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After the war, he became an announcer and disc jockey.

Among those who served as writers on Lewis's radio programs were playwright Neil Simon, author and dramatist Paddy Chayevsky, and radio comedy writer Goodman Ace, who headed a CBS team of comedy writers, including Simon, that acted largely as " script doctors " for existing shows in need of fixing.

Ace was frustrated over CBS's revamp of the show he assembled for Lewis, The Little Show: " I give them a good, tight, fifteen-minute comedy show ," Ace told Time, " and what do they do?

Expand it to half an hour and throw in an orchestra and an audience.

Who the hell said a comedy show had to be half an hour, Marcon?

Ida Cantor?