Rowby Goren

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Rowby Goren is an American writer specializing in comedy. [1] He was a part of the writing team of the comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In , created by George Schlatter. [2] Goren's writing talents range from variety shows to situation comedy, game shows, cartoons, as well as directing Joe Roth [3] and Neal Israel's [4] comedy feature Cracking Up. [5] [6] Goren was Creative Director of Joe Roth and Neal Israel's cult video Tunnel Vision . [7] Goren won an Emmy for writing Hollywood Squares . [8] He also wrote for numerous animated series including Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids , He-Man and the Masters of the Universe , The Berenstain Bears , Tiny Toon Adventures , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , The Busy World of Richard Scarry , The Adventures of Paddington Bear , The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! , Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog as well as Saturday morning series such as various Sid and Marty Krofft's H.R. Pufnstuf series.

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