Neil Simon

The episode is titled "Neil Simon's Lover's Retreat," which indicates that Shawn and Juliet's romantic getaway to a posh resort will be played for laughs — until they're robbed and a dead body is found at a nearby winery. ...

Critic's Guide to Wednesday TV: Nearing the End of Survivor and X Factor 2011

During the day, they wore baby diapers and spent hours in the window of my ground floor office on 65th Street and Central Park West, where many friends like Neil Simon and Mel Brooks would walk by just to visit the monkeys.

Jay Weston: Do Monkeys Make Good Pets? Jay Weston 2011

The FOO, Friends of Ogres Republican Party, responded to the blurry optimism with not one but two overly scripted political procedurals, as their rising stars, Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann, stared variously into and nearby cameras spewing enough doom and gloom to make Arthur Miller look like Neil Simon.

Will Durst: Boffo Smash or Miserable Flop? Will Durst 2011

But back to the Mark Twain Prize for Humor which, since Richard Pryor won it in 1998, has only been given to one writerly writer: Neil Simon in 2006.

Mark Axelrod: The Mark Twain Prize for Humor? A Conundrum Mark Axelrod 2011

The FOO, Friends of Ogres Republican Party, responded to the blurry optimism with not one but two overly scripted political procedurals, as their rising stars, Paul Ryan and Michele Bachmann, stared variously into and nearby cameras spewing enough doom and gloom to make Arthur Miller look like Neil Simon.

Will Durst: Boffo Smash or Miserable Flop? Will Durst 2011

This is Neil Simon territory and appropriately the show has two set pieces worthy of Simon at his best.

Michael Giltz: Theater: "Olive and the Bitter Herbs" Michael Giltz 2011

This is Neil Simon territory and appropriately the show has two set pieces worthy of Simon at his best.

Michael Giltz: Theater: "Olive and the Bitter Herbs" Michael Giltz 2011

During the day, they wore baby diapers and spent hours in the window of my ground floor office on 65th Street and Central Park West, where many friends like Neil Simon and Mel Brooks would walk by just to visit the monkeys.

Jay Weston: Do Monkeys Make Good Pets? Jay Weston 2011

This is Neil Simon territory and appropriately the show has two set pieces worthy of Simon at his best.

Michael Giltz: Theater: "Olive and the Bitter Herbs" Michael Giltz 2011

During the day, they wore baby diapers and spent hours in the window of my ground floor office on 65th Street and Central Park West, where many friends like Neil Simon and Mel Brooks would walk by just to visit the monkeys.

Jay Weston: Do Monkeys Make Good Pets? Jay Weston 2011