Ed Simmons and I became stars in the emerging medium of television. We were new and fresh, just like TV at the time, so we automatically became 'THE' comedy writers for television.

We mocked that concept ['movies are better than ever'] by doing a sketch that was about a theater trying to get one customer to come in...and that customer was Jerry Lewis. It generated so much controversy that Dean [Martin] and Jerry [Lewis] had to apologize in a full page ad in Variety.

The complete control of one party over everything - I would, I think, feel the same way if it were [the Democrats in charge]. It's not the American way.

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 wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well.

Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case.

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.