I have two kids who were like me, we get out of bed feeling good, and the other two would sit at the breakfast table and grumble. I think it's born into us. I usually wake up feeling pretty good. Looking forward to the day.

I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business so that's literally 70 years.

I did a guest shot on a comedy series where they did 20 to 30 takes of everything. It's just gone by then. The joke is over. It's not funny anymore, and then of course, the editor's the one that has to figure out the timing. I think a lot depends on that.

There aren't many pratfalls in comedy anymore.

Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.