 The album stayed on the chart for two years, selling over 600,000 copies near release and ranking as the 20th best-selling album of all time on the Billboard charts.It won Album of the Year at the 1961 Grammy Awards, where Newhart was named Best New Artist; it was the first comedy album to win Album of the Year and the only time a comedian had won Best New Artist.Newhart wanted the title to be "The Most Celebrated New Comedian Since Attila the Hun", but Warner Bros. executives created the album's title and Newhart had to settle for his idea as a subtitle.