Robert Brush is an American writer-producer and composer, best known for his work as executive producer, writer and show runner of ABC'sThe Wonder Years. ForThe Wonder Years he received an Emmy for individual writing, the Peabody Award, and multipleHumanitas Awards.[1][2][3] He was an executive producer and regular writer of the CBS seriesEarly Edition (1996–2000).
Brush began his career as a musical composer following his graduation from Yale, where he was Pitchpipe of theYale Whiffenpoofs.[4] In the 1970s he worked atSesame Street andCaptain Kangaroo, writing scripts and composing songs, among them the Good Morning Captain theme song. In 1981 he composed the score for the Broadway musicalThe First, about baseball immortalJackie Robinson, which ran for 70 performances at theMartin Beck Theatre.[5][6] In 1986 he teamed with writer/producerJay Tarses onThe Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, starringBlair Brown, andThe Slap Maxwell Story withDabney Coleman. Beginning in 1988 he executive-produced and wroteThe Wonder Years for its run of over 100 episodes, and followed withEarly Edition, starringKyle Chandler. His final work in Los Angeles was a 2012 television film,Scruples.
In 2022, Brush published a novel,The Piazza: Stories from Piazza Santa Caterina Piccola.[7]
As of 2017[update], Brush lives in Manhattan andHudson, New York with his wife, actress and writerMel Harris.[8] Brush has four children, two with Harris.[8]
