They matriculated at New York University, from which Rose earned a bachelor's degree in film, although Allen dropped out.
[2] Rose's earliest material was for the ventriloquist Shari Lewis in her act with the sock-puppet Lamb Chop.
[4] Around this time, they collaborated with others on the English adaptation of a Japanese spy film, which was turned into What's Up, Tiger Lily?
[2] After early work with Allen, Rose was a TV comedy writer, working for comedians such as Johnny Carson, while he was the host of The Tonight Show, Dean Martin (The Dean Martin Show, 1973) and Sid Caesar (1963).
[3] Rose was married to Judy Wolf from 1963 until her death in 2003; they were introduced by Allen and his first wife, Harlene Rosen.