- Mariette Hartley: [on reacting to a prank on a show produced by Johnny] It was like being in the middle of an operating room; I expected Rod Serling - I honestly...
- Johnny Carson: Well, your reaction - your reaction was wonderful; that's what we were looking for - your confused reaction.
- Mariette Hartley: But I'm...
- Johnny Carson: I take it, though, you seem to be rather vindictive about this, and obviously somebody is going to pay through the nose... or - or some other orifice in their body.
- Michael Palin: People said to us, "Monty Python will never, ever work in the States. There's no way Americans will understand jokes about vicars, and cricket, and gynecologists playing football and all that sort of thing."