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Bo Kaprall in Lampoon (1974)

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Bo Kaprall

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  • Born
    December 21, 1946 · Minnesota, USA
  • Birth name
    Robert Kaprall

Biography

    • Bo has been a television show creator, creative director, writer, producer, executive producer and actor for thirty years. Starting in Chicago as a writer/ producer in the advertising business (Post, Keyes, & Gardner) and as an actor at Chicago's Second City.

      He is currently writing for Saturday Night Live (from Minneapolis) and developing Reality Shows for everyone from A&E to Discovery.

      In addition, Bo recently completed two original 30 mn. web-series for General Mills Inc.

      In the late seventies Bo moved to Los Angeles where he started the Comedy Store Players and joined Kentucky Fried Theatre (Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane, Police Squad). He then went on to write and produce several network series including "Laverne & Shirley", Aaron Spelling's "Friends", Norman Lear's "Year At the Top" and over thirty network pilots. In addition, he has written for variety shows & situation comedies; from The Carol Burnett Show to Welcome Back Kotter.

      Bo has recorded, written, & produced over 5,000 radio commercials, winning several Cleo & Radio Best Awards.

      In the late 1980's Mr. Kaprall moved to Minneapolis where he started his own creative production company focusing on humorous radio & television commercials and Corporate Communications in addition to creating reality television series.

      Over the years Bo has created and executive produced shows for ABC, NBC, CBS, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Discovery, TLC, and HGTV.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Mandy Summers

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  • Although he appeared in several 70s sitcoms ("The Jeffersons", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"), he is best known for his portrayal of Laverne's boyfriend, Norman Hughes, a police officer on "Laverne & Shirley."

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