Hugh Wilson

There he met Jay Tarses and Tom Patchett, two aspiring stand-up comedians who would later give him his first break in show business. Soon after they left to follow their dream, Wilson returned to the South and began as a copywriter at the Atlanta-based advertising agency Burton-Campbell. Over the next ten years, he worked his way up to creative director and finally president of the company, producing and directing TV commercials. While he was …