[1] Chaffin and Denbo developed their characters in 2006 when they were asked to host an all-Jewish 'Kosher Christmas Show' at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

[citation needed] Live performances from the pair are frequently advertised as "seminars" in which their characters discuss the fictional book they co-authored, "You'll Do a Little Better Next Time: A Guide to Marriage and Re-marriage for Jewish Singles."

On June 15, 2020, Denbo posted a photo of her iconic Beverly wig and doubled pair of glasses with the caption "Goodbye and shalom with all the love in my (her) haaaaaaht" to her personal Instagram.

On an episode of her podcast "The Human Condition" Denbo spoke, out of character, candidly about her uncertainty of the ethics of portraying Beverly, a racist and conspiracy theorist, for comedy, in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and the political climate in the United States.

[5] In 2009, a television pilot,[6] based on the two women was produced by Showtime,[7] with Jenji Kohan co-writing and co-producing and with Paul Feig directing.