tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post116086809022283618..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Jerry Belson 1938-2006By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25376215354691228882022-05-02T19:03:12.416-07:002022-05-02T19:03:12.416-07:00Yes - Jerry really was! Jerry was my ex-husbands b...Yes - Jerry really was! Jerry was my ex-husbands best friend. He was also the best man in our wedding. I knew Jerry for 20yrs, and my ex for 40+. Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622843559974670745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12028100038965426162022-05-02T17:44:09.761-07:002022-05-02T17:44:09.761-07:00I thought of this post when the musical version of...I thought of this post when the musical version of MR. SATURDAY NIGHT opened the other day. The show’s Book was written by Billy Crystal and the film’s screenwriters. I’ve always loved that line about being paid twice for the same work.Scottmcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-36323061664723363412014-05-11T11:52:00.277-07:002014-05-11T11:52:00.277-07:00Did Jerry contribute to the Cheers episode "A...Did Jerry contribute to the Cheers episode "Achilles Hill"?<br /><br />It's one of my favorites, particularly when John Hill comes down to the bar and discovers his daughter Valerie's suitcase sitting in the bar.<br /><br />John Hill: Is this Valerie's suitcase?<br /><br />Sam Malone: No, it's mine.<br /><br />John: It has the initials VH on it.<br /><br />Sam: It used to belong to...Van Halen.<br /><br />John (opens the suitcase,and finds a negligee inside)<br /><br />Sam: OK, the secret's out - I'm a transvestite.<br /><br />John: Sam, you are not a transvestite...<br /><br />Sam: Hey, those are fighting words.<br /><br />John:..or a size 4.<br /><br />Sam: Guy can dream,can't he?<br /><br /><br /><br />Brilliant.Sookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668997353700882529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-50342446081819919912014-01-30T14:58:26.210-08:002014-01-30T14:58:26.210-08:00He was the real-life Rob Petrie, Buddy Sorell and ...He was the real-life Rob Petrie, Buddy Sorell and Sally Rogers.keithhttp://www.thefergusonsmovie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-73038904013303088562010-06-09T00:09:20.503-07:002010-06-09T00:09:20.503-07:00Pamela
I knew Jerry & Jo Ann very well and he ...Pamela<br />I knew Jerry & Jo Ann very well and he was so kind and funny. He is missed by all who loved him. I really enjoyed your story about Jerry..Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622843559974670745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161556400829560342006-10-22T15:33:00.000-07:002006-10-22T15:33:00.000-07:00I Netflixed, and watched, SMILE on your suggestion...I Netflixed, and watched, SMILE on your suggestion. I did indeed like it. And who would have though, over 30 years ago, that one of those Young America Miss contestants would someday grow up, have lots of plastic surgery, and marry Antonio Banderas, only to have him insist that you stop going under the knife?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161102519831117772006-10-17T09:28:00.000-07:002006-10-17T09:28:00.000-07:00"Smile" is truly one of the great overlooked films..."Smile" is truly one of the great overlooked films of the '70s. Belson's script was great, but it was the vastly underappreciated director Michael Ritchie and his masterful use of location shooting that elevated it to the level of classic. I've always thought that Spielberg copped his depiction of suburbia in "E.T." from this and Ritchie's big success, "Bad News Bears."davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157956195267298515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161059204648282932006-10-16T21:26:00.000-07:002006-10-16T21:26:00.000-07:00Very nicely put. It's a shame more is not said for...Very nicely put. It's a shame more is not said for the old comic writers that basically built the foundation that TV comedy rests on. People like Art Baer, who just passed away, and his late partner Ben Joelson. Or, the late partners, Stan Burns and Mike Marmer. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it will take somebody like you to really take the time to announce publicly and personally, these people made a lot of people laugh and we're all better for it.Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11039669729545942514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161044984290336072006-10-16T17:29:00.000-07:002006-10-16T17:29:00.000-07:00Jerry and Garry Marshall did write for "The Lucy S...Jerry and Garry Marshall did write for "The Lucy Show", but I don't think <I>anyone</I> was able to make that thing (creatively) successful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161027330684686062006-10-16T12:35:00.000-07:002006-10-16T12:35:00.000-07:00A fitting tribute to someone who earned the label ...A fitting tribute to someone who earned the label of "comedy genius."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161025243026442912006-10-16T12:00:00.000-07:002006-10-16T12:00:00.000-07:00What a body of work to leave as a legacy...and so ...What a body of work to leave as a legacy...and so much laughter. Reading the stories here, and also one in an obit about the Odd Couple episode he wrote about (dog) Spot Moskowitz's funeral complete with dogs wearing yarmulkes. Laughter is a great legacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161025116424934582006-10-16T11:58:00.000-07:002006-10-16T11:58:00.000-07:00I'd heard stories about Jerry's having been "locke...I'd heard stories about Jerry's having been "locked up in a room for a week" while he punched up the script for "Close Encounters" -- a credit (though not the room) corroborated by the Times obit.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many laughs we owe to Jerry that we <I>don't</I> know about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161022859852294672006-10-16T11:20:00.000-07:002006-10-16T11:20:00.000-07:00I read about this last week... we lost a great tal...I read about this last week... we lost a great talent.Dwaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544514023626682777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161021604965118652006-10-16T11:00:00.000-07:002006-10-16T11:00:00.000-07:00the old school. underrated, passed over and sorely...the old school. underrated, passed over and sorely missed. <BR/><BR/>god blessScott Stamblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644332475904186077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161017777722648052006-10-16T09:56:00.000-07:002006-10-16T09:56:00.000-07:00Excellent tribute. Well spoken.Excellent tribute. Well spoken.Mike Barerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447874605833321732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161010089499629012006-10-16T07:48:00.000-07:002006-10-16T07:48:00.000-07:00jerry was a true talent and a rare spirit. even i...jerry was a true talent and a rare spirit. even in the dusty halls of kxo where he cut his teeth with his brother gordon we knew he was way more than our little place could handle. . .<BR/><BR/>he was indeed funnier than all of us.The Minstrel Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697821546165315014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161002437723036622006-10-16T05:40:00.001-07:002006-10-16T05:40:00.001-07:00that should be 'nuff.... :)that should be 'nuff.... :)Grubberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435524784373114313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161002404341243762006-10-16T05:40:00.000-07:002006-10-16T05:40:00.000-07:00What Gabe said, 'fuff said.cheersDave.What Gabe said, 'fuff said.<BR/>cheers<BR/>Dave.Grubberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435524784373114313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1161000762432988152006-10-16T05:12:00.000-07:002006-10-16T05:12:00.000-07:00Perhaps the greatest legacy of Jerry Belson is the...Perhaps the greatest legacy of Jerry Belson is the immortality he bestowed upon a young actress named Mara Finerty. She will be forever listed on the credits of SMILE as "Maggot Girl". She was one of the contestants in the beauty pageant, and her talent presentation was a dramatic reading of a poem with the lines "Rotting maggots of DEATH/Crawling out over the battlefield of WAR"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1160989339739435862006-10-16T02:02:00.000-07:002006-10-16T02:02:00.000-07:00sorry for your loss. after reading this post i und...sorry for your loss. <BR/>after reading this post i understood why i read your blog every day: in the tv world there are people, like screen writers, that are more interesting, inspiring and humane than most of the actors that get to be center stage. thank you for this perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-1160973225768524342006-10-15T21:33:00.000-07:002006-10-15T21:33:00.000-07:00I'm trying to pinpoint why a story about someone I...I'm trying to pinpoint why a story about someone I've never even heard of made me so happy.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16251063519972056515noreply@blogger.com