Do you know who Al Jean is? Do you know who Leonard Stern is?

[Shodan]

I’ve never heard of Al Jean, and I thought Leonard Stern was a symphony conductor. FWIW. Of course, I’m old, so maybe you are aiming at a different demographic.

Good luck with the book.

Regards,
Shodan

[terentii]

@Shodan

I thought Leonard Stern was a symphony conductor.

Surely you mean Leonard Bernstein, boychik! Oy vey!

[astorian]

Never heard of Al Jean.

I remembered Leonard Stern’s name, but had to look him up to remember how I knew him. It was from*** Get Smart.***

[terentii]

It’s been so long since I’ve even thought of them, I had a little trouble distinguishing between Sheldon Leonard and Leonard Stern. Both were very accomplished in their fields:

Sheldon Leonard

Leonard B. Stern

In the late '60s, Stern had a production company called Talent Associates that produced a string of sitcoms for CBS (The Good Guys, a vehicle for Bob Denver; The Governor and JJ; He & She; maybe others that’ve slipped my mind). They were mostly very good, but none of them lasted more than a season, unfortunately.

I also looked up Nat Hiken (Car 54, Sgt Bilko) today. I had no idea he’d died of a heart attack at the age of 54.

Nat Hiken

[cochrane]

@terentii

Al Jaffee. He did many, many features for MAD, including “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions,” “The Hate Book,” and (later on) “The Love Book.”

“Don’t you just hate/love it when [X] happens?”

He also draws the MAD fold-in on the inside back panel of the cover. He is still active at 95 years old and is MAD’s longest-running contributor.

[ZipperJJ]

@Ludovic

I didn’t know either of these names, but vaguely thought that Al Jean was one of the cartoonists for Mad Magazine. Looking at Wikipedia, I don’t see anyone of that name or even the same length of name listed for Mad. Can someone think of who I might be mistaking him for?

Yes! Me too!

[AHunter3]

@RivkahChaya

I would say Stern is way more well known, but some people might confuse him with Leonard Cohen [snip]

or Isaac Stern for that matter

[jtur88]

I know Wyckliffe Jean and Isaac Stern.

[Lobot]

Al Jean I know; Leonard Stern I don’t know. I watched a lot of Get Smart as a kid, however.

[Newtosite]

Good luck with the book.

Regards,
Shodan
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Thanks, Shodan.

[kaylasdad99]

@terentii

Well, you’re half right. Paul was the creator/producer of Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies. He was also a screenwriter for Bedtime Story (1964), which was later remade as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988).

The actor who played cropduster Steve Elliot on ***PJ *** was Mike Minor, the son of producer Don Fedderson (My Three Sons). Mike married Betty Jo, the redhead, both on the series and in real life. She (Linda Kaye Henning) was the daughter of Paul.

Aaarrrrggggghhh! Thanks for the correction.

[Idle_Thoughts]

I recognized the name “Al Jean” from The Simpsons. That’s the only thing I know him for: “The guy whose name was in The Simpsons credits for decades”. I couldn’t tell you what he looked like or what else he did, I only recognize his name because I’ve seen it on the screen 500 times at the start of that show.

Leonard Stern, no idea who he is. He certainly wasn’t in The Simpsons credits, though.