Lorne Frohman
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Lorne Frohman is a television comedy writer/producer. He created Pryor's Place starring Richard Pryor. He also created, wrote and produced the syndicated series D. C. Follies, Dame Edna's Hollywood, Fernwood 2Nite, Jay Leno specials, Dolly Parton Series for ABC, "Toast of Manhattan," with Barry Levinson, "Anne Murray Special" for CBS produced by Gary Smith and directed by Dwight Hemion; "Just for Laughs," and others.
Frohman also was nominated for a Gemini Award for his work on "The Rimshots" starring Catherine O'Hara, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin and Saul Rubinek.
He is currently the Coordinator of the Post-Graduate Television Writing and Producing program at Humber College, Lakeshore Campus, in Toronto, Canada.[1]
He has written "Canada's Walk of Fame" in 2007 starring Eugene Levy and the 2008 edition hosted by Kurt Browning which honored Michael J. Fox, Bryan Adams, The Kids in the Hall, James Cameron and k.d. lang. He also directed "It's Always Something" for "Gilda's Club" which he has done for the past 6 years in honor of Gilda Radner.
Frohman is the host of Distinguished Artists, an in-depth one hour interview show where guests have included Russell Peters, Sara Polley, David Cronenberg, Eugene Levy, Vivica A. Fox, Ivan Reitman, Sandra Shamas, Smothers Brothers, Joan Rivers, Mort Sahl and many more. The show is now in its sixth season closing in on its 100th show. He also hosts "The Boomer file" found at www boomerfile.tv
[edit] References
- Humber College Creative and Performing Arts Webpage
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