walker, Carol Bruce, Jackie Gleason and Hank Ladd.

[1] Willie Howard died on January 14, 1949, the day after the show opened in New York, at the age of 62.

The sketches and songs were set mostly in recognizable city backdrops like a restaurant, a hospital, chic shops on Fifth Avenue, an upper East Side mansion, a midtown skyscraper, outside on Fifth Avenue and at iconic New York landmarks like Rockefeller Center, Washington Square Park, and Harlem.

Dan Dietz, in The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals, wrote: "William Hawkins of New York World Telegram felt Nancy Walker's material came off best, otherwise, Jackie Gleason made 'more of his comic material than anyone could expect' and Donald Richards sang 'a pretty dull' number 'as if he really cared'.