Confessions of A Rogue TV Comedy Writer
Original Airdates: Sept. 18-20, 2020
TVC 508.1: Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Emmy nominated writer, producer, and author Ted Bergman. Ted spent four decades writing and producing such TV comedy and variety shows as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (where he was the youngest staff writer at the time, and the show for which he received his Emmy nomination), All in the Family, The Hollywood Squares, The Jonathan Winters Show, What’s Happening, Gimme a Break, The Munsters, and Sanford and Son. Ted’s memoir, Confessions of a Rogue TV Comedy Writer: Forty Years of Fame, Fear and Combat Inside the Writers Room, captures the highs, lows and various in-betweens that just about every professional writer experiences, no matter which genre or industry.
Why TV Comedy Writers are Born, Not Made
Original Airdates: Sept. 18-20, 2020
TVC 508.2: Emmy nominated writer/producer Ted Bergman talks to Ed about his experience as a staff writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS, 1967-1969), and how that series was unusual because it was one of the few network shows in production at the time that welcomed younger writers. Ted’s memoir, Confessions of a Rogue TV Comedy Writer: Forty Years of Fame, Fear and Combat Inside the Writers Room, not only includes behind the scenes stories of working with the likes of Garry Shandling, Steve Martin, Redd Foxx, Flip Wilson, and Jonathan Winters, but captures the highs, lows and various in-betweens that just about every professional writer experiences, no matter which genre or industry.
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