Leonard Stern and Roger Price created Mad Libs ? inthe 1950s and
the series has been a favorite among kids of allages ever since.
Although Roger Price passed away in 1990, LeonardStern keeps the
tradition alive by writing new Mad Libs? all the time.
Roger Price and Leonard Stern are both well known for their
comedywriting. In the 1950s Roger Price created and developed
cartoonscalled Droodles, which were turned into a television
show.Before that Price worked with Bob Hope on a newspaper humor
column,and he even appeared on Broadway in Tickets, Please!
Leonard Stern has an equally colorful and varied history.
Beforeco-founding Price Stern Sloan with Roger Price (Sloan came
later),Stern was a successful television writer. In addition to his
creativeinvolvement with over twenty television series and over ten
motionpictures, Stern worked with Jackie Gleason in New York
writingthe Honeymooners. He also wrote for the Phil SilversShow,
The Steve Allen Show, and wrote and producedthe original Get Smart
television series. Recently, Sternpublished A Martian Wouldn't Say
That, which compiled weirdand wacky memos written by people in the
entertainment industry.Currently, Stern serves as a senior vice
president of Price SternSloan, where he still writes those
hilarious Mad Libs ?.copyright ? 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for
Young Readers. All rights reserved.
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