Recorded at the Tidelands Club in Houston, Texas[4] by recording engineer Bill Holford, Newhart's debut album reached No.

[7] The album stayed on the chart for two years, selling over 600,000 copies near release and ranking as the 20th best-selling album of all time on the Billboard charts.

Newhart wanted the title to be The Most Celebrated New Comedian Since Attila the Hun, but Warner Bros. executives created the album's title and Newhart had to settle for his idea as a subtitle.

[9] The album was a 2006 entry into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

[10] Pete Campbell listens to the album in Mad Men Season 1, Episode 4, "New Amsterdam".