This great showman of American origins is considered as the

 his fiorello adverts... very funny...well whenever he and fiorello were on stage together... wasnt that keen on his game shows..and he had had a bit of trouble recentley with unrehearsed gaffs...  a clasic comedian very dead pan

Really John......surely not a well timed observation. LOL.    He will be missed in Italy as you said his comedic talent was great, and I too loved his TV adverts....... RIP

Everything he was involved in became professional but comical at the same time! I confess I smiled every time I watched him on TV, even before he started to speak!