Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1899, Jan. 15 | Born Goodman Aiskowitz, Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1919 | Drama and film critic, Kansas City Post, Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1928 | Broadcast his newspaper column on radio station KMBC, Kansas City, Mo. Married Jane Sherwood (died 1974) |
| 1928-1945 | Wrote, produced, directed, and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in “Easy Aces,” radio program |
| 1945-1946 | Head writer, “The Danny Kaye Show,” radio program |
| 1946 | Supervisor of comedy, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) |
| 1947 | Established School of Comedy Writers, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) |
| 1948-1949 | Wrote, produced, directed, and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in “Mr. Ace and Jane,” radio program |
| 1949-1950 | Wrote and acted with wife, Jane Ace, in television version of “Easy Aces” |
| 1950-1952 | Writer, “The Big Show,” radio program hosted by Tallulah Bankhead |
| 1952-1955 | Head writer, “The Milton Berle Show,” television program |
| 1955-1959 | Head writer, “The Perry Como Show,” television program |
| 1955 | Published The Book of Little Knowledge: More Than You Want to Know about Television (N.Y.: Simon & Schuster. 183 pp.) |
| 1957 | Wrote screenplay for I Married a Woman |
| 1960-1967 | Writer, “Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall” television specials |
| 1963-1964 | Writer, “The Sid Caesar Show,” television program |
| 1966 | Published The Fine Art of Hypochondria; or, How Are You? (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 188 pp.) |
| 1960s-1970s | Wrote “Top Of My Head,” column in Saturday Review |
| 1970 | Published Ladies and Gentlemen, Easy Aces (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 210 pp.) |
| 1971 | Published The Better of Goodman Ace (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. 230 pp.) |
| ca. 1972 | Began periodic appearances on “All Things Considered,” radio program |
| 1982, Mar. 25 | Died, New York, N.Y. |