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got an agent, and that was a deter-
mining factor in my move to Los
Angeles."
Freedland and Cohen broke into
television by landing a writing job on
The Nanny during its second season.
As they pursued television work, they
also went on to write and sell movie
scripts and are hoping they can be
produced soon. Lost in Duncanville,
which is about an investment banker
visiting Texas for a bachelor party,
seems to be on its way.
As Freedland looks back on King of
the Hill, he can't connect any specific
experience from his own life to one
episode, but he can relate an overall
sense of his relationship with his
father, Sidney Freedland, to the
framework of the series. The writer's
ddd, very proud of his son's achieve-
ments, is retired from ownership of
the Homemaker Shops and Linens
and More.
"The father (Hank) on the show
doesn't fully understand his 13-yedr-
old son (Bobby), who wants to
become a prop comic, and that colors
every show," Freedland says. "My
father didn't understand my early
entertainment goals and thought I
should go into business, so that found
its way into the series. Actually, all my -
experiences in Detroit color my writ-
ing."
Because his family has moved away
from Michigan, Freedland seldom
returns to the state where he grew up.
His mom, Phyllis, and dad divide
their time between Florida and
Illinois, where his two sisters, Helene
and Lori, live.
The writer-producer met his wife,
Cindy, in Chicago. Formerly in news-
paper advertising sales, Cindy
Freedland now sells car parts over the
Internet.
Freedland, who had his bar mitzvah
at Congregation Beth Shalom in Oak
Park, stays true to his Jewish roots.
His family belongs to Kehillat Israel
in Pacific Palisades, where he and his
wife are raising their two children,
Sara, 5, and Jason, 17 months.
"I played ice hockey as a kid grow-
ing up in Detroit, picked it up in an
adult hockey league in Chicago and
found a team in California that plays
twice a week," Freedland says. "I'm
still a Red Wings fan, and I'm at their
games when the team comes to
town." ❑

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