The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!

I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!

I have an Apple computer, which I use to play Spider Solitaire and do research on the Internet.

The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!

People ask me, How would you do as a contestant on the show? And I tell them I would do fairly well among senior citizens, but against a good thirty-year-old I would have trouble because I cannot recall information as quickly as I used to. You used to say something and I would go, boom, right away, very sharp. Now it's like, Oh, yes, but wait a minute, uh, uh.

You should never wear a baseball cap when working in close quarters in the attic: You never see that beam above you!

Merv Griffin, who developed Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, had a great line once. I used to personally answer all the mail that came in to Jeopardy! whether it was favorable or unfavorable, and Merv said, You know how I handle the nasty mail? I said no. He just grabbed it and folded it up and crunched it up and threw it in the wastebasket. He said, I don't bother with it.