Arnold M. Auerbach
Arnold M. Auerbach (23 May 1912, in
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Comedy Series for The Phil Silvers Show. Auerbach contributed humor columns to The New York Times, and published a humorously styled novel, "Is That Your Best Offer?" (1971). He published the 1965 memoir Funny Men Don't Laugh about his collaborations with radio comedians.[1]
Auerbach graduated from
Columbia College, where he wrote for the Varsity Show, in 1932.[2][3] He also received a master's degree of journalism from Columbia University.[3]
He is named after his grandfather, rabbi Arnold Ehrlich. During the Second World War, Auerbach served in the Army Special Services division, writing skits for the musical comedy About Face.[4]
References
- ^ Richard Vosburgh, "Obituary: Arnold M. Auerbach ", The Independent, 27 November 1998
- ^ "Sing a Song of Morningside". The Varsity Show. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ^ Arnold M. Auerbach; Radio, TV Comedy Writer Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
External links
- Arnold M. Auerbach at IMDb
- Arnold Auerbach papers, 1936-1957, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts