This was the last public appearance of Jack Benny. Benny died weeks after the taping of this special. Dean Martin appeared in a special introduction dedicating the show to Benny's memory.
Lucille Ball sat on the dais to roast her good friend Danny Thomas in December 1976 and for Jimmy Stewart in June 1978.
Ruth Buzzi appears as Gladys Ormphby, the character she created on "Laugh In." Gladys says she was Lucy's old roommate when they were both showgirls starting out. Buzzi is the only one on the dais to play a character, and not roast Lucy as herself.
Jack Benny says that he's enjoyed his trip to Las Vegas because Fred MacMurray got him a good seat on the bus. In the 1970s, TV and film actor MacMurray was spokesman for Greyhound Bus Lines.
Nipsey Russell and Phyllis Diller are the only ones on the dais who never acted on TV opposite Lucille Ball.