I'm the only talk show host, I think, if there's such a category in, what's called, the book of records, to have a guest die while we were taping the show, yeah.
Just think of all the billions of coincidences that don't happen.
If (O.J. Simpson) is acquitted, I will renounce my citizenship. And if I converse with him at a cocktail party, I will say, 'Well, there are so many people here who haven't murdered anyone. I think I'll go talk to them.' I'll also riot.
I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.
I think I'd be pretty easy to write for.
In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.
You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.
I think we live in an age of increasing mediocrity.
Anyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense is a fate worse than anything imaginable. You'd think offense is one of the most calamitous things that could happen to a human being; right up there with the loss of a limb, or just missing a parking space.