Allan Manings

Allan Manings was a famous TV producer and comedy writer in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

Canadian, Manings is responsible for creating the Norman Lear-developed show "One Day at a Time", as well as serving as producer (and later executive producer) of the Norman Lear/Bud Yorkin/Tandem show "Good Times".

Prior to this, Manings worked as a writer and script supervisor on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in the 60s, and also wrote episodes of McHale's Navy and Leave It to Beaver.

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*cite book
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title =Allan Manings an American Film Institute Seminar on His Work
publisher = Microfilming Corp. of America
date =February 14, 1977
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*cite book
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first =Paul
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title =When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967
publisher =University of Toronto Press
date =1990
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pages =Page 89
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id = ISBN 080206647X