OFFICERS PRESIDENT Peter Marcus VICE PRESIDENT Bernhard Preisser TREASURER Peter Marcus ACTING SECRETARY Peter Marcus DIRECTORS Matt Arone George F. Calvi Bea Caporale Joann D’Emilio Pierre Fontaine Henry Groth Mary Keehan Robert M. Pellegrino Gary S. Rappaport Steve Wittenberg EDITOR George F. Calvi PHOTO EDITOR Barbara DeAngelo GRAPHICS EDITOR Barbara DeAngelo GUEST CONTRIBUTORS Matt Arone Peter Marcus Peter R. Porcino Gary S. Rappaport Although every attempt is made to maintain accuracy in the newsletter, the editor and the Society assume no responsibility for errors. The editor also reserves the right to edit where necessary. T he profound words above were inscribed in the inside cover of Kallen’s latest novel in 1979 called “Introducing C. B. Greenfield.” Having worked with the likes of Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, and others on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, circa 1950-54, the sole woman in the tightly knit writer’s room, she would go on to produce at least five more bestselling novels, all of which are still available in the Ardsley Public Library. She and her fellow script writers would be immortally portrayed in the thinly veiled homage to Your Show of Shows in the 1982 comedy hit film, My Favorite Year, starring Peter O’Toole. When she died,TV GUIDE magazine devoted an entire page for her tribute. Oh, and did I mention she was an Ardsley resident? By the time I met LucilleKallenorrather Lucille Engel she had been long retired. And like most retirees performing their daily constitutional she would notice things about the neighborhood that she was too busy to notice when she was working. For instance: “George, Mrs. Engel is here to see you.”Village Clerk Mary Kamens whispered as she entered the Village Manager’s office. “Mrs. Engel, nice to see you again! How can I help you today?” I greeted her. “Well,I was walking and I seemed to notice that sand was accumulating in the catch basins on Abington and Mountain View,again,and causing water to overflow onto the nearby lawns.” FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK “For the Ardsley Library, my second home, and its staff, binder of my wounds, and its shelves, beams of vital diversion (no wit, no negativism, obviously signed on an off day.)” – Lucille Kallen, novelist, pioneer television script writer, playwright, composer, and lyricist (1922-1999) Lucille Kallen and Mel Brooks in the Writer's Room continued on page 18 P.O. BOX 523, ARDSLEY, NY 10502 ARDSLEYHISTORICALSOCIETY.ORG VOL. 33, NO. 2 AUTUMN 2020 , OCR Text: OFFICERS PRESIDENT Peter Marcus VICE PRESIDENT Bernhard Preisser TREASURER Peter Marcus ACTING SECRETARY Peter Marcus DIRECTORS Matt Arone George F. Calvi Bea Caporale Joann D’Emilio Pierre Fontaine Henry Groth Mary Keehan Robert M. Pellegrino Gary S. Rappaport Steve Wittenberg EDITOR George F. Calvi PHOTO EDITOR Barbara DeAngelo GRAPHICS EDITOR Barbara DeAngelo GUEST CONTRIBUTORS Matt Arone Peter Marcus Peter R. Porcino Gary S. Rappaport Although every attempt is made to maintain accuracy in the newsletter, the editor and the Society assume no responsibility for errors. The editor also reserves the right to edit where necessary. T he profound words above were inscribed in the inside cover of Kallen’s latest novel in 1979 called “Introducing C. B. Greenfield.” Having worked with the likes of Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, and others on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, circa 1950-54, the sole woman in the tightly knit writer’s room, she would go on to produce at least five more bestselling novels, all of which are still available in the Ardsley Public Library. She and her fellow script writers would be immortally portrayed in the thinly veiled homage to Your Show of Shows in the 1982 comedy hit film, My Favorite Year, starring Peter O’Toole. When she died,TV GUIDE magazine devoted an entire page for her tribute. Oh, and did I mention she was an Ardsley resident? By the time I met LucilleKallenorrather Lucille Engel she had been long retired. And like most retirees performing their daily constitutional she would notice things about the neighborhood that she was too busy to notice when she was working. For instance: “George, Mrs. Engel is here to see you.”Village Clerk Mary Kamens whispered as she entered the Village Manager’s office. “Mrs. Engel, nice to see you again! How can I help you today?” I greeted her. “Well,I was walking and I seemed to notice that sand was accumulating in the catch basins on Abington and Mountain View,again,and causing water to overflow onto the nearby lawns.” FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK “For the Ardsley Library, my second home, and its staff, binder of my wounds, and its shelves, beams of vital diversion (no wit, no negativism, obviously signed on an off day.)” – Lucille Kallen, novelist, pioneer television script writer, playwright, composer, and lyricist (1922-1999) Lucille Kallen and Mel Brooks in the Writer's Room continued on page 18 P.O. 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