Sit, Ubu, Sit; How I Went from Brooklyn to Hollywood with the Same Woman, the Same Dog, and a Lot Less Hair

New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, 2008. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. [8], 258, [6] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Footnotes. DJ has slight soiling to dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the page facing the half-title page. Gary David Goldberg (June 25, 1944 - June 23, 2013) was an American writer and producer for television and film. Goldberg was best known for his work on Family Ties (1982-89), Spin City (1996-2002), and his semi-autobiographical series Brooklyn Bridge (1991-93). Gary David Goldberg was born on June 25, 1944, in Brooklyn. He studied at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and San Diego State University, ultimately deciding to become a writer. In 1969, he met the woman who would become his wife, Diana Meehan. Goldberg began his show business career while living in Israel in 1972, landing the lead role of Scooterman in the language teaching show The Adventures of Scooterman. His first "real job" not in front of the camera came in 1976, when he became a writer for CBS' The Bob Newhart Show. This was followed by The Dumplings, The Tony Randall Show, and later CBS's Lou Grant, for which he was also producer. In 1982 he formed his own company Ubu Productions (named after his Labrador retriever Ubu Roi). In 1982 he created Family Ties which ran for seven seasons and was a critical and ratings hit. He later produced Brooklyn Bridge and Spin City. He received two Emmy awards (1979 for Lou Grant, 1987 for Family Ties) and four Writers Guild of America Awards (1979, 1988, 1998, 2010) for his work. He also received the Austin Film Festival's Outstanding Television Writer Award in 2001. After moving to Northern California, the author became a successful creator of such family sitcoms as Family Ties, Brooklyn Bridge, and Spin City. In this book, writer-producer Goldberg tells the mostly upbeat, sometimes difficult, and frequently hilarious tale of his improbable career and the people who have filled it. Derived from a Publishers Weekly review: Goldberg, a TV scriptwriter and producer, fondly recalls his rocky, improbable route to Hollywood success, including the people who helped him along the way. Funny, dry and self-deprecating, He sold his first scripts to TV shows in the 1970s, prompting his move from New York to California with Diana. Goldberg took a class with scriptwriter Nate Monaster, who motivated him and helped submit his work to Los Angeles producers. Soon enough, Goldberg's scripts for the Bob Newhart Show , the Tony Randall Show and the MTM empire gave him the clout to start his own company, UBU (named for the beloved dog), launching such pilots as Family Ties for the networks. Indeed, Goldberg's memoir is a kind of love letter to longtime partner Diana as well as to Michael J. Fox, with whom he later worked on Spin City . His professed guilt for making fistfuls of money while making people laugh renders this work effortlessly likable.