OFFERED HERE IS A WONDERFUL PERSONAL HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM LEGENDARY TELEVISION PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR GENE REYNOLDS, BEST KNOWN AS ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS, PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE CLASSIC TELEVISION SERIES MAS*H.

THE NOTE IS WRITTEN ON GENE REYNOLDS’ PERSONAL STATIONERY, DATED JULY 12, 2006, AND ADDRESSED TO NOTED COMEDIAN, ACTOR, WRITER AND TELEVISION DIRECTOR HOWARD STORM.

REYNOLDS THANKS HOWARD FOR HIS “EXCELLENT WORK” IN A PRODUCTION AND COMPLIMENTS HIS PERFORMANCE, WRITING THAT HE WAS A “FUNNY FELLOW” AND THAT HE WAS A VITAL PART OF THE ENSEMBLE. HE FURTHER STATES THAT HOWARD’S “PRESENCE AND HUMOR WERE IMPORTANT TO OUR SUCCESS.”

THE NOTE CLOSES “ALL THE BEST, GENE.”

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY INTERESTING PIECE OF TELEVISION AND ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY CONNECTING TWO ACCOMPLISHED HOLLYWOOD FIGURES.

GENE REYNOLDS WAS AN EMMY AWARD WINNING PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR WHO HELPED DEVELOP MAS*H FOR TELEVISION AND SERVED AS ONE OF THE SERIES’ KEY PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS. HIS CAREER ALSO INCLUDED EXTENSIVE WORK THROUGHOUT CLASSIC AMERICAN TELEVISION.

HOWARD STORM HAD A LONG CAREER AS A COMEDIAN, ACTOR AND TELEVISION DIRECTOR, directing numerous television productions during his career.

THE NOTE IS ENTIRELY PERSONAL IN NATURE AND PROVIDES A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN REYNOLDS AND STORM, WITH REYNOLDS SPECIFICALLY PRAISING STORM’S COMEDIC TALENT AND CONTRIBUTION TO THEIR PRODUCTION.