After two years with 'Donna,' they offered me a new contract, but I said no. I didn't want to be the fourth… — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
I had this fantasy. I would be at the Paramount Theater in New York and Louis Prima's drummer falls sick. The theater… — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
Audiences won't buy an Ozzie Nelson walking and talking around about Rickie's new bicycle. — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
I was doing a show in Bridgeport, Conn., and getting offers for more money from Boston and other cities in the east.… — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
I turned down more offers to be Jack Paar or Johnny Carson or Steve Allen before the people on the 'Donna Reed Show' gave… — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
Hard comedy goes for the fences. It's also what you might call take-a-risk comedy because if you don't hit a home run, you might… — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
The way I look at it, you've got to quit your TV series before they'll consider you in movies. — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
The day of the 'Partridge Family' type of show and the 'Brady Bunch' is long gone. The old 'Ozzie and Harriet' days are over. — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
Maybe, realistically, in a career you have only one hit series. Maybe 'Hogan's' was mine. — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
I learn by admiring others, listening and correcting what wouldn't be right for me. — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
I liked Art Linkletter's way of conducting an interview while still keeping it light and I even admired Jack Bailey, host of 'Queen for… — Bob Crane Copy Share Image
