We used to get 27, 28 minutes to do a story in, and now they're lucky if they get 18 or 20 minutes. So I don't think they can really do a beginning, a middle, and an end anymore. There's an awful lot of one-line jokes; almost every line is a punchline. It's not the same, but there's still good comedy around.
Dick Van Dyke10 years ago, I would've host Saturday Night Live. But to me, the show has declined. For some reason, humor isn't what it was. It just, to me, it's not as funny as it was, not as sharply satirical.
Dick Van DykeBut I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore.
Dick Van DykeNo, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that.
Dick Van DykeDo you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.
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