Arnie Kogen
Arnie Kogen is an American comedy writer and producer. He has written for TV, film, and is a longtime writer for Mad Magazine. Among his hundreds of Mad bylines, Kogen has written more than 100 film or television parodies.
Born in
Jewish parents, Kogen contributed to Mad soon after college at New York University. He wrote for many of the top stand-up comics of that time including Don Adams, Morty Gunty, and Jan Murray. He moved on to writing for Candid Camera, The Les Crane Show, The Jackie Gleason Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
.
In 1965 he co-wrote the feature film Birds Do It, starring Soupy Sales.
He moved to
MADtv
.
Kogen has written comedy material for many entertainers including
.Kogen has won 3
WGA Award
(3 nominations).
His son Jay Kogen, also an Emmy-winning comedy writer, was an original writer for the animated television series The Simpsons. His late daughter, Jill Arons, worked at The Bingo Bugle.
External links
- Arnie Kogen at IMDb
- Arnie Kogen at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
- Complete list of Kogen's articles for MAD Magazine
- Arnie Kogen quoted in history of MAD Magazine
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