Mickey Rose
| Mickey Rose | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 20, 1935 Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | April 7, 2013 (aged 77) Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Comedy writer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1963-2012 |
| Spouse(s) | Judy Wolf (m. 1963; d. 2003) |
| Children | 2 |
Michael "Mickey" Rose (May 20, 1935 – April 7, 2013) was an American comedy writer and screenwriter.
Rose was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and spent his childhood there and in Crown Heights in the same borough of New York City, and was raised by a single mother Sylvia Subin, his father having deserted the family by the time he was born. He and Woody Allen, then known as Allan Stewart Konigsberg, first met at their high school, and became close friends, frequently skipping school, and playing jazz and baseball together. They matriculated at New York University, from which Rose earned a bachelor's degree in film, although Allen dropped out. The two remained friends for the remainder of Rose's life.
Rose's earliest material was for the ventriloquist Shari Lewis in her act with the sock-puppet Lamb Chop. After Allen had become a stand-up comedian, Rose co-wrote "The Moose" routine with him. Around this time, they collaborated with others on the English adaptation of a Japanese spy film, which was turned into What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966), Allen's first film as director.
Later the two men collaborated on Allen's comedies Take the Money and Run (1969) and Bananas. After early work with Allen, Rose was a TV comedy writer, working for comedians such as Johnny Carson, while he was the host of The Tonight Show, Dean Martin (The Dean Martin Show, 1973) and Sid Caesar (1963). He also wrote for the Smothers Brothers and All in the Family. His other screenplays for films were for I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975) and Student Bodies (1981); he also directed the latter.
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