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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.
- Television comedy writer
- 1940s to 1980s
- Samuel Tolchinsky
- Your Show of Shows
Nov 27, 2007 · PBS. By Margalit Fox. Nov. 27, 2007. Mel Tolkin, the long-suffering head of Sid Caesar’s celebrated television writing team, who was present from the cramped, sweaty, malodorous beginning, died...
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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Nov 27, 2007 · Tolkin died of heart failure on Monday at his Century City homein Los Angeles, said his son, Michael Tolkin, a filmmaker and novelist. Tolkin was head writer for Sid Caesar's Your Show of...
Mel Tolkin, an award-winning television comedy writer who served as head writer for Sid Caesar’s legendary “Your Show of Shows” and “Caesar’s Hour” in the 1950s, died Monday. He was 94. Tolkin...
Nov 27, 2007 · LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 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 failure on Monday at his Century City home, said his son, writer-director Michael Tolkin.
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