Tony Clifton (alter ego of
Andy Kaufman) verbally harassed
Dinah Shore throughout the show. He pressured her into singing a duet with him even though she had a sore throat. Finally, during a cooking segment with
Charles Nelson Reilly, Clifton becoming extremely loud and abrasive and poured a pan of egg yolks over Shore's head. The show quickly cut to a commercial and Clifton/Kaufman was escorted out of the studio. The tape of the incident was destroyed.Kaufman later called Shore and apologized for the incident, which she accepted graciously.