Harry Ackerman

And in 1948, the Fanny Bryce's show, Baby Snooks, went off the air.

And my dad happened to get a call from Harry Ackerman at CBS, who wanted him to write a script for Lucille Ball's new radio show, My Favorite Husband.

The people who were writing it during the summer had just been on for a few weeks, had to go back to work for Ozzie and Harriet, and so they needed someone to replace them.

And my dad said, sure, why not?

Seems obvious today, but at the time it was a puzzle.

And one day he finally had an idea.

He turned to Harry Ackerman and said, why don't we do a show about a guy who works very hard at his job and show business is all he knows and wants nothing more than a normal home life.

And he marries a girl who, unbeknownst to him, wants nothing more than to get into show business.