Dennis Fried asked Mark Saha:

Hi Mark, Just curious - did you know Bill Froug, who taught screenwriting at UCLA in the 70s and 80s? He was a friend of mine here in Sarasota, where he retired, and we were fellow members of the infamous Liars Poker writer's group here in town. Denny

Mark Saha Hi Denny ... I certainly knew who Bill Froug was back then but never had the opportunity to get to know him. He began teaching at UCLA about the time I started getting writing assignments. I wish I had studied under him, because he could have shown me a lot of things I had to figure out for myself. They mostly taught playwriting and dramatic theory when I was there. Bill would have shown me the craft of writing television episodes of thet day, about which I had not a clue. I envy you for having known him.

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