Starting as a writer for The Steve Allen Show and The Andy Williams Show, Sam became a writer and producer of The Dick Van Dyke Show. He co-created and produced That Girl, The Don Rickles Show, Lotsa Luck, and Good Morning World. He was executive producer for The Lucie Arnaz Show, The Funny Side, The Sid Ceasar Show, and Harry and the Hendersons, a consultant to the Jerry Lewis Telethon, a writer for the Annual Comedy Awards, The Laverne & Shirley Reunion, Happy Days Reunion, and writer/producer for The First Bill Cosby Special, The Julie Andrews Special and many, many more. His Emmy awards are too numerous to mention. Sam currently teaches comedy writing and sitcoms at USC.
