The title refers to Irving Berlin's anthem to the entertainment industry "There's No Business Like Show Business" that was used in the movies Annie Get Your Gun (1950) and There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), sung in the latter movie by Ethel Merman who originally sang it in the Broadway production of Annie Get Your Gun. The original Broadway production of "Annie Get Your Gun" opened at the Imperial Theater on May 16, 1946 and ran for 1,147 performances.