Comedy writer LARRY GELBART. In the 1950s he was part of a team of television writers that included Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and others who wrote for Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour." GELBART went on to develop and write for the television version of "MASH. Also, he wrote the screenplays for "Oh, God!" and "Tootsie," and the stage play for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (which has recently been revived on Broadway). There's a PBS special about Sid Caesar's comedy team, "Caesar's Writers" which will be rebroadcast on many PBS stations in December. In January, the Writers Guild of America will pay tribute to GILBART. (REBROADCAST from 8/19/96) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE
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