Prior to the taping of the show, a "comedian" came out to perform as an "audience warmer". Soon after his stand-up routine ended, he made a comment to the director that the handicapped people in the front row should be "moved to the back" because their wheelchairs were "butt ugly" on camera. When Mr. Cosby came out on stage, several audience members complained to him, but the wheelchairs were never shown in the finished edit of the show.