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Breakfasts with
Archangel Shecky
And his Infallible, Irrefutable,
Unassailable, One-Size-Fits-All
Secrets of Success
By Emmy Award-winner Gene Perret.
$19.95 ($19.95 Canada) • Hardcover • 5¼" x 8"
• 176 pages 978-1884956-92-8/1-884956-92-0 • Pub Date: December, 2008 BISAC
SEL021000
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About the Author
Visit Gene Perrett's Round Table for more encouragement, education
and inspiration WritingComedy.com
 Gene Perret has been a comedy writer since the early 1960s,
working for comedians such as Slappy White and
Phyllis Diller. He’s been a television comedy
writer and producer since 1968. "The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show" was his first television staff
assignment. Gene has also worked as a writer on:
“The Jim Nabors Show”
“Laugh-In”
“The New Bill Cosby Show”
“The Helen Reddy Show”
“The Carol Burnett Show”
“Mama’s Family”
…and others
He was a head-writer/producer on:
“Welcome Back, Kotter”
“Three’s Company”
“The Tim Conway Show”
And wrote episodes for:
“All in the Family”
“Joe and Sons”
“What’s Happening!!”
“Gimme a Break”
“Love, American Style”
…and others.
Gene has also worked on Bob Hope’s writing staff
since 1969, many of those years as Hope’s head writer. In this capacity
Gene wrote for all of Bob’s personal appearances and TV specials. Gene was
the only writer to travel with the Bob Hope troupe to the war zones of
Beirut, the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and on a peace time military jaunt
around the world that featured stops at the Berlin Wall and in Moscow.
As a television writer, Perret
has been nominated for seven Emmy nominations, including one for original
music, and two Writer’s Guild Award nominations. He has captured three Emmy
awards
and one Writer’s Guild Award.
Gene has also written over thirty books on or about comedy, including the
popular guide for comedy writers and performers Comedy Writing Step by
Step.
Presently, Gene Perret
writes a twice-monthly humor column for Arizona Highways. He has
also written articles for Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping,
McCall’s, Parents, Toastmaster, The
Writer’s Digest, and others.
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