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 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 wanted to be a radio announcer.

I wanted to be a radio announcer.

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...

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.

Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.

Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.

I have four children and I have seven grandkids.

I have four children and I have seven grandkids.

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...

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...

So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was...

So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was...

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...

Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and...

Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude...

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude...

One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any...

One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any...