Max Shulman
This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2008) |
Max Shulman | |
---|---|
Born | Maximilian Shulman March 14, 1919 Dobie Gillis character, in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and other works |
Spouse | Carol S. Rees (1941–1963, her death) Mary Gordon Bryant (1964–1988, his death) |
Children | 5, including Martha Rose Shulman |
Maximilian Shulman (March 14, 1919 – August 28, 1988) was an American writer and humorist best known for his television and short story character
Biography
Early life and career
Shulman was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in the city's Selby-Dale neighborhood. His father Abraham, a house painter, and his mother Bessie Karchmar were Jewish immigrants from Belarus.[1]
As a student at the
Later career
Shulman's works include the novels Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, which was
; The Feather Merchants; The Zebra Derby; Sleep till Noon; and Potatoes are Cheaper.In 1954 he co-wrote (with Robert Paul Smith) the Broadway play The Tender Trap starring Robert Preston but it wasn't a success;[4] the work was later adapted into a movie starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds. He wrote the libretto for the 1968 musical How Now, Dow Jones, which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical.
Shulman's collegiate character Dobie Gillis was the subject of a series of short stories compiled under the title The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, which became the basis for the 1953 movie
A later novel, Anyone Got a Match?, satirized both the television and tobacco industries (which was ironic as his "On Campus" column was sponsored by a cigarette company), as well as the South and college football. His last major project was House Calls, which began as a 1978 movie based on one of his stories, and starred Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson; it spun off the 1979–1982 television series of the same name, starring Wayne Rogers and Lynn Redgrave in the leads. Shulman was the head writer.
Shulman was one of the collaborators on a 1954 non-fiction television program Light's Diamond Jubilee, timed to the 75th anniversary of the invention of the light bulb.
Family
Shulman married twice: he had four children from his first marriage with Carol S. Rees (21 December 1941 - 17 May 1963, her death) and one child from his second marriage with Mary Gordon Bryant (14 June 1964 - 28 August 1988, his death).[citation needed]
His daughter, Martha Rose Shulman, is a cookbook author.[7]
Max Shulman died August 28, 1988, of
Selected bibliography
- Barefoot Boy With Cheek (1943)
- The Feather Merchants (1944)
- The Zebra Derby (1946)
- Max Shulman's Large Economy Size (1948), includes Barefoot Boy with Cheek, The Feather Merchants, The Zebra Derby
- Sleep Till Noon (1950)
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1951)
- Max Shulman's Guided Tour of Campus Humor (1955)
- Rally Round the Flag Boys! (1957)
- Rally Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) — (film)
- I Was a Teenage Dwarf (1959)
- Anyone Got a Match? (1964)
- Potatoes Are Cheaper (1971)
References
- ^ Paul Nelson. "Max Shulman". www.mnopedia.org. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- hdl:11299/52577. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Max Shulman. Dig It?". umnalumni.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ISBN 0-19509079-9.
- ^ ISBN 0-85229-504-9
- ^ Schneider, Martin (March 4, 2015). "'Daddy-O,' The Incredible Failed TV Pilot That Broke the Fourth Wall 25 Years Before Garry Shandling". dangerousminds.net.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
- ^ Barron, James (August 29, 1988). "Obituaries". Max Shulman, Humorist, Is Dead; Chronicler of Postwar Life Was 69. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
External links
- Max Shulman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Max Shulman at IMDb
- Excerpt from Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, by Max Shulman
- "Love Is a Fallacy", a short story.