During the 1940s Gelbart also wrote for Jack Paar and Bob Hope.

He also wrote the Iran-contra satire Mastergate, as well as Sly Fox and a musical adaptation of the Preston Sturges movie Hail the Conquering Hero ; during that show's troubled development Gelbart uttered the now-classic line, " If Hitler is alive, I hope he's out of town with a musical.

Gelbart was a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post, and also was a regular participant on the alt. tv. mash Usenet newsgroup as " Elsig ".

( with Melvin Frank and Larry Gelbart ) ( 1966 ) ( also Co-Director )

Gardner also brought aboard several keen writing talents, including theatric humorist Abe Burrows ( the show's co-creator and head writer for its first five years ), future M * A * S * H writer Larry Gelbart and Dick Martin, who later was the co-host of television's groundbreaking Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

Gelbart co-wrote the long-running Broadway musical farce A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Burt Shevelove and Stephen Sondheim in 1962.

A film version starring Zero Mostel was released in 1966 with Gelbart and Shevelove's libretto largely rewritten.

M * A * S * H is an American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH ( which was itself based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker ).

The film was directed by Glenn Jordan and written by Larry Gelbart.

* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ( 1962 ) ( book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart ; directed by George Abbott )

( with Menken and Gelbart ), The Private Lives of Napoleon and Josephine ( with Coleman and Gelbart ), and Going Hollywood ( 1981 ), an unproduced adaptation of Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart ; book by Zippel and Joe Leonardo, music by Jonathan Sheffer.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.

The book, based on the farces of Plautus, was written by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.

Larry Simon Gelbart ( February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009 ) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter and author.

Gelbart was born in Chicago to Jewish immigrants Harry Gelbart (" a barber since his half of a childhood in Latvia ") and Frieda Sturner, who migrated to America from Dombrowa, Poland.

Marcia Gelbart Walkenstein was his sister.

Gelbart began as a writer at the age of sixteen for Danny Thomas's radio show after his father, who was Thomas's barber, showed Thomas some jokes Gelbart had written.

M * A * S * H earned Gelbart a Peabody Award and an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series and went on to considerable commercial and critical success.

Gelbart was extremely critical of the movie.

Gelbart was diagnosed with cancer in June and died at his Beverly Hills home on September 11, 2009.

His wife of 53 years, Pat Gelbart, said that after being married for so long, " we finished each other's sentences.

The following is a list of M * A * S * H episodes ( 42 Total ) written and / or directed by Gelbart.

for a proposed national UK tour, but the play was shelved when Howerd was offered a chance by Larry Gelbart to reprise his role as Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End.

Tootsie was adapted by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson ( uncredited ), Elaine May ( uncredited ) and Murray Schisgal from the story by Gelbart.

Comedy writer and playwright Larry Gelbart has said that comedian Lenny Bruce ’ s attempt to be released from military service in World War II by dressing in a WAVES uniform was the original inspiration for the character of Klinger on the sitcom.

City of Angels is a musical comedy with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart.

In 1980, he published his memoir, Honest, Abe: Is There Really No Business Like Show Business ?, in which he recalled the meat of his career, including his mentoring of several comedy writers including future M * A * S * H writer Larry Gelbart ( who was once a Duffy's Tavern writer ), Nat Hiken, Dick Martin and Woody Allen, the latter a distant cousin of Burrows '.

In the 1980s, " Rock Steady With Flo and Eddie " was recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, and the partners began writing comedy and script with Chris Bearde, Larry Gelbart and Carl Gotleib.

* 1963: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

* Gelbart, Stephen, Automorphic Forms on Adele Groups, Annals of Mathematics Studies, No. 83, Princeton University Press, 1975.

Sly Fox ( sly cooper ) is a comedic play by Larry Gelbart, based on Ben Jonson's Volpone ( The Fox ), updating the setting from Renaissance Venice to 19th century San Francisco, and changing the tone from satire to farce.

* 1963: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

Maxwell is a regular participant on the alt. tv. mash newsgroup where, along with series writer Larry Gelbart ( up until Gelbart's death in 2009 ), answers fan questions about the behind-the-scenes workings of M * A * S * H.

It was produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne.

* Cloud Nine, with Larry Gelbart ( 1981, incidental music.

The production, with book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, and songs by Stephen Sondheim, was not working.

One of the season's standout episodes was the Emmy-nominated " Fall Out ", where Potter and Pfeffier considered leaving General General, but reconsidered when they linked the leukemia seen in a patient with exposure to atomic testing ; writer-director Larry Gelbart received a Peabody Award for this episode.

* City of Angels ( 1989 ), an original musical with book by Larry Gelbart and music by Cy Coleman.

Over the years, these have included works by Robert Auletta, Robert Brustein, Anton Chekhov, Don DeLillo, Keith Dewhurst, Christopher Durang, Elizabeth Egloff, Peter Feibleman, Jules Feiffer, Dario Fo, Carlos Fuentes, Larry Gelbart, Leslie Glass, Philip Glass, Stuart Greenman, William Hauptman, Allan Havis, Milan Kundera, Mark Leib, Gideon Lester, David Lodge, Carol K. Mack, David Mamet, Charles L. Mee, Roger Miller, John Moran, Robert Moran, Heiner Müller, Marsha Norman, Han Ong, Amanda Palmer, David Rabe, Franca Rame, Adam Rapp, Keith Reddin, Ronald Ribman, Paula Vogel, Derek Walcott, Naomi Wallace, and Robert Wilson.

He also wrote or co-wrote songs for other artists such as " Calypso Rock " for Dave Day and The Red Coats on Kapp in 1956, " A. B. C.

While the compositions and performances were credited to " Jimmy Thudpucker ", they were in fact co-written and sung by Brewer, who also co-wrote and provided the vocals for " Ginny's Song ", a 1976 single on the Warner Bros. Label, and Jimmy Thudpucker's Greatest Hits, an LP released by Windsong Records, John Denver's subsidiary of RCA Records ).

Their record was produced by Bob Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh ; Mark also co-wrote some of the songs.

Rumble Fish was based on the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay.

the Life Without Zoe segment starring his sister Talia Shire, and also co-wrote the film with his daughter Sofia Coppola.

He also co-wrote ( along with director Wes Anderson and cousin Roman Coppola ) and starred in the 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited.

Chapman also co-wrote several episodes with Bernard McKenna and David Sherlock.

Voight both co-wrote the script and also co-produced.

Kenny Tudrick also played on 2007's " New Orleans " off Rock N Roll Jesus and co-wrote Rock N Roll Jesus.

* Morons from Outer Space ( 1985 )-Bernard ; also co-wrote the script with Griff Rhys Jones

Top musicians who played on Nirvana sessions include: Lesley Duncan, Herbie Flowers, Billy Bremner ( later of Rockpile / Dave Edmunds fame ), Luther Grosvenor, Clem Cattini and the full lineup of rock band Spooky Tooth, Pete Kelly ( Keyboards ) who also co-wrote ' Modus Operandi ' on the ' Local Anaesthetic ' album.

Hell also co-wrote and sang lead vocals on the song " Never Mind " by The Heads, a 1996 collaborative effort between three former members of Talking Heads.

He also co-wrote The X-Files season 5 episode " Chinga " with the creator of the series Chris Carter.

He was also the primary author of most of the scripts, although he co-wrote many scripts with various collaborators, most notably Larry Stephens and Eric Sykes.

* In June 2012 started the filming of Twelve Years a Slave ( film ), directed by British director Steve McQueen who also co-wrote the script with John Ridley to adapt Northup's memoir book.

) Sondheim's love of puzzles and mysteries can also be seen in the intricate " whodunit " he co-wrote with longtime friend Anthony Perkins, The Last of Sheila.

They also co-wrote the song We Are The Normal with Paul for their 1993 album Superstar Car Wash.

His plays include The Designated Mourner, Aunt Dan and Lemon, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors ; he also co-wrote the screenplay for My Dinner with Andre with Andre Gregory, and scripted Vanya on 42nd Street, a film adaptation of Anton Chekov's play Uncle Vanya.

He also co-wrote National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook with Douglas Kenney.

He also co-wrote, along with Joey Richards, the closing theme song of the second season of The Monkees, " For Pete's Sake ".

Berle also co-wrote the score for this film, which was released by Educational Pictures.

Simon also wrote and starred in the film One-Trick Pony ( 1980 ) and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman ( 1998 ) with the poet Derek Walcott.

Ebert has provided DVD audio commentaries for several films, including Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Dark City, Floating Weeds, Crumb, and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ( for which Ebert also wrote the screenplay, based on a story that he co-wrote with Russ Meyer ).

Idle also wrote the book and co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Monty Python's Spamalot, based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.