This Stammer Got Me A Home In

I Really Don't Know What Makes A Comedian. I Think It's A Family Background And Environment. Yet If You Put The Same Ingredients In Another Person, He May Never Utter A Funny Line.

I'm One Of Those Passengers Who Arrives At The Airport Five Or Six Hours Early So I Can Throw Back A Few Drinks And Muster Up The Courage To Board The Plane. Apparently I'm Not Alone Because I've Never Been In An Empty Airport Bar. I Don't Care What Time You Get There. Even At 8:00 A.m. You Have To Fight Your Way To The Bar. At That Hour, Everyone Drinks Bloody Marys So No One Can Tell It's Booze- At Least Until They Fall Off Their Chair.

It Was A Decision To Work Clean. I Just Prefer To Work That Way. I Have No Problem With Comedians Who Don't Work That Way. There Was A Temptation In The Early '70s To Reconsider. I Decided Against It.

I Never Had An Aversion Because I Was Active In The Drama Club. If I Had That Aversion I Certainly Wouldn't Put Myself In The Position Of Being On Stage. Of Course, In The Drama Club You're Hiding Behind A Character.

Well, My Career Choice Made A Difference Because I Never Would Have Met My Wife, Jenny. I Met Her Through Comedian Buddy Hackett. He Set Us Up On A Blind Date And Then We Got Married.