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Larry Gelbart

Gelbart and Schulberg: Two Writers Depart an Ever Stranger Land

Michael Winship | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home

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Michael Winship

Recent illogical bloviation by politicians and pundits brings to mind the summer's passing of two writer friends and colleagues, each of whom had a sure grasp of mass hysteria.

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Adieu Larry Gelbart...and Laugh Tracks

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

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Anna Jane Grossman

Gelbart, who wrote Tootsie and many of the early episodes of M*A*S*H, spent years rejecting the industry's efforts to manipulate TV-watchers into emitting less-than-sincere laughs.

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My Friend Larry Gelbart

Alan Alda | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

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Alan Alda

His genius for writing changed my life because I got to speak his lines -- lines that were so good they'll be with us for a long time; but his immense talent for being good company -- that's a light that's gone out.

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Larry Gelbart's Final Interview: How CBS Bastardized "M*A*S*H"

Vanity Fair | By Mike Sacks | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

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You know what's so interesting about M*A*S*H? When Twentieth Century Fox decided to issue it on DVD, they included the option of watching it without t...

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Larry Gelbart, In Memoriam

Ken Levine | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

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Ken Levine

Enjoy the work of Larry Gelbart. You will laugh until you hurt. And for those of us who were blessed to have known him, we will hurt until we laugh.

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Exit Laughing

Jonathan Tolins | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Tolins

Larry Gelbart was a terrific and generous teacher. I didn't know him well, but he made a tremendous difference in my life. He knew how to do that because he understood writers. And he loved them.

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Larry Gelbart -- RIP ... Make The Heavens Laugh

Steve Young | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

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Steve Young

Mostly a writer behind the scenes, Larry had the timing and performance of a great standup. I will miss his writing, but most of all I will miss him. A good guy with a brilliant sense of humor and great human compassion.

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Larry Gelbart: The Mold Was Just Broken

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

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Robert J. Elisberg

He was an amazing writer and probably a better person. There may have been more renowned writers in a single medium, but his versatility was breathtaking.

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Larry Gelbart Dead: `M-A-S-H' Writer Dies At 81

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

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LOS ANGELES — Larry Gelbart, the award-winning writer whose sly, sardonic wit helped create such hits as Broadway's "A Funny Thing Happened on t...

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Weapons of Mass Distraction

Lee Schneider | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media

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Lee Schneider

Execs put garbage on TV because people watch it -- its more relaxing to watch garbage than to actually take it out.

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The Third Screen: Larry Gelbart on the Future of Media

Vickie Karp | Posted 07.05.2008 | Media

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Vickie Karp

In the American media landscape, human viewers may be the only constant, but it remains hard to tell if media is about them and for them, or only, well, about money. Does it matter?

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