The series was created and produced by Carl Reiner, Sheldon Leonard, Bill Persky, and Sam Denoff, all of whom were creatively responsible for the critically acclaimed and commercially successful The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66) and was inspired by Persky and Denoff's personal experiences working as continuity writers for several disc jockeys on radio station WNEW in New York during the 1950s.
Carl Reiner, Sheldon Leonard, Bill Persky, and Sam Denoff were responsible for creating and producing The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66), a series that was inspired by their personal experiences as continuity writers on radio station WNEW in New York during the 1950s.