“[Ed Grimley] lives in a retirement home in New Jersey. It's called the Retirement Home in New Jersey for Characters Who Were Interesting in the '80s for About an Hour. He's there with the Whiners, Gumby and Jon Lovitz's 'That's the ticket' guy.”

—  Martin Short

"Hot Seat", Time Out New York; Issue 565: July 27–August 2, 2006

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