Television comedy writers
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bill Dana Oral History Interview Collection
Collection — Record carton ACC-MSS 002 Box 01
Identifier: ACC-MSS 002
Scope and Contents
The Bill Dana Oral History Collection, 2005-2007, 2016-, consists of sixty-eight audio-visual interviews of a cross section of comedy experts, writers, producers, directors, and noted comedians who have had a direct influence on the history of the art form in the United States Interviews with Bea Arthur, Eddie Brill, Barbara Feldon, Jamie Masada, Vin diBona, Norman Lear, Fred Willard, and Diane English are representative of the diverse experiences that are documented. Among the topics...
Dates:
2005 - 2020
Budd Friedman and Tripp Whetsell collection
Collection — Shelf Digital
Identifier: ACC-MSS 020
Scope and Contents
The Budd Friedman and Tripp Whetsell collection, ca. 2002-2018, consists of 89 audio interview recordings with prominent comedians, producers, comedic writers, actors, singers, directors, talent managers, and journalists. In addition, there is one video documentary about the Improv comedy club, formerly called the Improvisation. The collection is organized into two series.Series 1: Improv Interviews, ca. 2015-2016 is comprised of 74 audio interviews conducted for the book "The...
Dates:
ca. 2002 - 2018
Episode 05: Manny Jaquez '13 on Making It Big in the TV Industry, 2020-05-13
Item — Preservica RG 009.02 Alumni Engagement
Overview
Manny and Terri chat about how the pandemic has affected the world of comedy, why he cared way more about his fellow Emersonians' spec scripts than his own and their mutual love of Six Feet Under. Recorded on May 13, 2020.
Dates:
2020-05-13
Phil Leslie Script Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ACC-MSS 006
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this collection contains bound and unbound scripts of the radio show Fibber McGee and Molly. The bound scripts are from 1937 to 1953 and the unbound scripts date from 1941-1954. Included with many of the unbound scripts are the story pitches, outlines, draft scripts, notes from readings and the final drafts. There are also several scripts from a television spinoff that was attempted. Over the many years Fibber McGee and Molly was on they did special appearances outside of their...
Dates:
1937 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1937-1970