Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

From 2009: “The Wicked Wit of the West,” as Groucho called Irving Brecher, lived a long and productive live, starting out writing one-liners for Milton Berle in the 1930s, two Marx Brothers films, punching up the humor in "The Wizard Of Oz," writing and convincing Judy Garland to star in "Meet Me in St. Louis," creating the long running radio and TV sitcom, “The Life of Riley,” and writing the original film version of "Bye Bye Birdie" for Dick Van Dyke and Ann-Margaret.