You May Catch More Flies

Postwar America Was A Very Buttoned-up Nation. Radio Shows Were Run By Censors, Presidents Wore Hats, Ladies Wore Girdles. We Came Straight Out Of The Blue - Nobody Was Expecting Anything Like Martin And Lewis. A Sexy Guy And A Monkey Is How Some People Saw Us.

I Really Am Opinionated, But Not For Long. I Have Found Myself Coming Off Of What I Think Of Something Because The Guy I'm Talking To Makes Better Sense Than I Am. I Have So Many Points Of View, I Can't Keep Track Of 'em, Because I Talk To Too Many People... I'm Not So Opinionated That I Won't Budge.

From 1936 On, I Have Taken More Falls Than Any Other 20 Comedians Put Together. From The Time I Was 21, I've Taken Them On Everything From Clay Courts To Cement To Wood Floors, Coming Off Pianos, Going Out A Two-story Window, Landing On Dean, Falling Into The Rough. You Do That And You're Gonna Have Problems.

I Tell Young Comics, 'do You Want This Badly Enough? It's There. But You Have To Go Get It. And If You Think I'm Going To Give You The Key To The Lock Of That Door, There Is No Key, There Is No Lock, And There Is No Door.'

I Have Some Very Personal Feelings About Politics, But I Don't Get Into It Because I Do Comedy Already.