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PASC.0297  
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  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
  • Acquisition Information
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Content
  • Organization and Arrangement

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: Sidney Reznick papers
    Creator: Reznick, Sidney
    Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0297
    Physical Description: 37.2 linear feet (92 boxes and 1 microfilm box)
    Date (inclusive): 1939-1990
    Date (bulk): 1947-1968
    Abstract: Sidney Reznick worked as comedy writer in radio and television. The collection consists of scripts related to his career, mostly for the Garry Moore television show (1958-1961), as well as sound recordings. A 2013 addition contains project files, bound volumes of scripts, photographs, and radio transcription discs.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Conditions Governing Use

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO MATERIALS: Materials will require assessment and may need further processing for safe access. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    CONTAINS UNPROCESSED MICROFILM MATERIALS: Materials will require assessment and may need further processing for safe access. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Mr. Sidney Reznick, 1999. Additional materials gift of Bruce and Robert Reznick, 2013.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9956346353606533 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Sidney Reznick papers (Collection PASC 297). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by C. Clayton and Julie Graham, 2008. Container listings for 2013 addition by Khang Nguyen and additional description by Courtney Dean, 2020.
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    Biographical Note

    Sidney Reznick was born in Manhattan on July 29, 1919. He started writing comedy in high school. He attended the CCNY School of Business and graduated in 1941. Starting in the 1940s he wrote for radio, and later television. Reznick worked with the likes of Jimmy Durante, Jack Paar, and Bob Hope, and was a staff writer for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. In 1957, he reated the comedy game show Sez Who? Reznick died in Los Angeles in 2012.

    Scope and Content

    The collection consists of material related to the career of comedy writer Sidney Reznick. The bulk of the collection includes complete scripts and a small number of partial scripts from the Garry Moore Show television program. A small number of the scripts are annotated and/or may include production information. Also included is a small amount of microfilm negatives containing unidentified scripts from the Alan Young show, Meet Your Match, and the Jackie Gleason Show. Additionally, there is a published copy of Reznick's book, How to Write Jokes (circa 1954) and what appears to be commercially produced sound recordings featuring Burns and Allen, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Fiber McGee and Molly, and Ed "Archie" Gardner, and musical performer Gertrude Lawrence. A 2013 addition contains project files, bound volumes of scripts, and radio transcription discs. Also included in this collection are photographs.

    Organization and Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series:
    • Series 1. Scripts, project files, and printed materials
    • Series 2. Sound recordings
    • Series 3: Photographs