Jay’s Dad, Arnie Kogen, Talks About How Having Kids Held Him Back

Jay’s Dad, Arnie Kogen, Talks About How Having Kids Held Him Back

Released Tuesday, 5th August 2025
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Jay’s Dad, Arnie Kogen, Talks About How Having Kids Held Him Back

Jay’s Dad, Arnie Kogen, Talks About How Having Kids Held Him Back

Jay’s Dad, Arnie Kogen, Talks About How Having Kids Held Him Back

Jay’s Dad, Arnie Kogen, Talks About How Having Kids Held Him Back

Tuesday, 5th August 2025
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Writing Legend, Arnie Kogen, talks with Jay and Jay’s son, Charlie, about his childhood, career, and what it’s like to be 91. Three generations of Kogens in one pod!

Bio: ARNIE KOGENComedy Writer/ TV ProducerHas written and/or produced for the Carol Burnett Show, The Tonight Show, Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore, Empty Nest, Mad TV, The Dean Martin Show, Sinbad, Donnie & Marie, The Jackson Five, Evening At The Improv, The Bob Newhart Show, Tim Conway, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Candid Camera, Love, American Style, The Love Boat, The Golden Globes and contributed to The Academy Awards.  Has also written comedy material for Phyllis Diller, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Shelley Berman, Debbie Reynolds, Connie Stevens, Totie Fields, Jackie Vernon, Diana Ross, Flip Wilson, Ann Margret, Sammy Davis, Morty Gunty and Jerry Van Dyke.

For over five decades he has been one of the leading contributors to Mad Magazine.  Kogen has won three Emmy Awards (seven nominations) and one Writers Guild Award (three nominations)

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