[1] In 1943, Time magazine reported that Goldsmith earned "radio's fattest writing fee ($3,000 for one show a week).

[1] For eight years, Goldsmith taught high school students about health topics during the day and wrote plays during the evening.

[6] In 1943, Time called Henry Aldrich "U.S. radio's favorite juvenile")[2] Decades later, Encyclopedia.com described him as "The quintessential teenager of the 1940s.

[12] Goldsmith based his writings on what he observed in the lives of Peter and Thayer White, his wife's sons from a previous marriage.

[5] Programs for which Goldsmith "consulted or collaborated in the writing" included The Flying Nun, Leave it to Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, Petticoat Junction, and Dennis the Menace.