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Jerry Belson (July 8, 1938 – October 10, 2006) was a writer, director, and producer of Hollywood films for over forty years. ==Career== Belson's writing credits include the Steven Spielberg films ''Always'' and ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', several episodes of ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' and ''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' and ''I Spy''. During the early 1960s, concurrent with contributing scripts for TV sitcoms with then writing partner Garry Marshall, Belson did stories for Gold Key Comics.〔(Jerry Belson, R.I.P )〕 Belson also helped produce ''The Drew Carey Show'', ''The Norm Show'' and ''The Tracey Ullman Show''. In the TV Land 2006 documentary ''The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases'', Lowell Ganz credits Belson with including in the script of the season 3 ''Odd Couple'' episode "My Strife in Court" (originally aired Friday February 16, 1973) the catch-phrase "Never ASSUME, because when you ASSUME, you make an ASS of U and ME." Ganz noted Belson had heard it used years ago by a teacher in a typewriter repair class. He won three Emmy Awards: for the ''Tracy Ullman Show'' in 1989 and 1990, and for “Tracey Takes On...” in 1997. Belson died in Los Angeles, California on October 10, 2006, after a long battle with prostate cancer. His sister, screenwriter Monica Johnson, died on November 1, 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jerry Belson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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