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Saturday, November 13, 2010
Coleman Jacoby aka Coleman Jacobs
Comedy writer -- via the New York Times. With Arnie Rosen, he wrote many episodes for Phil Silvers' "Sgt. Bilko" TV show, and created many of Jackie Gleason's greatest characters for him. Most memorably he paired Gleason with his great comic foil, Art Carney. When we think of the great writers of early TV, we think of the Simon brothers, Larry Gelbart, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner; Jacoby was one of many other unsung creatives who made us laugh.
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