Writer’s block
The famous pilot episode, which aired on September 17, 1972, was actually in just three days. Three days! Crazy. Larry Gelbert wrote the pilot episode and earned a whopping $25,000 for just that ONE episode. Back then, that was considered a lot of money. Gene Reynolds received the Directors Guild of America Award for that episode and it was also nominated for Emmys in Directing and Writing.
Writers Block
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