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Mel Tolkin (né Shmuel Tolchinsky; August 3, 1913 – November 26, 2007) was a television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows (NBC, 1950–1954) during the Golden Age of Television.
Nov 27, 2007 · LOS ANGELES – Mel Tolkin, the head writer for Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows," which defined the art of sketch comedy during television's Golden Age, has died. He was 94. Tolkin died of heart...
Nov 27, 2007 · Entertainment. Mel Tolkin, comedy writer for Sid Caesar, dies at 94. CBC Arts · Posted: Nov 27, 2007 2:29 PM PST | Last Updated: November 27, 2007. Mel Tolkin, a Montreal-raised writer who...
Highlights. Full Interview. Shows. Topics. Professions. Genres. People. About this interview. In his four-hour interview, Mel Tolkin (1913-2007) talks about his early years writing for Camp Tamiment, where he was discovered by producer Max Liebman, and his writing partnership with Lucille Kallen.
Mel Tolkin was born on 3 April 1913 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and producer, known for All in the Family (1971), Joe's World (1979) and The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967). He was married to Edith Leibovitch.
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Dec 3, 2007 · Mel Tolkin, a comedy pioneer who served as head writer for the classic 1950s’ series Your Show of Shows and Caesar’s Hour, died of natural causes on November 26 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94. Over the course of a half-century in show business, Tolkin, who got his start in the 1930s, wrote for some of the biggest names in comedy.
We're sad to report that comedy writer Mel Tolkin passed away yesterday, November 26th, at his home in Century City. Mel Tolkin was interviewed for the Archive of American Television for four hours. In his interview, Mr. Tolkin discussed his long writing partnership with Lucille Kallen (also an Archive interviewee) and writing for such shows as ...
