Austin Kalish
Writing
Biography
Austin Kalish was born on February 3, 1921 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Good Times (1974), Too Close for Comfort (1980) and Good Heavens (1976). He was previously married to Irma Kalish. He died on October 5, 2016 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
Known For
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
I Dream of Jeannie
The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship hit stormy weather.
Gilligan's Island
A stern schoolteacher clashes with an aristocratic 19th-century king.
Anna and the King
He & She is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network as part of its 1967-1968 lineup, originally sponsored by General Foods and Lever Brothers. He & She is widely considered to be ahead of its time by broadcast historians. Its sophisticated approach to comedy was viewed as opening doors to the groundbreaking MTM family of sitcoms of the 1970s, beginning with The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970. The character of Oscar was openly the pattern for the Ted Baxter character, for which creator Leonard Stern granted permission. CBS aired reruns of He & She in prime time from June 1970 to September 1970.
He & She
A group of merchants convinces the hippies who crowd the sidewalks of their town to start their own Utopian community in a nearby ghost town. Micky Dolenz appears as a sweet kid with a dream, tending to a single pot plant. This ill-fated comedy, which was filmed in 1971 but not released until four years later, was both the first and last directorial credit for comedian Shelley Berman. Only seen by a few in its limited theatrical run, the film has also never been released on video or DVD.
Keep Off My Grass!
This comedy pilot is the story of the life of a pair of widowed senior citizens who live together in a Florida trailer park.
Love Nest
Two everyday schlubs are inadvertently frozen for 120 years, awakening to a wacky future run by a robot named MAX. Pilot episode for unproduced series.
America 2100
After Jenny Clifford gets married, the ghost of her first husband comes back. Pilot episode for an unproduced series.
Ghost of a Chance
A madcap family caters to assorted unpredictable guests availing themselves of the title resort's advertised bliss in this pilot to a prospective series.
Rendezvous Hotel
A boy genius constantly befuddles his parents and sister.