Joe Siegman, Producer of ‘Celebrity Bowling’ and ‘The Comedy Shop,’ Dies at 86
He and ICM legend Jack Gilardi also ran Hollywood Stars Night at Dodger Stadium for nearly 40 years.
Joe Siegman, a producer who worked on the 1970s syndicated TV shows Celebrity Bowling and The Comedy Shop, has died. He was 86.
Siegman died Dec. 7 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia not related to COVID, his son Michael Siegman, a senior vp production on BET’s Real Husbands of Hollywood, told The Hollywood Reporter.
For almost 40 years, Siegman and ICM agent Jack Gilardi produced Hollywood Stars Night, the annual charity baseball game at Dodger Stadium that saw the likes of Dean Martin, Kevin Costner, Tom Selleck, Keanu Reeves and Billy Crystal suiting up for an entertaining exhibition game.
Joe Siegman was one of the producers who did Celebrity Bowling at Metromedia studios in Los Angeles.