 Everything the characters did on the show was ad-lib, with just the basic ideas that the threesome would go over in a meeting held before taping.Five shows would be taped in a three-hour period each Monday night for airplay Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and the following Monday morning.These "bits" would be played between cartoons giving the "Balderdash Gang", as they became known, approximately 25 minutes of air time per show; therefore, with the quick taping it was truly 'live on tape.'