Rick Mittleman, Emmy-Nominated Writer, Dies at 84

Rick Mittleman, a three-time Emmy Award nominee who wrote for such classic comedies as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Gomer Pyle: USMC, The Flintstones, M*A*S*H and The Odd Couple, has died. He was 84. Mittleman, whose entertainment career spanned five decades, died July 30 in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles, a family spokesman said.

Mittleman wrote for such comedies as The Mary Tyler Moore Show (the 1972 episode in which Murray, played by Gavin MacLeod, is moonlighting to make extra money for an anniversary gift, but Mary thinks he’s cheating on his wife), , Get Smart, Bewitched,McHale’s Navy, The Donna Reed Show,Petticoat Junction, The Doris Day Show, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, That Girl, Welcome Back, Kotter and Sanford and Son, to name just a few. Read more...

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