It was April 9th, 2002, on a typical cold, blustery Slippery Rock night, that a group of young men, brought together by circumstances beyond their control, attempted to create a sitcom that consisted of them sitting around talking about nothing. The show was a complete failure. 6GUYSTALKING, as it was known, failed to capture the ratings its creators anticipated. The show was then retooled as a late night talk show. Upon its rebirth, this new show was appropriately titled "The Lanny Frattare Super Terrific Happy Hour." Using a unique blend of comedy and non-comedy highlighted by the alleged death of sitcom star Bob Saget, "The Frattare Show" was met by rave reviews when it first aired on Jared Drucker’s VCR on April 10th, 2002. After a long run, the ratings began to decline. Since the producers of "The Frattare Show" would tolerate nothing less than complete talk show excellence, it was pulled from the schedule on April 19th, 2002, marking the end of an illustrious chapter of television history.

After a three month hiatus and numerous meetings with the real Lanny Frattare, the creators of the show breathed new life into the prospect of a late night talk show. It was on August 26th, 2002 that the newly-formed Super Terrific Happy Productions pitched an idea to WSRU-TV bigwigs that would change the face of Slippery Rock television forever. The new show would be aptly titled "Gettin’ Later," named by entertainment guru Chris Capecci. The staffing process commenced immediately. The first hiring was the shocking decision to sign Ben Mitchell as host. Mitchell, commonly referred to as the Joel Goodling of SRU, showed the entertainment world his character by asking Super Terrific Happy executives to bring aboard the entire cast and crew of the now-defunct "Frattare Show." Those decisions have definitely paid off. The rest, they say, is history. The first show was taped in October 2002.