Bernie Kahn Dies, Super Friends Writer (Along With Many Of Our Fav Sitcoms)

[Wee67]

"Kahn wrote more than 100 episodes of television during his career; his credits included My Favorite Martian, My Mother the Car, Petticoat Junction, My World and Welcome to It, Honey West, The Addams Family, Love, American Style, The Brady Bunch, Room 222, The Partridge Family, Chico and the Man and The Love Boat.

A two-time WGA Award nominee, Kahn penned 15 episodes of ABC's Bewitched, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, from 1967-72 and 16 installments of the ABC cartoon Super Friends in 1973. He also created the 1978-79 NBC comedy Joe & Valerie, starring Paul Regina and Char Fontane."

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[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, what a career. I think TV writers now are far more pigeon-holed into certain kinds of productions. I think part of it is that shows tend to have a certain number of writers on staff, and rarely go outside those writers, whereas TV used to be more open to rotating creatives.

Chris