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.

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I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot...

I learned everything that I know about comedy and about show business and a lot...

Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and...

Stan said he used to keep Hardy late, make him miss his golf game, and...

I never made a good movie.

I never made a good movie.

A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want...

A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want...

I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.

I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit.

But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so...

But I wish they would make a musical of some kind. I miss musicals so...

I wanted to be a radio announcer.

I wanted to be a radio announcer.

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste.

I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old...

I think the saddest moment in my life just happened two months ago. My old...

So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it...

So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it...

Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.

Today, if you're not an alcoholic, you're nobody.

I don't have any children, I have four middle-aged people.

I don't have any children, I have four middle-aged people.

I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show...

I was always in show business but in many ways was not really of show...

I loved to fall down.

I loved to fall down.

No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put...

No, I did night clubs right here in Los Angeles. My partner, Phil Erickson, put...

I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're...

I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're...

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise...

Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise...

It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

It's scary that 50% of all marriages end in divorce...it's even scarier that the other...

It's scary that 50% of all marriages end in divorce...it's even scarier that the other...

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.

Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex.