Background
Maurer"s lifelong association with the Three Stooges began about the time of his marriage to Joan Howard, the daughter of the comedy team"s Moe Howard on June 29, 1947.
Maurer"s lifelong association with the Three Stooges began about the time of his marriage to Joan Howard, the daughter of the comedy team"s Moe Howard on June 29, 1947.
Maurer was executive producer of the 39 live-action segments used to introduce and follow Cambria Studios" syndicated The New Three Stooges cartoons (1965–1966). He later became associated with Hanna-Barbera, working as a writer on their The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), Speed Buggy (1973), The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976), and season one of The Richie Rich Show. He also created and was the executive producer of their 1978 series, The Three Robonic Stooges.
Maurer"s sons, Jeffrey Scott and Michael Maurer also have prolific careers as television cartoon writers.
Busy until the end, Maurer died of cancer on November 23, 1986, in Los Los Angeles