But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so much. You don't see them anymore. |
I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't. |
We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we'd our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show. |
I loved to fall down. |
I think it's being thrown at the wolves, we call it in our business. |
I wanted to be a radio announcer. |
A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing. |
So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life. |
My kids are so much better parent than I was. |
I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit. |
So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records. |
I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't. |
No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that. |
I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste. |
But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to the script. |
Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody. |
Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them. |
My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane is playing now a med student regularly on the show. And at one point or another, I've had all four of his kids on the show. |
I have four children and I have seven grandkids. |
Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him. |