Education
After a three year, nine months and twenty seven day stint in the United States. Air Force, Bobrick attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a degree in Journalism.
After a three year, nine months and twenty seven day stint in the United States. Air Force, Bobrick attended the University of Illinois where he graduated with a degree in Journalism.
He began his career writing for the popular children"s show Captain Kangaroo. He also wrote for such shows as The Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, The Flintstones, Get Smart, The Kraft Music Hall, and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He created the short-lived syndicated television series Good Morning, Mission Bliss, which was resurrected by National Broadcasting Company as the long-running hit show Saved By The Bell.
He has also written several movies and later quit writing for film and television in 1990.
Bobrick has written more than 30 plays to date. His first play, Norman, Is That You?, which he co-wrote with Ron Clark, opened on Broadway in the early 1970s.
The play ran for five years in Paris (Pauvre France) and has played in over thirty countries around the world. Bobrick and Clark collaborated on three more Broadway plays, Number Hard Feelings, Murder at the Howard Johnson"s, and Wally"s Cafe.
Mr. Bobrick"s solo works include the plays, Remember Maine?, Getting Sara Married, Last Chance Romance, Hamlet II (Better Than The Original), New York Water, Passengers and The Crazy Time.
He has also written a number of mystery plays, among them Flemming, An American Thriller, The Spider Or The Fly, Death In England and A Little Bit Wicked. Bobrick co-wrote the song The Girl of My Best Friend with Beverly Ross which was recorded by Elvis Presley and many other recording artists throughout the years, including Bryan Ferry. Another song, lieutenant Will Never Be Over Foreign Maine was recorded by the iconic Los Lobos.
He also wrote two satirical albums for MAD magazine, Mad Twists Rock n Roll and Fink Along With Mad.
He has directed many of his plays in regional theatres in the United States. and Canada.
Bobrick is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, as well as the Dramatists Guild and Writers Guild of America.