The Nixon administration kept a nasty eye on our show... Cops would come by - often just in time to see the act they wanted to see.

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There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away...

I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away...

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a...

Once I left out what I then considered my best line because there was a...

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

Every student of comedy should see Dame Edna at least twice.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

If your parents never had children, chances are... neither will you.

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction...

I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction...

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling...

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling...

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic...

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic...

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

Can you picture yourself at the age 60 doing what you do now?

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on...

The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people...

The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people...