Gary Belkin

 Gary   Be l kin  ( 1 9 2 7  -  2 00 5  ) was an  Emmy Award  - winning T V comedy & variety show w rite r who was p art of the  SESAME STREET  writing staff f or  S e a s o n 1 5. He s h are d a Day time Emmy Award  w it h his fellow scribe s f or that sea s o n. Y ear s earlier, with Larry Gelbart  , he had co - written the un sold  1 9 6 2  pilot  Mad Mad World  which feature d  JIM HE N S ON  ’ s  Muppet s  , & s pen t a s tin t in  1 9 6 3  writing for   T he Jimmy Dean Show .

Belkin beg an his T V career in the 1 9 5 0  s, work in g on  Caesar ’ s H our   & went on to w rite for the sitcom s  Car   5 4 ,   Where   Are  '' Yo u ?  &  Get Smart  & sketch or variety s how s like  T he Danny Kaye Show  &  T he Carol Burnett Show '' ( f o r which he w o n 2| 2  Emmy s  ). He also scripted special s like 1 9 7 2  comic strip - theme d  Funny   Paper s  ( with  Raquel Welch  &  Northern Calloway  ), t he  Anne Bancroft  special  Annie ,   the   Women   in   t he   Life   o f   a   Man  ( netting a n other  Emmy  ) , & the  P B S  health product i on  V D   Blue s  ( hosted by  Dick Cavett  ).