I Wanted To Meet Bob Hope, And

We Are A Country Of Excess. So It's Not The Violence, Per Se, But The Exacerbation And Constant Repetition.

I Wanted To Work With Bert Lahr [the 'cowardly Lion' In 'the Wizard Of Oz'], And I Did.

In One Question You Are Expressing A World Of Opinion. Because It Is You Who Thinks That America Has Been Mistakenly Starting These Conflicts. I Happen To Agree With You, And I Will Repeat What Your Question Suggested...we Have Mistakenly Gotten Into One Fracas After Another. Why We Do That [united States Has Insisted On Keeping Up A String Of Enemies, And The Wars Associated With Creating Those Enemies], I Think It's Because We're Afraid To Look In The Mirror And Understand Who We Are.

I Think America, Unfortunately, Collectively Thinks Of Itself As The 'chosen People.' To My Knowledge, There Are No Chosen People, We Are All Human Beings.

It Crossed Our Minds Early On That The More An Audience Cared - We Were Working Before, On Average, 240, Live People. If You Could Get Them Caring - The More They Cared, The Harder They Laughed.