Craig Kellem, Early ‘SNL’ Producer and Agent for George Carlin, Dies at 82

Craig Kellem, a onetime agent for comic legends George Carlin and Lily tomlin who served as a producer on the chaotic first season of Saturday Night Live and on syndicated reboots of The munsters, Dragnet and Adam-12, has died. He was 82.

kellem died nov. 24 at an assisted living facility in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, his daughter Judy Hammett told The Hollywood Reporter. She and her father were partners in Hollywoodscript.com, a boutique script-consultation company he founded in 1998.

After serving alongside Lorne Michaels as a producer and talent coordinator on SNL‘s inaugural 1975-76 season, he and Michaels produced the Rutles: all You Need Is Cash, a 1978 NBC mockumentary about a Beatles-like band that was written by, co-directed and starred Eric idle.

As a senior vp wiht the MCA-backed The Arthur Co.,Kellem worked as a co-executive producer for two seasons (1989-91) on the Munsters Today,which ran for three years and starred John Schuck as Herman Munster and Lee Meriwether as his wife,Lily.

He also helped shepherd The New Dragnet starring Jeff Osterhage and Bernard White, and The New Adam-12 starring Peter Parros and Ethan Wayne. Both shows aired for two seasons,1989-91 and 1990-91,respectively.

Craig Charles Kellem was born in Philadelphia.