I Wanted To Work With Bert Lahr

The American People May Not Be The Best-educated, But They're Very Wise At Heart.

I Got A Call From An Agent To Come To New York City, And Write For The 'ford Star Revue.' Because At The Time There Wasn't Much 'national Television'.

Bud [yorkin] Broke Out Big When He Did 'the Fred Astaire Show' And Won Four Emmys. His Wife At The Time Suggested That We Team Up. We Got A Lot Of Press In Show Business Papers, And A Number Of Offers...we Eventually Signed With Paramount Pictures. But I Always Like To Say, His Was The Horse That We Rode In On. That Is My Favorite Recollection.

Power Is The Goal Of Religion In General.

But You Know, My Dad Called Me The Laziest White Kid He Ever Met. When I Screamed Back At Him That He Was Putting Down A Race Of People To Call Me Lazy, His Answer Was That's Not What He Was Doing, And That I Was Also The Dumbest White Kid He Ever Met.