When We Went On The Air, I

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.

Nobody Doubts My Partisanship, But A Lot Of The Activity Is Nonpartisan.

... For All Our Alarm, It Is Clear That The Religious Right Is Responding To A Real Hunger In Our Society... A Deep-seated Yearning For Stable Values... When Conservative Christian Groups Talk Of Failures In Our Educational System, The Erosion Of Our Moral Standards, And The Waste Of Young Lives, They Are Addressing Real And Legitimate Concerns... Among Secularists, The Aversion Toward Discussion Of Moral Values, Let Alone Religion, Can Reach Absurd Extremes.

But You Know, My Dad Called Me The Laziest White Kid He Ever Met. When I Screamed Back At Him That He Was Putting Down A Race Of People To Call Me Lazy, His Answer Was That's Not What He Was Doing, And That I Was Also The Dumbest White Kid He Ever Met.

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.