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.

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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 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 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.

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

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...

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

We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of...

We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of...

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...

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to...

But once we got on the air, everybody except Morey Amsterdam pretty much stuck to...

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...

Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and...

Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and...

My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane...

My son Barry, of course, has been on from the beginning. And his son Shane...

You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.

You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now.

I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But...

I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But...

So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.

So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.

I never made a good movie.

I never made a good movie.

I have four children and I have seven grandkids.

I have four children and I have seven grandkids.

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

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

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 wanted to be a radio announcer.

I wanted to be a radio announcer.