Author Biography
Kenny Solms is an accomplished comedy writer in both television and theater. He co-created the Carol Burnett Show, wrote and produced many comedy specials with stars including Joan Rivers, Mary Tyler Moore, Lily Tomlin, Bing Crosby, Kelsey Grammer and many more. Sills and Burnett at the Met won him the Peabody Award; Burnett Discovers Domingo, the Montreaux Prize and he also wrote and produced the Emmy Award-winning Neil Diamond special, Hello Again. He wrote Lorelei for Broadway production, Perfectly Frank and What the World Needs Now,and off-Broadway, the successful play It Must be Him. Bits is also available as a spoken word comedy album through iTunes and Amazon. Actress, comedian, singer, and writer, Carol Burnett is best known for her long-running TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show (co-created and written by Kenny Solms), for CBS. She has achieved success on stage, television, and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedy roles. During and after her variety show, Burnett appeared in many television and film projects. Her film roles include Pete 'n' Tillie, The Four Seasons, Annie, Noises Off, and Horton Hears a Who!. On television, she has appeared in other sketch shows; in dramatic roles in 6 Rms Riv Vu, and Friendly Fire; in various well-regarded guest roles, such as in Mad About You, for which she won an Emmy Award; and in specials with Julie Andrews, Dolly Parton, Beverly Sills, and others. She was also on Broadway in 1995 in Moon Over Buffalo, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.
