"I still panic sometimes when it comes down to 20 minutes between jobs," [JACK Warden] told the Los Angeles Herald Examiner in 1984. "I love what I'm doing.... "

The New York Times called Warden a "fine farceur" as twin salesmen in Used Cars (1980) and said he played Ryan O'Neal's father "hilariously" in So Fine (1981).

"Warden can play intense melodrama, yet he plays farce with infallible timing," said Danny Arnold, who told TV Guide that he wrote the part of the gruff and cynical major on "Wackiest" with Warden in mind.