Sam Bobrick
Sam Bobrick (born July 24, 1932) is an American author, playwright, television writer and composer. He is best known for his many plays that are performed world wide.
[edit] Biography
After an almost four year stint in the U.S. Air Force, Bobrick attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a degree in Journalism. He began his career writing for television with his first important job being Captain Kangaroo. He also wrote for The Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, The Flintstone, Get Smart, The Kraft Music Hall, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and many others. He also created the long running NBC hit series Saved By The Bell. For his television work he has won three Writers Guild of America Awards and was nominated for an Emmy. During his television days he also wrote several screenplays.
Bobrick has written over 30 plays, beginning in the early 1970’s with Norman Is That You? which he co-wrote with Ron Clark. While not a hit in New York, the play ran for five years in Paris (Pauvre France) and has played in over thirty countries around the world. The two men went on to write three more Broadway plays together, No Hard Feelings, Murder At The Howard Johnson’s and Wally’s Café.
Mr. Bobrick’s solo play efforts include Remember Me?, Getting Sara Married, Last Chance Romance, Hamlet II (Better Than The Original) New York Water, Passengers and The Crazy Time. He has also written a number of mystery plays, among them Flemming An American Thriller, The Spider And The Fly, Death In England and A Little Bit Wicked. In 2011, his mystery play The Psychic won the Mystery Writers Of America coveted Edgar Award.
With his wife Julie Stein, he has written two plays, Lenny’s Back, about legendary comedian Lenny Bruce, which was nominated for a Los Angeles Ovation Award and The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon & Mrs. Levine, an adaption of their book Sheldon & Mrs. Levine which is performed world wide.
In the late 1950’s, Bobrick co-wrote the song The Girl Of My Best Friend with Beverly Ross which was recorded by Elvis Presley. Over the years his songs have been covered by Bryan Ferry and Los Lobos (It’ll Never Be Over For Me). He also wrote two satirical albums for MAD magazine. His most recent music endeavor (2011) is a CD for The Cow Pies entitled “Totally Twisted Country” which he co-wrote with his son Joey.
