Kenny Solms embarked on his professional journey in New York, partnering with his New York University classmate Gail Parent to craft revue material for Leonard Sillman's Broadway revue New Faces of 1968 and the renowned Upstairs at the Downstairs in New York.
Subsequently, Solms' association with Parent became one of the most successful collaborations in American comedy. Following the runaway success of three comedy albums, including Our Wedding Album, a hilarious spoof of the Luci Baines Johnson wedding, and a season on Steve Allen's Comedy Hour, Solms created and wrote the first four seasons of the Emmy Award-winning Carol Burnett Show, earning him an award from the Writers Guild of America.
He wrote numerous television specials for notable stars such as Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret, Mary Tyler Moore, Bing Crosby, Dick Van Dyke, Anne Bancroft, and Bill Cosby. Solms' writing of Sills and Burnett at the Met garnered him a Peabody Award. Solms wrote and produced The Smothers Brothers Show, Three Girls Three, and two HBO specials starring Carol Burnett and Martin Mull.
Solms also wrote the book for the Jule Styne/Comden & Green musical Lorelei, which starred Carol Channing. He was reunited with Gail Parent when they adapted her novel Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York into a motion picture starring Roy Scheider and Jeannie Berlin.
Solms has held the position of head writer and producer for various television variety specials, including Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration and Neil Diamond's Hello Again. He also wrote and produced the HBO special The Return of Bruno, Burnett's "Discovers" Domingo for CBS, This Is Your Life, Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny, and is a frequent contributor to Touched by an Angel.
Recently, Solms completed writing a new musical for Broadway, Ain't That a Kick in the Head, based on the songs of Sammy Cahn.
