Mark Rothman (born January 3, 1939,in The Bronx, New York) served as a producer of Laverne & Shirley along with series creator Lowell Ganz; he also wrote 2 episodes, first, the second episode of the series, "The Bachelor Party", then the Season 7 episode "I Wonder What Became of Sal?" (episode #3). Mark also penned seven episodes of its parent series, Happy Days, of which he served as the head writer in 29 of the episodes in the series.
Career[]
Mark was also the head writer and show runner of numerous other shows including The Odd Couple, and the short-lived syndicated sitcom series She's the Sheriff, which starred Suzanne Somers, of Three's Company, and later Step by Step TV series fame.
He also was co-creator, co-executive producer, and a writer for the 1977 situation comedy Busting Loose and the 1978 CBS-TV series The Ted Knight Show. He also composed the theme song for Busting Loose.
Mark has written many screenplays and several plays, two of them, The Wearing of the Greens, and Who Wants Fame?, are very popular and have been well received by audiences and critics from coast-to-coast. He currently lives in Chicago. He enjoys producing and directing his work. In the spring of 2008, he appeared in the title role of a new musical, The Brain From Planet X in Los Angeles, where he and the show received unanimous raves.
He has two books which can be found at Amazon Kindle: "Show Runner", and "Show Runner Two". Both are collections of autobiographical essays.
In 2013, Mark had his first novel, "I'm Not Garbo," published. It is a fable about Hollywood in the 1930s.
References[]
- ↑ Birth reference search results for Mark Rothman. FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on August 23, 2017.
External links[]
- Mark Rothman article at Wikipedia
Mark Rothman at the Internet Movie Database
