Nobody Is Going To Try To Confiscate

The Very Phrase 'oscar Night' Used To Accelerate My Pulse. For One Thing - Dating Myself - It Meant Bob Hope. He Always Had Good, Strong Jokes, That Faultless Delivery, And Always A New Joke About His Own Films' Failure - Once Again - To Be Honored.

It Was Well After College That I Learned About Depression. I Got My First Job For Jack Paar. I Realized I Was Sleeping 14 Hours A Day And Just Living For The Paar Show.

A Biggest Mistake I Made When I Started Doing A Talk Show Was I Thought You Had To Read The Books.

I Guess The Best Advice I Ever Got Or Anyone Could Get For Doing A Talk Show, Though It Has Not Been Easy Very Often, Was From Jack Paar, Who Said, 'kid, Don't Make It An Interview. Interviews Have Clipboards, And You're Like David Frost. Make It A Conversation.'

Sloppy Language Leads To Sloppy Thought, And Sloppy Thought To Sloppy Legislation.