He also said that many listeners had complained.
Western listeners complained to NBC that they wanted to hear the show.
Some listeners have complained these musical parodies take more show time than warranted.
A listener complained that it was inappropriate to suggest a black man was unable to speak grammatical English.
"One early listener complained that he would need a wheelbarrow to carry around talking books recorded on discs with such limited storage capacity."
As a result, listeners have complained for years that Kevin and Bean were not on the Internet.
Some listeners have complained about a two-second gap between live tracks, breaking up the sound of crowd noise.
But many more listeners complained about the lack of specifics in the speech.
But because listeners complained, he said, these days he aims to squeeze no more than four minutes an hour.
ABC agreed to let him use transcription discs for the 1946-47 season, but listeners complained about the sound quality.