I wasn't much good. When I went into the line on a fake - I would holler 'I don't have it!'

I love portraying the totally indifferent person.

In today's world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I'm not sure that isn't true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don't know what that would have done to my psyche.

Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

You do a clean show and it's over and the audience have enjoyed themselves and you've enjoyed yourself, and you haven't had to resort to shock.

I don't have a stack of scripts...

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.