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In 2007, "The Brady Bunch" was also awarded TV Land's "Pop Culture" award. Paley Award with "A Salute to Sherwood Schwartz." That same week, Sherwood was awarded the prestigious William S. On March 12, 2004, "Gilligan's Island" received the annual "Pop Culture" award from TV Land.
In 1994, Sherwood and his son, Lloyd, produced the feature film, "The Brady Bunch Movie," for Paramount. In 1988, Sherwood and his son Lloyd, wrote and produced a two-hour TV film, "A Very Brady Christmas," which was the highest rated TV film that year. It, too, has become a cult classic, leading to several reunion shows. In 1969, Sherwood created, wrote and produced "The Brady Bunch," television's first blended family show. One of them, "Rescue from Gilligan's Island," was the first of the so-called "reunion shows" and was the highest rated movie-of-the-week in 1978. "Gilligan's Island" led to three two-hour TV movies.
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In 1963, Sherwood created, wrote and produced "Gilligan's Island," a TV series which has become a cult classic. His scripts have the unique distinction of receiving five consecutive nominations for awards from the Writers Guild of America in comedy, variety, and play adaptation, receiving the WGA award in the comedy category. Sherwood received the highest honor in television, the Emmy Award, in 1961 for "The Red Skelton Show," and the following year, another Emmy nomination. In his long career in TV (58 years), Sherwood Schwartz has written, re-written, and/or produced more than 700 TV shows, starting with "I Married Joan," "The Red Skelton Show," and "My Favorite Martian," before creating, writing, and producing series of his own. After four years with Bob Hope, Sherwood joined the Armed Forces Radio Service (A.F.R.S.) for four years, writing various Army shows like "Command Performance," "Mail Call," etc., working with just about every major star in the entertainment world.Īfter the war, he went back to radio and "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." In radio he has also written for Danny Thomas, Alan Young and "The Beulah Show." Sherwood Schwartz started writing professionally on "The Bob Hope Radio Show" in 1939. Guests included Florence Henderson and Dawn Wells.Ħ541 Hollywood Boulevard on March 7, 2008. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, Leron Gubler, presided over the ceremony. Sherwood Schwartz was honored with the 2,356th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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