Anyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense is a fate worse than anything imaginable. You'd think offense is one of the most calamitous things that could happen to a human being; right up there with the loss of a limb, or just missing a parking space.

When I'm doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: 'Tell about the guy who died on your show!'

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.

The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.

You have to be on TV a surprisingly long time before you're stopped on the street. Then, when you are, you get a lot of, 'Hey, you're great! What's your name again?'