Ollie is the partner who keeps Lynn's program moving while keeping it light and fun. He is the one who can say things that Lynn would never dare say. The result is that people in Ollie's audience learn to laugh again at his conversations with Lynn. 

Ollie says, "It is the gift of laughter that keeps people young. While I may be the dummy in the act, and they are laughing at the dumb things I say, the reality is that they wish they had said it first because it is what they were thinking to start with."