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Sherwood Schwartz
Born
Nov. 14, 1916
in Passaic, NJ
Sherwood Schwartz was a television writer and producer who became well known for creating the situation comedies "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch." Schwartz, who held a master's degree in biology, began his entertainment career writing for Bob Hope's "Pepsodent Show" during the Great Depression. Schwartz said the key ingredient in writing a joke for Hope was brevity. He later would write for another comedy giant, Red Skelton, a performer with a notorious dislike for the men employed to feed him funny lines. Schwartz originally developed "Gilligan's Island" as an escape from writing "The Red Skelton Hour" and thought it would not last more than a season or two. "The Brady Bunch," Sherwood said, was not as easy to sell as "Gilligan." He wrote the pilot five years after Gilligan." Then it took 3 1/2 years to sell it to ABC. Both "The Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan" have been turned into feature films produced and written by Schwartz and his son, Lloyd. Schwartz has worked in production of several other television series, including "Big John, Little John" (1976) and "Dusty's Trail" (1974). Schwartz died July 12, 2011, of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles. He was 94.
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Two thoughts about Sherwood Schwartz
Sherwood Schwartz created two TV shows that continue to run in reruns today. The first, Gilligan's Island, first aired in 1964. The second, The Brady Bunch, first aired in 1969. He does deserve this star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Don't know about the other two questions, but there is no doubt that he is a pop culture icon.
One of our sons had a role in "Big John, Little John" a lesser hit, yet cute show in the mid-70's. Sherwood was always a calming force and and very friendly to his cast and their parents. He spoke to us all on the set and his children helped out, during the shooting. Everyone was very complimentary and we have truly lost a nice friend and person. We'll miss you Sherwood, one of a kind.
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