Ron Osborn

<p>Ron Osborn joined me to discuss his childhood as a horror fan; Art Center College of Design; giving blood for a living; meeting Jeff Reno; getting the job on <em>Mork &amp; Mindy</em> and throwing up every morning; pitching stories; writing 12 Angry Appliances; 17 writers in the writers room but Robin gets credit for ad-libbing series; Robin never forgetting a joke; a typical week at Mork; Tom Poston; <em>Too Close for Comfort</em>; youngest writers on a staff of 6; Ted Knight;&nbsp;my favorite episode of Too Close; ABC tries to hip it up; Jm J. Bullock; Audrey Meadows; freelancing a <em>Silver Spoons</em>; <em>Goodnight Beantown</em>; decent ratings but still cancelled; pitching to <em>Night Court</em>; freelance episode leads to them getting hired; great writers room; creating the characters of Phil and The Wheelers;Selma Diamond; Ellen Foley;<em> I Had Three Wives</em>; having to write one more <em>Night Court</em> right before wedding; how <em>I Had Three Wives</em> led to <em>Moonlighting</em>; coming up with scenes on the fly; commenting on being a TV show; Bruce Willis gets the job because Rick Dees turned it down; making a scene longer to give Bruce &amp; Cybill a day off; Allyce Beasley &amp; Curtis Armstrong; "Atomic Shakespeare" pitch; claymation scene; writing &amp; shooting "Atomic Shakespeare"; Paul Sorvino; Charles Rocket; 3 episode arc "Sam &amp; Dave"; adding Curtis Armstrong; "Casablanca" homage episode; Cybill Shepherd's pregnancy changes the series; working with Eva Marie Saint; Dennis Dugan; leaving the show; <em>Goldie and the Bears </em>- the lost Hulk Hogan pilot; selling a <em>Charlies Angels</em> story; working with George Lucas on <em>Radioland Murders</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>