[3] At that time the first General Manager of TVB, Australian Colin Bednall, wished to create a variety show in a format similar to In Melbourne Tonight.

These, along with the show's opening theme song (a cover version of the chorus to "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later than You Think)" in Cantonese), have since attained iconic status within the popular culture of Hong Kong.

Many Hong Kong English bands and singers performed on EYT during the 1970s, such as Agnes Chan, The Young Men and the Lotus.

By 1989 Enjoy Yourself Tonight had suffered a terminal decline in audience number; despite (or perhaps because of) a radical change in format (which saw weeknight programmes reduced to half-hour durations, plus the traditional full-length variety shows on Saturdays) including the use of a new theme song in the tune of the original which debuted in 1991.

Even though the latest program was merely a nostalgic looking back to EYT's former glory, it nonetheless bore testimony to the show's lasting legacy to Hong Kong's popular culture.