Sy Rosen

<p>Unfortunately, Sy Rosen was talking to me during Tropical Storm Fay and the first thirty minutes were erased, but we talked about: growing up in the Bronx, <em>Winky Dink</em> and <em>You</em>, college, going in the reserves, not working on a Joan Baez in Sing Sing special, writing a spec script for the <em>Mary Tyler Moore Show </em>and getting a template back from Allan Burns; selling an episode of <em>The Bob Newhart Show</em> about Carol, joining the writing staff and writing "Death Be My Destiny", the 50th best episode of a TV show according to TV Guide, writing a couple of <em>Tony Randall Show</em> episodes but remembering one; writing a <em>Rhoda</em>; <em>We've Got Each Other</em>; <em>Maude</em>; <em>Free Country</em> as a show that should have done better; <em>Taxi</em> and how Stan Daniels added to the script in the writing room; <em>The Jeffersons</em> and Now You Seen it, Now You Don't; bring Redd Foxx back as <em>Sanford</em></p> <p>We return with: <em>Gimme A Break </em>not being about an interracial relationship<em>; </em>the talent of Nell Carter; the adding of Grandpa in season two; writing what is considered the best episode of <em>Best of the West; </em>writing an <em>Open All Night</em> for Patchett &amp; Tarses; doing a pilot with Don Ameche; <em>Spencer</em> with Chad Lowe being one of his favorite shows; <em>Anything for Love</em>; <em>Roomies</em>; <em>The Robert Guillaume Show</em> being about an interracial relationship; <em>Northern Exposure</em>; <em>The Wonder Years</em> episodes being Wayne-centric; writing the episode The Nose and being nominated for a Humanitas Prize; <em>The Home Court</em>; Frasier; <em>Lost on Earth</em>; Working; 2Gether; playwriting; writing comedy for retirement magazines; working with Dean Cameron and Robert Romanus</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>