From Wikipedia --

     Alan Goodman began acting in South Florida after a long career as a media branding executive and  Emmy-nominated TV writer/producer/director.

     He has been a storyteller his entire life. While still in high school, he was already working as a newspaper reporter. When he entered college, he joined the college radio station, hosting a weekly news program on the arts and producing a weekly jazz program. 

     In 1981, Goodman was part of the team that launched MTV. He supervised hundreds of animations and their accompanying soundtracks depicting the MTV trademark.

     With his creative partner at the time, Goodman resigned from MTV and started Fred/Alan in New York. They consulted with MTV's sister channel, Nickelodeon. Their branding efforts (including the Ni-Ni-Ni-Nick theme song, written by Goodman) brought the channel from last-to-first place among basic cable networks. 

      Goodman and his partner conceived and created Nick-at-Nite and launched VH-1. Launching new networks and developing their brand messaging became Goodman's calling card for more than 30 years.                

      He turned to writing and producing with Hey Dude, Nickelodeon's first self-produced sitcom. He also co-created Kid's Court. He was the show runner for two seasons of Clarissa Explains It All (Emmy-nominated), and wrote for the animated shows Clifford's Puppy Days, Jo Jo's Circus, and Generation O. Goodman also co-created the television series Kids' Court and Nickelodeon's Kid's Choice Awards. 

      For BBC America, Goodman wrote and produced entertainment news content and specials. He was also one of the developers and first creative director at COZI-TV, where he wrote, directed, and produced original content, including the first ever fully auto-tuned TV program, Auto Tune The Munsters.

      Since 1984 Goodman has been the primary writer and creative director for all the brochure and website essays for one of the world's most respected jazz reissue record labels, Mosaic Records. This work is in addition to his liner note writing for various independent jazz recording labels.

      Goodman has written two books -- A Slash in the Night, the first in a series of novels based on characters in Goodman's Nickelodeon series The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo,  and The Big Help Book. He also was a contributor to The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Goodman was a co-creator of the Virgin Comics (now Liquid Comics) title The Econauts.

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