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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:Schwartz receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2008.]] |
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| 4 | Sherwood Charles Schwartz (November 14, 1916 – July 12, 2011) was an American comedy writer and television producer. |
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| 6 | Schwartz began his entertainment career writing jokes for the Creator/BobHope radio show as a way to earn money while studying for his master's degree in biology. He eventually joined the show's writing staff full-time, and also wrote for ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfOzzieAndHarriet'' and the Armed Forces Radio Network prior to making the jump to television. |
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| 8 | He created two of America's best-remembered [[HalfHourComedy half-hour sitcoms]], ''Series/GilligansIsland'' and ''Series/TheBradyBunch,'' as well as the not-so-well-remembered ''Series/ItsAboutTime.'' Each of Schwartz's series opened with an ExpositoryThemeTune, and each had a relatively large ensemble of {{Flat Character}}s who passed the IdiotBall around from week to week. |
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| 10 | Though neither was a big hit in its original network run, ''Gilligan's Island'' and ''The Brady Bunch'' have lived on in reruns (and, in the case of ''The Brady Bunch,'' multiple [[Series/BradyBunchSpinOffs spin-offs, revivals, and reimaginings]]) to become [[MemeticMutation permanent fixtures]] in pop culture. |
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| 12 | Schwartz was married to Mildred Seidman and had four children. He died in 2011 at the age of 94. |
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