When a comic becomes enamored with his own views and foists them off on the public in a polemic way, he loses not only his sense of humor but his value as a humorist.
Johnny CarsonGeorge Burns has been on my show twenty or thirty times, or maybe more. How can you turn down a guy that age?
Johnny CarsonWhat's all this fuss about plutonium? How can something named after a Disney character be dangerous?
Johnny CarsonI'm not one of those who spring up yelling, "Yippee! Another day!" I'll grumble and sulk around a couple of hours, reading newspapers and trying to pick out an idea I might do something with on the show. But I don't really start functioning until noon or later; then about two I go to the studio and the pace begins to quicken.
Johnny Carson