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Signature. Larry Simon Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009) [ 1 ] was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series M*A*S*H, and as co-writer of the Broadway musicals A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and City of Angels.
Sep 11, 2009 · One of television's most highly regarded comedy writers, Larry Gelbart, passed away today. You may know him as the early head writer of M*A*S*H, a show that left a huge footprint on television comedy.
Sep 15, 2009 · September 15, 2009. Larry Gelbart, one of the last great humor writers from TV’s “golden age” of the 1950s, passed away on September 11 from cancer. Throughout a career that had lasted 50 ...
Described by Woody Allen as "the best comedy writer I ever knew", Larry Gelbart was a skilled humorist who had hits in the theatre, cinema and on television. He received both a Tony Award and an ...
Sep 22, 2009 · September 22, 2009. Larry Gelbart's only rule of comedy writing. In my interview with the late Larry Gelbart, the writer of the film “Oh God,” the play “Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum” and the TV series “M*A*S*H,” among many others, I asked him about comedy writing. Here’s what he said:
Sep 13, 2009 · And Mr. Gelbart is a far more clever writer. ... We were already…good friends.] ... "Larry is a sensational writer," says Mr. Silverman, who now consults for ABC, one of the three networks where ...
Larry Gelbart (1928-2009) Larry Gelbart. The gift of provoking laughter came early to Larry Gelbart and has never deserted him. His distinguished career as a writer of comedy reads like a history of the art over the last 40 years. His writing credits date back to the Golden Age of radio, thanks in part to his father.
