 The opening number with the four hosts was roundly panned by the  critics. Buz Kohan (qv), the songs lyricist, later said "I had  written the opening number, called It All Comes Down to This.  They were all scared stiff, but ordinarily if youre scared, then  you put in the time and rehearse. They took the opposite approach.  So Liza was forced to carry the number, Walter was singing in his  own zone somewhere, Dudley was just trying to walk down these steps  without falling, and Richard Pryor well, I think they told him the  next day that he was there."