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![SATURDAY By Saturday, hey, we’re getting close to it. Of course, there’s always the endless changes. New sketches come. We try to please, we never say no. We try to do whatever they want. Sometimes that works out, sometimes that doesn’t. I’m kind of a negative fellow about it, I say “well, it’s a mess.” But it gets on air, and you think “well, it’s a mess, but I’m learning. Maybe next week. There’s always next week.” And that’s always true. Then we start again. In my case, I’m fond of seeing what they come up with. We really don’t get anything. We have two days, you know? It’s an unusual show. We have to clean out our offices this week, on top of everything else, because they’re re-doing all the offices on the 17th floor [of Rockefeller Center]. I guess that’s a sign we’ll be around for another 20 years.](https://observer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/nup_178526_0089.jpg?quality=80&crop=0px%2C0px%2C889px%2C667px&resize=300%2C225)
