A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

His show at one time held the highest ratings among adults in his time slot. His favorite saying was: "Courts are made for judges and lawyers". Segments were often bracketed by Meltzer delivering aphorisms or reciting moralizing poetry ("What shall we do with grandma now that Bernard Meltzer's old and gray?") in his distinctive smooth soothing quiet voice.