![]() ![]() Head writer Mel Tolkin presided over the most prestigious comedy writing staff in TV history, and one that the show’s members couldn’t stop writing about for years to come. Staff: Mel Brooks ( Blazing Saddles) Carl Reiner ( The 2000 Year Old Man) Neil Simon ( The Odd Couple) Danny Simon ( Caesar’s Hour) and Mel Tolkin ( All in the Family) (Note: Although women and POC representation in the writers room has improved in recent years, television still has a long way to go when it comes to shedding its boys’ club roots, which you will see reflected everywhere in this list.) We also, when possible, highlighted the strongest season of the series and the writers who made it great. This is a list of some of the most remarkable groups of writers in the history of TV comedy, not the best-written shows.” We’ve updated the old entries and added new ones, only including shows that aren’t on the air anymore (with two long-running, notable exceptions). It’s an updated list of an old post, where we wrote at the time, “Either by design or by luck, some of the best comedy shows ever have featured an eclectic, unusual mix of personalities behind the scenes. Below, we’ve rounded up some of the most impressive writers rooms in televised comedy history dating back to the 1950s. That’s what separates the bad sitcoms from the good ones, and the good sitcoms from the classics. You can have a talented cast and a keen director, but if the jokes aren’t there, it won’t matter. Davis, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen, Christopher Knight and Mike Lookinland were not available for comment Tuesday.Įmail: Twitter: Sherwood Schwartz’s ‘Conversation at the gates.A comedy series is only as funny as its script. I’m a better person as a result of the privilege of knowing and being influenced by him.”Īnn B. So much of what he taught me is ingrained in me now.”Īdded Christopher Knight (Peter Brady): “Sherwood gave me a gift of more than just a role he provided me a healthy and happy environment and an example of a functional family with which I might have been absolutely lost without. Being around him for five years and having him on the set every day, he was such a great role model for so many things even though I didn’t know it at the time. “He was somebody that I really looked up to. “He was like a father he was my friend and he was so many things to me,” McCormick continued. I’ll always have a piece of him with me.” “I owe so much to him and I’ll forever be thankful and grateful to him for all the opportunities that have come my way because of the show. “He read my book and he’d see my movies and would always call me and congratulate me,” she said. McCormick noted that she’d use Schwartz as a sounding board in her post- Brady Bunch career and most recently spoke with him a month ago. “He’d tell you that you’d have the answer within he’d always tell you how to turn something around to make it a positive.” ![]() “My mom, father and I would all go to Sherwood for advice because he always had a great answer,” she told THR. Maureen McCormick (Marcia Brady) recalled using Schwartz as a sounding board through the years. I know his Brady Bunch family feels the same way.” ![]() “Sherwood has a wonderful family who so loved and respected him. “He was a wonderful teacher in life and again, in death, he taught us how to leave with dignity and courage,” Henderson said in a statement. STORY: ‘Brady Bunch,’ ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Creator Sherwood Schwartz’s Posthumous Farewell Letter to Family, Fansįlorence Henderson, who played matriarch Carol Brady, noted it was Schwartz who changed her life when he selected her for the role. “He said, ‘Take your time, relax, take a deep breath and enjoy yourself.’ And that’s what I’ve done.” “The best advice anyone has ever given me was Sherwood, when as a 17-year-old kid I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders,” Williams said. “I was happy to know he was with his family and as comfortable as possible.”Ī somber Williams noted he last saw Schwartz when the prolific writer was receiving one of his many awards and that he always had good advice. “The whole Brady family is close and I’m in touch with his family and knew his passing was imminent,” Williams told The Hollywood Reporter. ![]() 'Dancing With the Stars' Cast Pays Tribute to Florence Henderson ![]()
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