Stan Daniels

Stan Daniels
Born	Stanley Edwin Daniels July 31, 1934 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	April 6, 2007 (aged 72) Encino, California, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer and director
Spouse(s)	Alene Kamins (1957– )

Stanley Edwin "Stan" Daniels (July 31, 1934 – April 6, 2007) was a Canadian-American screenwriter, producer and director, who won eight Emmy Awards for his work on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Taxi.

Early life

Born in Toronto to Jewish parents involved in vaudeville, Daniels earned a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Toronto, then began studying for a doctorate from Oxford University.^[1] His first television writing job was for The Dean Martin Show in 1965. There, he met his writing partner Ed. Weinberger.

Career

Daniels' influence in comedy is noted by the joke setup credited to him ("Stan Daniels turn") wherein, "a character says something and then does an immediate 180-degree shift on what he just said," according to The Simpsons producer Al Jean.^[2] Daniels composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the 1976 musical So Long, 174th Street.

Death

Daniels had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia for years, and he died of a heart attack in Encino, California.^[3]

Filmography

Director

• Best of the West (1 episode, 1981)
• Taxi (1 episode, 1982)
• Mr. Smith (Unknown episodes, 1983)
• Dear John (5 episodes, 1988–1989)
• Flying Blind (2 episodes, 1993)
• Almost Perfect (Unknown episodes, 1995)
• High Society (1 episode, 1995)
• Partners (1 episode, 1996)
• Sparks (3 episodes, 1996–1997)
• Good News (4 episodes, 1997)

Producer

• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Unknown episodes, 1970)
• Doc (Executive producer, 1 episode, 1976)
• The Betty White Show (Executive producer, unknown episodes, 1977)
• Cindy (1978)
• Taxi (Executive producer, unknown episodes)
• The Associates (Executive producer, unknown episodes)
• Glory! Glory! (1989)
• For Richer, for Poorer (Supervising producer, 1992)
• The Kid (Executive producer, 2001)

Writer

• The Dean Martin Show (1 episode, 1965)
• The Bill Cosby Show (1 episode, 1970)
• Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls (1970)
• Lily (1970)
• Phyllis (Unknown episodes)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (12 episodes, 1973–1977)
• Cindy (1978)
• Taxi (3 episodes, 1978)
• The Associates (13 episodes, 1979)
• Mr. Smith (5 episodes, 1983)
• The Lonely Guy (1984)
• Glory! Glory! (1989)
• Getting There (1990)
• Roc (1 episode, 1991)
• Faith (1991)
• For Richer, for Poorer (1992)
• The Substitute Wife (1994)
• The Kid (2001)

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Series	Shared with
1975	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Ed. Weinberger (for "Mary Richards Goes to Jail" episode)
	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger
1976	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger
1977	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Bob Ellison, David Lloyd, Ed. Weinberger (for "The Last Show" episode)
	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger
1979	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	Taxi	James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger
1980	Nominated	Emmy Award	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series	The Associates	Ed. Weinberger (for "The Censors" episode)
	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	Taxi	James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger
1981	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	Taxi	James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger
1982	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	Taxi	James L. Brooks, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Ken Estin, Howard Gewirtz, Ian Praiser, Richard Sakai, Ed. Weinberger
1983	Won	Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	Taxi	James L. Brooks, Ken Estin, Richard Sakai, Sam Simon, Ed. Weinberger
1992	Won	CINE Competition	CINE Golden Eagle	Monkey House	Bruce Campbell, Jonathan Goodwill, Allan King, Gordon Mark, Michael MacMillan, Harold Tichenor, Max E. Youngstein
1989	Nominated	Gemini Awards	Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Glory! Glory!	Jacqueline Lefèvre
	Nominated	Gemini Awards	Best Dramatic Mini-Series	Glory! Glory!	Bonny Dore, Jonathan Goodwill, Michael MacMillan, Seaton McLean
1993	Nominated	Gemini Awards	Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series	Monkey House

References

1. Nelson, Valerie J. (April 12, 2007). Stan Daniels, 72; TV writer and producer co-created "Taxi". Los Angeles Times
2. Stewart, Susan (April 14, 2007). Stan Daniels, 72, a Writer of Emmy-Winning Sitcoms, Dies. The New York Times
3. Associated Press (April 11, 2007). Heart Attack Kills TV Legend Stan Daniels.

External links

• Stan Daniels at the Internet Movie Database
• Stan Daniels at Find a Grave