Thad Mumford

Thaddeus Quentin "Thad" Mumford Jr. (born February 8, 1951 – died September 6, 2018) was an American television producer and writer. He has written and produced for a number of television series spanning different genres, including The Cosby Show, A Different World, M*A*S*H, Maude, Good Times, Home Improvement, Roots: The Next Generations, and Judging Amy, among other series. 2Career Often collaborating with fellow TV producer/director Dan Wilcox, Thad wrote scripts and/or produced for a number of television series throughout his career varying different genres namely, M*A*S*H* (all of those episodes he produced were co-produced with Wilcox), The Cosby Show, A Different World, , Maude, NYPD Blue, Good Times, Home Improvement, the very short lived but critcally acclaimed, Emmy Award- winning animated/live action NBC-TV sitcom series The Duck Factory in 1984 (which starred a the-very young Jim Carrey), ALF, Roots: The Next Generations, Judging Amy, amongst numerous other series. In 1973, Mumford won a Primetime Emmy Award for his writing in The Electric Company. In 1978, a Sesame Street character was named after him named Dr. Thad in the recurring skit, "Dr. Thad and the Medications", Mumford also performed the voice for the character. Mumford also gained some renown working as a batboy for the New York Yankees. 2Death Mumford died on September 6, 2018, aged 67, at his father’s home, after suffering from a long illness, in Silver Spring, Marylan