 Originally, the first three guests were civilians, while the fourth was a celebrity who played for a home viewer who was chosen by pulling a postcard from a revolving drum.This was later changed to having celebrities playing for home viewers throughout the whole show.On Bobby Van's version of "Make Me Laugh", contestants were selected from the audience, and those who lasted the full three minutes had their winnings doubled to $360; also, a celebrity guest would play the last round of each episode, playing for an audience member who would receive a prize just for being chosen and up to three more prizes based on how many comedians the celebrity could survive.