Murray Roman

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Murray Roman (March 8, 1929 – November 6, 1973)[1] was an American stand-up comedian and television writer whose career was cut short by a car crash.

Career

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In addition to his stand-up comedy, Roman was a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour television series and, as part of the Comedy Hour writing team, won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series for his work in 1969. A noted sketch was "The Honey House", which mocked the 1968 hit song "Honey", by Bobby Goldsboro. The sketch featured a tour of the house where the eponymous Honey had lived and died, conducted by her husband, played first by Tom Smothers and then by Dick Smothers.[citation needed]

According to American actor and comedy writer Bob Einstein, English musician Keith Moon was a "huge fan" of Roman.[2] Moon helped Roman obtain a contract with Track Records.[citation needed]

Discography

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  • Out of Control
  • You Can't Beat People Up and Have Them Say I Love You
  • A Blind Man's Movie
  • Busted
  • Backtrack 13 (You Can't Beat People Up and Have Them Say I Love You)

Television appearances

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  • The Rat Patrol, "The Tug-of-War Raid" (March 4, 1968), as Lt. Pohl
  • The Monkees, S2:E16, "Fairy Tale" (January 8, 1968), as Harold
  • That Girl, "This Little Piggy Had a Ball" (March 23, 1967), as Manager of Bowling Alley
  • ABC Stage 67, "On the Flip Side" (December 7, 1966), as Hairy Eddie Popkin
  • Batman, "Hizzonner the Penguin (1)" (November 2, 1966) and "Dizzonner the Penguin (2)" (November 3, 1966), as E.G. Trends
  • The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, wrote and occasionally appeared
  • Murray Roman's TV Show,[3] television special (1970), host

Influence

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DJ Shadow sampled Roman's record Busted in "Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2", a track on his 1996 album Endtroducing. DJ Shadow also sampled Busted on his single "Lost and Found (S.F.L.)".[4][better source needed]

Personal life

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Roman married three times and had three daughters.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Murray Roman". Theiapolis.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Einstein, Bob (November 18, 2007). "Murray Roman: Reflections of his Contemporaries – Pt. 3: Bob Einstein" (Interview). Interviewed by Kliph Nesteroff. WFMU. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Murray Roman's TV Show". IMDb.
  4. ^ "DJ Shadow's Sample List (Endtroducing)". Tribe. September 21, 2003. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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