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# GS Learn from the master
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/gs-learn-from-the-master/
- Published: 2007-09-07T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:48:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Pico, #archive-import

Larry Gelbart, the prolific, award-winning comedy writer for Broadway, film and television, will give a free master class at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14 in the Santa Monica College Theatre Arts Studio Stage, located at 1900 Pico Blvd.

With a writing career that spanned 60 years, Gelbart’s writing credits include the Broadway hit “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” the “M\*A\*S\*H” television series and the films “Oh, God!” and “Tootsie.”

The master class is co-sponsored by the SMC Theatre Arts Department and the SMC Associates, a private organization that funds speakers and special programs at the college. For information, call (310) 434-4319.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 7, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090707.pdf?ref=smdp.com)