Mortimer J. O'Brien

[[Image:ChetandSnooks.jpg|thumb|300px|O'Brien and brother inspired one-shot characters [[Chet and Snooks]].]]

'''Mortimer J. O'Brien''' (June 28, 1909 - January 19, 1992<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKLC-52C "United States Social Security Death Index," FamilySearch.org]</ref><ref>''Theatre World 1992-1993''. Obituaries. p. 225.</ref>), nicknamed "Snooks," was the twin brother of [[Chet O'Brien]]. While his brother was listed as production stage manager on ''[[Sesame Street]]'', Mortimer O'Brien was credited as simply stage manager from [[Season 9 (1977-1978)|season 9]] through [[Season 23 (1991-1992)|season 23]].

Mortimer O'Brien was born in Rochester, [[New York]], and like his brother Chet (and often working with him), began as a dancer in [[vaudeville]]. He moved to [[Broadway]] as a chorus boy in twenties and thirties musicals and revues such as ''Fine and Dandy'' and ''As Thousands Cheer''. By the 1940s, he'd transitioned to stage managing on shows including ''Helen Goes to Troy'', ''A Connecticut Yankee'', ''Sweethearts'', and ''One Touch of Venus''.

For television, O'Brien stage managed the ''New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts'', the [[Stephen Sondheim]] TV musical ''Evening Primrose'' (with [[Anthony Perkins]]), [[soap operas]] (including ''Search for Tomorrow''), [[CBS]] news with [[Walter Cronkite]], and specials like 1978's ''[[Happy Birthday, Bob]]''.

==References==
"Snooks" O'Brien was referenced several times as an [[Inside jokes|inside joke]] on ''[[Sesame Street]]'', along with brother Chet. Examples include as [[Chet and Snooks]] in a [[Don Music]] sketch (referencing their vaudeville past), two cowboys in [[Old West sketches#crayons|an Old West sketch]], and as the names of two out of [[the Three Little Pigs|Three Little Pigs]] in [[Kermit Sketches: Miscellaneous#castingdirector|a sketch with Kermit]].

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==External links==
*[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/mortimer-obrien-113134 Internet Broadway Database]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1852554/?ref_=nv_sr_1 IMDb]

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