I Think America, Unfortunately, Collectively Thinks Of

Bud [yorkin] Broke Out Big When He Did 'the Fred Astaire Show' And Won Four Emmys. His Wife At The Time Suggested That We Team Up. We Got A Lot Of Press In Show Business Papers, And A Number Of Offers...we Eventually Signed With Paramount Pictures. But I Always Like To Say, His Was The Horse That We Rode In On. That Is My Favorite Recollection.

When We Went On The Air, I Didn't Want To Be Interrupted For An Act-one Curtain.

It Crossed Our Minds Early On That The More An Audience Cared - We Were Working Before, On Average, 240, Live People. If You Could Get Them Caring - The More They Cared, The Harder They Laughed.

I Was Writing For Live Television. And I Said To Myself, Someday, Soon As I Can, I Have Got To Do A Situation Comedy.

When Something Is Over, It Is Over.