Remembering Ron Friedman

We are sad to learn that writer Ron Friedman has passed away at the age of 93. Friedman started out writing jokes for Shelley Berman and The Perry Como Show before going on to a career that lasted decades and crossed multiple genres including variety (The Jonathan Winters Show, The Danny Kaye Show – for which he received an Emmy nomination), sitcoms (Bewitched, The Odd Couple, All in the Family, Chico and the Man), dramas (Starsky and Hutch, Fantasy Island), and animation (G.I. Joe, The Transformers). 

Below are some selections from his 2016 interview:

On All in the Family:

On the skill required to create:

On his proudest achievement:

Watch Ron Friedman’s full interview and read his obituary in The Hollywood Reporter.