Herb Gardner

Twelve-year-old Nick (played by Barry Gordon) lives with his Uncle Murray (Jason Robards) (imdb)

Two old men -- one a socially active Jewish pseudorevolutionary, the other a near-blind black building super who just wants a quiet life -- find themselves drawn into a reluctant friendship via children who think they know best, cowboy drug dealers and latino muggers.

Hugely successful but impossibly neurotic songwriter Georgie Soloway is sliding into a mid-life crisis. He believes that all of his past romantic relationships have been destroyed not by his own failings but by the interference of the mysterious Harry Kellerman. When his father is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Georgie begins spending more and more time flying his personal aircraft, distancing himself physically, emotionally and mentally from the real world. (imdb)

A retiree, his daughter and a stranger share his dream of reopening his Coney Island hot-dog stand.

A native New York married couple split up in an attempt to rediscover their sanity.