If Nixon Were A Republican Senator Today,

Here's A Guy [richard Nixon] Who Had No Gift For Small Talk, Never Liked To Be Around Strangers, Was Physically Awkward, And He Goes Into The One Business That Calls For Ease With Strangers And A Gift For Small Talk.

Well I Directed A Few Feature Length Things For Hbo In The Late Eighties.

I Always Used To Sit Next To Mel Blanc When We'd Do The Shows. When You Have Jack Benny On One Side And Mel Blanc On The Other, You're Not Going To Go Far Wrong.

Because I Don't Do Stand-up, Radio Has Always Been My Equivalent, A Place To Stay In Connection With The Public And Force Myself To Write Every Week And Come Up With New Characters. Plus It's A Medium That – Having Grown Up With It And Putting Myself To Sleep With A Radio Under My Pillow [as A Kid] – I Love. No Matter What Picture You Want To Create In The Listener's Mind, A Few Minutes Of Work Gets It Done.

I've Got An Odd, Negative Bond With C. Montgomery Burns. He Reminds A Lot Of People Of Bosses They've Worked For. He Certainly Reminds Me Of Someone I'm Working For.