Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.
Unlike a lot of comics, I didn't care about getting on 'Saturday Night Live.' That show had such history and was so established that I didn't see the point.
A lot of our writers, like Conan O'Brien, moved on to other things.
I don't think Ed Sullivan had anything to do with Carib Song.
If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality.
When I left 'The Garry Moore Show,' I signed a 10-year contract with CBS.
Jack Paar was my first TV patron saint.
I grew up watching 'The Tonight Show' and Jimmy Fallon on 'SNL.'
There really is no Johnny Carson anymore. There is no one place a comedian can appear and explode.
