He wrote 22 episodes of
The Monkees and 11 of
Get Smart, including "The Amazing Harry Hoo", "Washington 4, Indians 3", and "Diplomat's Daughter" (featuring The Craw).
Get Smart episodes he worked on were nominated for
Primetime Emmy Awards. Gardner was a senior writer on the live broadcasts of
That Was The Week That Was (TW3), the NBC-TV series of topical satire. His producing credits include
The Red Skelton Show (1970–1971). Gardner and Caruso co-wrote the Walt Disney motion picture ''
The World's Greatest Athlete'' starring
Jan-Michael Vincent and
John Amos. He is also the author of more than 30 books, including the political satire series "Who's In Charge Here?" In 1963 he also wrote gags for the daily satirical comic strip
Miss Caroline: The Little Girl in the Big White House by
Frank B. Johnson (cartoonist), about the supposed
daughter of the U.S. President. When
President Kennedy was murdered later that year the comic strip was instantly canceled. Gardner was the father of media executive
Lindsay Gardner. Gardner died October 11, 2020, of lung cancer at the Motion Picture Home in
Woodland Hills, California, aged 91. ==References==