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Mason Williams Biography (1938-)
Born August 24, 1938, in Abilene, TX; son of Jackson Eugene (a tile setter) and Kathlyn (Nations) Williams; married Sheila Ann Massey, April 22, 1961 (divorced); children: Kathryn Michelle. Addresses: Contact--c/o MIZMO Enterprises, 2106 West Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91506.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- August 24, 1938
- Abilene, Texas, United States
Famous Works
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Credits; Television Appearances; Series
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1967-68.
- Also appeared on the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
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Credits; Television Appearances; Specials
- A Gift of Song, NET-TV, 1970.
- Just Friends, 1970.
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 20th Reunion Show, CBS, 1988.
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Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
- An Evening at the Pops, PBS, 1988.
- The Mason Williams Phonograph Record (includes "Classical Gas," "All theTime," "Wanderlove," and "Here Am I"), Reprise, 1968.
- The Mason Williams Listening Matter, 1969.
- Handmade, 1970.
- Also recorded Them Poems, Sharepickers, Music, Ear Show, and Fresh Fish.
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Writings;For Television; Series
- (With Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff) The Roger Miller Show, NBC, 1966-67.
- (With others) The Smothers Brothers Show, ABC, 1975.
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Writings; For Television; Episodic
- The Summer Smothers Brothers Show (also known as The Summer Brothers Smothers Show; served as the basis for the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), CBS, 1968.
- Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1980.
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1988.
- Also wrote episodes of The Smothers Brothers Show, ABC; and The SmothersBrothers Comedy Hour, CBS.
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Writings; For Television; Specials
- (With Cecil Tuck, John Barrett, and Allan Blye) Pat Paulsen for President, CBS, 1968.
- (With Allan Blye, Gordon Farr, and Steven H. Stern) Petula, NBC, 1968.
- A Gift of Song, NET-TV, 1970.
- (With others) The NBC All-Star Hour, NBC, 1985.
- (With others) The Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving Special, CBS, 1988.
- (With others) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Special, CBS, 1988.
- (With Bob Arnott) The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 20th Reunion Show, CBS, 1988.
- Also wrote (with others) Andy Williams Kaleidoscope Company.
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Writings; Other Television Writings
- Author of a book-length "Cancer Society Script" for a television show about cigarette smoking, 1970.
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Writings; Music
- Rolling Home (film), 1974.
- Compositions include "Classical Gas," "Smothers Brothers Theme," "Cinderella Rockefella," "Sunflower," "Train Ride in G," and "Gypsy Noodle." Williams's songs have also been recorded by the Smothers Brothers, Kingston Trio, Glenn Yarborough, and others, as well as Williams himself. "Classical Gas" was featured in the made-for- television miniseries The Heidi Chronicles, 1995.
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Writings; Other Writings
- Bicyclists Dismount (poems and other writings), privately printed, 1964.
- Next to the Windows, privately printed, 1965.
- Tosadnessday (story-poem), privately printed, 1965.
- The Night I Lost My Baby ("a Las Vegas vignette"), privately printed, 1967.
- Royal Road Test (photographic essay on a typewriter road test), privatelyprinted, 1967.
- Boneless Roast (poems and other writings), privately printed, 1968.
- Bus Book (a life-sized study of a Greyhound bus; now on permanent exhibitin the Museum of Modern Art; also printed in Life magazine), privately printed, 1968.
- Pat Paulsen for President, privately printed, 1968.
- The Mason Williams Reading Matter (poems and other writings), Doubleday,1969.
- The Mason Williams F.C.C. Rapport (notes for hearing before the Federal Communications Commission), Liveright, 1970.
- Flavors (poems and other writings), Doubleday, 1970.
- Also Road Sign Business, privately printed; The Mason Williams Guitar Pieces Book; The Defensive Use of the Handgun; and For the Novice.
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