According to Garrett Morris, Walter Matthau was a huge opera fan and demanded that Morris be allowed to sing "Dalla Sua Pace", an aria from the opera "Don Giovanni" on the show instead of a musical guest.
In 2018, Jane Curtin named Walter Matthau as the worst guest host she ever experienced: "I had a hard time with Walter Matthau. He came in thinking that it was, "Hey, come on now. Let's play". Not knowing that this show was - down to the minute, down to the second - everything had to be precise and he was going, "Come on. Let's play". It was disrespecting our space, and it really pissed me off".
This was the last time The Bees sketch was performed. The cast had always hated the costumes.