In that I set out to defame and vilify many of the actors, writers, directors, studio and network executives I’ve worked with – my hot shot attorney suggested I use caution in naming names.
What to do? I decided to look for another career that didn’t take many brains, creativity, or talent – hence I chose to devote my life to Producing and Writing. You might not realize it but sheep herding – except for a few areas of Soho – isn’t exactly a growth industry in the Big Apple. Growing up in New York City it became apparent that Manhattan didn’t offer me much of a chance to make a living in the family business. Coming from a long line of sheep herders there seems no obvious connection between the two careers. I am often asked how I got started in the Entertainment Business. Mike Stokey, Anne Francis, Mary Tyler Moore, Mike Douglas, Bruce Johnson, Bill D’Angelo, Antonino Rocca, Pat Summerall, Sam Denoff, Sonny Grosso, Frank Brill, Jack Benny, George Burns, Alan Rafkin, Dixie Carter, Bernie Brillstein, Pat Harrington Jr., Harvey Korman, Bonnie Franklin, Ray Allen, Jim Nabors, Werner Von Braun, Leo Durocher, Skip Steloff, Sonny Bono, Earle Hagen, Leonard Goldberg, and recently Saul Turtletaub. If I tried to list all of them it would look like the Yellow pages so here are just some: Some were friends, others just enter- tainers I work with. To all those men and women who have passed during my fifty years in show business. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. Duke Vincent, Diana Rigg, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky, Fred Silverman, Sharon Gless, Pat Harrington, Bill D'angelo, Aaron Spelling, Doug Cramer, Gordon Farr, Bob Newhart, Bernie Brillstein, John Denver, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George Burns, The Carpenters, Dixie Carter Hal Holborok,Jimmy Breslin, Frank Sinatra, Vic Damone, Susan Clark, Alex Karris, Manny Lewis, David Susskind, Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin, Sonny Bono, Cher, Betty White among others. I also worked with Regis Philbin, Cary Grant, Raquel Welch, Mike Douglas, Roger Ailes, John Wayne, Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore, Marlo Thomas, Danny Thomas, Andy Griffith, Earle Hagen, Joe Namath, Jack Lemmon,Rowan and Martin, Goldie Hawn, Jim Nabors, Frank Sutton, Linda Lavin, Richard Burton, Sammy Davis Jr, Elizabeth Taylor, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Bonnie Franklin, E.
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After that I produced and wrote a Golf Series starring 1958 PGA Champion Dow Finsterwald and has guests like: Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Mantle, Roger Marris, Rocky Graziano, Jack Dempsey, Phil Foster, Harvey Stone. We also used Johnny Carson, Dick Clark, Morty Gunty and Henny Youngman. Among the Talent I book on Pantomime Quiz was Dick Van Dyke, Carol Burnett, Howie Morris, Stubby Kaye, Susan Cabot, Merv Griffin, Bobby Morse, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Basil Rathbone, Anne Francis. I booked all the talent on the show and wrote all the stumpers or charades used on the series. He moved Pantomime Quiz from Hollywood to New York City in 1966. Stokey won the first Emmy ever given for a game show. I started my television career in 1956 producing "Pantomime Quiz" a comedy game show starring Mike Stokey.
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"A Brilliant TV Writer/Producer" is my fourth book.
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