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Confessions of a Rogue TV Comedy Writer

By Ted Bergman

Release : 2019-09-03

Genre : Arts & Entertainment, Books, Biographies & Memoirs

Kind : ebook

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This is an uncensored, brutally honest book about my four decades of writing jokes for television. It is a fun, but often raucous ride. So, hang on. It will get bumpy. We’re about to get up close with the likes of Tommy Smothers, Jonathan Winters, Steve Martin, Redd Fox, Garry Shandling, Don Rickles...Plus a few that are at the top of my F-list. Writing on staff for Full House was a nightmare. And, that’s sugar coating it. Now there should be no doubt what the “F” stands for. I’m also going to get squeamishly personal. You’ll be there when I meet Goldie Hawn’s stunt double and wind up in a marriage about as peaceful as the Middle East. On the sunny side, you’ll hang with us as we buy a beachfront villa in the Bahamas, play with and offend some of the richest people in the world. Ah, and then there’s Redd Foxx giving me a present which keeps me out of prison only because a cop happens to look the wrong way. I wrote my first television script, The Munsters, while still in college, yet girls continued to ignore me. A short time later I became the youngest staff writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, earning an Emmy nomination - which I’ve never quite lived up to. After The Jonathan Winters Show and two seasons as head writer for Sanford and Son, I was perceived as a comedy writing genius that everybody wanted to throw money at. They were wrong, but I took the money anyway. So, why “Rogue” Comedy Writer? Way back when I knew everything about everything, it was my naïve belief that as a writer I could avoid the b******t obligatory in other professions and just speak my mind. I was wrong. But, I took the money anyway. But, there’s this other thing gets me into the most trouble. I have an almost incurable problem with Mean People. You know who they are: Jerks, Jerk Offs, Pricks, Assholes, Dickheads and Shit Heads. I’ve never been able to ignore these people. Conversely, I confront them. Many say they admire me for this trait. But, just as many tell me to look for a new job. I hope this book will dazzle you with my talent. No doubt it will sometimes astound you with my impulsiveness and lack of good decisions. My father was fond of saying: There are three kinds of people. One percent learn from other peoples mistakes. Two percent learn from their own mistakes. Ninety-seven percent never learn. Maybe you’ll be the one percent that learns from mine. I’m going to try to make this an insightful book about my life; How I got to write jokes for a living, what’s inside my bent brain, the things I care about, the stuff I rant over and the incurable propensity I have for getting in other peoples’ face. However, all that being said, this is a book about a comedy writer who loves to make people laugh. Buy this book. You will laugh. If you don’t, I’ll take the money anyway.

Confessions of a Rogue TV Comedy Writer

By Ted Bergman

Release : 2019-09-03

Genre : Arts & Entertainment, Books, Biographies & Memoirs

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
This is an uncensored, brutally honest book about my four decades of writing jokes for television. It is a fun, but often raucous ride. So, hang on. It will get bumpy. We’re about to get up close with the likes of Tommy Smothers, Jonathan Winters, Steve Martin, Redd Fox, Garry Shandling, Don Rickles...Plus a few that are at the top of my F-list. Writing on staff for Full House was a nightmare. And, that’s sugar coating it. Now there should be no doubt what the “F” stands for. I’m also going to get squeamishly personal. You’ll be there when I meet Goldie Hawn’s stunt double and wind up in a marriage about as peaceful as the Middle East. On the sunny side, you’ll hang with us as we buy a beachfront villa in the Bahamas, play with and offend some of the richest people in the world. Ah, and then there’s Redd Foxx giving me a present which keeps me out of prison only because a cop happens to look the wrong way. I wrote my first television script, The Munsters, while still in college, yet girls continued to ignore me. A short time later I became the youngest staff writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, earning an Emmy nomination - which I’ve never quite lived up to. After The Jonathan Winters Show and two seasons as head writer for Sanford and Son, I was perceived as a comedy writing genius that everybody wanted to throw money at. They were wrong, but I took the money anyway. So, why “Rogue” Comedy Writer? Way back when I knew everything about everything, it was my naïve belief that as a writer I could avoid the b******t obligatory in other professions and just speak my mind. I was wrong. But, I took the money anyway. But, there’s this other thing gets me into the most trouble. I have an almost incurable problem with Mean People. You know who they are: Jerks, Jerk Offs, Pricks, Assholes, Dickheads and Shit Heads. I’ve never been able to ignore these people. Conversely, I confront them. Many say they admire me for this trait. But, just as many tell me to look for a new job. I hope this book will dazzle you with my talent. No doubt it will sometimes astound you with my impulsiveness and lack of good decisions. My father was fond of saying: There are three kinds of people. One percent learn from other peoples mistakes. Two percent learn from their own mistakes. Ninety-seven percent never learn. Maybe you’ll be the one percent that learns from mine. I’m going to try to make this an insightful book about my life; How I got to write jokes for a living, what’s inside my bent brain, the things I care about, the stuff I rant over and the incurable propensity I have for getting in other peoples’ face. However, all that being said, this is a book about a comedy writer who loves to make people laugh. Buy this book. You will laugh. If you don’t, I’ll take the money anyway.

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