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We make fun of our leaders.

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Yeah, I love Los Angeles.

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I think Samantha Bee is doing a really good show.

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There's nothing that sells stuff like television. Nothing.

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I grew up in a time where on things like 'The Red Skeleton Show' or even to a certain extent on 'The Carol Burnett Show,' people wrote in the breakouts or ad-libs. They were scripted to look spontaneous. So I always had a dislike of that kind of thing.

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Tearing up a picture of the Pope comes under the heading of a Comedy Killer. It kind of breaks the spirit of the evening.

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All saints are selfish.

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I was in Los Angeles in 1968, and I was fortunate enough to be a writer on 'Laugh-In' and a couple of other television shows.

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All babies are ugly unless they're your baby.

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There are things in low comedy that make people uncomfortable, and there are things in high comedy that make people bored.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Producer

Born: November 17th, 1944

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