A disarmingly innocent-looking ad libber is Wally Cox, the mild, bespectacled little actor best known for his role of Mr. Peepers on television. One night I asked Wally if he ever watched our show.

"Oh, yes," he said, in his wispy voice. "I watch you more than other shows."

I beamed at this compliment from a witty and accomplished actor.

"I should point out," he added quietly, "that there is a syntactical pitfall in that sentence. Other shows may not watch your show very much."