Sam Bobrick (July 24, 1932 â€" October 11, 2019) was an American
author, playwright, television writer, and lyricist.Bobrick was born
in Chicago on July 24, 1932. His father was a storekeeper and his
mother worked for the postal service. After a three-year, nine-month,
twenty-seven-day stint in the U.S. Air Force between 1951â€"1955,
Bobrick attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a
degree in Journalism.He began his career writing for the popular
children's show Captain Kangaroo. He also wrote for such shows as The
Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, The Flintstones, Get Smart, The Kraft
Music Hall, and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He created the
short-lived syndicated TV series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was
resurrected by NBC as the long-running hit show Saved By The Bell. He
won three Writers Guild of America Awards for his television work and
was nominated for an Emmy. He also wrote several movies and later quit
writing for film and television in 1990.Bobrick wrote over 40 plays.
His first play, Norman, Is That You?, which he co-wrote with Ron
Clark, opened on Broadway in the early 1970s. While a flop on
Broadway, its West Coast premiere at the Ebony Showcase Theater in Los
Angeles ran for seven years (1971-1978). The play also ran for five
years in Paris (Pauvre France) and has played in over thirty countries
around the world. Bobrick and Clark collaborated on three more
Broadway plays, No Hard Feelings, Murder at the Howard Johnson's, and
Wally's Cafe.
author, playwright, television writer, and lyricist.Bobrick was born
in Chicago on July 24, 1932. His father was a storekeeper and his
mother worked for the postal service. After a three-year, nine-month,
twenty-seven-day stint in the U.S. Air Force between 1951â€"1955,
Bobrick attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a
degree in Journalism.He began his career writing for the popular
children's show Captain Kangaroo. He also wrote for such shows as The
Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, The Flintstones, Get Smart, The Kraft
Music Hall, and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He created the
short-lived syndicated TV series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was
resurrected by NBC as the long-running hit show Saved By The Bell. He
won three Writers Guild of America Awards for his television work and
was nominated for an Emmy. He also wrote several movies and later quit
writing for film and television in 1990.Bobrick wrote over 40 plays.
His first play, Norman, Is That You?, which he co-wrote with Ron
Clark, opened on Broadway in the early 1970s. While a flop on
Broadway, its West Coast premiere at the Ebony Showcase Theater in Los
Angeles ran for seven years (1971-1978). The play also ran for five
years in Paris (Pauvre France) and has played in over thirty countries
around the world. Bobrick and Clark collaborated on three more
Broadway plays, No Hard Feelings, Murder at the Howard Johnson's, and
Wally's Cafe.
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