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lyrics, parodies, and original songs. Mr. Richards also worked
for music publishers in New York, and, at one point, he served in
the military. Then in the 1950's, Mr. Richards switched to
writing short stories. While living in eastern Pennsylvania, Mr.
Richards wrote 88 short stories, of which 39 were sold for
publication. Around this time, Mr. Richards also started writing
novels.
After they married in the early 1960's, petitioners moved to
Palm Springs. Mr. Richards continued to write novels when
petitioners first moved, but shortly thereafter he put that aside
to work in the entertainment business. Mr. Richards had contacts
with comedians in California and through them he met producers.
This led to writing situation comedies (sitcoms) for television
which Mr. Richards primarily did through the 1960's and 1970's.
The television shows for which Mr. Richards wrote did not have
regular staff writers, and he freelanced. Mr. Richards wrote
episodes for “The Lucy Show”, “The Odd Couple”, “Love American
Style”, “The Addams Family”, “The Beverly Hillbillies”, and
“Petticoat Junction”. In 1974, Mr. Richards sold a screenplay he
had written to a Canadian company.
In the 1980's, Mr. Richards no longer felt that writing
sitcoms was rewarding, so he switched to 90-minute television
movies. While there was interest in what Mr. Richards was
writing, the television networks canceled their 90-minute movie
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