Jerry Belson (Writer)
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Works
Smile
It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?
Release Date1975-07-09
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Charactersd Drummer
Vote Count40
The Couch Trip
The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
Release Date1988-01-15
Charactersd Yuri V.O.
Vote Count108
Semi-Tough
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Release Date1977-11-18
Charactersd TV Director
Vote Count49
Modern Romance
A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love.
Release Date1981-03-13
Charactersd Jerry
Vote Count86
Student Bodies
This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.
Release Date1981-08-07
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Charactersd The Breather
Vote Count109
Love, American Style
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.
Release Date1969-09-29
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count18
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.
Release Date1970-09-19
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count76
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.
Release Date1961-10-03
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count94
The Odd Couple
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
Release Date1970-09-24
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count61
Hank
Hank is an American situation comedy which is perhaps most notable for being an early example of a program with a true series finale, in which the underlying premise of the series reaches a natural conclusion with its final episode.
Release Date1965-09-24
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
Rhoda
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky, weight-conscious, flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards' best friend. After four seasons, Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York City. The series is noted for breaking two television records, and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards. Rhoda was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.
Release Date1974-09-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Vote Count26
The Joey Bishop Show
The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom starring entertainer Joey Bishop. The series premiered in September 1961 on NBC where it aired for three seasons. The series then moved to CBS for its final season. Executive produced by Danny Thomas, The Joey Bishop Show is a spin-off of Thomas' series The Danny Thomas Show.
Release Date1961-09-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
Hey Landlord!
Hey, Landlord is an American sitcom appearing on NBC during the 1966-1967 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in the 8:30-9pm Eastern time period on Sunday nights. It is notable for its casting director Fred Roos, who later became a producer for Francis Ford Coppola. Roos discovered counterculture sketch group The Committee in San Francisco and cast all members in bit parts in Hey, Landlord.
Release Date1966-09-11
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count1
Tracey Takes On...
Tracey Takes On... is a sketch comedy series starring comedienne Tracey Ullman. The show ran for four seasons on HBO and was commissioned after the success of the 1993 comedy special "Tracey Ullman Takes on New York." Each episode focuses on specific subject in which Ullman and her cast characters comment on or experience through a series of sketches and monologues.
Release Date1996-01-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count50
Vote Count4
The Tracey Ullman Show
The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television variety show, hosted by British-born comedian and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children, and ran until May 26, 1990. The show is produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show blended sketch comedy shorts with many musical numbers, featuring choreography by Paula Abdul. The show also produced The Simpsons shorts before it spun off into its own show, which was also produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television.
Release Date1987-04-05
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count81
Vote Count20
Always
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.
Release Date1989-12-22
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count622
Smokey and the Bandit II
The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Release Date1980-08-15
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count299
For Keeps
Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby. After a quick marriage, the two realize it won't be as easy as they thought.
Release Date1988-01-15
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count148
Fun with Dick and Jane
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Release Date1977-03-18
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count71
The Grasshopper
A British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas.
Release Date1970-05-27
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count12
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
While conducting a research experiment intended to bring about an alternative to modern surgery, exhausted Los Angeles surgeon Dr. Daniel Jekyll falls asleep and accidentally inhales the white powders, transforming him into a wildly uninhibited nymphomaniac.
Release Date1982-11-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count20
The End
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Release Date1978-05-10
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count63
Evil Roy Slade
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West"—so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). There's also Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, who, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson), is trying to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for robbing him.
Release Date1972-02-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count17
How Sweet It Is!
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Release Date1968-08-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count12
Surrender
A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money.
Release Date1987-10-09
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count28
The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show
Release Date1990-05-26
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count1
Laverne & Shirley
Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home.
Release Date1976-01-27
Episode Count1
Vote Count64