Allan Burns (born May 18, 1935) is a Jewish-American screenwriter and television producer. Burns was a former writer for The Bullwinkle Show. However he is best known for creating and writing for the television sitcoms, The Munsters, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and My Mother the Car. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Jewish American (also commonly American Jew) is an American (a citizen of the United States) of Jewish descent or religion who maintains a connection to the Jewish community, either through actively practicing Judaism or through cultural and historical affiliation. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television programs. ... The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (also known as Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show) was a television animated series created and produced in the USA by Jay Ward. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Cast of The Munsters (1965). ... The Mary Tyler Moore Show was an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... Scan of original 1965 box art of AMTs My Mother the Car model kit My Mother the Car was an American television situation comedy which aired for a single season on NBC between September 14, 1965 and September 6, 1966. ...

Biography

After his stint in writing for The Bullwinkle Show, Burns formed a partnership with Chris Hayward and they created the series The Munsters and My Mother the Car. The last project between Hayward and Burns would be story editors for the sitcom, Get Smart. Maxwell Smart, Agent 86, (Don Adams) with his trademark shoe phone. ...

In 1969, Burns began a partnership with James L. Brooks after being impressed with the television pilot for Brooks' show, Room 222. Burns joined the Room 222 writing staff and later produce the series. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is a Hollywood producer, writer, and film director. ... A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... Room 222 was an ABC situation comedy/drama TV series that aired from September 17, 1969 to January 11, 1974. ...

After Room 222, television executive Grant Tinker hired Brooks and Burns to develop a television series for CBS starring Mary Tyler Moore. In 1970, The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered and became a critically acclaimed series. The Mary Tyler Moore Show spawned spin off series such as Lou Grant and Rhoda. Grant Tinker (born January 11, 1925) is the former chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986, co-founder of MTM Enterprises, and television producer. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ... Statue of Mary Tyler Moore in downtown Minneapolis Mary Tyler Moore (born on December 29, 1936) is an American actress and comedian, best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30ish single woman who worked as a news producer at WJM-TV... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two shows on CBS. The first was Mary Tyler Moore in which the character was the producer of the fictional WJM-TV news. ... Rhoda was an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ...

Burns has also done screenwriting for movies. Most notably, A Little Romance which he was nominated an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay. A Little Romance is a 1979 film starring Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman and Thelonious Bernard in the role of Daniel Michon. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

References

• "BURNS, ALLAN entry". Museum of Broadcast Communications. URL accessed on June 9, 2005.

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External links

• Allan Burns at the Internet Movie Database