'MTM,' "Mother the Car' Co-Creator Dies at 85

[Mark Jeffries]

Allan Burns got his start in television writing for "Rocky and Bullwinkle" creator Jay Ward, including inventing the Quaker Oats cereal character Cap'n Crunch, before breaking off with fellow Ward writer Chris Hayward to create "The Munsters" (and successfully kept their credit when the writers of a pilot tried to claim the credit) and "My Mother the Car," which was intended to be a satire of 60s gimmick sitcoms (and ended up being the worst of the bunch) before creating "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" with James L. Brooks (and "MTM"'s spinoffs):

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/allan-burns-dead-mary-tyler-moore-show-lou-grant-my-mother-car-creator-was-85-1122683

Some of you may remember that "My Mother the Car Reruns" had a place on the WJM schedule board in the program director's office.

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And, as my current re-watch has reminded me, there are several “My Mother the Car jokes” in the first four seasons of MTM Show, plus at least two Jerry Van Dyke guest appearances.

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