When Howard Stern kept rejecting PJ's scripts for Private Parts in 1994 and 1995, PJ told the press that Howard was difficult, that he would change his mind about what worked one day and wouldn't work the next day. As Howard was reading this news on his radio show, his wife Allison called and said PJ's script was like a comic book. Also, Howard said PJ wanted Howard to do the comedy, and someone like Alec Baldwin to be filled in to do love scenes.