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Staff: Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie ( The Goodies) Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin ( Monty Python) Barry Cryer ( The Two Ronnies) Marty Feldman ( Young Frankenstein) James Gilbert ( The Two Ronnies) Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse ( Billy Liar) Antony Jay ( Yes Minister) John Law ( Marty) Frank Muir and Denis Norden ( Take It From Here) David Nobbs ( Reggie Perrin) Peter Tinniswood ( That Was the Week That Was) and Dick Vosburgh ( The Two Ronnies)įollowing in the footsteps of David Frost’s previous series That Was the Week That Was, The Frost Report was an equally influential satirical show that saw Frost rehiring a lot of the talent from TW3 and bringing in some new blood as well. Photo: Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images Over five seasons (and hundreds of still-impressive physical-comedy gags), The Dick Van Dyke Show won 15 Emmys, including the Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy award from 1962 to 1964. But there’s also John Whedon, writer for The Donna Reed Show (and grandfather of nerd icon Joss) the creators of That Girl, Sam Denoff and Bill Persky Perfect Strangers creator Dale McRaven and Martin Ragaway, who also wrote for The Red Skelton Show, working alongside Sherwood Schwartz. The two biggest names are, of course, Garry Marshall, who created Happy Days and adapted The Odd Couple for TV, and nine-time Emmy Award–winning creator Carl Reiner, who directed Steve Martin in The Jerk and All of Me. The Dick Van Dyke Show was about the head writer of a comedy show, so it’s only fitting that the real-life staff would be so star-studded, or at least become stars in the near future. Staff: Jerry Belson ( Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.) Sam Denoff ( That Girl) Sheldon Keller ( Caesar’s Hour) Carl Kleinschmitt (The Odd Couple) Garry Marshall ( Happy Days) Dale McRaven ( Perfect Strangers) Howard Merrill ( F Troop) Bill Persky ( That Girl) Carl Reiner ( The 2000 Year Old Man) and John Whedon ( The Donna Reed Show)
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It’s a common misconception that Allen and M*A*S*H creator Larry Gelbart were also on staff at Your Show of Shows, but Gelbart only joined the group for Caesar’s Hour, while Allen came onboard later to write on Sid Caesar’s TV specials that followed that series.
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The staff also included Danny Simon, who inspired The Odd Couple and is also credited with teaching his brother, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen how to write comedy. Playwright Neil Simon wrote Laughter on the 23rd Floor about his experiences here Carl Reiner used his time on Your Show of Shows as the basis for The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mel Brooks produced My Favorite Year, which was inspired by his stints on this show and its successor, Caesar’s Hour. Head writer Mel Tolkin presided over the most prestigious comedy writing staff in TV history, and one that the show’s members couldn’t stop writing about for years to come. Staff: Mel Brooks ( Blazing Saddles) Carl Reiner ( The 2000 Year Old Man) Neil Simon ( The Odd Couple) Danny Simon ( Caesar’s Hour) and Mel Tolkin ( All in the Family) (Note: Although women and POC representation in the writers room has improved in recent years, television still has a long way to go when it comes to shedding its boys’ club roots, which you will see reflected everywhere in this list.) We also, when possible, highlighted the strongest season of the series and the writers who made it great. This is a list of some of the most remarkable groups of writers in the history of TV comedy, not the best-written shows.” We’ve updated the old entries and added new ones, only including shows that aren’t on the air anymore (with two long-running, notable exceptions). It’s an updated list of an old post, where we wrote at the time, “Either by design or by luck, some of the best comedy shows ever have featured an eclectic, unusual mix of personalities behind the scenes. Below, we’ve rounded up some of the most impressive writers rooms in televised comedy history dating back to the 1950s. That’s what separates the bad sitcoms from the good ones, and the good sitcoms from the classics.
You can have a talented cast and a keen director, but if the jokes aren’t there, it won’t matter. A comedy series is only as funny as its script.
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