Barry Rubinowitz (Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Taxi)

<p>Barry Rubinowitz joined me to discuss his comedy influences; writing a sketch for a competition with Lowell Ganz and Mark Rothman; being brought out by them to Hollywood; his first <em>Happy Days</em>; how the change from one to three camera affected the show; his episode "Tall Story"; writing for <em>Laverne &amp; Shirley</em>; his favorite episode "Bachelor Mothers"; change of the Laverne &amp; Shirley characters when they got their spinoff; <em>Busting Loose</em>; <em>The Ted Knight Show</em>; difference in professionalism between <em>Happy Days</em> and <em>Laverne &amp; Shirley</em>; "Ah Wilderness" (<em>HD</em> episode); his <em>Taxi </em>episode "The Apartment"; <em>Down to Earth</em>; creating the Sanchez rule for the Writer's Guild; <em>Rocky Road</em>; writing for <em>Diff'rent Strokes</em>, <em>Webster</em>, and <em>Throb</em>; getting Marjorie Gross a job on Newhart; why it is important to have women in the writer's room; appearing on <em>Jeopardy!</em>; <em>Jeopardy! &nbsp;</em>tricks;&nbsp;his love for the New York Mets</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a>