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Allan Manings was a famous TV producer and comedy writer in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
Manings is responsible for creating the Norman Lear-developed show One Day at a Time, as well as serving as producer (and later executive producer) of the Norman Lear/Bud Yorkin/Tandem show Good Times. One Day at a Time was a long-running American situation comedy which aired on CBS from December 16, 1975 to May 28, 1984. ... Good Times was an American sitcom that was originally broadcast from February 1, 1974 until August 1, 1979 on the CBS television network. ...
Prior to this, Manings worked as a writer and script supervisor on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in the 60s, and also wrote episodes of McHale's Navy and Leave It to Beaver. Rowan & Martins Laugh-In was a United States comedy television show broadcast for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968 through 1973 over the NBC network. ... McHales Navy was an American television sitcom series. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ...
Theatre Calgary commissioned Allan Rae's science-fiction musical Trip (1970), and later Rae and Tink Robinson's Festival.
Among composers of children's musicals are Victor Davies (Reginald the Robot, 1970), Sandra Jones and Berthold Carriere (Ready Steady Go, 1974), Pat Patterson and Dodi Robb (among others The Dandy Lion, 1964), Allan Rae (Beware the Quickly Who, 1971), Ernie Swartz (Aladdin and the Magic Lamp), and Paul Vigna (Cyclone Jack).
Shows such as Toronto, Toronto (Mark Shekter and Charles Weir, 1980), Anglo (Rod Hayward and Allan Nicholls Montreal, 1984), and Sex Tips for Modern Girls (Vancouver, 1985 music by John Sereda) stand as epitaphs for an era as the next generation of satirists chose television over theatre.
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