I was never personally a great fan of his, but he knew his business and he knew how to get a laugh......often even from folks like me who weren't big fans. That's an artform in itself. Uncle Miltie was regular fare along with Caesar, Kovacs, Phil Silvers, Groucho, George and Gracie, Benny, Spike Jones........I may have missed them in the days of Burlesque and Vaudeville, but their radio and TV stuff was legendary and I am the world's biggest sucker for retrospectives and replays of those early TV days. Milton Berle gave us schtick to remember whether we liked it or not....and for his contributions to comedy and to the TV generation he will always be fondly remembered whether wearing a dress or smoking a stogie...or both!