American comedy writer and producer
Arnie Kogen is an American comedy writer and producer. He has written for TV, film, and is a longtime writer for
Mad Magazine . Among his hundreds of Mad bylines, Kogen has written more than 100 film or television parodies.
Born in
Brooklyn ,
New York City ,
New York , to
Jewish parents, Kogen contributed to Mad soon after college at
New York University . He wrote for many of the top stand-up comics of that time including
Don Adams ,
Morty Gunty , and
Jan Murray . He moved on to writing for
Candid Camera ,
The Les Crane Show ,
The Jackie Gleason Show and
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson .
In 1965 he co-wrote the feature film
Birds Do It , starring
Soupy Sales .
He moved to
California with his family in 1968. His many variety and sitcom credits include
The Dean Martin Show ,
The Carol Burnett Show ,
The Mary Tyler Moore Show ,
The Rich Little Show ,
The Tim Conway Show ,
The Golden Globes (1972–1975),
Donny and Marie ,
An Evening at the Improv ,
Newhart ,
Empty Nest , and
MADtv .
Kogen has written comedy material for many entertainers including
Steve and Eydie ,
Totie Fields ,
Flip Wilson ,
Jackie Vernon ,
Sammy Davis, Jr. ,
Debbie Reynolds ,
Connie Stevens and
Shelley Berman .
Kogen has won 3
Emmy Awards (7 nominations) and one
WGA Award (3 nominations).
His son
Jay Kogen , also an Emmy-winning comedy writer, was an original writer for the animated television series
The Simpsons . His late daughter, Jill Arons, worked at The Bingo Bugle .
External links
"The Usual Gang of Idiots"
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Roger Beatty ,
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Dick Clair ,
Rudy De Luca ,
Arnie Kogen ,
Barry Levinson ,
Jenna McMahon , Gene Perret,
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Tom Davis ,
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