Paul Lynde: Self

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• Paul Lynde : I think timing is what you're born with - I think that *is* your talent. I think it makes you distinctive, no one's like you - and that's God-given to you. And, uh... uh, I - I prefer not to know what it is. I - you know, people say, "Uh, do you believe in analysis and things like that?" I do for many people, but I - I don't for - for performers. I think it should be a mystery.

  Johnny Carson : Yeah. It's like trying to analyze...

  Paul Lynde : I don't think you should know yourself that well.

  Johnny Carson : It's like trying to analyze comedy. There is nothing duller than to sit around with people...

  Paul Lynde : Oh, it's impossible.

  Johnny Carson : When they discuss why people laugh.

• Paul Lynde : You know, your grades go home first to your father - and, uh, you don't know what they are. And my dad called, and he - he can be... frank. And he said, "What the hell is V?" And, you know, when you're panicky, I said, "Oh - uh... valedictorian!" You know, what else? And so, uh... it was a snap course - it was one of those courses where everybody else in it was a football player. And I think it was drawer arrangement or somethin' like that. And, uh...

  Johnny Carson : Sock sorting, and that type of thing?

  Paul Lynde : And it really snapped back on me. And, uh, I went to the professor, who I thought had no humor. And he said, "V is for Visitor." He said, "You've never been in this class."