Despite the fact that computer speeds are measured in nanoseconds and picoseconds - one billionth and one trillionth of a second, respectively - the smallest interval of time known to man is that which occurs in Manhattan between the traffic signal turning green and the taxi driver behind you blowing his horn.

As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.

New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.

I work because I enjoy what I'm doing, and the fact that I make money at it - big money - is a fine-and-dandy side fact.

George Burns has been on my show twenty or thirty times, or maybe more. How can you turn down a guy that age?

The only issue cash presents you is the independence of not stressing about funds.

Air Canada. That's a good name for a Canadian airline.