So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives.

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.

I was writing for live television. And I said to myself, someday, soon as I can, I have got to do a situation comedy.

I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it.

Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.'

In my 90-plus years, I have lived a multitude of lives.