I still think funny, and people young and old still come and see me. That's flattering. The day comes that they stop coming, then I'll know that it's time to retire to the Jewish ranch.

Half the battle is that people have to like you before you say one joke, one bit of humor.

Whatever you do to gain success, you have to hang in there and hope good things happen. Always think positive.

Yeah, I make fun of blacks, and why not? I'm not a black.

I would describe myself as a guy that's very normal but has the tendency to rib people, but never in a mean-spirited way.

In the old days, that was my ad-lib for hecklers in the joints I worked. It stuck with me. I hardly say it now, say, to fans, even though people do send me hockey pucks.

I was with George Washington at Valley Forge, sitting around before an attack... gimme a break. That's over 70 years ago already.