Allan Burns (Creator)

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Works

The Munsters

Lily is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who's looking for the man of her nightmares -- until she lays her eyes on Herman, a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her new bumbling beau.

Release Date: 2022-09-27

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 249

Mockingbird Lane

Settling into their new home—the rambling Victorian mansion at 1313 Mockingbird Lane— the Munster are quickly onto the mission at hand: to gently ease sweet little Eddie into the reality of his werewolf adolescence. The loving, supportive, run-of-the-mill family includes his mom Lily, the daughter of Dracula, his dad Herman, who brings new meaning to "Frankenstein," and Grandpa! Of course, there's creepy cousin Marilyn, who's really the odd one because she's so completely normal.

Release Date: 2012-10-26

Department: Writing

Job: Original Series Creator

Vote Count: 33

Mockingbird Lane

Release Date: 2012-10-26

Department: Writing

Job: Original Series Creator

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Here Come the Munsters

The Munsters come to America to search for Herman's brother-in-law Norman Hyde, only to find out that he has turned himself into Brent Jekyll, who is running for congress, and Grandpa must make a formula to change Norman back.

Release Date: 1995-01-11

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 20

Cutters

Cutters is an American sitcom that aired from June 11 until July 9, 1993.

Release Date: 1993-06-11

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

FM

FM is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from August 17, 1989 to June 29, 1990.

Release Date: 1989-08-17

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 3

Eisenhower and Lutz

Eisenhower and Lutz is an American sitcom which aired for thirteen episodes on CBS in 1988.

Release Date: 1988-03-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 1

Just Between Friends

Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in common than they'd like. When tragedy strikes, their relationship is tested.

Release Date: 1986-03-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 9

Just the Way You Are

Despite her success as a professional flute player and the constant attention of men around her, Susan Berlanger feels insecure because of her lame right leg. During a European tour, she decides to cover her leg with a cast to see how people will react to her as a nondisabled person.

Release Date: 1984-11-16

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 18

Second Time Lucky

In the beginning the Devil made a bet with God. The Devil backed Eve, God backed Adam. What would have happened to love and sex if Adam hadn't taken the bite?

Release Date: 1984-10-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 10

The Duck Factory

The Duck Factory is a 1984 NBC television series produced by MTM Enterprises that is perhaps most notable for being Jim Carrey's first lead role in a Hollywood production. The show was co-created by Allan Burns. The premiere episode introduces Skip Tarkenton, a somewhat naive and optimistic young man who has come to Hollywood looking for a job as a cartoonist. When he arrives at a low-budget animation company called Buddy Winkler Productions, he finds out Buddy Winkler has just died, and the company desperately needs new blood. So Skip gets an animation job at the firm, which is nicknamed "The Duck Factory" as their main cartoon is "The Dippy Duck Show". Other Duck Factory employees seen regularly on the show were man-of-a-thousand-cartoon voices Wally Wooster; comedy writer Marty Fenneman; artists Brooks Carmichael and Roland Culp, editor Andrea Lewin, and business manager Aggie Aylesworth. Buddy Winkler Productions was now owned by his young, ditzy widow, Mrs Sheree Winkler, who had been married to Buddy for all of three weeks before his death. The Duck Factory lasted thirteen episodes; it premiered April 12, 1984. The show initially aired at 9:30 on Thursday nights, directly after Cheers, and replaced Buffalo Bill on NBC's schedule. Jay Tarses, an actor on The Duck Factory, had been the co-creator and executive producer of Buffalo Bill, which had its final network telecast on Thursday, April 5, 1984.

Release Date: 1984-04-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 6

Automan

Automan is an American science fiction superhero television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It aired for only 12 episodes on ABC between 1983 and 1984.

Release Date: 1983-12-15

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 178

Carlton Your Doorman

Rhoda's camera-shy doorman gets his own special in which we see his daily habits, including flirting with joggers and making the rounds of local watering holes.

Release Date: 1980-05-21

Department: Writing

Job: Characters

Vote Count: 2

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days

Before the adventures that made them legends, they were charming mastermind Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, and crack-shot outlaw Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, soon to be known as The Sundance Kid. This is the 'prequel' of how they met, their first clumsy robberies, the heroic dangers that abound them together, the secret that nearly tore them apart, and the impossible train heist that made them notorious for life. Saddle up and ride with the showdowns, shootouts, bad guys and good times in the days before the fame when fun was the name of the game.

Release Date: 1979-06-15

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 31

A Little Romance

Intellectually precocious teenager Lauren King lives in Paris with her somewhat ditzy mother. On a movie set, she strikes up a friendship with teenage film buff Daniel Michon. After Lauren's mother forbids her to date the outspoken Daniel, the young lovebirds team up with eccentric pickpocket Julius to run away to Venice, where, according to legend, a couple who kiss under the Bridge of Sighs will stay together forever.

Release Date: 1979-04-27

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 71

Lou Grant

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

Release Date: 1977-09-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 114

Vote Count: 26

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers

Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers is a 1974-1975 United States comedic television series starring Paul Sand which centers around a musician in Boston, Massachusetts, and his personal relationships. It was Sand's only starring role in a television series. The show aired from September 14, 1974, to January 4, 1975.

Release Date: 1974-09-14

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1

Rhoda

Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.

Release Date: 1974-09-09

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 110

Vote Count: 25

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

Release Date: 1970-09-19

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 70

He & She

He & She is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network as part of its 1967-1968 lineup, originally sponsored by General Foods and Lever Brothers. He & She is widely considered to be ahead of its time by broadcast historians. Its sophisticated approach to comedy was viewed as opening doors to the groundbreaking MTM family of sitcoms of the 1970s, beginning with The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970. The character of Oscar was openly the pattern for the Ted Baxter character, for which creator Leonard Stern granted permission. CBS aired reruns of He & She in prime time from June 1970 to September 1970.

Release Date: 1967-09-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 3

My Mother the Car

The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.

Release Date: 1965-09-14

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 7

The Munsters

A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

Release Date: 1964-09-24

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 424

Fractured Flickers

Fractured Flickers is a live-action syndicated half-hour television comedy show that was produced by Jay Ward, who is otherwise known for animated cartoons. The pilot film was produced in 1961, but the series wasn't completed until 1963. Twenty-six episodes were produced; they were syndicated by Desilu Productions and played for several years on local stations.

Release Date: 1963-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1