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.
If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.
Working with Danny Thomas was truly an adventure every week. Danny didn't always say the words as they appeared in the script. I learned more by osmosis than by sitting down together. He was a force to be reckoned with: an explorer of television.
Aaron Spelling went further than anyone has ever gone for television.
Jack Paar was my first TV patron saint.
I was the first voice of Baltimore television in 1947.
I would love to see Carl Reiner working in the arena today. He did some marvelous things on our show in the early '60s when it was a little edgy. We did shows about blacks, a couple, three of those. Some thought-provoking stuff.
I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
We need to have Bill Cosby month in Philadelphia.
