Ace, Goodman

Author and radio personality. Born Goodman Aiskowitz. Born 1899; died 1982.

From the description of Goodman Ace papers, 1931-1972 (bulk 1931-1967). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982231

Biographical Note

• 1899, Jan. 15: Born Goodman Aiskowitz, Kansas City, Mo.
• 1919: Drama and film critic, Kansas City Post, Kansas City, Mo.
• 1928: Broadcast his newspaper column on radio station KMBC, Kansas City, Mo. Married Jane Sherwood (died 1974)
• 1928 - 1945 : Wrote, produced, directed, and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in “Easy Aces,” radio program
• 1945 - 1946 : Head writer, “The Danny Kaye Show,” radio program
• 1946: Supervisor of comedy, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• 1947: Established School of Comedy Writers, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• 1948 - 1949 : Wrote, produced, directed, and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in “Mr. Ace and Jane,” radio program
• 1949 - 1950 : Wrote and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in television version of “Easy Aces”
• 1950 - 1952 : Writer, “The Big Show,” radio program hosted by Tallulah Bankhead
• 1952 - 1955 : Head writer, “The Milton Berle Show,” television program
• 1955 - 1959 : Head writer, “The Perry Como Show,” television program
• 1955: Published The Book of Little Knowledge: More Than You Want to Know about Television (N.Y.: Simon & Schuster. 183 pp.)
• 1957: Wrote screenplay for I Married a Woman
• 1960 - 1967 : Writer, “Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall” television specials
• 1963 - 1964 : Writer, “The Sid Caesar Show,” television program
• 1966: Published The Fine Art of Hypochondria; or, How Are You? (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 188 pp.)
• 1960s - 1970s : Wrote “Top Of My Head,” column in Saturday Review
• 1970: Published Ladies and Gentlemen, Easy Aces (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 210 pp.)
• 1971: Published The Better of Goodman Ace (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 230 pp.)
• ca. 1972: Began periodic appearances on “All Things Considered,” radio program
• 1982, Mar. 25: Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Goodman Ace Papers, 1931-1972, (bulk 1931-1967), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)