Sam Bobrick
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Sam Bobrick is an American
author
, playwright
, and screenwriter
. He is best known for creating the television programs Good Morning, Miss Bliss
and Saved By The Bell
and for his numerous plays, many of which were co-authored with Ron Clark
.
with his first important job being writing for Captain Kangaroo
. He went on to write for the television programs The Andy Griffith Show
, Bewitched
, The Flintstones
, Get Smart
, The Kraft Music Hall, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
, and The Tim Conway Comedy among others. He also wrote screenplay
s for several films, including The Last Remake of Beau Geste
. For his work he has won three Writers Guild of America Award
s and received nominations for the Emmy Award
and the Ovation Award.
Bobrick began writing plays in the 1970s with fellow playwright Ron Clark. Their first play, Norman, Is That You?
, premiered on Broadway
at the Lyceum Theater on February 19, 1970. The two men went on to write several more Broadway plays together, including No Hard Feelings (1973), Murder at the Howard Johnson's
(1979), and Wally's Cafe (1981).
Bobrick has written several more plays either by himself or with other writers besides Clark, including the plays Weekend Comedy, The Crazy Time, Getting Sara Married, Remember Me?, Last Chance Romance
and Hamlet II among many others. One of his collaborators is his wife, the writer Julie Stein, with whom he has penned the plays The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon & Mrs. Levine and Lenny’s Back. The former play is an adaptation from a book by Bobrick and his wife entitled Sheldon & Mrs. Levine that was published in 1994.
United States
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author
Author
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, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. He is best known for creating the television programs Good Morning, Miss Bliss
Good Morning, Miss Bliss
Good Morning, Miss Bliss is an American teen sitcom that aired on the Disney Channel from 1988 to 1989 , starring Hayley Mills as a teacher at John F...
and Saved By The Bell
Saved by the Bell
Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...
and for his numerous plays, many of which were co-authored with Ron Clark
Ron Clark (writer)
Ron Clark is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for several plays that he co-wrote with Sam Bobrick and for co-writing the screenplays for the films Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and Life Stinks with Mel Brooks.-Career:...
.
Biography
After an almost four year stint in the U.S. Air Force, Bobrick attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree. He began his career writing for televisionTelevision
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with his first important job being writing for Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo
Captain Kangaroo is a children's television series which aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it the longest-running children's television program of its day...
. He went on to write for the television programs The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3, 1960, and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays a widowed sheriff in the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina...
, Bewitched
Bewitched
Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban...
, The Flintstones
The Flintstones
The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that screened from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones was about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. It...
, Get Smart
Get Smart
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...
, The Kraft Music Hall, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.-History:...
, and The Tim Conway Comedy among others. He also wrote screenplay
Screenplay
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s for several films, including The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 American historical comedy film. It starred and was also directed and co-written by Marty Feldman. It is a satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequently-filmed story of brothers and their adventures in the French Foreign Legion. The humor is...
. For his work he has won three Writers Guild of America Award
Writers Guild of America Award
The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949...
s and received nominations for the Emmy Award
Emmy Award
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and the Ovation Award.
Bobrick began writing plays in the 1970s with fellow playwright Ron Clark. Their first play, Norman, Is That You?
Norman, Is That You?
Norman, Is That You? is a 1970 play in two acts by American playwrights Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick about a Jewish couple coming to terms with their son's homosexuality. The work is notably the first play written by both writers. After 19 preview performances, the play officially opened on Broadway...
, premiered on Broadway
Broadway theatre
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at the Lyceum Theater on February 19, 1970. The two men went on to write several more Broadway plays together, including No Hard Feelings (1973), Murder at the Howard Johnson's
Murder at the Howard Johnson's
Murder at the Howard Johnson's is a 1979 play in two acts by American playwrights Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick. The production officially opened on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre after 10 preview performances on May 17, 1979; closing just three days later after only 4 more performances. The...
(1979), and Wally's Cafe (1981).
Bobrick has written several more plays either by himself or with other writers besides Clark, including the plays Weekend Comedy, The Crazy Time, Getting Sara Married, Remember Me?, Last Chance Romance
Last Chance Romance
Last Chance Romance is a 2008 comedy in two acts written by American playwright Sam Bobrick and published by Samuel French, Inc.-Synopsis:...
and Hamlet II among many others. One of his collaborators is his wife, the writer Julie Stein, with whom he has penned the plays The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon & Mrs. Levine and Lenny’s Back. The former play is an adaptation from a book by Bobrick and his wife entitled Sheldon & Mrs. Levine that was published in 1994.