"Everything that I've learned that I'm using in this show is from `The Chris Rock Show,'" [Wanda Sykes] said. She was both a performer and a writer for Rock's HBO show as well as a contributor to the network's "Inside the NFL." Former Chicago comedian Lance Crouther, the supervising producer of "Wanda at Large," won an Emmy in 1999 with Sykes, Rock and others for the topical writing of Rock's show.