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Arnold Auerbach

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Book Writer 1912–1998

Arnold M. Auerbach (23 May 1912, in New York City, New York – 19 October 1998, in New York City, New York) was an American comedy writer, especially for radio, television and newspapers. Auerbach wrote radio and television scripts for Eddie Cantor, Milton Berle, Fred Allen, Frank Sinatra and Phil Silvers, among others. In 1946 he co-wrote the play Call Me Mister. In 1956 he shared a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Comedy Series for The Phil Silvers Show. Auerbach contributed humor columns to The New York Times, and published a humorously styled novel, "Is That Your Best Offer?" (1971). He published the 1965 memoir Funny Men Don't Laugh about his collaborations with radio comed…

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Call Me Mister

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  • Because Harold Rome and Arnold Auerbach had created the songs and sketches for the hit revue Call Me Mister (1946), which ran for 734 performances and introduced the popular song “South America, Take It Away,” the critics were generally disappointed with the team’s new effort. Richard Watts in the New York Post didn’t find much humor in A…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Sketches : Goodman Ace, Arnold Auerbach, Selma Diamond, Will Glickman, Ronny Graham, Mort Green, George Foster, Arnold B. Horwitt, Coleman Jacoby, James McCall, Stanley Prager, Elliott Reid, David Rogers, Arnie Rosen, and Joseph Steinebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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