Bernard Slade was a writer who proved you cannot typecast. He went from creating and writing some of the frothiest, silliest sitcoms in American TV history, (e.g., "The Flying Nun", "The Partridge Family") to writing insightful, thoughtful Broadway plays about relationships and love (e.g., "Same Time, Next Year", "Tribute").

Slade began his career as an actor in his native Canada, performing with the Garden Center Theatre in Vineland, Ontario. By 1954, he was producing plays for the theater as well. Within a few years he was penning episodes of anthology programs produced by the Canadian