Mel Tolkin: Conductor of a Great Comedy Orchestra
A brief shout out today to the great comedy writer Mel Tolkin (Shmuel Tolchinsky, 1913-2007). Born in a Jewish shtetl in the Ukraine, Tolkin moved to Montreal with his family when he was 13. Although he trained to be an accountant, his first show business experience was in writing songs and sketches and playing piano […]