Wednesday, August 26, 2020

EP189: Writer Bill Persky Part Two


Bill Persky and partner Sam Denoff wrote 29 episodes of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and eventually became its showrunners.  More fascinating stories including a great one involving Orson Welles.


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5 comments :

  1. Anonymous8/27/2020 12:06 AM

    My idea of Heaven - in which I get to be God, only better looking -
    would include weekly Levine Persky podcast conversations.
    This week’s Orson Welles Man Who Came To Dinner stories were great,
    and what a cast !
    Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Joan Collins,
    Don Knotts, Edward Andrews, Marty Feldman, Michael Gough,
    Peter Haskell, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Elisabeth Welch,
    and Mary Wickes (from the Broadway + film original)
    repeating as Nurse Preen



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  2. blinky8/27/2020 11:24 AM

    Loved your yesterday!!

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  3. VincentS8/27/2020 12:56 PM

    Wow! Thanks again Ken and Mr. Persky. Another great Orson Welles story.

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  4. Jeff Boice8/27/2020 1:15 PM

    Thanks. I remember coming across magazine articles that would feature a picture of Orson Welles, or Sid Caesar, or even Arthur Godfrey with a headline underneath demanding "Why isn't this man working?". Sounds like in all three cases a truthful answer would have been "Because he's a royal pain to work with".

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  5. Kosmo138/28/2020 5:40 PM

    You should invite Bill Persky back as often as possible. What a fascinating raconteur!

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