Danny Simon (December 18, 1918,
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
– July 26, 2005,
Portland, OregonPortland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. As of July 2008, it has an estimated population of 575,930, making it the 29th most populous in the United States. It has been referred to as the most...
) was an American television writer and comedy teacher. He was also older brother to acclaimed American playwright
Neil SimonMarvin Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. His numerous Broadway succcesses have led to his work being among the most regularly performed in the world...
.
The elder Simon wrote for television shows including
Your Show of ShowsYour Show of Shows was a live 90-minute sketch comedy television series appearing weekly in the United States on NBC , from February 25, 1950 until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca...
,
The Colgate Comedy HourThe Colgate Comedy Hour was an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and light entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Abbott and...
,
The Phil Silvers ShowThe Phil Silvers Show was a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for a total of 143 episodes . The series starred Phil Silvers as master sergeant Ernest G...
,
Make Room for Daddy,
My Three SonsMy Three Sons is a situation comedy about a Scots/Irish-American family , that ran from September 29, 1960, to August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of an aeronautical engineer and widower Steve Douglas, played by Fred MacMurray, and his three sons. The series was a cornerstone of the...
,
The Carol Burnett ShowThe Carol Burnett Show is a sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner...
,
Kraft Music HallThe Kraft Music Hall was a major NBC radio variety program, featuring top show business entertainers, in a 16-year span from 1933 to 1949. Kraft Foods was the first advertiser to sponsor a two-hour radio program, in an era when many radio programs were only 15 minutes long and few were longer than...
,
Diff'rent StrokesDiff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on the NBC television network from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986.-History:...
, and
The Facts of LifeThe Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to September 10, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' original premise focused on the character, Edna Garrett , as she becomes housemother to seven girls at the...
. He later became a comedy teacher.
Woody AllenWoody Allen is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright....
said about Simon, "I've learned a couple of things on my own since and modified things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from him".
Jimmy BoydJimmy Boyd was an American singer, musician, and actor.-Early life:Jimmy Boyd was born in an old farmhouse to Winnie and Leslie Boyd. In 1941 his father, Leslie, put his wife and their two sons , on a train bound for Riverside, California for the second time...
, "Being around Danny always makes me and everyone else happy.
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Danny Simon (December 18, 1918,
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
– July 26, 2005,
Portland, OregonPortland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the state of Oregon. As of July 2008, it has an estimated population of 575,930, making it the 29th most populous in the United States. It has been referred to as the most...
) was an American television writer and comedy teacher. He was also older brother to acclaimed American playwright
Neil SimonMarvin Neil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. His numerous Broadway succcesses have led to his work being among the most regularly performed in the world...
.
The elder Simon wrote for television shows including
Your Show of ShowsYour Show of Shows was a live 90-minute sketch comedy television series appearing weekly in the United States on NBC , from February 25, 1950 until June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca...
,
The Colgate Comedy HourThe Colgate Comedy Hour was an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and light entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Abbott and...
,
The Phil Silvers ShowThe Phil Silvers Show was a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for a total of 143 episodes . The series starred Phil Silvers as master sergeant Ernest G...
,
Make Room for Daddy,
My Three SonsMy Three Sons is a situation comedy about a Scots/Irish-American family , that ran from September 29, 1960, to August 24, 1972. My Three Sons chronicles the life of an aeronautical engineer and widower Steve Douglas, played by Fred MacMurray, and his three sons. The series was a cornerstone of the...
,
The Carol Burnett ShowThe Carol Burnett Show is a sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner...
,
Kraft Music HallThe Kraft Music Hall was a major NBC radio variety program, featuring top show business entertainers, in a 16-year span from 1933 to 1949. Kraft Foods was the first advertiser to sponsor a two-hour radio program, in an era when many radio programs were only 15 minutes long and few were longer than...
,
Diff'rent StrokesDiff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on the NBC television network from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986.-History:...
, and
The Facts of LifeThe Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to September 10, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' original premise focused on the character, Edna Garrett , as she becomes housemother to seven girls at the...
. He later became a comedy teacher.
Quotations
Woody AllenWoody Allen is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, writer, musician, and playwright....
said about Simon, "I've learned a couple of things on my own since and modified things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from him".
Jimmy BoydJimmy Boyd was an American singer, musician, and actor.-Early life:Jimmy Boyd was born in an old farmhouse to Winnie and Leslie Boyd. In 1941 his father, Leslie, put his wife and their two sons , on a train bound for Riverside, California for the second time...
, "Being around Danny always makes me and everyone else happy. He is always up and positive, and he sees humor in absolutely everything. It is endless funny one-liners. In rehearsal I could read the same comedy line a hundred times, and Danny would be laughing".
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