Was filmed at Pope AFB, NC over the course of three days.
President Ronald Reagan flew in to Pope AFB at Bob Hope's request for the last day of taping.
The program took three days to shoot. The first two days were filmed with about 200 airman in attendance. The first two days were taped for television. The third day of taping was open to both Pope AFB and Fort Bragg. The camera crew used the wide shots of the audience added with the first two days of taping to make it seem like a huge crowd was on hand for the entire show.