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Mark evanier mel torme biography

          Most of you are already familiar with Mark Evanier, a writer with a long list of credits in television comedy, animation, and comic books.!

          Mark is one of the great humor writers, or any other kind of writers really, in comics, TV etc., as well as one of the most respected comics historians in the.

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        2. Most of you are already familiar with Mark Evanier, a writer with a long list of credits in television comedy, animation, and comic books.
        3. I arrived, headed for my favorite barbecue stand and, en route, noticed that Mel Tormé was seated at one of the tables.
        4. I've never met Mark, we don't interact much (if at all), and our only extended conversation was when I interviewed him via telephone for a history of bubblegum.


          5. One of the newer holiday traditions around here (thanks to YouTube) is The Judy Garland Christmas Show (1963), which was taped live and you can see it with commercials and everything. All of her children are on the show, as are Jack Jones, and Mel Tormé. 

           

           

          Mel Tormé was a legend.

          He was a composer, singer, drummer, actor. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" (the one with "chestnuts roasting over an open fire"), cowriting the lyrics with Bob Wells.

          Mark Evanier is a writer.

          If you were growing up in the TV age, he was on sitcoms and specials. 

          Mark Evanier has a wonderful story of Tormé. It was originally written in 1999, the year Tormé passed away. He has repeated it every year. Here it is:

           


           

           

          My Xmas Story by Mark Evanier

          I want to tell you a story…

          The scene is Farmers Market — the famed tourist mecca of Los Angeles.

          It's located but yards from the facility they call, "CBS Television City in Hollywood"…which, of course,