In This Nation, Leadership Is Dollars.

There Was No Real Controversy With All In The Family. That Came From The People On The Business End.

The Movies Had A Slogan At The Time, To Distinguish Themselves From Tv, That Said 'movies Are Better Than Ever.'

Bud [yorkin] Broke Out Big When He Did 'the Fred Astaire Show' And Won Four Emmys. His Wife At The Time Suggested That We Team Up. We Got A Lot Of Press In Show Business Papers, And A Number Of Offers...we Eventually Signed With Paramount Pictures. But I Always Like To Say, His Was The Horse That We Rode In On. That Is My Favorite Recollection.

I Guess The Story That Best Defines Us [with Bud Yorkin] And Our Relationship Goes Back To The [dean] Martin And [jerry] Lewis Show. The Four Stage Managers On That Show Became Major Tv Creators And Directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn And Bud Yorkin.

It Seems To Me That Any Full Grown, Mature Adult Would Have A Desire To Be Responsible, To Help Where He Can In A World That Needs So Very Much, That Threatens Us So Very Much.