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Former
wannabe stand-up comedian he began producing and writing television
shows during the ‘live’ TV years. A 4-time Emmy nominee and
Producer/Writer of TV series like: Alice, One Day At A Time, Love
American Style, Webster, Private Benjamin, etc. Arnold has been in
the entertainment industry for over fifty years and has worked with many
of the legendary stars in the business.
THE BEGINNINGAs much as I'd like to say I was born in a trunk at the Princess Theater in Pocatello, Idaho -- I wasn't. The Brooklyn Jewish Hospital gets that dubious distinction. Ours was the normal dysfunctional family. My father, Murray, was a wholesale florist and my mother, Betty, was a stay at home mom. I had an older brother, George, who I'm sure barely put up with his younger, nervous pain in the ass brother. My parents seemed reasonably content with each other. I don't remember any fights or shouting. I, also don't remember much touching, hugging or the family standing around the piano singing Welsh mining songs. What I do remember was that we had one of the first TV set in the neighborhood. A 9-inch black and white Dumont. I would stare at the screen every free moment. Since programming was restricted to a few hours a night I mostly watched the TV test pattern. Didn't matter to me...it was still magic. Maybe deep down I knew or hoped that one day I would work in this new medium. Gotta say that those test patterns were more entertaining than most of the network shows today. The entire family loved to go to Broadway musicals. We'd buy the record albums - 78s - and listen to them constantly. I knew the lyrics to every song from every show on Broadway. I think it was these experiences that formed my lifelong love affair for musicals. When I got older I even auditioned for a few. More about that later. Brooklyn was a great place to grow up
during the thirties, forties and fifties. Wonderful neighborhoods,
friendly people, safe streets -- kind of like downtown Baghdad today. We
also had the Dodgers. God, they were fabulous...even when they were in
last place. Ebbets Field was the most exciting place in the world to watch
baseball. It was a small, intimate ballpark which attracted the wildest,
most bizarre fans in the country. "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's
Nest" had nothing on a typical crowd at Ebbets Field: Hilda Chester a
female baritone and her cowbell, Gladys Goodding, the ballpark organist,
who when the umpires took the field used to play, "Three Blind
Mice," Happy Felton, the host of the Knot Hole Gang and, of course
Red Barber, the voice of the Dodgers. There was a famous sign on the right
field wall publicizing Abe Stark's Men's Store. If any batter hit the sign
he won a free suit. The only problem was the sign was 4-feet off the
ground and the right fielder stood directly in front of it. I don't think
Abe ever had to give away a free suit. My father and his partner knew the
Dodger manager, Leo Durocher so we had a box at the games and as a kid I
was often taken into the clubhouse to visit "Uncle Leo." In the
mid sixties I produced and wrote a TV series called, "Magic Moments
in Sports" and Durocher was the narrator. He remembered me sitting on
his lap in the Dodger dressing room. Fortunately I didn't have to sit on
his lap during Magic Moments. I was a pretty awful student in school. I
failed kindergarten. Never liked it and didn't apply myself during grade,
high school or college. Teachers claimed my I.Q. was the same as my neck
size. Later in life some friends swore that the picture Dumb & Dumber
was based on my school years. While at The place went wild. I had
turned into the Penguin from Batman. Never did get my diploma. xxxxPurchase My Meteoric Rise To Obscurity Now COMMENTARIES: "Arnold Kane - my first partner, my dear friend and one of the funniest writers I've ever known. Don't miss this!" ~ E. Duke Vincent, Partner of Aaron Spelling Television, Author of Mafia Summer, Black Widow and The Strip. "If you want to laugh and see the world through the eyes of a talented comedy writer, get somebody else's book! I'm kidding. Buy this book!" ~ Jamie Farr, Actor "Arnold Kane is a wonderful writer and this book is full of great stories. My lawyer is going to sue him." ~ Sharon Gless, Actress "Arnie and I have known each other since we were kids. I admit I don't understand his skewered humor, but I'm here to tell you he's a good guy and a doll. The book is wonderful." ~ Anne Francis, Actress "I knew Arnold Kane when he first got into show business. Before he was a nobody." ~ Earle Hagen, Composer and Member of the Music Hall of Fame Return to Contents ARNOLD
KANE’S PROFESSIONAL CREDITS PANTOMIME
QUIZ TV SERIES
- PRODUCER/WRITER AUTHOR-AUTHOR
TV PILOT
-PRODUCER GOLF
TIP OF THE DAY TV SERIES
-PRODUCER/WRITER MAGIC
MOMENTS IN SPORTS -
-PRODUCER/WRITER WOR-TV
– NEW YORK
-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MIKE
DOUGLAS SHOW
-PRODUCER THE
REGIS PHILBIN SERIES
-CONSULTANT MAN
IN SPACE – (TV SPECIALS)
-PRODUCER THE
GREAT MATING GAME
– DICK
VAN DYKE & THE OTHER WOMAN – THE
FIRST NINE MONTHS ARE THE THE
JIM NABORS HOUR – (TV THE
OSMOND BROS. SPECIAL -WRITER THE
SUPER COMEDY BOWL MAKE
YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC THREE
DOG NIGHT NIGHT THE
FUNNY COMPANY – SERIES
-WRITER THE
NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW
-WRITER A
SALUTE TO OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN FRIDAY
NITE GROUP – TV PILOT)
-PRODUCER/WRITER KEEPING
UP WITH THE JONESES BRIDGET
LOVES BERNIE (TV SERIES) -PRODUCER/WRITER HONEYMOON
SUITE (PILOT)
-PRODUCER/WRITER THE
DIANA RIGG SHOW (TV SERIES)
-PRODUCER/WRITER THE
MONTEFUSCOS (TV SERIES)
-WRITER NO
HEAVY LIFTING (TV PILOT)
-WRITER IT’S
ME KIMMELMAN (TV PILOT)
-CO-CREATOR/WRITER ALICE
(TV SERIES)
- PRODUCER/WRITER ON
OUR OWN (TV SERIES)
-PRODUCER/WRITER FREE
COUNTRY (TV SERIES)
-PRODUCER/WRITER O.J.
SIMPSON COMEDY ROAST
-PRODUCER/WRITER MONTY
HALL COMEDY ROAST
-PRODUCER/WRITER ONE
IN A MILLION (TV SERIES)
-PRODUCER/WRITER TURNABOUT
(TV SERIES)
-PRODUCER/WRITER DUGAN
& BROCK (TV PILOT)
-CO-CREATOR/WRITER ONE
DAY AT A TIME (TV SERIES)
-EXECUTIVE CREATIVE CONSULTANT/WRITER. PRIVATE
BENJAMIN (TV SERIES)
-PRODUCER/WRITER LOVE
AMERICAN STYLE (TV SERIES) -SUPERVISING
PRODUCER. WEBSTER
(TV SERIES)
-PRODUCER/WRITER WE
GOT IT MADE (TV SERIES)
-EXECUTIVE CREATIVE CONSULTANT. HIS
& HERS (TV PILOT)
-CREATOR/WRITER DIAMONDS
(TV SERIES)
- “PRODUCER.” THE
GAME (TV PILOT)
-CO-CREATOR/WRITER DOGHOUSE
(TV SERIES)
-PRODUCER/WRITER JESSE
– (TV PILOT)
-CO-CREATOR/WRITER BOOGIES
DINER (TV SERIES)
- PRODUCER/WRITER THE
WORLD’S DUMBEST CRIMES
-CREATOR. OTHER
CREDITS: AUTHOR
“IF THE SOUTH RISES AGAIN IT’LL BE OVER MY DEAD BODY.”
- HUMOR BOOK. AUTHOR
“SHARING A LIFE” WINNER OF THE 2000 PLAYWRIGHTS’ CIRCLE AWARD. AUTHOR
“MARRIAGE CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.” – PLAY. AUTHOR
“LOVE IS A 4-LETTER WORD. –PLAY.
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