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Mel Tolkin (né Shmuel Tolchinsky; August 3, 1913 – November 26, 2007) was a television comedy writer best known as head writer of the live sketch comedy series Your Show of Shows (NBC, 1950–1954) during the Golden Age of Television.
Nov 27, 2007 · Mel Tolkin, the long-suffering head of Sid Caesar’s celebrated television writing team, who was present from the cramped, sweaty, malodorous beginning, died yesterday at his home in...
Mel Tolkin was born on 3 April 1913 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and producer, known for All in the Family (1971), Joe's World (1979) and The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967).
Nov 27, 2007 · Mel Tolkin, a Montreal-raised writer who helped define the art of sketch comedy during television's Golden Age, has died at the age of 94.
Oct 26, 2016 · For his full interview, see http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/mel-tolkin
Nov 27, 2007 · Mel Tolkin, an award-winning television comedy writer who served as head writer for Sid Caesar’s legendary “Your Show of Shows” and “Caesar’s Hour” in the 1950s, died Monday. He was...
Mel Tolkin was born on 3 April 1913 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and producer, known for All in the Family (1971), Joe's World (1979) and The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967).
