John Baskin (Writing)

Channel Umptee-3

Channel Umptee-3 is a Saturday morning animated television series created by Jim George and produced by Norman Lear that aired on The WB in 1997. Ogden Ostrich, Sheldon S. Cargo, and Holey Moley drive around the world in a van with their own underground television station, while fleeing the wrath of corporate-villain Stickley Rickets. This one-season cartoon show was designed to teach kids to appreciate the wonders of everyday things, such as sleep and water. The title is derived from the fictitious number “umpteen.”

Release Date: 1997-10-25

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Episode Count: 13

704 Hauser

704 Hauser is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from April to May 1994. A spin-off of All in the Family, the series is built around the concept of a black family, the Cumberbatches, moving into the former Queens home of Archie Bunker years after Bunker had sold the house. The All in the Family character Joey Stivic, Archie's grandson, makes a cameo in the first episode.

Release Date: 1994-04-11

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Nearly Departed

Nearly Departed is an American sitcom that aired on NBC on Monday nights from April 10, 1989 to May 1, 1989.

Release Date: 1989-04-10

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 3

Crazy like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986.

Release Date: 1984-12-30

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 7

American Raspberry

Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been substituted. Included in the mix are such show as The Shitheads, The Charles Whitman Invitational, and commercials for a number of improbable products.

Release Date: 1977-09-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 7

Three's Company

When two single girls, Janet and Chrissy, need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment, they decide to offer a room to Jack, a man they find passed out in the bathtub after the going-away party for their last roommate. However, hijinks ensure when Jack must pretend to be gay in order to throw off the scent of the trio's conservative landlady.

Release Date: 1977-03-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 158

The Jeffersons

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.

Release Date: 1975-01-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 106

Good Times

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.

Release Date: 1974-02-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 18

Vote Count: 76

All in the Family

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Release Date: 1971-01-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 159

Love, American Style

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.

Release Date: 1969-09-29

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 17