"Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom."
"Comedy is a reflection. We create nothing. We set no styles, no standards. We're reflections. It's a distorted mirror in the fun house. We watch society. As society behaves, then we have the ability to make fun of it."
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Source: Alan Lakein (1974). “How to get control of your time and your life”, Signet Book
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