[1] The talk/variety show features amateur talents and nostalgia-inducing celebrities housed within the confines of a crowded, Manhattan-based public access television station.

Hope's earnest but awkward interviewing style, with Greene's total disinterest and perpetual annoyance, is part of the humor.

The show also features amateur singers, dancers, comedians, and other local eccentrics, with the mix of guests, and their reactions to each other, also being part of the humor.

In order to produce the oddness the cable access show was known for, guests and Joey the Monkey dance along to the music.

It is also credited with discovering Suzanne Muldowney aka The Underdog Lady, who would go on to be a popular guest on The Howard Stern Show.