It was first performed on Today on March 26, 1963, and featured Sue and Sneegle; originally created the previous year for a series of unaired traffic safety commercials. The sketch was later reworked, with Little Girl Sue and Beautiful Day Monster (named after this sketch) filling their place, and was performed on The Tonight Show on October 29, 1968, and The Ed Sullivan Show on May 11, 1969. It was later adapted for use on The Muppet Show in episode 209, with Madeline Kahn and Doglion.