Award-winning tv writer and producer Bernie Rothman takes a trip down memory lane to the days when he wrote for The Danny Kaye Show, My Three Sons, and many other popular shows. During his remarkable career he also produced specials for Hollywood luminaries such as Danny Kaye, George Burns, Diana Ross, and Burt Reynolds.

A raconteur par excellence, Rothman offers a wealth of stories about the stars of tv’s golden age: he recounts how Rudolf Nureyev nearly ruined a tv special by soaking in his bath until a few minutes before airtime, shows us Peggy Lee tossing off witticisms about the Andrew Sisters, and describes how he discovered Helen Hunt, a sixteen year old, and cast her in her first starring role. Along the way, Rothman reveals the secrets of writing a good sitcom and shares the di€erence between producing (easy to fake) and writing (completely non-fakeable), all the while showering us with hilarious anecdotes.