Writer, Producer, Director, Composer, Lyricist

Stan Daniels won eight Emmys during his long television career, four as one of the writer/producers of the Mary Tyler Moore Show and four as a co-creator and co-writer/producer of Taxi. With his longtime partner, Ed. Weinberger, he wrote several episodes of Mary Tyler Moore and Taxi, including the Emmy award-winning “Mary Goes To Jail.” Ed. and Stan went on to create and produce several series for television, including Phyllis, Doc, The Betty White Show and The Associates (starring Martin Short). They also wrote the Steve Martin movie, The Lonely Guy. They partnered with Jim Brooks and David Davis to write the TV musical Cindy, for which Stan also wrote the music and lyrics. (Cindy starred Charlene Woodard and Nell Carter.) On his own, he created the series Roc starring Charles Dutton. He also wrote several TV movies, including: HBO’s Glory, Glory, starring Richard Thomas, For Richer, For Poorer, starring Jack Lemmon, and The Substitute Wife starring Farrah Fawcett.

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1999 Interview by sylvia lennick

Stan talks about his colorful career starting out as a comedy writer in Canada, his love for musical theatre, and eventually ending up in Hollywood writing and producing for television.

Stan Daniels performs on the controversial CBC Television newsmagazine, This Hour Has 7 Days which ran from 1964 to 1966

Ho Chi Minh Hit Parade

Stan played several different characters in sketches he wrote for the CBC on This Hour Has Seven Days. The show, which aired in the 60’s, was an avenue for a more stimulating and boundary-pushing brand of television journalism.

Hilarious! MTM producer Stan Daniels doing a Hassidic theater riff on Old Man River. No copyright infringement intended. just too funny not to post

Yiddish Old Man River

On the set of the Mary Tyler Moore Show Stan would warm up the crowd before filming. One of his classic skits is his yiddish rendition of the song, “Old Man River.”

Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Stan was an Emmy winning writer and producer on several seasons of The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1973 to 1975.

Stan Daniels accepts his award for best writing in a dramatic series "Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House: Fortitude" on Showtime

THE ACE AWARDS

Stan Daniels accepts his 1993 Ace award for best writing in a dramatic series Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House: Fortitude on Showtime.

Taxi TV Series

TAXI

Stan was an Emmy winning co-creator, writer and executive producer on the popular television show Taxi. The show ran 1978 to 1983.

Roc is a Fox network comedy-drama which ran from 1991 to 1994. It starred Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.

ROC

Stan created Roc a Fox network comedy-drama which ran from 1991 to 1994. It starred Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.

Cindy

Stan wrote the music and lyrics for Cindy a 1978 American musical television film that features an entirely African-American cast. Directed by William A. Graham, the film is an urbanized retelling of Cinderella.

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the substitute Wife

The Substitute Wife is a American drama film written and produced by Stan Daniels, starring Farrah Fawcett, Lea Thompson and Peter Weller.

An episode about artificial life and the right to die.

Monkey House: Fortitude

Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House is a Canadian television anthology series which aired on the Showtime network from 1991 to 1993.

Glory! Glory! Directed by Lindsay Anderson Produced by Stan Daniels Written by Stan Daniels Bonny Dore Larry Hovey Starring Ellen Greene Richard Thomas James Whitmore Barry Morse Music by Christopher Dedrick Cinematography Mike Fask Distributed by HBO Release dates 1989 Production Companies Atlantis Films The Greif-Dore Company

Glory glory

Glory! Glory! is a 1989 televangelism comedy film directed by Lindsay Anderson and starring Ellen Greene that originally aired on HBO.

For richer, for poorer

For Richer, for Poorer is a 1992 made-for-TV comedy film directed by Jay Sandrich. The HBO original film, stars Jack Lemmon, Talia Shire, and Jonathan Silverman.