According to writer Hugh Fink, the monologue originally featured members of the audience asking Bill Pullman questions, but repeatedly mistaking him for Bill Paxton. When Pullman decided he did not want to do this, the monologue had to be hastily rewritten, which explains why it ended up being very short and simple.
In his 2019 autobiography, "Baby Don't Hurt Me", Chris Kattan revealed that the AT&T Operators sketch was another routine that he and Will Ferrell had developed during their time at the Groundlings and had previously performed on stage. But unlike some of their other Groundlings material such as the Roxbury guys, Mr. Peepers and Suel Forrester, the audience did not respond to this sketch at all, and they never did it again.