Arnold Margolin

<p>Arnold Margolin joined me to discuss his upbringing; favorite radio shows; first time watching TV; working as an office boy on Broadway; being an understudy in a William Saroyan play and going on; Garson Kanin offering him a role in the original Diary of Anne Frank; moving to LA; Garry Marshall offers him a job and a partner; <em>My Mother the Car</em>; <em>Hey Landlord</em>; <em>Andy Griffith Show</em>;<em> He &amp; She</em>; writing Disney movies; <em>Love, American Style</em>; Star Spangled Girl; writing an episode of <em>The Mary Tyler Moore Show</em> which was a backdoor pilot for Bill Dailey; a pilot with Don Knotts &amp; Eve Arden; trying to salvage the <em>McLean Stevenson Show</em>; pilot- The <em>Dooley Brothers</em> with Shelley Long; problems with Eileen Brennan on <em>Private Benjamin</em>; <em>Growing Pains;</em> <em>One Big Family</em>; <em>That Girl</em>; drug problems on <em>Webster</em>; working with a young Sally Field and Michael Constantine; how Joey Bishops not liking a friends script lead to him writing roast jokes that Garry Marshall saw; writing the <em>Adventures of Mary Kate and Ashley; Between Love &amp; Honor </em>about Crazy Joe Gallo<em>.</em></p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>