Bob Odenkirk's character Stevie Grant "lies" to Jon Stewart, telling him his show will run for 20 years. Ironically, Stewart's The Daily Show (1996) ran for 20 seasons with Jon as host.
In this episode Bruno Kirby is booked on the show, but bumped for Greg Kinnear. For the "Not Only The Best Of The Larry Sanders Show" DVD, Bruno Kirby is seen coming onto the set to do the narration for The Making of Larry Sanders, only to find that once again he was "bumped" for Greg Kinnear.
Of all the famous faces from the past of the show, Paula is the only one absent from the main cast.
Sean Penn lists the cast of "Hurlyburly" including "Garry Shandling", and then proceeds to criticize Shandling. Of course Garry Shandling plays Larry Sanders.
Thirteen celebrities appear as themselves in this episode, making this the episode with the most celebrity cameos.