I Don't Know How You Can Look

That's A Very Hard Thing To Help The Establishment Know. We're Still An Establishment That Thinks The Average Mentality Is Something Like 13 Years Of Age, That Never Forgot H.l. Mencken's Notion That Nobody Lost Money Underestimating The Intelligence Of The American People. That's The Horseshit The Establishment Has Always Lived With.

I Guess The Story That Best Defines Us [with Bud Yorkin] And Our Relationship Goes Back To The [dean] Martin And [jerry] Lewis Show. The Four Stage Managers On That Show Became Major Tv Creators And Directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn And Bud Yorkin.

I Got A Call From An Agent To Come To New York City, And Write For The 'ford Star Revue.' Because At The Time There Wasn't Much 'national Television'.

In The Area We're Discussing, Leadership Begins On Madison Avenue, On The Desks And In The Offices Of People Who Spend Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Buying What Will Get Them Ratings.

I Think For Television Generally, The Question That Often Arises Is, "does Television Lead, Or Does It Follow?" You Know, Does It Lead The Conversation, Or Culture, Or Does It Follow What's Going On? And I Think It Does Both.