ABC had Ted Koppel for their late night guy, and Drew Carey became their prime-time guy. Bruce Helford was the show's executive producer from its start in 1995 to its end in 2004, as was Drew.
Samuel Crompton was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. Building on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright he invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionised the industry worldwide.
Mr Bojangles is supposed to be based on a Black dancer named Bill Robinson that danced back in the 30s. This was written and originally released by the singer/songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker, who wrote the song in the mid-'60s and recorded it in 1968. Walker left his home in upstate New York and traveled the country playing music.