David Feldman is Impotent David Feldman: comedian, writer, raconteur and prizefighter.

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

You know, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day too...

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The only possible explanation is Carson must have finally come out of retirement.

GARY BELKIN SEATED ON THE FAR LEFT ALONG WITH NEIL SIMON, LARRY GELBART, AND MEL BROOKS.

I've just received word that comedy writing legend Gary Belkin has passed away. Many of you might remember Gary Belkin as one of Caesar's writers. He worked on "Your Show of Shows" with comedic luminaries like Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, and Carl Reiner.

Gary was a genius who also wrote for "Get Smart," "The Tonight Show," "Three's Company," "Car 54," "The Carol Burnett Show," "The Danny Kaye Show" and countless performers like Frank Sinatra.

He was also a multiple Emmy award winner.

More tomorrow on him. But here's an interesting article that was published
about Gary Belkin right before he died

Obscuranto,
WTF is up with the copyright and and registered trademark symbol? Are you on the Robitussin again?

I am also baffled by the graphic of the guy who played "Big Pussy" on the Sopranos with his arm around some chick with a photoshopped pee stain on her trousers and a tattoo that reads Jose.

What is this, the Ingmar Bergman school of comedy?

JOHN S.
SAN JOSE, CA.

David Feldman responds:

Dear John S,

I agree. It's summer, and I'm getting lazy. Here, I wrote a jokey joke. This is a joke that you can tell at parties:

What do you call a Jewish optimist? He thinks the cup is half off.

OK? Happy? I guarantee you everyone will be telling this tomorrow, you anti semite.

David

Pee S. The woman with the pee stain is Victoria Gotti. I have no idea why I wrote Jose on her arm. Would you have been happier had I written San Jose? You exurbian hick?

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