Max Liebman

Max Liebman (August 2, 1902 – July 21, 1981) was a director, producer and writer for both Broadway theater and television. Sometimes called the "Ziegfeld of TV". he helped establish early television's comedy vocabulary with Your Show of Shows. He additionally helped bring improvisational comedy into the mainstream as the producer of From the Second City, a 1961 Broadway revue that originated from the improvisational comedy troupe The Second City.