I guess people wonder if I'm the same on camera as I am off, and I'm pretty much the same, I really am. But that's always asked of me.

You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a page at The Tonight Show. I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what hed done the night before. I thought, I can do that! I used to do that on a street corner in the Bronx with all my buddies.

So when I got the chance to do my first talk show, 50 years ago last month, I never had any writers. There was no budget - it was just me and the camera and my friend who was the director. I talked about what I'd done that week.

The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.

What's so wonderful about being 6'3. What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men?

What can I say? Librarians rule.

As a matter of fact I don't like politics. I really don't. I think it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line.