Question: An American stand-up comedian, actor, and author performed in Broaway shows such as West Side Story and in 1976 he enjoyed a two-year run starring in what NBC television sitcom?

Context articles: Robin Williams
Doug Haining
Karen Olivo
Retta
Kenton's West Side Story
Deaf Side Story
Alan Johnson (choreographer)
Don Rickles
West Side Story (soundtrack)
West Side Story (Cal Tjader album)

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian and actor.
 Starting as a stand-up comedian in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, he is credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance.
 After rising to fame as Mork in "Mork & Mindy" (1978–82), Williams established a career in both stand-up comedy and feature film acting.
 He was known for his improvisational skills.
Doug Haining is a saxophonist/clarinetist who currently resides in Edina, Minnesota.
 He is a music graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he studied classical clarinet.
 He has performed professionally since 1974, backing national artists such as Steve Allen, Don Rickles, Bob Hope, and others, and Broadway shows such as West Side Story, Cats, A Chorus Line and many others.
 He has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
 Doug also played short stints with Red Wolfe’s ‘Ellington Echoes’, and the Hall Brothers.
 Since 1979, Doug has been a member of the Wolverines Classic Jazz Orchestra.
 He is also a member of the recently formed BellaGala big band, and plays in other jazz groups in the area.
 Doug founded the Twin Cities Seven in 1999, and since then has been busy writing arrangements and compositions for the band's ever-growing library.
 Doug has performed with the band at many local venues and jazz festivals, and several regional performing venues outside the metro area.
 In 2010, Doug co-founded the Explosion Big Band with his musical cohort Scott Agster.
 In his spare time, he teaches privately and co-leads the Edina High School Jazz Ensemble I.
 He has two children, Trevor and Preston, both of whom are currently pursuing professional music careers.
Karen Olivo (born August 7, 1976) is an American stage and television actress, who is known for originating the role of Vanessa in the Tony Award–winning musical "In the Heights" both on and off Broadway.
 She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Anita (2009–2010) in the revival of "West Side Story".
 She is the first and only actor to win a Tony for a performance in "West Side Story.
Marietta Sirleaf (born April 12, 1970), better known simply as Retta, is an American stand-up comedian and actress.
 She is best known for her role as Donna Meagle on NBC's "Parks and Recreation".
 She has appeared in several films and television shows, and has performed stand-up on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend".
 She currently stars as Barbara in Bravo's "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce".
Kenton's West Side Story is an album by Stan Kenton that won the Grammy Award in 1962 for Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental).
 The album was recorded in 1961 and released quickly to take advantage of the movie premiere of the musical "West Side Story".
 Kenton won his first Grammy Award.
 He won again the next year in the same category.
 "Kenton's West Side Story" peaked at No. 16 on the "Billboard" magazine album chart.
Deaf Side Story is a musical based on "West Side Story", itself an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet".
 Takes place in New York City during the mid-1950s, the musical based on West Side Story explores the rivalry between the two gangs Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different cultural backgrounds (Deaf and Hearing).
 The members of the Sharks from Puerto Rico are taunted by the Jets, a white working-class group.
 The young protagonist, Tony, one of the Jets, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks.
 The theme, music, and dances focus on culture problems.
Alan Johnson (Ridley Park, PA) is an award-winning choreographer, best known for his work on Mel Brooks films and for restaging Jerome Robbins original choreography in live productions of "West Side Story" in the United States and internationally.
 Johnson has been linked to "West Side Story" since making his Broadway debut in the show in 1957.
 Johnson brought the "West Side Story" dance style into the mainstream when he choreographed several Gap commercials in 2000.
 This commercial earned him an American Choreography award.
 Along with the GAP/WestSide advert, Alan also choreographed commercials for Dubonnet and Freixenet Champagne.
 He has worked with such performers as Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Uggams, Bernadette Peters, Tommy Tune, Chita Rivera and Ann-Margret.
 He is a three-time Emmy winner.
Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author.
 He became well known as an insult comic.
 His prominent film roles included "Run Silent, Run Deep" (1958) with Clark Gable and "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) with Clint Eastwood, and beginning in 1976 he enjoyed a two-year run starring in the NBC television sitcom "C.P.O. Sharkey".
West Side Story is the soundtrack to the 1961 film "West Side Story".
 Released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's album charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history, although some lists instead credit Michael Jackson's "Thriller", on the grounds that "West Side Story" was listed on a chart for stereo albums only at a time when many albums were recorded in mono.
 In 1962, it won a Grammy award for "Best Sound Track Album – Original Cast" and Johnny Richards orchestrations of the movie score (on "Kenton's West Side Story") also winning a Grammy in 1962 for "Best Large Ensemble Jazz Album" further bolstering the popularity of the movie and soundtrack.
 In the United States, it was the best-selling album of the 1960s, certifying three times platinum by the RIAA on November 21, 1986.
West Side Story is an album featuring American vibraphonist Cal Tjader, consisting of musical numbers from Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" in jazz arrangements, by Tjader's pianist and musical director Clare Fischer, without vocals.
 It was recorded in October 1960 and released on the Fantasy label in January 1961 as Fantasy 3310 / 8054 (reissued on LP in 1968, in stereo only, as Fantasy 8379).
 On July 30, 2002, Fantasy would reissue it – along with the 1962 LP "Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen" – on CD as "Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen and West Side Story".