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Tom Tenowich is known for Mork & Mindy (1978), Saved by the Bell (1989) and City Guys (1997).
- Writer, Producer, Additional Crew
- Tom Tenowich
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- Mork & Mindy
Born in 1941 in Philadelphia. In high school he would write jokes as a hobby. When he enrolled in Temple University in Philadelphia, he started writing comedy professionally for NYC comedians Tom is the father of former child actress turned TV producer / writer Amy Tenowich, who played the recurring part of Lola, a child who attends the daycare cen...
Tom, approached comedian Jackie Vernon, in a club, who liked his material and wanted him to write stuff for his shows. After one year with Vernon, Tom started a three-year collaboration with Jackie Mason, one of the “greatest stand-up comedians of all times”, according to Comedy Central. His first TV comedy staff writing job was on “The Dom DeLuise...
In 1978 after leaving Newhart, he began working on “Mork & Mindy” as one of the original team of writers, along with writing partner Ed Scharlachand by the third season he had worked his way up to producer and co-show runner. In 1980 he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award Best Writing on Episodic Television. He wrote Season 1's: 1. A...
Thomas "Tom" Tenowich (born October 23, 1941) served as a writer, story editor for Mork and Mindy in Seasons 1 through 3, also serving as an executive story editor in Seasons 1 and 2, for a total of forty episodes of the series.
Mork & Mindy (TV Series 1978–1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dec 13, 2023 · A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same. Release Date. September 14, 1978. Cast. Robin Williams , Pam Dawber , Jay...
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It's A Wonderful Mork is the 24th episode of Season 1 of Mork and Mindy, also the 24th overall episode in the series. Co-written by Ed Scharlach and Tom Tenowich, the episode, directed by Howard Storm, it was shot on February 23 and premiered on ABC-TV on May 3, 1979.
Funniest line of the show, IMHO, was by writer Tom Tenowich. Our guest star was a blind singer-song- writer and we wrote some of his real-life abilities into the script; he played golf and sky-dived. “Whoa,” said Mork. “I bet the toughest part is hearing the dog scream on the way down.”.
