Television
Retired comedy writer turns to churning out funeral urns after savings wiped out
October 13, 20110
From The New York Times
Sybil Sage, a veteran television comedy writer (for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Maude,” “Alice” and other gems from the written age), had been making objects with pique assiette — a French mosaic technique using broken plates — for years as a hobby, whacking china into shards to put on frames, vases and furniture for friends like Gene Wilder, Teri Garr, Lily Tomlin and Larry Merchant. She and her husband, Martin, who is also a comedy writer, had retired from television some years ago, and Ms. Sage said life was chugging along happily until 2008, when their savings were wiped out.