I've been out on the book tour going through Pittsburgh, St Louis and Cleveland, Dayton and Orlando, Raleigh-Durham. I sign many books for people.

When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do.

I helped set The Gong Show. I've done so many game shows. I've helped create game shows.

There's this Lebanese lady I dearly loved who raised 13 children in Toledo, and she retired in Phoenix. She said, I get up every morning and say, Thank you, God. I do the same thing now.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

You realize, this is not just a little studio we go to make these television episodes. This thing is reaching everybody in the world! Suddenly you realize the power of television.

You accumulate a great deal of acquaintances and friendships over the years, and you can't always spend as much time as you would like.