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AKA:
Francis Burns
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Larry Simon Gelbart
Birthplace:
Chicago, Illinois
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Acknowledged as one of the foremost comedy writers in the USA, Larry Gelbart began his career while still in high school. His father, a barber, had sung his praises to comedian Danny Thomas who hired the teenager as a sketch writer for his radio series "Maxwell House Coffee Time with Danny Thomas". Gelbart soon had an agent and his career was off and running. After graduating from high school, he wrote for such radio shows as "Duffy's Tavern" and "The Eddie Cantor Show". A stint in the US Army led to work on "Command Performance" for Armed Forces Radio. Following his discharge, Gelbart
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1966
Through his father (who was Danny Thomas' barber), landed first writing job on the radio show "Maxwell House Coffee Time with Danny Thomas"
Screen tested by Twentieth Century Fox; did not pass the audition process
1946
Wrote for the radio show "Duffy's Tavern"
1946
Served in the US Army
Was a gag writer for radio's "The Bob Hope Show"
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