Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.

I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though youre poking fun at someone or something, theres still an affection for it.

You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.

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

One of the first things you ever learn as a stand-up is don't show fear.

Well, if you’re a native Chicagoan, you know how dumb he [Dr. Robert Hartley] is. He gets on the Ravenswood El, he goes past his stop on Sheridan Road, he gets off in Evanston, where the El is on the ground, and then he walks back 55 blocks to his apartment. Now, would you want to have that man as a psychologist? A man who misses his stop every day?

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story.