Hal Goodman
{{short description|American producer and screenwriter}}
{{for|Screenwriter (1919-2001) with a similar name|Hal Goldman}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Hal Goodman
|birth_name = Harold "Hal" Goodman
|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|05|09}}
|birth_place = New York City, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1997|09|03|1915|05|09}}
|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|occupation = Producer, screenwriter
|spouse = Natalie Goodman
|children = 2
}}
Harold "Hal" Goodman (May 9, 1915 - September 3, 1997) was an American producer and screenwriter. He wrote for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, with his partner Larry Klein.
Career
Goodman started his career writing for the television film Let's Join Joanie. He first met Johnny Carson in 1953.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43626012/obituary-for-hal-goodman-aged-82/|title=Obituary for Hal Goodman (Aged 82) - 1|work=The Hanford Sentinel|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 6, 1997|access-date=April 30, 2021}} {{Open access}}
Goodman wrote for Flip Wilson, Jack Benny and Bob Hope.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_uJPOpKE5e0C|title=Flip (The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar)|page=|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|date=April 18, 2013|isbn=9781101606087}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.co/news/bs-xpm-1997-09-07-1997250076-story,amp.html|title=Hal Goodman, 82, an award-winning comedy writer...|access-date=April 30, 2021}} He was nominated for Primetime Emmy awards eight times, winning one in 1971 for work on The Flip Wilson Show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/hal-goodman|title=Hal Goodman|access-date=April 30, 2021}} Goodman worked with producer and screenwriter Larry Klein writing for The Flip Wilson Show and The Carol Burnett Show.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43625898/obituary-for-hal-goodman-aged-82/|title=Obituary for Hal Goodman (Aged 82) - 2|work=The Los Angeles Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=September 5, 1997|access-date=April 30, 2021}} {{Open access}}
Death
Goodman died in September 1997 at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A5sHAQAAMAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1997|page=69|date=1997|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786404605 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-05-me-29183-story.html|title=Hal Goodman; Monologuist for Comedians|website=Los Angeles Times |date=5 September 1997 |access-date=April 30, 2021}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SME8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90|title=Radio Drama and Comedy Writers, 1928-1962|publisher=McFarland|page=90|date=December 2017|isbn=9781476665931}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0329085}}
{{EmmyAward ComedyVarietyMusicWriting 1970s}}
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Category:American comedy writers
Category:American television producers
Category:American male television writers
Category:American television writers