Stan Daniels
Encyclopedia
Stanley Edwin Daniels was a Canadian-American
screenwriter
, producer
and director
, who won eight Emmy Award
s for his work on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
and Taxi
.
to Jewish parents involved in vaudeville
, Daniels earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Toronto
, then began studying for a doctorate from Oxford University. His first television writing job was for The Dean Martin Show
in 1956. There, he met his writing partner Ed. Weinberger
.
producer Al Jean
. An example of this may be Tony Blair
claiming that the Good Friday Agreement is not a day for soundbite
s, then, immediately going on to say that he, "feel[s] the hand of history on [his] shoulders."
for years, and he died of a heart attack
in Encino, California
.
Canadian-American
A Canadian American is someone who was born or someone who grew up in Canada then moved to the United States. The term is particularly apt when applied or self-applied to people with strong ties to Canada, such as those who have lived a significant portion of their lives in, or were educated in,...
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:...
, producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
, who won eight Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
s for his work on The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977...
and Taxi
Taxi (TV series)
Taxi was an American sitcom that originally aired from 1978 to 1982 on ABC and from 1982 to 1983 on NBC. The series, which won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for "Outstanding Comedy Series", focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi drivers and their abusive dispatcher...
.
Early life
Born in TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
to Jewish parents involved in vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
, Daniels earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, then began studying for a doctorate from Oxford University. His first television writing job was for The Dean Martin Show
The Dean Martin Show
The Dean Martin Show is a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes. It was broadcast by NBC and hosted by crooner Dean Martin...
in 1956. There, he met his writing partner Ed. Weinberger
Ed. Weinberger
Edwin B. “Ed.” Weinberger is an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and television producer.Ed. Weinberger began his career writing for such stand-up comedians as Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor, and Bill Cosby. His first job in television was writing on “The Tonight Show” for Johnny Carson...
.
Career
Daniels' influence in comedy is noted by the joke setup credited to him ("Stan Daniels turn") wherein, "a character says something and then does an immediate 180-degree shift on what he just said," according to The SimpsonsThe Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
producer Al Jean
Al Jean
Al Jean is an award-winning American screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Harvard University in 1981. Jean began his writing career in the 1980s with fellow Harvard alum Mike Reiss...
. An example of this may be Tony Blair
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
claiming that the Good Friday Agreement is not a day for soundbite
Soundbite
In film and broadcasting, a sound bite is a very short piece of a speech taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority or the average "man on the street" says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be the most important point...
s, then, immediately going on to say that he, "feel[s] the hand of history on [his] shoulders."
Death
Daniels had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementiaFrontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia is a clinical syndrome caused by degeneration of the frontal lobe of the brain and may extend back to the temporal lobe...
for years, and he died of a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
in Encino, California
Encino, Los Angeles, California
Encino is a hilly district of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. Specifically, it is located in the central portion of the southern San Fernando Valley and on the north slope of the Santa Monica Mountains...
.
Director
- Best of the WestBest of the WestBest of the West is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982.-Synopsis:The Old West spoof featured the misadventures of Sam Best, a Civil War veteran who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico...
(1 episode, 1981) - Taxi (1 episode, 1982)
- Mr. Smith (Unknown episodes, 1983)
- Dear John (5 episodes, 1988–1989)
- Flying Blind (2 episodes, 1993)
- Almost PerfectAlmost PerfectAlmost Perfect is an American situation comedy that aired on the CBS television network from 1995 to 1996.-Synopsis:Almost Perfect starred Nancy Travis as Kim Cooper, a television writer on the hit show Blue Justice who had just been promoted to executive producer, and Kevin Kilner as her...
(Unknown episodes, 1995) - High SocietyHigh Society (TV series)High Society is the title of an American television sitcom that aired Monday nights on CBS in 1995 and early 1996; it was entered into the CBS schedule as a replacement for If Not for You, a sitcom starring Elizabeth McGovern, which was quickly canceled by the network...
(1 episode, 1995) - PartnersPartners (TV series)Partners is an American sitcom that aired on FOX from 1995 to 1996.-Synopsis:The series centered a pair of young architects, Bob and Owen , and Owen's fiancée Alicia . Much of the show's humor derived from Bob's lack of success with women and his competition with Alicia for Owen's attention...
(1 episode, 1996) - SparksSparks (TV series)Sparks is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 26, 1996 to March 2, 1998. The series stars James Avery, Robin Givens, Terrence Howard, and Miguel A. Núñez, Jr.. The sitcom is set in Compton, California, and is about the every day lives of a family of lawyers running a family owned law...
(3 episodes, 1996–1997) - Good NewsGood News (TV series)Good News is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from 1997 to 1998. The series is a spin-off of the UPN series Sparks.-Synopsis:...
(4 episodes, 1997)
Producer
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Unknown episodes, 1970)
- DocDoc (1975 TV series)Doc is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 1975 to October 1976.-Synopsis:Doc starred Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, an elderly, kind-hearted general practitioner who divided his time between dealing with his dysfunctional patients and his even more dysfunctional family...
(Executive producer, 1 episode, 1976) - The Betty White ShowThe Betty White ShowThe Betty White Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 12, 1977, to January 2, 1978. Fourteen episodes were transmitted. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises.-Synopsis:...
(Executive producer, unknown episodes, 1977) - Cindy (1978)
- Taxi (Executive producer, unknown episodes)
- The AssociatesThe Associates (U.S. TV series)The Associates is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1979-1980. The series starred Martin Short and was cancelled after nine of its thirteen episodes aired, but was nominated for two Golden Globes after its cancellation...
(Executive producer, unknown episodes) - Glory! Glory! (1989)
- For Richer, for Poorer (Supervising producer, 1992)
- The Kid (Executive producer, 2001)
Writer
- The Dean Martin ShowThe Dean Martin ShowThe Dean Martin Show is a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes. It was broadcast by NBC and hosted by crooner Dean Martin...
(1 episode, 1965) - The Bill Cosby ShowThe Bill Cosby ShowThe Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Cosby's first solo foray in television, after his co-starring role with...
(1 episode, 1970) - Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls (1970)
- Lily (1970)
- PhyllisPhyllis (TV series)Phyllis is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 11, 1975 to March 13, 1977.Created by Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels. it was the second spin-off series from The Mary Tyler Moore Show . The show starred Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom, who was previously Mary Richards'...
(Unknown episodes) - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (12 episodes, 1973–1977)
- Cindy (1978)
- Taxi (3 episodes, 1978)
- The Associates (13 episodes, 1979)
- Mr. SmithMr. Smith (TV series)Mr. Smith is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23 through December 16, 1983. The series was based around the premise of a talking orangutan. Mr. Smith was canceled after thirteen episodes were aired.The orangutan who played Mr...
(5 episodes, 1983) - The Lonely GuyThe Lonely GuyThe Lonely Guy is a 1984 romantic comedy film, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Steve Martin. The screenplay was written by Neil Simon, based on the book The Lonely Guy's Book of Life by Bruce Jay Friedman....
(1984) - Glory! Glory! (1989)
- Getting There (1990)
- RocRoc (TV series)Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.-Early episodes:...
(1 episode, 1991) - Faith (1991)
- For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
- The Substitute Wife (1994)
- The Kid (2001)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Series | Shared with |
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| 1975 | Won | Emmy Award Emmy Award An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various... |
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Ed. Weinberger (for "Mary Richards Goes to Jail" episode) |
| Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | James L. Brooks James L. Brooks James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing. After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the... , Allan Burns Allan Burns Allan Burns is an American screenwriter and television producer. Burns is best known for, alongside James L. Brooks, creating and writing for the television sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda.-Early life:... , Ed. Weinberger |
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| 1976 | Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger |
| 1977 | Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Bob Ellison Bob Ellison (screenwriter) Bob Ellison is an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer for television.-External links:... , David Lloyd David Lloyd (writer) David Lloyd was an American screenwriter and producer for television.He wrote for many popular and award-winning sitcoms, such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier and Wings. Lloyd wrote the Emmy-winning "Chuckles Bites the Dust", an episode of the... , Ed. Weinberger (for "The Last Show" episode) |
| Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger | |
| 1979 | Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | James L. Brooks, Glen Charles Glen Charles Glen Gerald Charles was born on February 18, 1943 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He attended the University of Redlands, California and earned a B.A. in English. Charles began his professional life as an advertising copywriter, but moved into television. He began his television career with his brother, Les... , Les Charles Les Charles Les Charles was born in Henderson, Nevada. He attended the University of Redlands, California and earned a B.A. in English. Charles began his professional career as a high school English teacher, but moved into television.... , David Davis, Ed. Weinberger |
| 1980 | Nominated | Emmy Award | Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series | The Associates The Associates (U.S. TV series) The Associates is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1979-1980. The series starred Martin Short and was cancelled after nine of its thirteen episodes aired, but was nominated for two Golden Globes after its cancellation... |
Ed. Weinberger (for "The Censors" episode) |
| Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger | |
| 1981 | Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger |
| 1982 | Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Ken Estin Ken Estin Ken Estin is an American Emmy Award-winning television producer and screenwriter. He has worked on Taxi and The Tracey Ullman Show, and Cheers.-External links:... , Howard Gewirtz Howard Gewirtz Howard Gewirtz is an American television writer, whose credits include Taxi, The Larry Sanders Show, Just Shoot Me, Wings, Oliver Beene, Everybody Hates Chris and The Simpsons.-External links:... , Ian Praiser, Richard Sakai Richard Sakai Richard Sakai is an American producer best known for partnering with James L. Brooks and for his work on The Simpsons.... , Ed. Weinberger |
| 1983 | Won | Emmy Award | Outstanding Comedy Series | Taxi | James L. Brooks, Ken Estin, Richard Sakai, Sam Simon Sam Simon Samuel "Sam" Simon is an American director, producer, writer, boxing manager and philanthropist. While at Stanford University, Simon worked as a newspaper cartoonist and after graduating became a storyboard artist at Filmation Studios. He submitted a spec script for the sitcom Taxi, which was... , Ed. Weinberger |
| 1992 | Won | CINE Competition CINE CINE is a consortium formulated to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience. CINE recognizes and fosters the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production through its semi-annual film competitions.... |
CINE Golden Eagle | Monkey House | Bruce Campbell, Jonathan Goodwill, Allan King Allan King Allan Winton King, OC was a Canadian film director.-Life:During the Depression, King attended Henry Hudson Elementary School in Kitsilano, Vancouver... , Gordon Mark, Michael MacMillan, Harold Tichenor, Max E. Youngstein |
| 1989 | Nominated | Gemini Awards | Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Glory! Glory! | Jacqueline Lefèvre |
| Nominated | Gemini Awards | Best Dramatic Mini-Series | Glory! Glory! | Bonny Dore, Jonathan Goodwill, Michael MacMillan, Seaton McLean Seaton McLean Seaton McLean is a Canadian film and television producer. He co-founded Atlantis Films.- External links :... |
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| 1993 | Nominated | Gemini Awards | Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Monkey House |