Trivia

In his 2002 autobiography "I Like it Better when You're Funny", Charles Grodin recounts he was asked to fill in for Tom Snyder while Snyder flew to Egypt to interview Anwar Sadat. Grodin want to have his friend Nick Arnold as a guest, despite the fact that Arnold suffered from cerebral palsy and could be difficult to understand. Shortly after, Grodin received a note from the show's producers saying that if he didn't sign their contract, they would book Kelly Lange to guest host instead. Grodin swiftly signed, but then the Anwar Sadat interview was canceled and Tom Snyder was available to host after all. But Snyder graciously told them to let Grodin do the week, and even made a surprise appearance as one of his guests, which also included Nick Arnold and I.F. Stone.