by Jason Buchanan
biography
An Emmy award-winning comedy writer who worked for some of the best in the business, Stan Burns' material graced the lips of such luminaries as Carol Burnett, Milton Berle, and the Smothers Brothers. The first writer for The Tonight Show, the New York-born funnyman would stick by that show's original host, Steve Allen, for Allen's entire career. On November 5, 2002, Stan Burns died of heart failure in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 79.
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I Created Lancelot Link
Participant |
1999 | |||
Radio Days
Actor |
1987 | |||
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Screenwriter |
1980 | |||
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp [TV Series]
Show Creator |
1970 | |||
F Troop: The Great Troop Robbery
Screenwriter |
1966 | |||
Gilligan's Island: Quick Before It Sinks
Screenwriter |
1965 |
