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- Earl Barret died of natural causes at his home in Sherman Oaks on Oct. 22, his daughter J.K. Barret announced; he was 94.Earl Barret 于10月22日在 Sherman Oaks 家中因自然原因去世，女儿 J.K. Barret 公布消息；他享年94岁。
- He wrote for more than 30 series, including Bewitched, Get Smart, The Andy Griffith Show and Batman, for which he and Robert C. Dennis created the villain King Tut.他写过30多部剧集，包括《Bewitched》《Get Smart》《The Andy Griffith Show》和《Batman》，并与 Robert C. Dennis 共同创造了反派 King Tut。
- He and longtime partner Arne Sultan developed Too Close for Comfort, the Ted Knight sitcom that ran six seasons from 1980 to 1987.他与长期搭档 Arne Sultan 参与开发了 Ted Knight 主演的《Too Close for Comfort》，该剧从1980年播出到1987年，共六季。
The death was announced by his daughter死讯由他的女儿公布
Earl Barret died of natural causes at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, on Oct. 22, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline. Both reports give his age as 94 and both say his daughter J.K. Barret announced the death. THR quotes her description of him as a lifelong learner with a keen, curious mind and a gift for impeccable comic timing.据《好莱坞报道》和《Deadline》报道，Earl Barret 于10月22日在加州 Sherman Oaks 的家中因自然原因去世。两篇报道都称他享年94岁，也都称死讯由其女儿 J.K. Barret 公布。《好莱坞报道》引述她对父亲的描述：终身学习者，头脑敏锐好奇，喜剧节奏感无可挑剔。
The obituaries were published on Oct. 29, a week after the death. Neither report cites a studio statement, a family statement beyond the daughter's comment, or a public memorial. Deadline describes a 30-year career; THR counts more than 30 other series on his credit list, which is the part of the record both obituaries build the piece around.两篇讣闻于10月29日刊出，距去世一周。《Deadline》称他从业30年；《好莱坞报道》统计他另有30多部剧集的署名。两篇报道都没有引用制片厂声明、家属声明（女儿的话除外）或公开追悼安排，这也是两份履历成为文章主体的原因。
From Canton, Ohio, to a free writing class从俄亥俄州坎顿到一堂免费写作课
Barret was born on Oct. 17, 1932, in Canton, Ohio, according to THR, which describes him as an only child whose parents, Aurel and Mary, owned a confectionery store and put him through tap dancing and violin lessons before the family moved west. He graduated from Hollywood High School and Los Angeles City College.据《好莱坞报道》，Barret 于1932年10月17日出生在俄亥俄州坎顿，是独生子；父母 Aurel 与 Mary 经营一家糖果店，小时候让他学踢踏舞和小提琴，之后全家西迁。他毕业于好莱坞高中与洛杉矶城市学院。
He started out aiming at acting and changed direction after taking a free television-writing class taught by Robert C. Dennis, a writer on Perry Mason and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Deadline dates his writing career to 1961, when he wrote for Sea Hunt, Hawaiian Eye and Ripcord; THR notes the same 1961 credits and adds that Dennis gave the class every Wednesday night regardless of his own workload. The two men later wrote together on Get Smart, My Mother the Car, The Andy Griffith Show and The Wild Wild West.他原本想当演员，在上了 Robert C. Dennis 的免费电视写作课后改变方向。Dennis 曾为《Perry Mason》和《Alfred Hitchcock Presents》写稿。《Deadline》把他的编剧生涯追溯到1961年，那一年他为《Sea Hunt》《Hawaiian Eye》和《Ripcord》写稿；《好莱坞报道》记录同样的1961年作品，并提到 Dennis 无论自己多忙，每周三晚都免费授课。两人后来合作写过《Get Smart》《My Mother the Car》《The Andy Griffith Show》和《The Wild Wild West》。
Bewitched, Get Smart and a villain for Batman《Bewitched》《Get Smart》与《Batman》的反派
The 1960s credits are the core of the obituaries. Deadline lists My Three Sons, My Mother the Car, O.K. Crackerby!, Get Smart, The Andy Griffith Show and Julia among the sitcoms he wrote for, several episodes across seasons one and three of Bewitched, and four 1966 Batman episodes featuring Victor Buono as King Tut. THR reports that Barret and Dennis came up with King Tut when the Batman producers wanted new villains, apparently because the actors playing the Joker, the Riddler and the Penguin were asking for too much money.1960年代的作品是两篇讣闻的核心。《Deadline》列出他写过的情景喜剧包括《My Three Sons》《My Mother the Car》《O.K. Crackerby!》《Get Smart》《The Andy Griffith Show》和《Julia》，为《Bewitched》第一季与第三季写了多集，并在1966年为《Batman》写了四集，反派 King Tut 由 Victor Buono 饰演。《好莱坞报道》报道，King Tut 是 Barret 与 Dennis 在制作方需要新反派时想出来的，据称原因是饰演小丑、谜语人和企鹅人的演员要价太高。
The range stretched beyond sitcoms. Both reports place him on comedy-tinged action series such as I Spy and The Wild Wild West, and Deadline adds Love, American Style, The Bob Newhart Show and Dirty Sally to the 1970s list. None of the reports gives a full episode count for the 1960s work, and neither quotes Barret on which of those shows he considered his best.他的范围不限于情景喜剧。两篇报道都把他放在《I Spy》和《The Wild Wild West》这类带喜剧色彩的动作剧中，《Deadline》还把《Love, American Style》《The Bob Newhart Show》和《Dirty Sally》加入1970年代清单。两篇报道都没有统计他在1960年代写了多少集，也没有引用他本人谈哪部作品最满意。
The Ted Knight sitcom ran six seasonsTed Knight 的情景喜剧播出六季
Barret's best-known credit is Too Close for Comfort. The two reports describe the origin slightly differently: THR says Barret and longtime writing partner Arne Sultan developed, wrote and produced the American adaptation of the British sitcom Keep It in the Family, created by Brian Cooke; Deadline says Barret, Cooke and Sultan created the sitcom in 1980. Both agree that it was built as a vehicle for Ted Knight, who had just finished his run as Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.Barret 最知名的作品是《Too Close for Comfort》。两篇报道对来源的说法略有不同：《好莱坞报道》称 Barret 与长期搭档 Arne Sultan 开发、编写并制作了英国情景喜剧《Keep It in the Family》的美国改编版，原版由 Brian Cooke 创作；《Deadline》则称该剧由 Barret、Cooke 与 Sultan 于1980年共同创作。两篇都同意它是为 Ted Knight 打造的剧集，当时他刚结束《The Mary Tyler Moore Show》中 Ted Baxter 的角色。
The format and the run are consistent across the reports. Knight played a politically conservative cartoonist working out of his San Francisco home, living with his wife, played by Nancy Dussault, and two adult daughters, played by Deborah Van Valkenburgh and Lydia Cornell; Deadline adds Jim J. Bullock as a neighbour and comic foil. The show ran six seasons from 1980 to 1987, first on ABC and later in syndication, where it was renamed The Ted Knight Show. Barret was an executive producer and directed 13 episodes, per Deadline.剧集设定与播出年数在两篇报道中一致。Knight 饰演一名政治立场保守的漫画家，在旧金山的家中工作，同住的有妻子（Nancy Dussault 饰）和两个成年女儿（Deborah Van Valkenburgh 与 Lydia Cornell 饰）；《Deadline》补充 Jim J. Bullock 饰演邻居兼喜剧陪衬。该剧从1980年播到1987年，共六季，先在 ABC 播出，后在辛迪加播出时改名为《The Ted Knight Show》。据《Deadline》，Barret 担任执行制片人，并执导了13集。
A feature film, a stage comedy and a memoir一部电影、一部舞台喜剧与一本回忆录
The later credits show the same partnership continuing. Both reports place Barret and Sultan among the writers of See No Evil, Hear No Evil, the 1989 Arthur Hiller film starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder; Deadline notes the pair were also credited as executive producers and that Sultan had died in 1986. THR adds that Barret and Sultan wrote the stage comedy Wife Begins at 40, which became a 1988 BBC telefilm.后期作品显示这段合作仍在延续。两篇报道都把 Barret 与 Sultan 列在1989年 Arthur Hiller 执导、Richard Pryor 与 Gene Wilder 主演的《See No Evil, Hear No Evil》编剧名单中；《Deadline》提到两人同时挂执行制片人，并指出 Sultan 已于1986年去世。《好莱坞报道》补充，两人还写了舞台喜剧《Wife Begins at 40》，该剧后来成为1988年 BBC 电视电影。
THR also records Barret's memoir, Eden Was on a Hollywood Hill, published in 2010, and summarises its story: a Romanian chauffeur and a Hungarian American waitress marry after a one-week courtship and spend 50 years pursuing the American Dream through the Depression and the Second World War before reaching Hollywood, where they hope their tap-dancing, violin-playing son will break into the movies. Neither report says whether the memoir is still in print.《好莱坞报道》还提到 Barret 的回忆录《Eden Was on a Hollywood Hill》于2010年出版，并概括其内容：一名罗马尼亚裔司机与一名匈牙利裔美国女侍应在相识一周后结婚，用50年时间穿越经济大萧条与第二次世界大战追逐美国梦，最终来到好莱坞，希望他们学踢踏舞和小提琴的儿子能进入电影圈。两篇报道都没有说明这本回忆录是否仍在印行。
Survivors, and what the obituaries leave out遗属与讣闻没有写到的部分
Both reports list the same family. Barret is survived by his wife, Barbara, his daughter J.K., his son John, and five grandsons; he was preceded in death by another daughter, Lisa. The reports give slightly different legal names for the wife and son, and neither describes the family's plans.两篇报道列出的家属相同。Barret 的遗属包括妻子 Barbara、女儿 J.K.、儿子 John 以及五个孙子；他先于另一名女儿 Lisa 去世。两篇报道对妻子与儿子的法定姓名写法略有差异，也都没有描述家属的安排。
What the coverage does not include: a cause beyond natural causes, a funeral or memorial arrangement, a statement from any of the studios or networks he worked for, or a full credit list. The record available after Oct. 29 is the two obituaries, the daughter's comment and the credits they name. The site's TV coverage collects related series files, including the Trauma Code two-season order, the Ethos season two release and the Tantara premiere date.报道没有包含的内容包括：除自然原因外的死因、葬礼或追悼安排、他合作过的制片厂或电视网的声明，以及完整作品年表。10月29日之后可用的记录就是这两篇讣闻、女儿的表述，以及它们点名的作品。本站的电视与综艺栏目汇总相关剧集稿件，包括《Trauma Code》两季预订、《Ethos》第二季上线与《Tantara》上线日期。
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