Ed McMahon Quotes

I was raised on 'Get Smart' and 'All in the Family' and 'M.A.S.H.,' and certainly when 'Cheers' came along, that was a big one.

I've got 'Lost' and '24' on TiVo. And I'm an 'American Idol' fan.

There's no tradition today except initials, 'CSI,' 'NCIS,' all the rest. Even with reruns today, people don't know there was a 'Dick Van Dyke Show,' or 'Andy Griffith,' or 'Cheers.'

I don't have much time for TV shows, but if I did, I'd watch 'Seinfeld' reruns.

To me, it wasn't 'Star Wars' that shaped me; it was more 'Mary Tyler Moore' and, nowadays, 'Louie' and 'Girls.'

I go to the movies, and I watch MTV and the Disney Channel. I admit I like 'Hannah Montana.'

People forget that in the early '70s, Saturday was the most-watched night of television of the week. It was where you found 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and 'All in the Family.'

I've been such a fan of American TV.

When I was growing up, I watched every sitcom imaginable.

Shows like 'All in the Family' and now 'Mom' - there's a tradition of tackling real issues.

I was raised watching sitcoms, and I love long-form comedy.

I was the King of Twinkie-Vision one day, the King of Jiggle TV the next, thanks to Farrah Fawcett and 'Three's Company.'

I was on 'In Search of the Partridge Family,' MTV'S 'Miss Seventeen,' and the comedy 'Love Monkey.'

I watched a lot of old movies, and a lot of Carol Burnett and Andy Kaufman.

I've been watching 'Two and a Half Men.' That's my number one. Then 'Gossip Girl' and '90210.'

TV shows about TV were taboo for a while.

I watch lots of American shows like 'Desperate Housewives' and so on.

If someone says, 'I love 'Jessica Jones!'' I just say, 'Thanks, I love you back!'

I was very young when 'The Carol Burnett Show' came out, but that kind of comedy and the spontaneity of her, I think it really deeply affected me within just the joy of performance.

I enjoy 'The Apprentice' and the one that's called 'Take My Life' and the other one called 'Stop Hitting Me.'

I used to watch the 'Jackie Gleason Show' and Phil Silvers, those early TV things. And a lot of them were patterned on the silent comedies of the '20s.

I've grown up watching 'BQC' and 'KBC' and that's really serious stuff.

I always wanted to get on the telly. Then see when I did, and there was talk about doing more online, Comedy Labs or iPlayer, I was: 'Naw, naw, naw, I want to be On The Telly that sits in the living room and folk watch it together.

I want more stand-up comics in prime time. It's great for every comedian.

I've been on 'iCarly' and 'Hannah Montana.' And a few other things.