THE WORLD OF COMEDY REMEMBERS GARY BELKIN:
Gary's humor (and Gary himself) was not just funny--but was also clever and intelligent.
He never laughed to be nice or polite, so when you made Belkin laugh, you knew that for one moment, maybe you too were funny, clever and intelligent.
It hurt him and made him angry that Mohammed Ali got credit for all the clever poetry Gary wrote as his "ghostwriter."
--MONA CHARLES
Gary Belkin produced this album and wrote most of Ali's poetry. I've known Gary forever. When I came to Hollywood to be a comedy writer Belkin was my mentor who helped me navigate the shark infested
Evian waters. He taught me to let everything go and just focus on the funny.
In all the years I've known him, the only slight that pierced
Belkin's armor was David Remnick of The New Yorker refusing to
acknowledge Gary's contribution to Ali's poetry.
--David Feldman
