 Idelson guest starred on episodes of "Dragnet", "The Twilight Zone", "My Favorite Martian", "The Odd Couple", "Happy Days", "Perry Mason" and "Will & Grace", in which he appeared along with his wife and daughter.He wrote several episodes of "The Dick Van Dyke Show", leading him to further writing work on "The Twilight Zone", "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.