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Kenny Solms launched his professional career in New York, collaborating with New York University classmate Gail Parent to write material for Leonard Sillman's Broadway revue New Faces of 1968 and for New York's renowned Upstairs at the Downstairs. This partnership with Parent evolved into one of the most successful teams in American comedy. After the success of three comedy albums, including Our Wedding Album—a humorous parody of the Luci Baines Johnson wedding—and a season on Steve Allen's Comedy Hour, Solms created and wrote the first four seasons of the Emmy Award-winning Carol Burnett Show, earning a Writers Guild of America award. He penned numerous television specials for stars such as Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret, Mary Tyler Moore, Bing Crosby, Dick Van Dyke, Anne Bancroft, and Bill Cosby. His work on Sills and Burnett at the Met garnered a Peabody Award. Solms also wrote and produced The Smothers Brothers Show, Three Girls Three, and two HBO specials featuring Carol Burnett and Martin Mull. He authored the book for the Jule Styne/Comden & Green musical Lorelei, starring Carol Channing. Reuniting with Gail Parent, they adapted her novel Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York into a film starring Roy Scheider and Jeannie Berlin. Solms served as head writer and producer for numerous television variety specials, including Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration and Neil Diamond's Hello Again. Additionally, he wrote and produced the HBO special The Return of Bruno, Burnett "Discovers" Domingo for CBS, This Is Your Life, Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny, and frequently contributed to Touched by an Angel. Most recently, he completed writing a new Broadway musical, Ain't That a Kick in the Head, featuring the songs of Sammy Cahn.
