Larry Gelbart Interview - Part 5 of 8

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On his reputation as a writer with deep social conscience, Gelbart says "I was very lucky. It is not everybody that gets a vehicle like M*A*S*H, in which for four straight years you can be on a soap box and hopefully not abuse that position." Larry Gelbart (1928-2009) was an Emmy-award winning writer, producer, and director, whose career began with the Golden Age of radio, but is perhaps best-known for being the mastermind behind the television series M*A*S*H. His father's barbershop was a ...