Ron Friedman (Writing)
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Works
Fantastic Four
When Reed Richards, Sue and Johnny Storm and pilot Ben Grimm take a premature space flight on a new shuttle, they find themselves massively bombarded with cosmic radiation. Barely managing to re-enter and land safely, the quartet find themselves forever transformed with superpowers. Deciding to use these new powers to help people, they form the Fantastic Four, a superhero team dedicated to the protection of Earth from menaces like the Latverian King Dr. Doom and Galactus, the planet consumer.
Release Date: 1994-09-24
Department: Production
Job: Supervising Producer
Episode Count: 26
Vote Count: 69
Iron Man
Industrialist Tony Stark leads a private team of superheroes as Iron Man against the forces of evil.
Release Date: 1994-09-24
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Character: Record Producer (voice)
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 100
The Fantastic Four: A Legend Begins
It's here - the longest running Marvel series in history arrives for the first time on DVD. Learn the origin of the Fantastic Four, and be there as Mr. Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, Human Torch and The Thing save the world from the dastardly Doctor Doom and his legion of villains. Now you can relive the action and excitement with 5 dynamic episodes from the popular 1990s animated series. It's fantastic compilation you'll want to experience over and over again.
Release Date: 1994-01-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 4
The Rosey & Buddy Show
Rosey and Buddy, the animated alter-egos of husband and wife comedy duo, Roseanne and Tom Arnold cause trouble in Cartoon Land.
Release Date: 1992-05-15
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
Space Cats
Space Cats is a cartoon series for television that aired on NBC in 1991. It is a comedy show about alien felines helping mankind. It was from Paul Fusco, the creator of ALF.
Release Date: 1991-09-14
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1
G.I. Joe: The Movie
G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.
Release Date: 1987-08-01
Department: Crew
Job: Series Writer
Vote Count: 89
Sledge Hammer!
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.
Release Date: 1986-09-23
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 151
The Transformers: The Movie
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.
Release Date: 1986-08-08
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 527
The Romance of Betty Boop
In 1930s, hard-working girl Betty Boop sings at nights at her uncle Mischa's popular NY nightclub and dreams of marrying a posh rich playboy, Waldo. Gangster Johnny "Throat" and a nice hard-working ice-seller, Freddy, also woo her.
Release Date: 1985-03-20
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Ethnic Voices (voice)
Vote Count: 8
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra is the second G.I. Joe miniseries based on the successful Hasbro Toys and Marvel Comics property. Using a laser core stolen from G.I.Joe, Cobra activates the Weather Dominator, an incredible weapon which controls the forces of Nature itself, Cobra Commander targets Washington for destruction, but the Joe team repels the attack and the Weather Dominator explodes into three parts setting off a chain reaction of natural disasters around the world. Can G.I.Joe recover the Weather Dominator in time to beat Cobra and save the world. It aired in 1984 and most of the 1984 and even some 1985 products are given plenty of screen time. Like the first miniseries, A Real American Hero, The Revenge of Cobra was written by Ron Friedman who created the series for television, and wrote all four miniseries.
Release Date: 1984-09-10
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 8
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
A Real American Hero is the first G.I. Joe miniseries, in it the G.I. Joe Special Missions Force must contend with COBRA who, after the successful theft of a special broadcast satellite now threaten the world with a teleportation machine called the M.A.S.S. Device. G.I. Joe tracks down the original designer who advises that the only way to counter the weapon is to build a M.A.S.S. Device of their own. However to power the device properly three rare catalytic elements are needed. Now it's a race around the world and against the clock as G.I. Joe and COBRA go M.A.S.S. to M.A.S.S.
Release Date: 1983-09-12
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 19
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a half-hour American animated television series based on the successful toyline from Hasbro and the comic book series from Marvel Comics. The cartoon had its beginnings with two five-part mini-series in 1983 and 1984, then became a regular series that ran in syndication from 1985 to 1986. Ron Friedman created the G.I. Joe animated series for television, and wrote all four miniseries. The fourth mini-series was intended to be a feature film, but due to production difficulties was released as a television mini-series.
Release Date: 1983-09-12
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 70
Charley's Aunt
Charley's Aunt is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt.
Release Date: 1983-02-06
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Murder Can Hurt You!
A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal.
Release Date: 1980-05-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Waikiki
A couple of private eyes, a laid-back Californian and a streetwise New Yorker, team up to track down a killer in Hawaii known as "The Cane Field Murderer" in this unsuccessful pilot to a detective series.
Release Date: 1980-04-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 2
Marathon
A bemused, mild-mannered accountant takes up jogging and a lithesome, young woman sprints into his life, inspiring him to enter a marathon, to the annoyance of his non-running wife.
Release Date: 1980-01-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
Record City
Lighthearted comedy chronicling the exploits of the employees at a record store.
Release Date: 1978-02-08
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 3
Fantasy Island
A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all dreams are fulfilled as expected.
Release Date: 1978-01-28
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 7
Vote Count: 103
Charlie's Angels
Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.
Release Date: 1976-09-22
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 205
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
This comical western chronicles the silly adventures of a bumbling wagonmaster and his clutzy assistant as they attempt to take seven passengers across the prairie. Among the passengers are two wealthy Bostonians, an aspiring showgirl, a teacher, and bachelor. The story is adapted from Dusty's Trail, a television sitcom.
Release Date: 1976-08-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 3
Starsky & Hutch
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
Release Date: 1975-09-10
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 176
The Good Guys
The Good Guys is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 25, 1968 to January 23, 1970. 42 color episodes were filmed in all. As with The Governor & J.J. and Get Smart, it was produced by Talent Associates and CBS Productions. CBS Television Studios also owns the rights to this program as well.
Release Date: 1968-09-25
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 3
Lucy in London
Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads.
Release Date: 1966-10-24
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
The Pyramid of Darkness: The Further Adventures of G.I. Joe
Zartan and Cobra seize the Delta Space Station and destroy G.I. Joe headquarters. Shipwreck and Snake Eyes are lost behind enemy lines while Cobra Commander reveals his plan to deprive the world of electricity.
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Wonder Woman
With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that dispels dishonesty and an invisible supersonic plane, Wonder Woman combats evil.
Release Date: 1975-11-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 462
I Dream of Jeannie
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
Release Date: 1965-09-18
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 772
Bewitched
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.
Release Date: 1964-09-17
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 692
The Andy Griffith Show
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
Release Date: 1960-10-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 147