Retail Therapy (Adult Mad Libs)
Roger PriceandLeonard  SterncreatedMad Libsin the 1950s and the series has been a favorite among kids of all ages ever since. Although Roger Price passed away in 1990, Leonard Stern keeps the tradition alive by writing newMad Libsall the time.Roger Price and Leonard Stern are both well known for their comedy  writing. In the 1950s Roger Price created and developed cartoons calledDroodles,which were turned into a television show. Before that Price worked with Bob Hope on a newspaper humor column, and he even appeared on Broadway inTickets, Please!Leonard Stern has an equally colorful and varied history. Before co-founding Price Stern Sloan with Roger Price (Sloan came later), Stern was a successful television writer. In addition to his creative involvement with over twenty television series and over ten motion pictures, Stern worked with Jackie Gleason in New York writing theHoneymooners.He also wrote for thePhil Silvers Show,The Steve Allen Show, and wrote and produced the originalGet Smarttelevision series. Recently, Stern publishedA Martian Wouldn't Say That, which compiled weird and wacky memos written by people in the entertainment industry.    Currently, Stern serves as a senior vice president of Price Stern Sloan, where he still writes those hilariousMad Libs.copyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved.