Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Stan Zimmerman, Writer, “The Golden Girls”, “The Gilmore Girls” & “Roseanne”, Author, “The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore”
About Harvey's guests:
Today’s guest, Stan Zimmerman, is an immensely successful and popular comedy writer for television, film and theatre, as well as a multi-award winning director.
He’s worked on many classic television series including “The Golden Girls”, “Roseanne”, “Fame”, “The Nanny” and “Gilmore Girls”, earning 2 WGA Award nominations for Best Comedy Episodic Writing. Along with his longtime writing partner, James Berg, he rewrote the television version of “Annie”, which won an Emmy and a Peabody award. He co-wrote on both “Brady Bunch” movies and co-created and executive produced 2 seasons of the highly popular sitcom, “Rita Rocks”.
He and James Berg also created and wrote 2 popular web series, “Skirtchasers”, and “Secs and Execs”, which our guest also directed, and which earned its star, Mindy Sterling, an Emmy nomination. He was the host and show runner on Sean Hayes’ Bravo reality show, “Situation: Comedy”. Our guest has directed many theatre productions including “Entertaining Mr. Sloane”, “A Tuna Christmas”, “Gemini”, “Pledge”, “Heartbreak Help” and “The Diary of Anne Frank”, as well as his original plays, “Meet and Greet”, “Knife to the Heart”, “Yes, Virginia”, “Have a Good One”, and his hilarious gay male version of “The Golden Girls” entitled “Silver Foxes”.
He also wrote, directed, and has appeared in an incredibly moving play entitled, “Right Before I go”, which deals with suicide awareness. He also co-wrote the highly entertaining new TV movie entitled, “Ladies of the 80’s: A Divas Christmas”, co-starring Loni Anderson and Linda Gray, who recently appeared on our show.
And now, he’s released a fascinating and compelling memoir entitled, “The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore”, which is jam-packed with anecdotes from his star-studded career, and insights about the sometimes brutal world of writing for television, film and theatre.
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