The theme song for all seasons but the last was "Everybody Wants To Rule the World" by Tears For Fears. Miller stated that the show could no longer afford the rights to the song due to budget cuts. The theme in the last season was a short generic rock tune that Miller jokingly referred to as a "gay porn anthem". The song played just before The Big Screen was "Civilized" by Rollins Band.
His ending line for every show was "Guess what folks? That's the news and I am out of here." He used the same phrase at the end of Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live.
Robin Williams was his first in-studio guest. All guests before him were live via satellite feed, and some continued to appear on the show that way until after the 1996 season.
His phone number was given as 1-800-LACTOSE, as that was the only word he could use to make it a vanity number. Many people thought it was a joke, and people were laughing at it at first, but when the laughter of it died down, he dropped the word for the 1997 season and just gave out the number.
Every in-studio guest stayed to watch The Big Screen except one; John McEnroe. He had a plane to catch and could not stick around.