This weekly half-hour series ran from 26 February 1957 to 18 February 1958. During 1957 Bob Dyer also hosted Pick-A-Box (1957), which ultimately out-lived "It Pays to be Funny" by over a decade.
This series was not live. Rather, it was kinescoped in advance so it could be shown in both Sydney and Melbourne. Other ATN-7 productions of 1957 to do this included Leave It to the Girls (1957), The Pressure Pak Show (1957), Give It a Go (1957), and The Dulux Show (1957).