Playwright, director and Emmy-winning writer Vince Waldron is the author of Classic Sitcoms: A Celebration of the Best in Prime Time Comedy (Silman-James Press, 1997), an acclaimed critical history of TV's ten most influential comedies. He also wrote The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book (Applause Books, 2000), and, in collaboration with pop legend Ronnie Spector, co-authored the singer's autobiography, Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts and Madness or My Life as a Fabulous Ronette (Onyx Books, 2004), which London's Blitz magazine hailed as "one of the three greatest rock and roll memoirs ever."

The artistic director of LA's Instant Theatre, Vince is the creator and director of the long running cult hit, Totally Looped, a hilarious comedy show in which a cast of veteran improvisers provide spontaneous new dialogue for classic film and TV clips as they're projected live on a big screen. Past Instant Theater shows have included original scripted works created using improvisational and story theater techniques, including the company's premiere production, American Splendor, Vince's adaptation of the autobiographical comic book series by Harvey Pekar and Robert Crumb. The play, which Vince also directed, starred Dan Castellaneta (TV's Homer Simpson,) and played to sold-out houses in Los Angeles for more than a year. Vince also directed an acclaimed radio adaptation of the show for KCRW in Santa Monica. His most recent full-length play, Confessions of a Ladykiller--a dark comedy based on the true events surrounding a decades-old unsolved murder case in Ohio--earned him a pair of Dramalogue Awards, for writing and direction, as well as two Theatre LA Ovation Award nominations. Vince launched his theatrical career as a performer at Paul Sills' Story Theatre of Chicago, and was also a member of the Second City's National Touring Company and the Second City, ETC.

In broadcast media, Vince has served as a reporter and on-air film and television critic, as well as hosted his own program, on WYSO-FM, the Dayton, Ohio, National Public Radio affiliate. While at WYSO, he also wrote and produced a series of original radio plays that were later syndicated to public radio stations across the country. More recently, Vince has served as a special program advisor and on-camera pundit for A&E's TV-Ography series, MSNBC's Headliners and Legends, and Inside TV Land. He also served as a special consultant on the Museum of Television and Radio's ABC-TV special, Great Television Moments: What We Watched. He lives in Los Angeles.

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