The Resume

(July 4, 1927-August 26, 2018)
Wrote the plays 'The Odd Couple,' `Lost in Yonkers,' 'The Sunshine Boys,' `Broadway Bound,' `Barefoot in the Park' `Biloxi Blues' and the screenplays `The Goodbye Girl,' `The Odd Couple,' and 'The Heartbreak Kid'
Owns the Eugene O'Neill Theatre

Why he might be annoying:

He was married four times to three women.
He married his second wife, actress Marsha Mason, less than a year after the death of his first wife.
He recycles concepts over and over ('The Odd Couple'/`The Odd Couple II'/'The Odd Couple – Female Version,' 'Plaza Suite'/California Suite'/London Suite').
His plays are frequently criticized as being nothing more than jokey sitcoms.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was born on the 4th of July.
His first wife died after being married to him for twenty years (1973).
His play, 'Chapter Two' was a deeply felt examination of his feelings following her death.
He wrote for Sid Caesar and Phil Silvers in the 1950s.
A Broadway theatre is named after him.
He won the only Tony Award ever given for Best Playwright for 'The Odd Couple.'
He won a 'Best Play' Tony for 'Biloxi Blues' and `Lost in Yonkers' and the Pulitzer Prize for `Lost in Yonkers.'
He is the most commercially successful playwright in history.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Passions Commentators
• American Express Advertisers
• Appeared on PBS' American Masters
• Born on the 4th of July (Ranked: 1927)
• Broadway Theater Namesakes
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7041927)
• Courtside Seats
• Dick Cavett Show Guests
• Frasier [Call Ins]
• I am a Bronxite
• I am Religiously Ambiguous
• I Attended NYU
• I Attended University of Denver
• I Died in 2018 (Ranked: 91)
• I Have a New Kidney
• I Married in 1973
• I Married in 1987
• I Married in 1990
• I Married in 1999
• I Slept in the Lincoln Bedroom
• Jewish Comedians
• Jimmy Carter for President Supporters According to Time Magazine [November 1980]
• Kennedy Center Honorees (Ranked: 1995)
• Known By a Middle Name
• Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Recipients (Ranked: 2006)
• Mitt Romney for President Supporters and Endorsers [2012]
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1970s] (Ranked: 1979)
• Playwrights
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 7501-7750 (Ranked: 7704)
• Roasted By the Friar's Club (Ranked: 1978)
• Satirists and Wits

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 84 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 72 Votes: 48.61% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 59 Votes: 61.02% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 19 Votes: 84.21% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 113 Votes: 48.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 59 Votes: 49.15% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 94 Votes: 38.30% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 37.84% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 123 Votes: 43.90% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 144 Votes: 43.06% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 262 Votes: 43.51% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 258 Votes: 46.12% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 413 Votes: 51.57% Annoying