Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy
The Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best written comedy episodes of television series. It was first presented at the 13th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 1961 and has been presented annually since the 17th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 1965.
The years denote when the episode first aired. Though, due to the eligibility period, some nominees could have aired in a different year. The current eligibility period is December 1 to November 30. The winners are highlighted in gold.
Winners and nominees
1960s
Year
Series
Episode
Winners/nominees
Network
Episodic, Longer Than 30 Minutes in Length
1960 (13th )
Father Knows Best
"Margaret's Old Flame"
Dorothy Cooper
CBS
The Danny Thomas Show
"Linda Wants to Be a Boy"
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson
CBS
My Three Sons
"Chip off the Old Block"
George Tibbles
ABC
Comedy/Variety, Any Length
1961 (14th ) [ 1]
The Andy Griffith Show
"The Manhunt"
Charles Stewart & Jack Elinson
CBS
The Art Carney Special
"Everybody's Doin' It"
Herbert Sargent
NBC
The Arthur Murray Special for Bob Hope
Lester A. White, John Rapp, Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin, Charles Lee and Norman Sullivan
1962 (15th )
Car 54, Where Are You?
"I Won't Go"
Nat Hiken and Gary Belkin
NBC
The Dick Van Dyke Show
"Where Did I Come From?"
Carl Reiner
CBS
My Three Sons
"Birds and Bees"
George Tibbles
ABC
1963 (16th )
The Andy Griffith Show
"Barney's First Car"
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum
CBS
The Andy Griffith Show
"Barney Mends a Broken Heart"
Aaron Ruben
CBS
The Bob Hope Christmas Show
Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin, John Rapp, Lester A. White, Charles Lee, Norman Sullivan and Gig Henry
NBC
The Dick Van Dyke Show
"It May Look Like a Walnut"
Carl Reiner
CBS
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
"A Small Matter of Being Fired"
Leonard B. Stern and Don Hinkley
ABC
My Three Sons
"When I Was Your Age"
Ernest Chambers
Episodic Comedy
1964 (17th )
The Andy Griffith Show
"The Shoplifters"
Bill Idelson & Sam Bobrick
CBS
The Dick Van Dyke Show
"My Husband is the Best One"
Martin Ragaway
The Danny Thomas Show
"Bowling Partners"
Jerry Belson & Garry Marshall
CBS
The Dick Van Dyke Show
"October Eve"
Bill Persky & Sam Denoff
"Turtles, Ties and Toreadors"
John Whedon
1965 (18th )
The Dick Van Dyke Show
"Br-room, Br-room"
Dale McRaven & Carl Kleinschmitt
CBS
The Beverly Hillbillies
"Dash Riprock, You Cad"
Paul Henning & Mark Tuttle
ABC
The Dick Van Dyke Show
"4½"
Garry Marshall & Jerry Belson
CBS
"Romances, Roses and Rye Bread"
Dr. Kildare
"Maybe Love Will Save My Apartment House"
Boris Sobelman
NBC
1966 (19th )
The Dick Van Dyke Show
"You Ought to Be in Pictures"
Jack Winter
CBS
The Dick Van Dyke Show
"Go Tell the Birds and the Bees"
Rick Mittleman
CBS
Gidget
"The Great Kahuna"
Story by : Frederick Kohner Teleplay by : Albert Mannheimer
ABC
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
"Opie Joins the Marines"
Aaron Ruben
CBS
1967 (20th )
The Jackie Gleason Show
"Movies Are Better than Ever"
Marvin Marx, Walter Stone and Rod Parker
CBS
Get Smart
"Bronzefinger"
Lila Garrett & Bernie Kahn
NBC
"Where-What-Who Am I?"
Barry Blitzer & Ray Brenner
That Girl
"Rain, Snow and Rice"
James L. Brooks
ABC
1968 (21st )
Get Smart
"Viva Smart"
Bill Idelson, Sam Bobrick and Norman Paul
NBC
He & She
"Before You Bury Me, Can I Say Something?"
Jim Parker & Arnold Margolin
CBS
"Knock, Knock...Who's There? Fernando!...Fernando Who?"
Allan Burns & Chris Hayward
"The Old Man and the She"
Leonard B. Stern & Arne Sultan
1969 (22nd )
Room 222
"Funny Boy"
Allan Burns
ABC
The Bill Cosby Show
"Growing, Growing, Grown"
Kenny Solms & Gail Parent
NBC
Get Smart
"The Apes of Rath"
Lloyd Turner & Gordon Whitey Mitchell
CBS
"Ice Station Siegfried"
Arne Sultan & Chris Hayward
The Jackie Gleason Show
"Play it Again, Norton"
Walter Stone, Rod Parker & Robert Hilliard
My World and Welcome to It
"Little Girls are Sugar & Spice, and Not Always Nice!"
Rick Mittleman
NBC
1970s
Year
Series
Episode
Winners/nominees
Network
1970 (23rd ) [ 2]
Room 222
"The Valedictorian"
Richard DeRoy
ABC
The Governor & J.J.
"Check the Check"
Arne Sultan & Earl Barret
CBS
My World and Welcome to It
"The Fourth Estate"
Lila Garrett & Bernie Kahn
NBC
Room 222
"Funny Money"
Steve Pritzker
ABC
1971 (24th ) [ 3]
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary"
Martin Cohan
CBS
All in the Family
"Christmas at the Bunkers"
Don Nicholl
CBS
"Edith's Accident"
Story by : Tom & Helen August Teleplay by : Michael Ross & Bernie West
"Gloria has a Belly Full"
Jerry Mayer
"Mike's Problem"
Story by : Alan J. Levitt & Phil MishkinTeleplay by : Alan J. Levitt
"Oh, My Aching Back"
Stanley Ralph Ross
1972 (25th ) [ 4]
M*A*S*H
"Chief Surgeon Who?"
Larry Gelbart
CBS
All in the Family
"Edith's Problem"
Story by : Burt Styler & Steve ZachariasTeleplay by : Burt Styler
CBS
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"The Good-Time News"
Allan Burns & James L. Brooks
Maude
"Flashback"
Alan J. Levitt
The Odd Couple
"The Pen is Mightier Than the Pencil"
Jack Winter
ABC
1973 (26th ) [ 5]
Maude
"Walter's Problem"
Bob Weiskopf & Bob Schiller
CBS
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"The Lars Affair"
Ed. Weinberger
CBS
M*A*S*H
"Carry On, Hawkeye"
Story by : Bernard DilbertTeleplay by : Bernard Dilbert, Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks
"The Incubator"
Larry Gelbart & Laurence Marks
"Radar's Report"
Story by : Sheldon Keller Teleplay by : Laurence Marks
"Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"
Carl Kleinschmitt
"Tuttle"
Bruce Shelly & David Ketchum
1974 (27th ) [ 4]
M*A*S*H
"O.R."
Larry Gelbart & Laurence Marks
CBS
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?"
Ed. Weinberger & Stan Daniels
CBS
M*A*S*H
"Private Charles Lamb"
Sid Dorfman
Rhoda
"Parents' Day"
Charlotte Brown
"You Can Go Home Again"
Pat Nardo & Gloria Banta
1975 (28th ) [ 4]
M*A*S*H
"Welcome to Korea "
Everett Greenbaum , Jim Fritzell and Larry Gelbart
CBS
All in the Family
"Archie the Hero"
Lou Derman & Bill Davenport
CBS
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"Chuckles Bites the Dust "
David Lloyd
"Edie Gets Married"
Bob Ellison
M*A*S*H
"Big Mac"
Laurence Marks
Rhoda
"Ida's Doctor"
Coleman Mitchell & Geoffrey Neigher
1976 (29th )
M*A*S*H
"Dear Sigmund"
Alan Alda
CBS
All in the Family
"Joey's Baptism"
Milt Josefsberg , Mel Tolkin and Larry Rhine
CBS
Barney Miller
"The Evacuation"
Story by : Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold Teleplay by : Danny Arnold
ABC
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"Mary's Insomnia"
David Lloyd
CBS
"My Son, the Genius"
Bob Ellison
M*A*S*H
"Hawkeye, Get Your Gun"
Story by : Gene Reynolds & Jay FolbTeleplay by : Jay Folb
1977 (30th )
All in the Family
"Archie Get the Business"
Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin
CBS
All in the Family
"The Joys of Sex"
Erik Tarloff
CBS
Barney Miller
"Copy Cat"
Douglas Wyman & Tony Sheehan
ABC
"Goodbye, Mr. Fish", Part 2
Reinhold Weege
The Bob Newhart Show
"A Girl in Her Twenties"
Laura Levine
CBS
"A Jackie Story"
Lloyd Garver
The Jeffersons
"Once a Friend"
Michael S. Baser & Kim Weiskopf
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"The Critic"
David Lloyd
"The Last Show "
James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed. Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd and Bob Ellison
M*A*S*H
"Fade Out, Fade In"
Jim Fritzell & Everett Greenbaum
1978 (31st )
M*A*S*H
"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Gary David Goldberg
CBS
All in the Family
"California, Here We Are"
Milt Josefsberg, Phil Sharp , Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf
CBS
Barney Miller
"The Ghost"
Reinhold Weege
ABC
M*A*S*H
"Point of View"
Ken Levine & David Isaacs
CBS
Mork & Mindy
"Pilot"
Dale McRaven
ABC
Rhoda
"Rhoda vs. Ida"
Bob Ellison
CBS
Taxi
"Blind Date"
Michael Leeson
ABC
"Memories of Cab 804"
Barry Kemp
1979 (32nd ) [ 6]
M*A*S*H
"Are You Now, Margaret?"
Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox
CBS
Taxi
"The Reluctant Father"
Ken Estin
ABC
Barney Miller
"The Indian"
Story by : Richard William Beban, Judith Anne Nielsen and Reinhold WeegeTeleplay by : Reinhold Weege
ABC
M*A*S*H
"Goodbye, Radar"
Ken Levine & David Isaacs
CBS
"Period of Adjustment"
Jim Mulligan & John Rappaport
"The Young and the Restless"
Mitch Markowitz
Mork & Mindy
"Dr. Morkenstein"
Bruce Kalish & Philip John Taylor
ABC
"Mork's Mixed Emotions"
Tom Tenowich & Ed Scharlach
Taxi
"Elaine's Secret Admirer"
Barry Kemp
"Honor Thy Father"
Glen and Les Charles
1980s
Year
Series
Episode
Winners/nominees
Network
1980 (33rd )
M*A*S*H
"Heal Thyself"
Story by : Dennis Koenig and Gene Reynolds Teleplay by : Dennis Koenig
CBS
The Associates
"The Censors"
Stan Daniels & Ed. Weinberger
ABC
Barney Miller
"The Child Stealers"
Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein
M*A*S*H
"Bottle Fatigue"
Thad Mumford & Dan Wilcox
CBS
"Morale Victory"
John Rappaport
Taxi
"Alex Jumps Out of an Airplane"
Ken Estin
ABC
"Art Work"
Glen and Les Charles
United States
"Sometimes"
Larry Gelbart & Everett Greenbaum
NBC
1981 (34th ) [ 7]
Barney Miller
"Stormy Weather"
Nat Mauldin
ABC
Barney Miller
"Field Associate"
Jordan Moffet
ABC
The Greatest American Hero
"Pilot"
Stephen J. Cannell
M*A*S*H
"No Sweat"
John Rappaport
CBS
"A War for All Seasons"
Dan Wilcox & Thad Mumford
Park Place
"Crazy Judge"
Reinhold Weege
Taxi
"The Boss' Wife"
Ken Estin
ABC
"Tony's Sister and Jim"
Michael Leeson
1982 (35th )
Barney Miller
"Hunger Strike"
Story by : Tony Sheehan & Stephen NeigherTeleplay by : Tony Sheehan
ABC
Best of the West
"The Calico Kid Returns"
Mitch Markowitz
ABC
M*A*S*H
"The Birthday Girls"
Karen Hall
CBS
Making the Grade
"Pilot"
Gary David Goldberg
Open All Night
"Terry Runs Away"
Ken Levine & David Isaacs
ABC
Taxi
"Elegant Iggy"
Ken Estin
1983 (34th ) [ 8]
Cheers
"The Boys in the Bar "
Ken Levine & David Isaacs
NBC
"Give Me a Ring Sometime "
Glen and Les Charles
Cheers
"Let Me Count the Ways"
Heide Perlman
NBC
"The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One"
David Lloyd
M*A*S*H
"Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen "
Alan Alda , Burt Metcalfe , John Rappaport, Dan Wilcox, Thad Mumford, Elias Davis, David Pollock and Karen Hall
CBS
Taxi
"Jim's Inheritance"
Ken Estin
NBC
"Scenskees from a Marriage"
Howard Gewirtz & Ian Praiser
1984 (37th ) [ 9]
Cheers
"Sumner's Return"
Michael J. Weithorn
NBC
AfterM*A*S*H
"Night Shift"
Everett Greenbaum & Elliott Reid
CBS
Cheers
"Affairs of the Heart"
Heide Perlman
NBC
"Old Flames"
David Angell
The Duck Factory
"Goodbye Buddy, Hello Skip"
Allan Burns
Family Ties
"Not an Affair to Remember"
Gary David Goldberg & Ruth Bennett
Night Court
"Once in Love with Harry"
Reinhold Weege
Too Close for Comfort
"Ship Mates"
Arne Sultan & Earl Barret
ABC
1985 (38th ) [ 10]
Moonlighting
"Pilot"
Glenn Gordon Caron
ABC
Steambath
"Madison Avenue Madness"
David Pollock & Elias Davis
Showtime
Cheers
"The Executive's Executioner"
Heide Perlman
NBC
"Fairy Tales Can Come True"
Sam Simon
The Cosby Show
"Good-Bye Mr. Fish "
Earl Pomerantz
Webster
"The Uh-Oh Feeling"
Steven Sunshine & Madeline Sunshine
ABC
1986 (39th ) [ 11]
Kate & Allie
"Allie's Affair"
Bob Randall
CBS
All Is Forgiven
"I Can't Say No"
Ian Praiser & Howard Gewirtz
NBC
The Cosby Show
"Theo's Holiday"
John Markus, Carmen Finestra & Matt Williams
The Golden Girls
"Rose's Mother"
James Berg & Stan Zimmerman
Night Court
"Best of Friends"
Howard Ostroff
1987 (40th ) [ 12]
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
"Here's Why Cosmetics Should Come in Unbreakable Bottles"
Jay Tarses
NBC
Family Ties
"A, My Name is Alex "
Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger
The Golden Girls
"Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas"
Barry Fanaro & Mort Nathan
Cheers
"Never Love a Goalie, Part I"
Ken Levine & David Isaacs
NBC
Family Ties
"My Back Pages"
Ruth Bennett
The Golden Girls
"A Piece of Cake"
Kathy Speer, Terry Grossman, Mort Nathan and Barry Fanaro
Night Court
"Contempt of Courting"
Tom Straw
1988 (41st ) [ 13]
The Wonder Years
"My Father's Office"
Carol Black & Neal Marlens
ABC
Family Ties
"The Way We Were"
Gary David Goldberg
NBC
The Golden Girls
"Old Friends"
Kathy Speer & Terry Grossman
Night Court
"No Hard Feelings"
Tom Straw
The Slap Maxwell Story
"Pilot"
Jay Tarses
ABC
The Wonder Years
"Pilot"
Neal Marlens & Carol Black
1989 (42nd ) [ 14]
The Wonder Years
"Coda"
Todd W. Langen
ABC
Cheers
"Jumping Jerks"
Ken Levine & David Isaacs
NBC
"Please, Mr. Postman"
Brian Pollack & Mert Rich
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
"Here's Why You Order From the Spanish Side of the Menu"
Eric Overmyer
Lifetime
Murphy Brown
"Respect"
Diane English
CBS
The Wonder Years
"Pottery Will Get You Nowhere"
Matthew Carlson
ABC
1990s
2000s
Year
Series
Episode
Winners/nominees
Network
2000 (53rd ) [ 27]
Frasier
"Something Borrowed, Someone Blue "
Christopher Lloyd & Joe Keenan
NBC
Frasier
"Out with Dad"
Joe Keenan
NBC
Sex and the City
"Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman"
Cindy Chupack
HBO
"Ex and the City"
Michael Patrick King
Will & Grace
"Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back"
Jeff Greenstein
NBC
2001 (54th ) [ 28]
Everybody Loves Raymond
"Italy "
Philip Rosenthal
CBS
Malcolm in the Middle
"Bowling "
Alex Reid
Fox
"The Grandparents"
Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson
Sex and the City
"Just Say Yes"
Cindy Chupack
HBO
"My Motherboard, My Self"
Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky
Titus
"The Pendulum"
Christopher Titus
Fox
2002 (55th ) [ 29]
Frasier
"Rooms with a View"
Dan O'Shannon , Lori Kirkland and Bob Daily
NBC
The Bernie Mac Show
"Pilot "
Larry Wilmore
Fox
Ed
"The Wedding"
Rob Burnett & Jon Beckerman
NBC
Scrubs
"My First Day"
Bill Lawrence
Sex and the City
"Change of a Dress"
Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky
HBO
"I Heart N.Y."
Michael Patrick King
"Plus One Is the Loneliest Number"
Cindy Chupack
2003 (56th ) [ 30]
Frasier
"No Sex, Please, We're Skittish"
Bob Daily
NBC
Malcolm in the Middle
"Day Care"
Gary Murphy & Neil Thompson
Fox
"Malcolm Films Reese"
Dan Kopelman
Sex and the City
"A Woman's Right to Shoes"
Jenny Bicks
HBO
2004 (57th ) [ 31]
Arrested Development
"Pier Pressure"
Jim Vallely & Mitchell Hurwitz
Fox
Malcolm in the Middle
"Ida's Boyfriend"
Neil Thompson
Sex and the City
"The Ick Factor"
Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky
HBO
"Splat!"
Jenny Bicks & Cindy Chupack
Wonderfalls
"The Wax Lion"
Story by : Todd Holland & Bryan Fuller Teleplay by : Bryan Fuller
Fox
2005 (58th ) [ 32] [ 33]
Weeds
"You Can't Miss the Bear"
Jenji Kohan
Showtime
Desperate Housewives
"Next "
Jenna Bans & Kevin Murphy
ABC
Kitchen Confidential
"Exile on Main Street"
David Hemingson
Fox
Malcolm in the Middle
"Motivational Speaker"
Rob Ulin
My Name Is Earl
"Pilot "
Greg Garcia
NBC
The Office
"Diversity Day "
B. J. Novak
2006 (59th ) [ 34] [ 35]
The Office
"Casino Night "
Steve Carell
NBC
Desperate Housewives
"Don't Look at Me "
Josh Senter
ABC
"It Takes Two "
Kevin Murphy & Jenna Bans
Malcolm in the Middle
"Bomb Shelter"
Rob Ulin
Fox
My Name Is Earl
"Jump for Joy"
Vali Chandrasekaran
NBC
The Office
"The Coup "
Paul Lieberstein
2007 (60th ) [ 36]
The Office
"The Job "
Paul Lieberstein & Michael Schur
NBC
30 Rock
"Hard Ball "
Matt Hubbard
NBC
Flight of the Conchords
"Sally Returns "
James Bobin , Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie
HBO
The Office
"Local Ad "
B. J. Novak
NBC
"Phyllis' Wedding "
Caroline Williams
Pushing Daisies
"Pie-lette "
Bryan Fuller
ABC
2008 (61st ) [ 37] [ 38]
30 Rock
"Succession "
Andrew Guest & John Riggi
NBC
30 Rock
"Believe in the Stars "
Robert Carlock
NBC
"Cooter "
Tina Fey
My Name Is Earl
"Monkeys Take a Bath"
Greg Garcia
The Office
"Crime Aid "
Charlie Grandy
Ugly Betty
"Crush'd "
Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally
ABC
2009 (61st ) [ 39] [ 40]
30 Rock
"Apollo, Apollo "
Robert Carlock
NBC
Modern Family
"Pilot "
Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd
ABC
30 Rock
"Reunion "
Matt Hubbard
NBC
Eastbound & Down
"Chapter 1"
Ben Best , Jody Hill and Danny McBride
HBO
The Office
"Broke "
Charles Grandy
NBC
"Gossip "
Paul Lieberstein
2010s
2020s
Total awards
NBC – 25
CBS – 20
ABC – 11
Fox – 2
Showtime – 2
HBO – 2
FX – 1
Netflix – 1
Peacock – 1
Writers with multiple awards
4 awards
3 awards
2 awards
Sam Bobrick
Bob Daily
Larry David
Diane English
Jim Fritzell
Gary David Goldberg
Everett Greenbaum
Bill Idelson
David Isaacs
Joe Keenan
Ken Levine
Steven Levitan
Christopher Lloyd
Programs with multiple awards
7 awards
6 awards
4 awards
30 Rock (NBC)
Seinfeld (NBC)
3 awards
Cheers (NBC)[ fn 1]
The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
Modern Family (ABC)
2 awards
Barney Miller (ABC)
Murphy Brown (CBS)
The Office (NBC)
The Wonder Years (ABC)
Writers with multiple nominations
Programs with multiple nominations
26 nominations
14 nominations
13 nominations
Cheers (NBC)
Modern Family (ABC)
12 nominations
The Office (NBC)
Sex and the City (HBO)
Taxi (ABC), (NBC)
11 nominations
30 Rock (NBC)
All in the Family (CBS)
10 nominations
Frasier (NBC)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
9 nominations
8 nominations
The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS)
7 nominations
Malcolm in the Middle (Fox)
The Wonder Years (ABC)
6 nominations
The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)
5 nominations
Get Smart (NBC), (CBS)
The Golden Girls (NBC)
Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
4 nominations
Family Ties (NBC)
Murphy Brown (CBS)
Night Court (NBC)
Rhoda (CBS)
Roseanne (ABC)
3 nominations
The Bear (FX on Hulu)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (NBC), (Lifetime)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
The Great (Hulu)
He & She (CBS)
Mork & Mindy (ABC)
My Name Is Earl (NBC)
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)
Room 222 (ABC)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)
2 nominations
The Bob Newhart Show (CBS)
The Cosby Show (NBC)
The Danny Thomas Show (CBS)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Dharma & Greg (ABC)
Ellen (ABC)
Friends (NBC)
The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
Mad About You (NBC)
Maude (CBS)
My World and Welcome to It (NBC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
Weeds (Showtime)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Will & Grace (NBC)
'^ Cheers double win in 1983 is counted as only one win.
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Film Awards Television/ New Media Awards Special Awards Former Awards Ceremonies
Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year
1960s
Dorothy Cooper for "Margaret's Old Flame" (1960)
Sam Bobrick & Bill Idelson for "The Shoplifters" / Martin Ragaway for "My Husband Is the Best One" (1964)
Carl Kleinschmitt & Dale McRaven for " Br-room, Br-room"(1965)
Jack Winter for "You Ought To Be In Pictures" (1966)
Marvin Marx & Gordon Rod Parker & Walter Stone for "Movies Are Better Than Ever" (1967)
Sam Bobrick & Bill Idelson for "Viva Smart" (1968)
Allan Burns for "Funny Boy" (1969)
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s