Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.
The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.
The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.
When we could split the screen, it was like 'Wow!'.
After all those years of doing a live, hour-and-a-half show every week, I've got nothing more I need to prove.
The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off.
Studied saxophone at the Julliard School of Music before becoming an actor.
Voted the United States' Best Comedian by Motion Picture Daily's TV poll in 1951 and 1952.
Also won Best Comedy Team (with Imogene Coca) in 1953.
Received the Sylvania Award in 1958 for his work in television.
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 84-86. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
His children are Michele ("Shelly"), Rick (born February 18, 1952), and Karen (born in 1956).
His son Rick went to Yale University.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Little Me."
Best remembered on 'Your Shows of Shows' and the movies, 'Grease' (1978) and Grease 2.
His father, Max Caesar, owned a restaurant in Yonkers, NY.
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