Tom Reeder

In a 30 year career, Tom Reeder wrote for some of the best sitcoms of his generation: Barney Miller, MASH, Cheers, and Frasier as well as my personal favorite, Night Court.  His episodes are known for their quotability as well as its character explorations.

We talk about his days as an usher for the Carol Burnett Show, getting his job on Barney Miller, writing for Danny Arnold, "Hash", Fish, "Atomic Bomb", A.E.S. Hudson Street, Don Calfa, the difference between writing for Barney Miller and M*A*S*H*, the hard work of running Benson, Phyl & Mikhy, "Possession", Cheers and not knowing episode titles would someday be known, the fist two seasons of Night Court, cast changes, writing the Mac episodes, the Steve Landesburg myth, Michael Richards on "Take My Wife Please", Albania, Albania, you border on the Adriatic, writing the episodes of Cheers and Night Court that aired concurrently, "Cliff, what color is the sky in your world?, Stand by Your Man, Rosie O'Donnell, Nurses, The Boys Are Back, An Affectionate Look at Fatherhood, Dave's World and the fun set, Cosby, Frasier and the evolution of Kelsey Grammer, retiring from TV, becoming a travel blogger, his daughter's journalism career, and Rep. Tom Reeder (R-Wa.)