Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first learned the relief of laughter from this genuinely great performer.
Peter Sellers is my great comedy hero.
I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.
Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.
To a crowd that loves improv, Robin Williams is like Chuck Berry.
Richard Pryor is my favorite stand-up ever.
Gilbert Gottfried, I think, is just the most underappreciated comedian in the world. I think that he doesn't get enough credit for how funny he is.
In comedy timing is everything, but Betty White is the rarest of comics who seems to have mastered time itself.
Dan Aykroyd is a comedy icon and one of my idols of all time, but I also know that he's an incredibly great actor.
No one will ever be as good as Phil Hartman. He was such an amazing genius, and may be the best sketch performer of all time.
