No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put me in the business, a guy from my home town, a dear friend who we just lost a couple of months ago.

I found doing that kind of comedy without an audience is just... for me, it's almost impossible. You need the audience to do their half of the work.

In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.

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.

My favorite unknown movie is 'The Comic.'

But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script.

I get little kids who recognize me from 'Mary Poppins,' and it just delights me because it's our third generation.