Lila Garrett

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Lila Garrett (November 21, 1925 – February 1, 2020) was an American television screenwriter and radio host who wrote for the sitcoms The Second Hundred Years (she co-wrote episodes 10 and 13 with Bernie Kahn), My Favorite Martian, All in the Family, and Bewitched. She also co-wrote The Barefoot Executive, a 1971 Disney TV movie, with Kahn and Stu Billett. An anti-war activist, Garrett's political engagement includes starting Americans Against War with Iraq, serving as a DNC delegate for presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, presiding as president over the Southern California chapter of the Americans for Democratic Action, and being a founding member of Progressive Democrats of America. She hosted KPFK's Connect the Dots on Pacifica Radio, interviewing left-leaning luminaries and often closed her show with "The arms industry has neither allies nor enemies, only customers." She was a frequent contributor to the LA Progressive, an online magazine She lived in the Motion Picture & Television...

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